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Read More >>Essential Change provides expert advisory services in green investments and carbon markets, with a particular focus on ensuring robust outcomes from these investments and interventions.
With over twelve years of experience in this field and a heritage of top-tier strategy consulting and finance, Essential Change offers its clients a combination of deep insights into this emerging sector and premium quality professional services.
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Green Investments
Essential Change has over 18 years of experience with investment analysis and advice and offers a wide range of services to banks, fund managers, bond issuers, bond certifiers and standards organisations. We support decision makers in their preparation, assessment and ongoing appraisal of green investments, assisting them to navigate this complex new area and minimize their investment and reputational risks.
Essential Change is a member of the Responsible Investment Association Australasia and is involved with the ground-breaking work of the Climate Bonds Initiative.
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Carbon Markets
Essential Change has over 12 years of experience in carbon markets and offers a wide range of services across technical, administrative and commercial activities in this new and dynamic field. We advise major corporations, international banks, governments and regulators on the details of policy design, institutional readiness, market establishment, compliance strategies, transaction structures and pricing.
Essential Change is a member of the Carbon Market Institute in Australia and is a regular presenter at international workshops and events such as Carbon Expo, Carbon Forum Asia and the annual UNFCCC Climate Change Conference (COP).
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Monitoring Reporting & Verification
Essential Change has over 10 years of experience in the design, implementation and operation of MRV frameworks, providing expert support to governments, regulators, standards bodies and multilateral organisations. We have worked on the detailed design of best-practice MRV systems at national and international levels, and we continue to drive innovation and consolidation across this sector.
Essential Change is a regular presenter and facilitator at international workshops and expert discussions on MRV in carbon, water and other environmental assets.
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Capability Building
Essential Change has a focus on building its client’s capabilities to survive and thrive in this era of green investment, carbon pricing and sustainability. We provide training, coaching and briefing services to a wide range of clients who need to identify and fill capability gaps across their organisations. Our collaborative and engaging approach to capability building ensures that group performance is optimized and everyone’s input is valued.
Essential Change’s capability building products range from high-level senior briefings through to expert-level courses and workshops, and are always tailored to the cultural, organizational and individual situation at hand.
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