Christoph Sutter
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Dr. Christoph Sutter born 20 March 1973 in Basel
, Switzerland
is a Swiss
Carbon Expert and entrepreneur
. Christoph attended the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology
where he studied for a MSc in Environmental Science (1993–1999) and a Master of Didactics on Environmental Science. He also concluded his PhD on the Topic "Sustainability Assessment of CDM Projects under the Kyoto Protocol" there. His thesis was awareded the ETH medal for the best PhD thesis in 2003. He completed his educatation with a McKinsey mini MBA in Toronto in Summer 2005.
After working for the consultancy Ernst Basler & Partner in Zurich during his studies he was part of setting up the myclimate
foundation based on his PhD results. Myclimate is an offset provider for the voluntary offsetting market, focused on CDM Gold Standard
Certificates. During this activity, Christoph was called to work for the UNFCCC Methodology Panel in 2005 where he worked for 3 years.
Unsatisfied with the exclusive focus on voluntary offsetting, he later founded the company South Pole Carbon Asset Management Ltd. with his former colleagues Thomas Camerata and Renat Heuberger.
Today, he is Co-CEO of South Pole Carbon Asset Management Ltd.
He was awarded as one of the WEF Young Global Leaders in 2009.
Additionally, Christoph is actively engaged in the work-life balance community, as he reduced his workload to 80%, taking off on Fridays, after the birth of his son.
WEF Young Global Leaders Homepage https://members.weforum.org/en/Communities/Young%20Global%20Leaders/index.htm
Basel
Basel or Basle In the national languages of Switzerland the city is also known as Bâle , Basilea and Basilea is Switzerland's third most populous city with about 166,000 inhabitants. Located where the Swiss, French and German borders meet, Basel also has suburbs in France and Germany...
, Switzerland
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
is a Swiss
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
Carbon Expert and entrepreneur
Entrepreneur
An entrepreneur is an owner or manager of a business enterprise who makes money through risk and initiative.The term was originally a loanword from French and was first defined by the Irish-French economist Richard Cantillon. Entrepreneur in English is a term applied to a person who is willing to...
. Christoph attended the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology
ETH Zurich
The Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich or ETH Zürich is an engineering, science, technology, mathematics and management university in the City of Zurich, Switzerland....
where he studied for a MSc in Environmental Science (1993–1999) and a Master of Didactics on Environmental Science. He also concluded his PhD on the Topic "Sustainability Assessment of CDM Projects under the Kyoto Protocol" there. His thesis was awareded the ETH medal for the best PhD thesis in 2003. He completed his educatation with a McKinsey mini MBA in Toronto in Summer 2005.
After working for the consultancy Ernst Basler & Partner in Zurich during his studies he was part of setting up the myclimate
Myclimate
Myclimate was spun off from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich in 2002 as a nonprofit climate protection organisation based in Switzerland to enable climate protection with economic mechanisms such as price-tagging carbon dioxide and integrating the externality into the market...
foundation based on his PhD results. Myclimate is an offset provider for the voluntary offsetting market, focused on CDM Gold Standard
CDM Gold Standard
The Gold Standard is the world's only independent standard for creating high-quality emission reductions projects in the Clean Development Mechanism Joint Implementation and Voluntary Carbon Market. It was designed to ensure that carbon credits are not only real and verifiable but that they make...
Certificates. During this activity, Christoph was called to work for the UNFCCC Methodology Panel in 2005 where he worked for 3 years.
Unsatisfied with the exclusive focus on voluntary offsetting, he later founded the company South Pole Carbon Asset Management Ltd. with his former colleagues Thomas Camerata and Renat Heuberger.
Today, he is Co-CEO of South Pole Carbon Asset Management Ltd.
He was awarded as one of the WEF Young Global Leaders in 2009.
Additionally, Christoph is actively engaged in the work-life balance community, as he reduced his workload to 80%, taking off on Fridays, after the birth of his son.
External links
Christoph Sutter's company http://www.southpolecarbon.comWEF Young Global Leaders Homepage https://members.weforum.org/en/Communities/Young%20Global%20Leaders/index.htm