Climate-KIC is the EU’s largest public private partnership addressing climate change through innovation to build a zero carbon economy.
The Climate-KIC Group is led by Stichting Climate-KIC International Foundation, an independent Dutch non-profit with public benefit status (ANBI) in the Netherlands (registration number 77373154).
The Climate-KIC International Foundation owns 90 per cent of Climate-KIC Holding B.V., a private limited liability company registered in the Netherlands (registration number 63299658), focusing on raising and effectively placing funds for climate-relevant innovation, while directly implementing and funding innovation initiatives. The Holding’s activities include pursuing public and private funding, sponsorship, incorporating, participating in and financing businesses and companies, and providing advice and services to others.
The remaining 10 per cent of shares in Climate-KIC Holding B.V. are held by Association Climate-KIC, registered in the Netherlands (registration number 52000117), an organisation whose membership is constituted of leading European universities, research institutes, businesses and cities.
The Foundation’s objective is to contribute in the broadest possible sense to the protection of nature and the environment, including the enhancement of sustainability, by way of innovation of climate change mitigation and adaptation.