About BASE

Established in 2001, BASE is a Swiss not-for-profit foundation and a Specialised Partner of the United Nations Environment Programme.

BASE combines expertise in technology, markets, economics, finance and business development to deliver effective solutions for every project. BASE builds bridges between sectors and actors at the nexus between climate solutions, finance and international development. BASE seeks deeper solutions beyond the low hanging fruit, including markets that are challenging and underserved. The actionable solutions that we design, develop and implement seek to be disruptive, self-sustaining and replicable.

We develop innovative ideas and tailored market-driven solutions for public and private organisations. This involves more than just making financing available. BASE uses an integrated approach to drive investments in climate change solutions and focuses on strategies that overcome key market barriers.

BASE meets its mission by delivering services in the following three service areas:

Financial mechanisms and business models
Green financing programmes for financial institutions and others
Knowledge products and exchange.

MISSION.

We develop innovative, actionable financial strategies and market-driven solutions to unlock investment in climate change solutions. Around the world, we work with all markets and segments including those that are challenging and underserved.

VISION.

Our vision is a world where markets are transformed and climate change solutions are the norm, not the exception.

History.

2000

2001

BASE was founded as the Basel Agency for Sustainable Energy and a UNEP Collaborating Centre.

2004

BASE organised the International Conference for Renewable Energies, Bonn 2004.

2005

BASE created the Sustainable Energy Finance Initiative (SEFI) along with UNEP and with UN Foundation funding

2006

BASE along with WWF and other NGOs founded and hosted the Gold Standard.

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2010

2013

BASE’s project on electric mobility in the city of Bogota received the World Climate and City Leadership Award from the C40 Climate Leadership Group and Siemens.

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2014

BASE and IDB’s ESI model received endorsement by the Global Innovation Lab for Climate Finance as one of the most innovative financing instruments for climate action.

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2016

BASE joined United for Efficiency and starts working collaboratively in different projects.

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2017

BASE joined the Climate Technology Centre & Network (CTCN).

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2019

BASE’s model CaaS was endorsed by the Global Innovation Lab for Climate Finance during the NYC Climate Action Week.

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2022

Building on the achievements of the Cooling-as-a-Service and Efficiency-as-a-Service initiatives, BASE launched the Servitisation for Energy Transition (SET) Alliance to further catalyse the uptake of more sustainable energy solutions via the as-a-service wp-contentroach.

WWW.SET-ALLIANCE.ORG

2023

Dedicated to developing and piloting financial strategies to improve access to sustainable cooling solutions globally, BASE endorsed the Global Cooling Pledge announced at COP28 as a supporting non-state actor.