Areas of Focus
Sterling Waterford Holdings is an innovative renewable energy investment firm, established through a leading presence in the emission reduction market in 2004, headquartered in La Mivoie, Black River, Mauritius.

Sterling Waterford focuses on three key areas:

  • Investment product releases in the Emission Reduction and Carbon Credit Markets (specifically CDM),
  • Third party Carbon Offset Fund Management, and
  • Renewable Energy Private Equity

Pioneers within the carbon credit market; Sterling Waterford created the first investment derivative (Carbon Credit Note) and also publicly listed the first Carbon Credit derivative on a recognised global securities exchange (JSE Securities Exchange). The company subsequently released their first fixed-interest carbon credit linked instrument – The Collateralised Enhanced Yield Certificate - another first in this market. In 2008 Sterling Waterford Holdings issued and listed a second retail investment Note (Carbon Credit Note 2) on the JSE Securities Exchange. It matures in December 2012 and is listed under the short code CBN013 on the JSE.

Sterling Waterford also created and currently manages The Balanced Reserve Carbon Offset Fund which provides offset purchase, management and retirement services to third party clients who require an offset provider and manager that can guarantee small and large purchases of Carbon Offsets that are reliable, verifiable, additional and quantifiable. The Balanced Reserve Offset Fund only accepts Carbon Offset standards that meet a specified number of rigorous requirements. Currently accepted Offset Standards are CBA, Gold Standard, VCS and VER+. Current clients include the Carbon Lottery, the first online carbon offset lottery.

Sterling Waterford is a private equity investor in a number of international Renewable Energy projects and companies. These include:

  • Mabele Fuels - the first licensed Bio-Ethanol project in South Africa.
  • Gecco - a unique patented Vacuum Prolysis technology company, which remediates hydrocarbon waste streams to produce different specifications of Commercial Grade Oils.
  • ROCport – an auction platform for Renewable Energy Certificates in the United Kingdom.

Sterling Waterford… Our World, Tomorrow