SQ Consult, together with Azure International, has won as assignment to help the European Commission support the development of local and regional ETS systems in China by providing information on experiences and lessons learned in the EU ETS regarding monitoring, reporting, verification and accreditation.

SQ Consult is part of a consortium led by ICF winning a framework contract to provide the European Commission with support in climate policy evaluation over the next four years - one of only three consortia to qualify for this.       

Support for the successful third periodic verification of the Jaremar CDM project. This CDM project consists on biogas capture from waste water from the processing of African palm. The biogas captured is used for the production of electricity and heat.

SQ Consult is, together with DNV, supporting the European Commission in evaluating the NIMS, the National Implementation Measures, which set out the free allocation each Member State allocates to EU ETS participants in Phase III (as of 2013) in line with the EU harmonised allocation rules.

In 2010 SQ Consult supported IIP in the evaluation of industrial energy efficiency and GHG emission reduction policies of 6 countries. Countries include the Netherlands, UK, US, Japan, China and India. The project uses the “policy pyramid” framework to assess the completeness and the consistency of a country’s policy package; and to identify best practice policies to further the sharing of best practices and lessons learned across countries. In 2011 we started supporting IIP with analyzing the policies for 6 additional countries: Australia, Canada, South-Africa, Germany, Thailand and Russia. IIP is part of the ClimateWorks Foundation.

Azure, Shandong Energy Conservation Office (SECO), the Chinese Energy Research Institute (ERI) and LBNL are working on a sectoral mechanism for reducing GHG emissions from the cement sector in Shandong Province in China, including research on possibilities for crediting and trading of GHG emission reductions. SQ Consult provides support on allocation and MRV mechanisms that are applied internationally to similar sector-wide industrial energy efficiency and emissions trading programs, including the EU ETS.

Support to WWF European Policy office in the development of a second generation Climate Savers Agreement with a large industrial company for greenhouse gas target setting beyond 2010. Work includes analysis of current performance compared to competitors, assessment of proposals and strategic advice on type and level of targets and broader performance indicators related to sustainable construction and climate change policy positions.

For a real estate investment company SQ Consult identified upcoming climate change policies and the likely risks and opportunities for their portfolio.

Project/process management as well as stakeholder management for a large industrial company applying for NER 300 subsidy. Project/process management for a team of internal and external consultants as well as partners involved, stakeholder management on governmental level, writing part of the documents, overall quality control of documents and ensuring timely and correct handover of necessary documents.

On request of UNDP SQ Consult prepared the project fiche for an €8 million project under the EU-UNDP climate change programme. This specific project will support developing countries in their identification of mitigation project and will provide a capacity building program for MRV, NAMAs and LEDS. Moreover it will provide a training facility to support the private sector in selected developing countries in increasing its access to the international carbon market.

Support during the validation and registration of a CDM project for biogas recovery project, with production of heat and electricity generation from effluents ponds at a palm oil mill in Honduras. Review and update of the Project Design Document, the project calculations and the support documentation was done based on the requests of the Designated Operational Entity and the UNFCCC Secretariat.