The Netherlands: Carbon Experts - Holland Financial Center

Green Investment CorporationAn important initiative HFC is working on is the GreenInvestment Corporation. Together with 17 partners (banks,pension funds, ministries, insurance companies, consultants),HFC is looking into the feasibility of a public/private partnershipthat is aimed at co-investing/financing those sustainable energyand energy effi ciency products that do not immediately gainfunding. The main goal is to work as a catalyst and acceleratethe transition towards sustainable energy and energy effi ciency.Last but not leastRecently HFC have made the publishing of the book FinancingSustainability possible. The book touches on all the four topicsof the Centre for Finance & Sustainability including CarbonTrading. It can be downloaded for free from the internet atwww.hollandfinancialcentre.com. A Mandarin version will beavailable soon.‘In order to create wealth worth having, we need to have wellinformed skilled investors and an attractive narrative of whata sustainable global economy looks like. This book will helpus better understand what we must do and how attractive theprospect is.’ (James Cameron, Executive Director and ViceChairman, Climate Change Capital)15