Heliad Equity Partners GmbH & Co. KGaA / Miscellaneous/Miscellaneous
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In the context of a first financing round, Heliad Equity Partners has taken
a participation of EUR 3.5 million in ecolutions GmbH & Co. KGaA.
ecolutions makes broad-based investments on a global basis in projects
which result in a reduction of CO2 emissions or which absorb CO2. According
to the Kyoto Protocol, operators of such projects receive carbon emission
rights which can later be sold at a profit to institutional clients on
European and other trading systems, generally OTC. Examples of such
projects include sealing landfills, solar systems, biomass power stations
or biofuels, especially in newly industrialising and development countries.
With the participation, Heliad opens up access to the market for emission
rights trading. Due to current market inefficiencies it is possible to
implement highly profitable investments here. In addition to this segment,
ecolutions also invests in projects and companies which either benefit from
changed climate conditions or offer solutions for the resulting problems.
+++ On climate change
The new UNO climate report published at the beginning of February present
the climate change as an undisputed fact for the first time. The
consequences are dramatic. Even if no additional greenhouse gases such as
carbon dioxide were emitted into the air as of today, the climate would
still become warmer for centuries. One of the central triggers of climate
change is considered to be the concentration of greenhouse gases in the
atmosphere. Here CO2 is regarded as one of the most important greenhouse
gases. In recent years, emission momentum has accelerated. According to an
investigation of the Energy Information Administration it increased by an
average of 0.8 percent per year in the period between 1980 and 1999. Now in
the period between 2000 and 2005, it rose by an average of 3.2 percent a
year.
Even if most experts are of the opinion that the climate change is
irreversible, a rapid reduction of the emission of green house gases –
particularly CO2 – can still considerably reduce the consequences. At the
same time, new technologies can help mankind to cope with the changed
environmental conditions. Since the Kyoto Protocol, trading with emission
rights has become an important instrument for reducing greenhouse gases
harmful to the environment. A central element of the Protocol is the Clean
Development Mechanism which allows the acquisition of carbon emission
rights on the basis of participating in climate projects in newly
industrialising countries.
+++ About Heliad
Heliad Equity Partners (WKN: 604 729) is a private equity firm that
concentrates mainly on companies in the German-speaking countries.
Investments are made in companies that are in a strong expansion period or
a special situation. The aim is to produce an above-average risk/return
ratio for the shareholders. The investor thus intensively participates with
Heliad in the expansion opportunities not only of the traditional German
middle class but also of aspiring German technological companies.
Contact:
Heliad Equity Partners GmbH & Co. KGaA
Christiane Kriesche
Leiterin Marketing & Kommunikation
Grüneburgweg 18
60322 Frankfurt
Tel.: +49(0)69 719 15 965 17
Fax: +49(0)69 719 15 965 17
E-Mail: christiane.kriesche@sigma-capital.de
DGAP 12.04.2007
Language: English
Issuer: Heliad Equity Partners GmbH & Co. KGaA
Grüneburgweg 18
60322 Frankfurt am Main Deutschland
Phone: +49 (0)69 719 15 965 0
Fax: +49(0)69 719 15 965 11
E-mail: christiane.kriesche@sigma-capital.de
www: www.heliad.de
ISIN: DE0006047293
WKN: 604729
Indices:
Listed: Geregelter Markt in Frankfurt (Prime Standard); Freiverkehr
in Berlin-Bremen, München, Stuttgart
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