2017年11月10日，绿色低碳投资研讨会暨北京环交所-中美绿色低碳基金签约仪式在北京举行。来自国家发改委、环保部、银监会、证监会、雄安新区改革发展局、中国金融学会绿色金融委员会、清华大学低碳经济研究院、亚投行、中美能源合作项目等多家国内外机构及企业相关负责人出席。
签约仪式上，主办方代表北京环境交易所（下称“北京环交所”）董事长朱戈首先致辞。他表示，很高兴北京环交所-中美绿色低碳基金即将在雄安新区落户。作为一项重大的历史性战略工程，雄安新区从一成立就明确了要建设绿色智慧新城，这是习近平总书记提出的规划建设雄安新区的七个方面重点任务之一。未来，基金将积极做好与雄安各项相关业务的对接，寻找既适合新区建设发展又符合基金投资方向的项目，协助其引进绿色低碳技术并实现商业化，从而在全国发挥示范作用。
中美能源合作项目（ECP）会员公司中美绿色基金首席执行官白波表示，非常荣幸和北京环交所战略合作，实现私募基金投资能力和碳资产商业化能力的强强联手。双方拟共同发起的“北京环交所-中美绿色低碳基金”，将与以中美绿色基金为代表的绿色发展基金共同投资国内外低碳节能环保领域的优质项目，加快绿色能源和节能环保技术的推广应用、加速绿色智慧城市和绿色美丽乡村的建设。同时，该低碳基金将发挥其优势，专注于有力配合全国碳排放权交易市场，协助各绿色发展基金实现碳资产的量化、收集、和商业化，在创造经济价值的同时，打造一个具有创新价值，并且符合中国新时代发展的碳基金模式，以支持全球应对气候变化。
随后，双方举行了北京环交所-中美绿色低碳基金战略合作签约仪式，并与华远达电力工程有限公司、美国GreenCert（绿色核证公司）签署了合作备忘录。
近年来，我国的低碳发展、应对气候变化工作取得了比较显著的成效。 而伴随着2017年启动全国碳市场时间点的临近，更是为低碳产业的发展拓展了广阔的空间。
有机构预测，届时将形成一个覆盖30—40亿吨碳配额的市场，中国也将成为全球第一大碳市场。全国碳排放权配额交易市场市值总规模有望达到1200亿元人民币，如果考虑到期货等衍生品，交易额规模可达5000亿元人民币。
与会嘉宾认为，即将落户在雄安新区的北京环交所-中美绿色低碳基金将完善中国碳金融体系。同时，这一积极尝试还将进一步增强碳市场的流动性，促进绿色金融体系的建设和绿色产业的发展，带动绿色发展高科技产业在雄安新区的落户和发展。
注：中美绿色基金是中美能源合作项目（ECP）的会员公司，是2015年9月习近平主席访美时，在中美政界和商界领袖倡导下，设立的一个纯市场化的绿色引导性基金。作为专注于绿色产业发展的专业投资机构，中美绿色基金拥有强大的中美战略资源，依托独创的“P.R.I.M.E.”商业模式，在政策的指引下，以专业投资团队执行 “产业+资本+技术”的投资策略，支持最优秀的管理运营团队，实现“投资·绿动中国”的理念。目前，已经围绕绿色能源及节能环保和绿色智慧城市两大主线投资了一批优质企业，在商用建筑节能、绿色智能健康家居、数据中心节能、清洁热力、钢铁行业重组和绿色提升、绿色智慧停车、绿色公寓等领域完成初步投资布局、帮助其成为细分行业的“领头羊”及中美绿色合作的市场化执行者。
北京环境交易所经北京市人民政府批准设立，集各类环境权益交易服务于一体的专业化市场平台。自2008年成立以来，北京环交所不断探索用市场机制推进节能减排的创新途径，相继成立了碳交易、排污权交易、节能量交易和低碳转型服务等业务中心，形成了完整齐备的业务条线，在交易服务、融资服务、绿色公共服务和低碳转型服务等方面开展了卓有成效的市场创新。目前，北京环交所作为国家发改委备案的首批中国自愿减排交易机构、北京市政府指定的北京市碳排放权交易试点交易平台，以及北京市老旧机动车淘汰更新办理服务平台，已经发展成为中国最具影响力的环境权益交易市场之一。
China Beijing Environment Exchange and U.S.-China Green Fund to Launch RMB 10 Billion Carbon Fund in Xiong’an
On November 10, 2017, the Green Low Carbon Investment Symposium and Strategic Cooperation Signing Ceremony between the China Beijing Environment Exchange and U.S.-China Green Fund was held in Beijing. The signing was witnessed by senior officials from major institutions including the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), Ministry of Environmental Protection (MEP), China Banking Regulatory Commission (CBRC), China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC), Development and Reform Bureau of Xiong’an District, China Finance Society Green Finance Committee, Tsinghua University’s Institute of Low Carbon Economics, Asian Infrastructure InvestmentBank (AIIB), US-China Energy Cooperation Program, and numerous other domesticand foreign institutions and corporations.
At the signing ceremony, Mr. Ge Zhu, Chairman of the China Beijing Environment Exchange (“CBEEX”) expressed he is very pleased that the jointly established CBEEX-U.S.-China Green Carbon Fund will be officially registered in Xiong’an New District. Since the founding of the new district, it has been designated as a significant strategic project to build a new green and smart city. This was one of the seven key objectives proposed by President Xi Jinping in the planning and construction of Xiong’an New District.
Going forward, the Carbon Fund will actively execute programs relevant to the development of new businesses in Xiong’an and identify projects that will be suitable for the construction and development of the new district. In line with the investment direction of the Fund, the founding parties will assist the team in introducing green low-carbon technologies to Xiong’An and help to commercialize them, setting a good example and model for China.
Dr. Bo Bai, Chief Executive Officer of the U.S.-China Green Fund, one of US-China Energy Cooperation Program (ECP)’s member companies, stated he was honored to establish strategic cooperation with the China Beijing Environment Exchange to realize the powerful nexus between private equity investments and the commercialization of carbon assets. The jointly proposed CBEEX-U.S.-China Green Carbon Fund will co-invest with green development funds, as exemplified by U.S.-China Green Fund, to invest in high-quality projects in low-carbon green sectors both at home and abroad, to accelerate the construction of green and smart cities and villages through the promotion and application of green energy, energy efficiency, and environmental protection technologies.
In addition to co-investing with green development funds, more importantly, the Carbon Fund will leverage its expertise and focus on effectively supporting the national carbon trading market to help green development funds to quantify, collect, and commercialize carbon assets. This will create both economic and innovation value and is consistent with the development of a new carbon fund model in China to support the global response to climate change.
Subsequently, at the Strategic Cooperation Signing Ceremony between CBEEX and Green Fund, the two parties also signed a memorandum of cooperation (MOC) with Beijing Huayuanda Power Engineering Co.,Ltd. and U.S. GreenCert (a green certification company).
In recent years, China’s focus on low-carbon development has made remarkable achievements in its response to climate change. With the approach of the launch of the national carbon market in 2017, the Carbon Fund will also open up vast opportunities for the development of low-carbon industries.
Some organizations predict that a 30-40 billion ton carbon quota market will be created, and China will become the world’s largest carbon market. The total market capitalization is expected to reach RMB 120 billion. If futures and other derivatives are also taken into account, the transaction volume can reach as much as RMB 500 billion.
The distinguished guests expressed that the newly established CBEEX-U.S.-China Green Carbon Fund in Xiong’an New District will complement China’s carbon finance system. At the same time, this positive endeavor will further improve liquidity in the carbon market, promote the development of a green financial system and green industries, as well as lead to the formation and growth of green high-tech industries.
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The U.S.-China Green Fund is one of US-China Energy Cooperation Program (ECP)’s member companies. It is a commercially-run private equity fund initiated by business and government leaders from both the U.S. and China during President Xi Jinping’s state visit in September 2015. Its mission is to promote sustainable green development in China through innovative collaborations in finance, green technology and business models, and by combining U.S. technologies and products with Chinese market potential and rapid commercialization capabilities. Through experience and practice, we developed a unique business model which anchors on five pillars – Policy, Research, Integration, Money and Execution (P.R.I.M.E.), to leverage policy support and use “technology + capital” to create new business models and build strong execution teams in order to “Invest · Green-upgrade China.” Presently, the Fund has made a number of investments into two main areas: 1) green energy, energy efficiency, and environmental protection and 2) green smart cities and villages, making great strides in commercial building energy efficiency, green smart homes, data center energy savings, waste heat recovery, steel industry restructuring, green smart parking, and green apartments. The Fund aims to become the best-in-class green equity fund and the commercial implementer of U.S.-China green collaboration.
China Beijing Environment Exchange was founded on Aug 5th, 2008 under the approval of the Beijing municipal government. CBEEX has established a professional market platform for trading various environmental equities. It functions as a public platform that aims to utilize economic measures to address environmental issues, as a leading and well-constructed national environmental exchange market, as a professional platform for international environmental cooperation, and as an important market for trading environmental financial derivatives.
