Decarbonisation / Demographic change / Rapid urbanization / Automation / Resource Scarcity
Human progress in the last century has been fuelled by hydrocarbons as a cheap and effective source of energy. Today, our economy remains reliant on hydrocarbons and has evolved to be very inefficient with only 33% of primary energy being converted into useful energy. The remaining 67% is lost due to thermal inefficiencies in electricity generation, transport, heavy industry and buildings as the primary uses of energy.
To meet Net Zero 2050 goals, a migration away from hydrocarbons as a source of energy is required as well as addressing inherent inefficiencies in how we consume resources on the demand-side.
On the demand side, innovation in technology and end-market services that change customer behaviour is likely to have a greater impact than upstream infrastructure investment on achieving Net Zero.
The story for energy is very similar to the story across other sectors like food and agriculture, clean cities and infrastructure, water, waste and future trends in consumption including the circular and shared economy.
Decarbonisation / Demographic change / Rapid urbanization / Automation / Resource Scarcity
Low carbon power supply chains / Process electrification and automation / Direct heat, cooling and thermal efficiency, Distributed energy, resource efficiency and flexibility​ services / Low carbon transportation / Low carbon chemicals and materials supply chain / Agricultural electrification and technologies / Low carbon or higher efficiency agricultural consumables / Circular economy business models / Green hydrogen supply chain / Carbon capture and utilisation / Carbon fintech services
James Brooks
USD 250-2,500m
SCP’s Resource Efficiency strategy is focused on investing in world-leading companies in demand side technology and services.
SCP focuses on the following business models for investment:
Sector Lead
James is a Founding Partner of Stanley Capital with responsibility for sustainability, people development and resource efficiency sector activities. Two goals drive James; to have an impact on making businesses more sustainable and having a positive human influence on teams around him. Building meaning to "sustainability" in its broadest sense.
In Resource Efficiency, James is a world-class executive with more than 10 years of leadership experience, including roles in Shell’s low carbon business and Lightsource bp, across integrated markets in power, e-mobility, hydrogen, fuels and nature-based solutions following a successful sector-focused private equity investment career.