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South Pole (company)

South Pole (company) is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand South Pole (company) rather than just read about it. In short: South Pole is a Swiss carbon finance consultancy, founded in 2006 in Zurich, Switzerland. The firm provides services in project and technology finance, data and advisory on sustainability risks, as well as the development of environmental commodities, such as carbon and renewable energy credits.

Key takeaways

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Reference excerpt

South Pole is a Swiss carbon finance consultancy, founded in 2006 in Zurich, Switzerland. The firm provides services in project and technology finance, data and advisory on sustainability risks, as well as the development of environmental commodities, such as carbon and renewable energy credits.

History South Pole was founded in 2006 by graduates of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) including Patrick Bürgi, Thomas Camerata, Renat Heuberger, Ingo Puhl, and Christoph Sutter, and joined by Christoph Grobbel, Marco Hirsbrunner, and Christian Dannecker as equal partners. The company originally started as a spin-off from the ETH Zurich as the non-profit ‘myclimate.’ Following the success of myclimate, the founders decided to position climate change as a business opportunity, and ‘South Pole Carbon’ was born. The company rebranded to ‘South Pole Group’ in 2015, and then again to the current ‘South Pole’ in January 2018. In 2012, South Pole acquired a major stake in Australian carbon farming project developer and offset retailer, Sydney-based Climate Friendly. In 2017, the company acquired Climate Friendly's domestic and international carbon and renewables division outright, which at that point was a majority-owned subsidiary of the South Pole. In 2019, South Pole sold its majority share in Climate Friendly back to the Australian subsidiary's management team. By 2019, South Pole claimed to have reduced or removed over 170 million tonnes of CO2. South Pole consecutively won awards, as part of Environmental Finance's Annual Voluntary Carbon Market Rankings, from 2018 to 2021. In 2021, a 10% stake in the South Pole was bought by Lightrock, a leading global impact investor backed by LGT and the Princely House of Liechtenstein. The investment was reported to be in the range of “€20 million-plus.” Also in 2021, South Pole acquired Belgium-based climate consultancy CO2logic to expand its offerings in Belgium and France. This was followed in 2022 by the acquisition of Italy-based Carbonsink, with offices in Milan, Florence, and Maputo.

Projects South Pole has developed more than 1000 projects in over 50 countries, including reforestation and forest protection, renewable energy, habitat restoration, clean cookstoves, and other project types. South Pole has provided services or provided offsets to major companies including Nestlé, Gucci, EY, Hilton, and ALDO Group.

Controversy In 2023, doubt was cast over the integrity of the South Pole main project in Kariba, Zimbabwe by several media reports, who questioned whether the large quantities of carbon credits generated by the project were backed by real emission reduction. On the 27th October 2023, South Pole cut all ties with the project, confirming that the project had failed to meet standards.

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Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with South Pole (company)

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what South Pole (company) claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to South Pole (company) before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about South Pole (company) ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of South Pole (company)

In research: South Pole (company) appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses South Pole (company) in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: South Pole (company) is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics B Lab-certified corporations, Carbon finance, Financial services companies established in 2006, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for South Pole (company) outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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