How to Market a Climate Credit Card Business

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1 Climate Credit Card Innovative Climate Action for pro-active Swiss Organizations

2 Climate Credit Card for Business Clients a cost-free/highimpact Corporate Responsibility tool How it works: CO 2 Reporting (free of charge) Detailed breakdown of CO 2 emissions of individual purchases by employees. Positioning and strengthening employee awareness and showing global committment. For example: Make your business travel climate neutral with no additional effort. CO 2 Compensation through our Gold Standard Projects (free of charge) The Climate Credit Card does not cost more than other business credit cards, while offering immense additional benefits. All this with Cornèrcard s traditionally high service level. -> The Climate Credit Card ensures your company s sustainable contribution to protecting the climate in an easy and cost-effective manner. 2

3 The Climate Credit Card benefits Your Business Business Benefits Brand Building: Sharpen the sustainability profile of your company. For example: Invite your clients to climate neutral business lunches. Business Generation: Acquiring new clients and mandates. Showing your climate competence and social responsibility, both in personal interactions and tenders. Motivating Employees: Make climate protection an integrated part of your company culture Your employees will be proud of their company. The Trend of measuring a company s CO 2 footprint is constantly growing. Whether this is on a regulatory basis (as in the UK), for commercial reasons or out of personal conviction: The CO 2 footprint is quickly becoming an important aspect in business and development strategy. 3

4 The Climate Credit Card supports projects such as this Efficient Cooking Stove Project, Ghana (Gold Standard) Technology: Efficient Cooking stoves, Ghana Climate- Standard: Gold Standard, Geneva-Based NGO CO 2 -Reduction: Sustainable Development: 25,000 tco 2 e ( Tons of CO 2 -equivalents ) per year Support of local initiatives, benefitting education and small companies Education and jobs in the supply chain (construction and maintenance) Considerable health benefits as the stoves are less smoky, reducing the emission of hazardous air pollutants Reducing fuel costs for families and freeing up money for other uses, the project improves livelihoods of the poor Significant reduction of baseline deforestation levels saves forests and wildlife habitat. Source: South Pole Carbon Ltd. 4

5 Individual Emission Reports: Increase employee awarness and influence buying patterns Personal Card Related Emissions 2012 kg CO2/ Product Group Other Retail Leisure & Entertainement Petrol Station Mail Orders Restuarant Auto Rental Hotels Travel Airlines Source: South Pole Carbon Ltd. 5

6 Show your climate commitment: Internally and externally! Quelle: Basler Intranet 6

7 Join leading Climate Action Pioneers Several leading swiss companies, foundations and NGOs have already opted for the award winning Climate Credit Card. The Climate Credit Card is a clean idea that promotes climate awareness and stimulates sustainable consumption we can only support this. Nick Beglinger, CEO & Founder, Swiss Cleantech SUSI Partners AG is a sustainable and environmentally responsible acting Swiss investment house. The investment solutions offered by SUSI must have a specific measurable environmental effect. This approach is also lived in all our other divisions. SUSI therefore decided to compensate all CO2 emissions incurred from future expenses with high quality offset projects through the Climate Credit Card. Tobias Reichmuth, CEO, SUSI Partners The Gold Standard is pleased to now use the Climate Credit Card business. Each Gold Standard project must accurately measure, verify and report its CO2 savings, as well as the added value for sustainable development at the local level. It is these "Benefits Beyond Carbon", that are also promoted by the Climate Credit Card. The Gold Standard Foundation We are commercializing our zero energy ecological ice rinks in over 40 countries worldwide. The Climate Credit Card ensures that we are carbon neutral on our business side as well. Viktor Meier, Head International Business Development, Glice 7

8 South Pole Carbon professional climate protection 2006: Incorporation in Zurich / Switzerland as ETH Spin-off 100 carbon professionals from 22 countries California Mexico City Medellin Zurich Beijing Taipei New Delhi Hanoi Kampala Bangkok Jakarta 200+ projects in over 25 countries Biggest portfolio of highquality Gold Standard certificates Swiss Social Entrepreneur of the Year 2011* Johannesburg Sydney* Winner ZKB 2012 Sustainability Award *Schwab Foundation/WEF; **Environmental Finance s Voluntary Carbon Market Survey 2011, 2012 und , 2012 und 2013: Environmental Finance Best Project Developer ** 8

9 Contact Martin Hofer Projektverantwortlicher Climate Credit Card Tel: m.hofer@southpolecarbon.com Climate Neutral Investments Ltd. A company of South Pole Holding Ltd. Tel: South Pole Holding Dr. Maximilian Horster Climate Credit Card Phone: m.horster@southpolecarbon.com 4 years investment management with Capital Group Companies in North America, Asia and Europe Equity and Fixed Income research across industries Relationship responsibilities to institutional investors Renat Heuberger CEO South Pole Carbon Tel: r.heuberger@southpolecarbon.com 9 years experience in the carbon market Closed CDM contracts worth >100 mill EUR Managing director and co-founder of myclimate in 2002 Finalist of the Swiss Social Entrepreneur Awards 2005 This marketing communication is issued by South Pole Carbon Ltd. It is intended for professional clients only and should not be relied upon by retail clients. While South Pole Carbon uses reasonable efforts to obtain information from sources which it believes to be reliable, South Pole Carbon makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy, reliability or completeness of the information. The marketing communication is intended merely to highlight issues, and not to be comprehensive or to provide advice. Should you have any queries on the issues reported here, please contact one of your regular contacts at South Pole Carbon. Registered office: c/o South Pole Carbon Asset Management Ltd., Technoparkstrasse 1, CH-8005 Zurich, Copyright South pole Carbon Ltd. All rights reserved. 9