In KIRKBI Climate, we play an active role in addressing global climate change by investing in and building high-impact businesses focused on energy transition and circular plastics
How we invest
Driving impact on global climate issues call for substantial investment, risk-willingness, and dedicated teams of specialists. Our approach is twofold: we build businesses with proven and mature technologies while also exploring and investing in emerging and promising solutions and technologies that require risk-taking and long-term capital to reach scale.
How we invest
Driving impact on global climate issues call for substantial investment, risk-willingness, and dedicated teams of specialists. Our approach is twofold: we build businesses with proven and mature technologies while also exploring and investing in emerging and promising solutions and technologies that require risk-taking and long-term capital to reach scale.
Our investment areas
Energy Transition
We aim to deliver the highest decarbonisation impact by supporting the build-out of more wind and solar energy, alongside batteries and emerging solutions in grid-scale energy storage and power-to-x.
Circular Plastics
We aim to find effective ways to reduce, reuse, and recycle plastic waste, while also exploring plastics made from non-fossil fuels sources. This also includes supporting the LEGO Group's efforts to make the LEGO® brick more sustainable.
Land Sustainability
We aim to establish more production forest by converting low-yield farmland into primarily production forest in order to have a positive impact on climate, environment and biodiversity.
By building impactful businesses and investing in energy transition, circular plastics, and land sustainability, we aim to create long-term value for a sustainable future.
Anupam Bhargava, CEO of KIRKBI Climate
By building impactful businesses and investing in energy transition, circular plastics, and land sustainability, we aim to create long-term value for a sustainable future.
Anupam Bhargava, CEO of KIRKBI Climate
A broad portfolio
Our portfolio includes ownership of and investment in a wide range of activities, from start-ups to well-established businesses that all play their part in addressing global climate change and reducing plastic pollution. With a current climate investment portfolio of around DKK 8 billion, KIRKBI Climate aims to deploy up to an additional DKK 10 billion in climate solutions by 2030.
To maximise impact while ensuring long-term return on investment, we operate with a twofold approach:
Mature technologies
Companies with more mature technologies, where exercise of active ownership can strengthen performance and support the companies in reaching their potential. An example is KIRKBI Climate’s ownership of Adapture Renewables Inc., a U.S.-based developer of solar facilities and energy storage.
New technologies
Explore new technologies that have moved beyond the prototype phase and require risk-willing and long-term capital to reach scale. An example where KIRKBI Climate is a minority investor is Tidal Vision, a U.S.-based company that focuses on replacing harsh chemicals with chitosan-based solutions in water treatment, agriculture, and biomaterials such as plastic.
A separate business in KIRKBI
KIRKBI Climate is a separate business area within KIRKBI, and over time, it will have its own board and leadership team.
A separate business in KIRKBI
KIRKBI Climate is a separate business area within KIRKBI, and over time, it will have its own board and leadership team.