Climate & Company

What Climate & Company does

Climate & Company – The Berlin Institute for Climate Training and Research gGmbH is a Berlin-headquartered non-profit sustainable finance think tank founded in 2017 by Ingmar Juergens, operating with a team of approximately 28 experts across offices in Berlin and Brussels. The organization works with governments, financial institutions, and corporations to shape, simplify, and implement sustainable finance policies and standards, with particular focus on EU disclosure regimes (CSRD, EUDR, CSDDD), taxonomies, and supply chain due diligence. Its core products are open-source data tools rather than a unified software platform: the Financial Solutions Database (EUDR compliance mechanisms), the Tools for Sustainability Reporting resource library (ESRS and VSME guidance), the Mining Monitor prototype (critical raw materials traceability from mine to port), and a Deforestation Risk Assessment methodology co-developed with Swedish pension fund AP2, plus the Biodiversity Risk Filter co-developed with WWF.

The business model combines foundation and philanthropic grants (Laudes Foundation, Stiftung Mercator, Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, European Climate Foundation), institutional and government grants (Horizon Europe, German BMZ, European Commission), and project-based advisory services delivered to financial institutions and corporates. Go-to-market is hybrid: content-driven outreach through publications and LinkedIn, event-driven engagement (LCAW 2026, expert roundtables), and direct advisory/sparring partnerships with named institutional partners including Standard Life, Swedbank Robur, ÖKOWORLD, GIZ, and the Global Reporting Initiative. Geographic scope spans Europe, Africa, Asia, and South America, with active projects in 25+ countries. Climate & Company has direct regulatory influence through CEO Ingmar Juergens' seats on the EU Platform on Sustainable Finance (PSF 3.0) and the EU CBAM Expert Group, and prior membership in EFRAG working groups that drafted European sustainability reporting standards.

Name

Climate & Company

Legal name

Climate & Company – The Berlin Institute for Climate Training and Research gGmbH

Website

https://climateandcompany.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2017

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Climate & Company is a Berlin-based non-profit sustainable finance think tank that helps governments, financial institutions, and corporations implement EU disclosure, taxonomy, and supply-chain due-diligence rules, delivering open-source data tools, advisory services, and policy engagement across 25+ countries.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Sustainable Finance Advisory and Climate Policy Research

NAICS

Environmental Consulting Services (541620), Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services (54169)

akta.pro primary industry

Sustainability & ESG Consulting (BPAHACAK)

akta.pro secondary industries

Regulatory & Disclosure Strategy (CSRD/ESRS, ISSB/IFRS S2, SEC, TCFD) (EUABAKAH), Supply Chain (Scope 3) Emissions & Supplier Engagement Platforms (EUABAEAE), Audit-Ready Controls, Assurance & Compliance Workflow Tools (CSRD/SEC/ISSB) (EUABAEAG), Emissions Factors, LCA & Product Carbon Footprint (PCF) Platforms (EUABAEAD)

Keywords

• Sustainable finance advisory
• ESG disclosure consulting
• Climate transition research
• Supply chain transparency
• Deforestation risk assessment

Headquarters

HQ city

Berlin

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Foundation and Philanthropic Funding: Climate & Company operates as a non-profit think tank (gGmbH) primarily funded by foundations such as Laudes Foundation, Stiftung Mercator, Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, European Climate Foundation, and others. Project-based funding supports specific initiatives.
2. Government and Institutional Grants: Funding from government sources including German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), European Commission, and various EU/international programs for specific research and implementation projects.
3. Advisory and Consulting Services: The organization provides sparring partnerships, workshops, and advisory services to companies, financial institutions, and policymakers on sustainable finance implementation.

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Climate & Company is a sustainable finance think tank that provides advisory services, open-source data tools, and policy research to governments, companies, and financial institutions. Its core offerings include sustainable finance advisory, sparring partnerships and workshops on sustainability reporting (CSRD, EUDR, CSDDD), and free data tools such as the Financial Solutions Database and the Mining Monitor prototype for supply chain traceability.

Product overview

Climate & Company operates as a sustainable finance think tank that offers advisory services, data tools, and knowledge resources rather than a unified software platform. The core offerings include the Financial Solutions Database (interactive database for EUDR compliance mechanisms), Tools for Sustainability Reporting (resource library with guides for ESRS and VSME reporting), and the Mining Monitor prototype (supply chain traceability tool). These are complemented by advisory and consulting services, workshops, policy engagement, and collaborative research projects.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Financial Solutions Database An interactive database showcasing financial mechanisms and incentives that help producers—particularly smallholders—transition to and demonstrate compliance with the EU Deforestation Regulation.
• Tools for Sustainability Reporting A practical resource library providing examples, materials, tools and guides for companies, associations, and financial institutions on how to get started with sustainability reporting, particularly focused on ESRS and VSME standards.
• Mining Monitor A novel data tool that tracks critical raw materials from mining operations through processing facilities and shipping to trace materials to their origin at the mines, enabling assessment of sustainability-related supply chain risks.
• Sustainability Reporting Advisory Services Advisory services helping companies implement sustainability reporting frameworks including CSRD, with support for SMEs, sparring partnerships, and facilitated dialogue between corporates and financial institutions.

Quantifiable outcome

• Just Transition Finance pilot with 580+ billion euros AUM investors
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers7 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

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API docs

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AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

16 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Standard LifecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 8 July 2026UK retirement specialist with c.£317bn AUM and 12 million customers. Implementation partner in just transition finance pilot, contributing to co-development of methodologies for integrating social and climate risks into investment processes.
• Swedbank RoburcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 8 July 2026Sweden's largest fund management company and wholly owned subsidiary of Swedbank, with 3 million customers in Sweden and 1 million in Baltic countries. Implementation partner in just transition finance pilot.
• ÖKOWORLDcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 8 July 2026German green asset manager since 1996, pioneering provider of sustainable investment solutions. Implementation partner in just transition finance pilot with focus on human rights, workers' rights, and diversity integration.
• FSD AfricacoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 8 June 2026Financial sector development organization leading the 'Unlocking Generative and Regenerative Supply Chains in Africa' project. Climate & Company serves as expert partner for downstream demand-side analysis.
• African Natural Capital Alliance (ANCA)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 8 June 2026Alliance focused on natural capital. Co-leader with FSD Africa on the project to map EU/UK regulatory demand with African supply chain data realities.
• Global Reporting Initiative (GRI)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 12 May 2026Global reporting standards organization. Collaboration with Climate & Company on exploring how to scale data backbone for resilient and sustainable value chains in the energy sector, including critical raw materials.
• GIZ (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGerman development agency. Partner in GIZ SAFE project (EUDR-response programme) for deforestation-free supply chains and joint workstreams on sustainable finance.
• WWFcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-development of WWF Risk Filter Suite including Biodiversity Risk Filter - free online tool for companies and financial institutions to analyze biodiversity risks.
• Frankfurt School of Finance & ManagementminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAcademic partner, with Ingmar Juergens having worked 50% at Frankfurt School from 2020-2021.
• Andra AP-fonden (AP2)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSwedish Pension Fund with whom Climate & Company co-developed and piloted the first free portfolio-wide methodology for assessing deforestation risk in financial portfolios.
• germanwatchminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerGerman NGO and partner organization. Ingmar Juergens served as board member and vice chair of Germanwatch from 2018-2024.
• Agora EnergiewendeminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerThink tank focused on energy transition, listed as partner organization.
• IKEMminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerInstitute for Climate Protection, Energy and Mobility, listed as partner organization.
• BIO COMPANYcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGerman organic food company participating as pilot study partner in Making Sustainable Finance Work in Germany project for CSRD implementation.
• followfoodcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGerman food and fish company participating as pilot study partner, demonstrating business case for sustainability through early switch from overfished to sustainable fish sources.
• Terra NaturkosthandelcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGerman natural food retailer participating as pilot study partner in Making Sustainable Finance Work in Germany project.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• South Pole: South Pole is a major climate advisory and solutions provider offering strategy consulting, carbon credits, and sustainability services to corporates and financial institutions, directly comparable in service model and customer base.
• Carbon Trust: Carbon Trust is a climate consultancy advising businesses and governments on carbon reduction, disclosure, and sustainable finance—closely overlapping Climate & Company's advisory and disclosure offerings.
• 2° Investing Initiative: 2° Investing Initiative is a sustainable finance research and advocacy organization producing climate-related financial analysis and policy inputs—a comparable think-tank peer working at the finance/regulation intersection.
• Institute for Climate Economics (I4CE): I4CE is a French think tank producing analysis and tools on climate finance and just transition, structurally very similar to Climate & Company but focused on France/EU rather than Germany.
• Climate Advisers: Climate Advisers is a policy advisory firm working at the intersection of climate finance, regulation, and corporate strategy—closely comparable in terms of offering strategic advisory on sustainable finance to corporations and investors.
• Anthesis Group: Anthesis is a global sustainability consultancy providing advisory, data, and software for ESG and supply-chain reporting, directly comparable as a competing mid-sized sustainability consultancy.

Broad incumbents

• World Resources Institute (WRI): WRI is a major global research organization producing data, tools, and policy guidance on climate and sustainability; comparable in mission and policy influence, but broader in topic coverage and resources.
• Ramboll: Ramboll is a large engineering and sustainability consultancy providing ESG advisory, supply chain, and climate services to corporates and financial institutions—overlapping with Climate & Company's service portfolio at much greater scale.
• CDP (Carbon Disclosure Project): CDP runs the global environmental disclosure system used by thousands of companies and investors; overlaps with Climate & Company's disclosure and supply-chain transparency work, but at much larger scale.
• ERM (Environmental Resources Management): ERM is one of the world's largest environmental and sustainability consultancies offering broad advisory, compliance, and supply-chain services—comparable in scope but vastly larger in headcount and client base.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/climate-and-company

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles14 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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Investments

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