Profile

EC is part of Earth Capital Holdings, which was founded by Stephen Lansdown and Gordon Power. Its constituent firms manage over $1.5b in Sustainable Private Equity assets with offices in Beijing, Guernsey, Hong Kong, London and Rio de Janeiro.

EC is a global private equity investment manager totally focused on Sustainable Development within the climate change nexus of energy security, food and water security. We invest capital globally in the commercialisation and deployment of proven, sustainable technologies, in various industries including agriculture, clean industry, energy generation, resource and energy efficiency, infrastructure, waste and water.

Our partners have a thirty-five-year extensive investment track record including turning around poor performers & managing the exit process. With our CIO, Gordon Power’s record of 28.5% IRR for a portfolio of 256 investments over 34 years and 45% IRR for a sub-portfolio of 33 sustainable investments made since 1984. In total, our global senior team have been working in the field of sustainable investment for over 330 years! We also have a long history of collaborative working together in the group, as well as in prior firms.

At EC we think of ourselves as industrialists, through the culture laid down by our founders whom themselves have founded substantial businesses, not just invested in them. As a result, we do not see ourselves as purely private equity investors, because through technology transfer we work with our companies to develop their businesses internationally and in turn increase their value.

Our Sustainability impact is measured through the Earth Dividend™, which provides an annual measure of the contribution to Sustainable Development. The Earth Dividend™ has been developed by EC's in-house Sustainability specialists following a detailed benchmark of international best practice approaches to the assessment, reporting and assurance of Environmental Social and Governance issues.

EC is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority. Earth Capital Partners Guernsey Ltd is regulated by the Guernsey Financial Services Commission. Earth Capital Brasil is regulated by the Comissao de Valores Mobiliarios.