HOW WILL WE PROVIDE THE ASSISTANCE?

3I framework

The three Is that form the framework of our assistance include

Intelligence – about decarbonization solutions, business opportunities, feasibility analyses, partnership possibilities, policy environment etc.

Interactions – for collaborations, solution provider identification, hiring leadership talent, for corporate education/capacity development etc.
Implementation – support for decarbonization solution implementation through our vendor and technical partner network

HITS solution set

We use a comprehensive set of decarbonization solutions we had internally identified called HITS – standing for High Impact Technologies & Solutions – as the anchor for most of our efforts.

HITS represent a set of about 300 solutions and technologies that have the power to provide significant decarbonization impact for key industrial value chain components. Here are some examples of HITS

Digital & software solutions for O&M of utility scale solar PV power plants
Seaweed based animal nutrition that has the potential to significantly reduce methane emissions from cattle
Renewable natural gas (called Compressed Biogas or CBG in India)
Building retrofits for energy efficiency
Waste heat recovery from chillers and compressors

Depending on the value chain component that requires decarbonization, or the type of business opportunities your company is seeking, different sets of HITS could apply.

Decarbonization drivers

The other key dimension of our approach is the emphasis we place on the decarbonization drivers. Our team will focus on the following drivers while assisting your firm with carbon footprint reduction and/or business opportunity identification

Driver	Examples of assistance
Education & capacity building	Focussed awareness creation for senior & top management on decarbonization avenues and opportunities Identifying key experts and organizations that can provide training and capacity development programs for key employee stakeholders (your engineering team, for instance)
Financing/investments	Intelligence on government incentives – both Indian and international Multilateral financing possibilities Venture capital & other equity financing possibilities – both VC and PE depending on the scale and stage of project or opportunity Strategic financial collaboration between multiple corporates for joint decarbonization research projects or pilots
Team & talent	Identifying leadership team for new business ventures Identify top research talent (from India as well as international) for new business innovations
Collaborations & partnerships	Identify technology partners for new business venture Identify key business development partners to scale a new opportunity countrywide Partnership strategies to enable decarbonization of scope 2 and scope 3 emissions
Innovations	Identifying low carbon innovations at desired technology readiness levels and in specific sectors Identifying startups for funding or acquisition
Policies	Intelligence on how current and future expected policies can be used to Decrease costs of decarbonization programs Identify and enter new business segments Provide intelligence on best of breed policies from around the world for corporates to share with government bodies

Partnerships

In addition to the work by CEO2’s research and consulting teams, the above assistance will be provided by utilizing our extensive network of experts, solution providers and relevant stakeholders, which include:

Institutes of eminence such as the IITs
Comprehensive network of over 500 solution providers
Contacts in the finance & investments domain – Indian and international institutional lenders, VCs, PEs, Indian and international government financing programs…
Strong association with the Indian climate tech startup community (see EAI’s India Climate Tech 100)