PARTNERING WITH CCGS

During the course of 2009 BWC structured a deal with a Russian based carbon firm Climate Change Global Services (CCGS), whereby CCGS bought and equity stake in BWC. It was decided though on conclusion of the deal for the shareholders in BWC and CCGS to run with two separate companies in order to operate within Africa and South Africa as effectively as possible. It was thus decided to utilize BWC as a special purpose vehicle for Government related work with South Africa. To do so BWC went through its BEE audit process and successfully qualified as a QSE level company. The other company that was created to develop carbon related work within Africa and South Africa was CCGS Africa. CCGS are in the process of developing their global presence with offices now in Moscow, Archangelesk, Kiev, Johannesburg and Cape Town.

A bit of history on how CCGS came into being. CCGS is part of a Russia-Dutch joint venture, namely the 4RCap. The 4RCap's primary focus is on carbon credit development, social housing and large scale bio secure flower production (the largest flower producers in Russia). CCGS is also connected to another fund namely, Atlas Invest based in Antwerp, Belgium. The activities of Atlas range from investments in real estate, alternative energy (wind turbine production, Solar) to classic energy (recent takeover of Oranje Nassau Energy, oil assets in South America, etc) and a portfolio of different other activities.

ABOUT BWC

BWC was incorporated in 2007 by two close friends Roth Watson and Joost van Lier. Over the last two years they have successfully managed to build up a pipeline of potential carbon emission reduction projects, the first being an energy efficiency green field commercial prawn farming facility based outside Port Elizabeth. The project is estimated to produce around 4 million tons of CO2 reductions over a 10 year period.

To date they have managed to put BWC not only on the national carbon arena but also into the Sub Saharan African arena with projects in Tanzania, DRC, Rwanda and a few strong leads in Nigeria, Botswana and Mozambique.

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Roth completed his bachelor of commerce studies in 2005, where he successfully majored in Accounts and Strategic Management at the Nelson Mandela University (formerly know as the university of Port Elizabeth). Roth is also in the process of finishing an international qualification in management accounts through the Chartered Institute of Management Accountancy (CIMA) in the UK. He has currenlty been involved in the study and commercialization of carbon assets since 2007.

Joost completed his Bachelor of Engineering in 2005 at Stellenbosch University in South Africa. Since 2005, Joost has been working in the renewable energy sector, from the development of a LNG (Liquefied Natural Gas) import facility in the UK to CDM projects in Africa.

Graduated from the Moscow State University named after M.Lomonosov, Specialty "Mathematical Economy" in 1983. In carbon business since 1998. Participated in development of Russian National Strategy on Climate Change as a task leader in charge of JI meth and project portfolio. In 2001-2003... Read more

Graduated from Arkhangelsk State Technical University, Specialty "Industrial Heat and Power Engineering" in 2005. In carbon business since 2007.

Graduated from Arkhangelsk State Technical University, Specialty "Industrial Heat and Power Engineering" in 2009. In carbon business since 2009.