Climate Real Impact Solutions 1 (CRIS1) was well positioned to contribute to an accelerated transition to a clean economy and to achieve attractive risk-adjusted returns for investors. Led by a founding team of clean energy pioneers who understood deeply what it takes to scale product offerings in competitive, growing markets, the CRIS team was well poised to consider renewable energy opportunities.

About CRIS

Decarbonizing the atmosphere is the moral imperative of our time and, if the worst consequences of global warming are to be averted, the private sector must step up and play a pivotal role. Indeed, decarbonization is a foundational imperative for the 21 st century economy. Given its global scale and far reaching economic consequences, de-carbonizing our climate not only is a significant economic opportunity, it is our generation’s greatest triple bottom line mandate.

Achieving real climate impact requires private sector action at scale across all sectors of the economy. Over 1,300 companies globally, with a combined market cap of approximately $25 trillion as of July 2020, have already announced long-term commitments and bold actions to accelerate the net-zero carbon goal. Individual consumers are shifting to value-based consumption en masse, with a preeminent value being “do no harm to the environment.” Simultaneously, capital markets and investors have started to shift their focus towards addressing how they can support and foster climate goals, while continuing to earn attractive risk-adjusted returns.