What Climate Focus does

Climate Focus B.V. is a privately held climate policy and finance advisory firm founded in 2004 and headquartered in Amsterdam, with additional offices including Berlin (Climate Focus Berlin GmbH) and a North American regional headquarters. The firm advises governments, multilateral institutions, private-sector companies, philanthropic foundations, and civil-society organizations on international and domestic climate policy design, carbon market development (including Article 6 of the Paris Agreement), regulatory and legal strategy, natural climate solutions finance, due diligence, capacity building, and international climate negotiation support. Its primary revenue stream is project-based professional services engagements priced on a quote basis, delivered through sales-led direct advisory relationships and channeled in part through thought-leadership content (Knowledge Hub publications, quarterly newsletter, LinkedIn).

Climate Focus operates a portfolio of named initiatives and digital assets alongside its advisory services. The Carbon Markets Dashboard provides interactive, monthly-updated data on voluntary carbon standards including Verra and Gold Standard. The Forest Declaration Assessment (initiated 2015) is a civil-society-led progress tracker on 2030 forest goals. GANSO (2018, with CIAT) addresses sustainable land-use in Colombia; PhARE (with Good Energies Foundation) supports forest finance access in the Republic of Congo; Food Forward NDCs (with WWF) targets food-systems climate planning; and Football for Forests (with Planet Super League, launched 2023) is a digital platform channeling football-fan donations into tropical forest restoration. The firm is founder- and partner-owned — co-founded by Adriaan Korthuis (co-founder and managing partner) and Charlotte Streck (co-founder and director) — with no external institutional investors or parent company disclosed.

The company is a boutique consultancy by scale (headcount band 11–50, with roughly 50 professionals named on its website), competing in a specialized niche where talent, brand credibility, and access to high-level climate negotiations are the primary assets. Geographic reach spans Europe, North America, Latin America, and the Global South, with active engagements across West, Central, Southern and Eastern Africa, and Southeast Asia. Pricing is not publicly disclosed; customer concentration appears diversified across governmental, philanthropic (notably GIZ on behalf of BMUV, BMZ, and Norway's NICFI, plus Good Energies Foundation), multilateral, and corporate buyers, with recurring engagements across named initiatives.

Name

Climate Focus

Legal name

Climate Focus B.V.

Website

https://climatefocus.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2004

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Climate Focus, founded 2004 in Amsterdam, is a boutique climate policy and finance advisory firm serving governments, multilaterals, corporates, philanthropic foundations, and civil society with policy design, carbon market, and Article 6 strategy across five international offices.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Climate Policy Advisory Services

NAICS

Environmental Consulting Services (541620)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

Carbon Market & Policy Advisory (Compliance Schemes, ETS Design, Article 6) (EUABADAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Climate Finance Strategy (CapEx planning, green finance, incentives & grants) (EUABAKAG), Climate Policy, Governance & NDC Support (BPADALAA), GHG Accounting & Net-Zero/Decarbonization Planning (Scopes 1–3) (EUAHAJAC), Regulatory & Disclosure Strategy (CSRD/ESRS, ISSB/IFRS S2, SEC, TCFD) (EUABAKAH)

Keywords

• Climate policy advisory
• Carbon markets consulting
• Climate finance strategy
• Forest conservation advisory
• Sustainable development consulting

Headquarters

HQ city

Amsterdam

HQ country

Netherlands

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Advisory and Consulting Services: Climate Focus generates revenue through providing tailored advisory services to public and private sector clients, including policy design, regulatory strategy, technical due diligence, capacity building, and climate negotiation support. These are professional services engagements typically billed on a project basis.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Climate Focus is a policy advisory consultancy that advises governments, businesses, philanthropic organizations, and civil society on international and domestic climate policies and climate finance strategies. Its core offering centers on tailored advisory engagements covering climate policy design, regulatory and legal strategy, technical and financial due diligence for climate projects, capacity-building workshops, stakeholder convening, international climate negotiation support, and corporate climate strategy and compliance. In parallel, the firm operates flagship initiative products including the Carbon Markets Dashboard (a voluntary carbon market data visualization tool), the Forest Declaration Assessment and Dashboard, GANSO, PhARE, Food Forward NDCs, and Football for Forests.

Product overview

Climate Focus is an impact-driven advisory company offering climate solutions rather than a software product company. The core offerings include the Carbon Markets Dashboard (an interactive data visualization tool for tracking voluntary carbon market trends), multiple initiative products (Forest Declaration Assessment, GANSO, PhARE, Food Forward NDCs, Football for Forests), and a broad range of advisory/consulting services. The Carbon Markets Dashboard is the primary technology product, while other offerings are collaborative initiatives and advisory services focused on climate policy, carbon markets, forests, food systems, and climate finance.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Carbon Markets Dashboard Interactive data visualization dashboard providing up-to-date data from leading voluntary carbon market standards including Verra and Gold Standard, with interactive visuals and filters by year, region, and project type for tracking voluntary carbon market trends and updated monthly. Used by governments, project developers, buyers, and analysts.
• Climate Advisory Services Comprehensive advisory and consulting services including climate policy design and development, regulatory and legal strategy, technical and financial due diligence for climate projects, stakeholder engagement and coalition building, capacity building and workshops, international climate negotiation support, corporate climate strategy and compliance, and original analysis and knowledge products. Delivered to governments, businesses, philanthropic organizations, and civil society on a project basis.
• Forest Declaration Assessment Civil society-led initiative tracking global progress toward achieving international forest goals including the Glasgow Leaders' Declaration on Forests and Land Use and NYDF. Tracks progress against 2030 forest goals annually for governments, NGOs, and forest-sector stakeholders.
• Football for Forests Digital platform developed with Planet Super League that allows football fans to support tropical forest restoration. Fans contribute donations when their team scores, earn tokens through trivia and score predictions, with restoration outcomes monitored through an impact monitoring system. Targets consumers and football audiences as a public engagement and fundraising channel for forest restoration.
• Forest Declaration Dashboard Dashboard interface for exploring the Forest Declaration Assessment findings and tracking progress on international 2030 forest goals, designed for use by researchers, policymakers, and civil society.

Named customers4 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

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No

API docs

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Core technology

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Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered core, key and supporting.

• VCMI (Voluntary Carbon Markets Integrity Initiative)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 19 August 2025VCMI partnered with Climate Focus and UNDP to launch an updated Carbon Markets Access Toolkit on August 19, 2025 in London. The toolkit helps emerging markets and developing economies navigate regulated, voluntary, and Article 6 carbon markets, addressing key decision points including whether and when to enter carbon markets, legal and institutional considerations, and strategies for hosting high-quality carbon projects.
• United Nations Development Program (UNDP)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 19 August 2025UNDP partnered with VCMI and Climate Focus to launch the updated Carbon Markets Access Toolkit, helping emerging markets and developing economies navigate carbon markets and implement Article 6 of the Paris Agreement.
• Planet Super LeaguecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2022Football for Forests is a joint initiative of Climate Focus and Planet Super League that harnesses the global passion for football to restore tropical forests. The initiative includes a digital platform allowing football fans to donate to forest restoration causes.
• Center for International Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2018CIAT partnered with Climate Focus to launch GANSO in 2018, a partnership aimed at transforming degraded pastures into sustainable productive landscapes while scaling local businesses and supporting local development in Colombia.
• West African Alliance on Carbon Markets and Climate FinancekeyStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2017In 2017, 16 West African countries created the Alliance to promote sub-regional cooperation on international carbon markets and climate finance under the Paris Agreement. Climate Focus has been a steering committee member and technical partner since its inception.
• WWFcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFood Forward NDCs is a collaborative effort led by WWF and Climate Focus, with technical collaboration from various partners and financial support from GIZ on behalf of BMZ. The initiative aims to accelerate food systems transformation via climate planning and implementation.
• UNIQUE forestry and land usekeyStrategic or Co-development PartnerAs part of a publication funded by the International Climate Initiative (ICI) of the German Government, Climate Focus partnered with UNIQUE forestry and land use to develop business models in the land-use sector that address drivers of deforestation and promote rehabilitation of degraded lands.
• VerrasupportingGTM or Marketing PartnerVerra provides support for the Voluntary Carbon Market Global Dialogue, hosted by Climate Focus with support from Verra and Wetlands International, bringing together governments, private sector, and civil society from the Global South.
• Wetlands InternationalsupportingGTM or Marketing PartnerWetlands International partners with Climate Focus to support the Voluntary Carbon Market Global Dialogue, exploring how VCM can align with the Paris Agreement and support national priorities.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• EcoAct: EcoAct (now part of BNP Paribas) provides carbon strategy, climate advisory, and carbon market services to corporates, overlapping with Climate Focus on climate transition planning, carbon accounting, and net-zero strategy.
• South Pole Group: South Pole is a direct competitor providing carbon market advisory, climate strategy, and corporate decarbonization services globally, with overlapping expertise in voluntary carbon markets and nature-based solutions where Climate Focus also operates.
• Carbon Trust: Carbon Trust is a closely comparable climate advisory and verification organization working with governments and corporates on carbon reduction strategy, climate finance, and standard-setting — directly mirroring Climate Focus's advisory offering.
• Pollination: Pollination is a specialized climate advisory and investment firm advising corporates and governments on decarbonization, climate finance, and nature-based solutions — a comparable specialist model with similar service lines.
• Quantis: Quantis is a sustainability and climate strategy consultancy advising Fortune 500 companies on decarbonization, target setting, and climate strategy — directly comparable in advisory model and corporate client base.

Broad incumbents

• KPMG (Climate Change & Sustainability Services): KPMG's CCaSS practice offers climate strategy, carbon accounting, and net-zero advisory to large corporates globally, competing for the same climate disclosure and transition planning mandates as Climate Focus.
• Guidehouse: Guidehouse operates a sizable sustainability and climate practice advising utilities, governments, and corporates on climate strategy, decarbonization, and ESG — competing for similar public-sector and corporate engagements.
• BCG (Climate & Sustainability Practice): Boston Consulting Group's Climate & Sustainability practice provides strategy advisory on decarbonization, climate finance, and ESG transformation to large enterprises and governments — a top-tier strategy incumbent encroaching on Climate Focus's advisory territory.
• ERM (Environmental Resources Management): ERM is a large global sustainability and environmental consulting firm offering climate advisory, carbon market services, and ESG strategy — a broader incumbent competing for the same corporate and government advisory mandates.

Others

• VCMI (Voluntary Carbon Markets Integrity Initiative): VCMI is an active partner organization working on voluntary carbon market integrity frameworks. While not a direct competitor, it sits in the same ecosystem and adjacent value chain on VCM claims and Article 6.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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