Sustainability Roundtable Inc

The Net Zero Consortium for Buyers (NZCB) is a confidential buyers’ community and a leading transaction platform committed to creating corporate buyer favorable renewable energy transactions that enable participating enterprises to chart a profitable path to Net Zero Emissions globally. SR Inc Member-clients have made the NZCB the leading transaction platform for aggregated Virtual Power Purchase Agreements (VPPAs). 

Members participate in the NZCB to develop and drive a renewable energy strategy that evaluates the most commercially and environmentally compelling on-site and off-site solutions available through auditable competitive procurement processes. The NZCB is supported by SR Inc’s team, which is led by experts with expertise in renewable energy strategy development, procurement, markets, law, financing, technology, transaction structuring, and negotiation services.

The NZCB is supported by unmatched data and analytics on existing and proposed utility scale renewable energy projects and assists Members with individual and buyer aggregated off-site PPAs in North America and Europe. Through partnerships with market leading experts, the NZCB also advises Members on transactions in Asia.

The buyer-aggregated approach democratizes access to the commercial and environmental benefits of utility-scale renewable energy by making procurement accessible to a broader range of enterprises. The collaborative approach empowers mission-driven companies to pursue more creative and impactful Net Zero solutions. Over twenty Fortune 500 and globally-scaling companies have transacted through the NZCB to date.

 

The NZCB Procurement Solutions Include:

Buyer Aggregated Virtual Power
Purchase Agreements (“VPPA 2.0”)
On-site Solar Power
Purchase Agreements
Green Tariffs and Sleaved
PPAs in regulated markets
Community Solar
Fuel Cells and Microgrids
Fossil Fuel Free
Solutions for Facilities

The NZCB Buyers’ Platform Services Include:

  • No upfront fee as part of SBER Membership
  • Global renewable energy strategy development
  • Access to monthly national meetings with corporate executives leading on renewable energy globally
  • Access to proprietary, utility-quality energy forecasting services throughout the U.S. and Europe
  • Development & management of iterative Request for Proposals (RFPs)
  • Development of a 5 Level Risk Analysis to Competing Projects on:
  1. Market Evaluation
  2. Developer Ranking
  3. Project Ranking
  4. Legal Ranking
  5. Financial Scoring
  • Development of Multi-scenario Financial Modeling
  • Measurements of ESG consideration impact on projects
  • Assistance with internal presentations to accounting, legal, CFO, and CEO
  • Differentiating focus on corporate procurement driven transaction structuring
  • Development, Negotiation, & Execution of LOI & Renewable Energy Agreements

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