Performance Partners

What Performance Partners does

Performance Partners, Inc. is a Washington, DC-based privately held consulting firm that provides strategic advisory services on domestic and international climate policy and politics. The firm serves clients across three segments — government agencies, businesses, and non-profit organizations — offering expertise on the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), the Paris Agreement, congressional testimony, and broader international climate policy strategy. The practice is operated through Principal Alden Meyer, a senior associate at E3G – Third Generation Environmentalism and U.S. country lead for the International Climate Politics Hub since 2014, who has attended UNFCCC climate negotiations continuously since 1991 and served as informal adviser to multiple Conference of the Parties presidencies.

The firm's core offering is a single unified service line: bespoke consulting engagements on climate and energy policy delivered personally by Meyer, who brings over four decades of environmental and energy policy experience spanning executive directorships at the League of Conservation Voters, Americans for the Environment, Environmental Action, and the Environmental Action Foundation, plus a prior role as director of strategy and policy at the Union of Concerned Scientists. The business model is professional services revenue generated through quote-based consulting engagements with no publicly disclosed pricing, packaged products, or recurring revenue mechanisms. Go-to-market is sales-led and relationship-driven, with marketing occurring primarily through earned media coverage of Meyer's appearances on ABC, CBS, CNN, NPR, NBC, the Today Show, Al Jazeera, BBC, and quotations in the New York Times, Washington Post, Bloomberg News, and other major outlets.

The firm maintains no disclosed technology platform, no AI/ML capabilities, no apps or APIs, and no formal headcount beyond the 1-10 range indicated in firmographics. Distribution is exclusively direct consulting engagements with enterprise and institutional buyers. The practice's competitive position rests entirely on the principal's individual expertise, network relationships across climate advocacy coalitions (Climate Action Network, Global Campaign for Climate Action, Blue-Green Alliance, U.S. Climate Action Network), and federal advisory credentials (U.S. Secretary of Energy Advisory Board), creating acute key-person dependency.

Name

Performance Partners

Legal name

Performance Partners, Inc.

Website

https://ppartners.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1993

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Performance Partners is a Washington DC-based consulting firm providing strategic advisory services on domestic and international climate policy and politics to government, business, and non-profit clients, delivered personally by Principal Alden Meyer.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Environmental and Climate Policy Consulting

NAICS

Management Consulting Services (54161)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

Public Sector & Policy Consulting (BPAHACAN)

akta.pro secondary industries

Climate Policy, Governance & NDC Support (BPADALAA), Carbon Market & Policy Advisory (Compliance Schemes, ETS Design, Article 6) (EUABADAA)

Keywords

• Climate policy consulting
• Environmental policy advisory
• International climate negotiations
• Energy policy advisory
• Climate strategy consulting

Headquarters

HQ city

Takoma Park

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Climate Policy Consulting Services: Provides consulting services to government, business, and non-profit sector clients on domestic and international climate policy and politics. Revenue generated through professional consulting engagements.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Performance Partners provides strategic advisory and consulting services on domestic and international climate policy and politics. The firm serves clients across government, business, and non-profit sectors, with expertise in UNFCCC negotiations, the Paris Agreement, and federal/state energy and environmental policy. Services are delivered primarily through Principal Alden Meyer as a solo consulting practice.

Product overview

Performance Partners is a consulting firm offering a single, unified service offering: strategic advisory on domestic and international climate policy and politics. The core offering consists of climate policy consulting services, primarily delivered through senior associate Alden Meyer, who provides expertise on UNFCCC negotiations, the Paris Agreement, and broader international climate policy to government agencies, businesses, and non-profit organizations.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Climate Policy and Politics Consulting Services Strategic advisory services on domestic and international climate policy and politics, provided to clients in government, business, and the non-profit sector. Covers UNFCCC, Paris Agreement, federal and state energy policy, congressional testimony preparation, and advocacy strategy.

Quantifiable outcome

• Served as informal adviser to numerous UNFCCC Conference of the Parties presidencies
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• E3G – Third Generation EnvironmentalismcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAlden Meyer serves as a senior associate at E3G, a strategic environmentalism organization. This represents a key professional affiliation providing access to international climate policy networks and collaborative research capabilities.
• International Climate Politics HubcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAlden Meyer serves as U.S. country lead since 2014 and chairs the ICPH G7 & G20 working group. This is a core coordination hub for international climate policy intelligence and advocacy.
• Climate Action NetworkcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDeeply engaged since its founding in 1989, representing decades of collaborative advocacy work on international climate policy coordination.
• Global Campaign for Climate ActioncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAlden Meyer was a cofounder and long-time board chair, indicating foundational involvement in shaping global climate advocacy strategy.
• Blue-Green AllianceminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerProvides leadership on climate and energy issues as part of this coalition bridging environmental and labor interests.
• Green GroupminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerNational coalition providing leadership on climate and energy issues.
• U.S. Climate Action NetworkminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerNational coalition for climate action coordination and advocacy.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• World Resources Institute (WRI): Global research organization producing climate policy analysis for governments and corporations. Overlap with Performance Partners on international climate policy advisory, though operating at significantly greater institutional scale.
• Union of Concerned Scientists: Science advocacy organization where Meyer previously served as director of strategy and policy. Directly comparable in mission, federal advisory engagement, and congressional testimony activity.
• Climate Action Network: Global network of over 1,500 civil society organizations coordinating advocacy at UNFCCC negotiations. Meyer has been deeply engaged since its 1989 founding, making it both an affiliation and a peer in the international climate policy advisory space.
• Center for Climate and Energy Solutions (C2ES): Independent climate and energy policy think tank working with business and government on domestic and international climate strategy. Comparable as a non-profit advisory organization operating in the climate policy space Meyer serves.
• Clean Air Task Force: Climate and energy policy organization providing technical and policy advisory to governments and NGOs. Comparable on the energy/climate policy advisory axis with similar Washington DC policy community footprint.

Emerging players

• Rhodium Group: Independent research provider on global energy, climate, and economic trends. Comparable as a high-end advisory firm providing expert analysis on climate policy to institutional clients, though with stronger quantitative and data orientation.
• South Pole Group: Climate advisory and solutions provider working with corporates and governments on climate strategy, carbon markets, and net-zero planning. Comparable in the corporate climate advisory space, especially on Article 6 and voluntary carbon market advisory.

Direct peers

• Climate Advisers: Boutique climate policy consulting firm offering strategic advisory to corporations and governments on international climate negotiations and policy. Most direct commercial comparator to Performance Partners given similar service model and clientele.
• International Climate Politics Hub: Coordination hub for international climate policy intelligence where Meyer serves as U.S. country lead. Directly comparable as a node in the same G7/G20 climate policy advisory ecosystem Performance Partners operates in.
• E3G – Third Generation Environmentalism: International climate policy think tank where Alden Meyer serves as a senior associate. Directly comparable as a climate diplomacy and policy advisory organization serving governments, businesses, and NGOs on international negotiations.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/ConniePPartners
• Facebookfacebook.com/ppartnersMD
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/performance-partners

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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