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Accenture Acquires Carbon Intelligence

September 1, 2022

Consulting

Accenture has acquired Carbon Intelligence, a London-based carbon and climate change strategy consultancy, adding more than 160 sustainability and carbon experts to its global sustainability capabilities. The acquisition expands Accenture’s carbon strategy, emissions measurement and decarbonisation advisory services to help clients set and meet science-based targets.

ClimeCo Acquires 3GreenTree Ecosystem Service Ltd

January 25, 2023

Environmental Services

ClimeCo, a global sustainability advisory firm, acquired 3GreenTree Ecosystem Service Ltd to deepen its nature-based solutions and forest carbon removal capabilities. The acquisition brings 3GreenTree’s project development and carbon modeling expertise into ClimeCo’s project development team to accelerate turnkey removal projects and expand service offerings across new ecosystems and markets.

TPG Rise Combines Element Markets and Bluesource to Form Global Decarbonization Platform

February 24, 2022

Renewable Energy

TPG Rise (via TPG Rise Climate and The Rise Fund) has taken majority ownership to combine Element Markets and Bluesource into a vertically integrated global decarbonization platform, with NGP ETP joining the investment and GEF Capital Partners remaining as an investor. The combined business will market and originate carbon and environmental credits and provide advisory, project development and renewable natural gas marketing services to corporate and institutional clients.

Canaccord Genuity Acquires Carbon Reduction Capital (CRC-IB)

January 14, 2026

Financial Services

Canaccord Genuity Group Inc., through its U.S. capital markets business, has acquired Carbon Reduction Capital, LLC (CRC-IB), a specialist advisory firm in renewable energy M&A, project finance and capital raising. The CRC-IB partners will lead Canaccord's newly formed Energy Transformation group to expand the firm's advisory capabilities across renewable energy, storage, carbon capture and related energy transition markets; financial terms were not disclosed.

LRQA Acquires Five Specialist Risk & Assurance Firms

June 5, 2025

Consulting

LRQA has acquired five specialist consultancies — Ergon Associates, RESET Carbon, StepUp Solution Services, Core Business Solutions and EcoEngineers — completing five strategic purchases in five months to broaden its risk management, ESG, food-safety and energy-transition capabilities. The bolt-on acquisitions expand LRQA’s geographic footprint (notably into North America and Asia) and add technical expertise in labour & human-rights, carbon management, QMS certification and renewable-fuels decarbonization.

Zero Carbon Systems Acquires Global Thermostat

May 22, 2024

Renewable Energy

Zero Carbon Systems has acquired Global Thermostat, combining Global Thermostat's decade-plus direct air capture technology with Zero Carbon Systems' large-scale engineering design and financial resources. The deal aims to accelerate deployment of low-cost, low-energy carbon dioxide removal at demonstration, commercial and megaton scales.