Transcript Carbon Markets & Credit Projects

Corporate Overview
Presented by Jennifer Pinto, Recruiter, Human Resources
Introduction
 Public company on NASDAQ with symbol “ICFI”
 Forty years of experience – founded in 1969
 End-to-end management, technology, and policy
services – advise, implement, improve
 Diverse client base – 78% U.S. federal, state, and local
agencies; 17% U.S. commercial; and 5% international
 2008 revenue of $697 million
 91% of 2008 revenue from prime contractor positions
 More than 3,500 employees
 Global presence with more than 50 offices, headquartered
in the Washington, D.C. area
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Mission and Purpose
 Mission – We partner with our clients to conceive,
implement, and enhance solutions and services that
protect and improve the quality of life
 Why Do Clients Choose ICF?
• We have a passionate commitment to our work and to
helping our customers achieve compelling results;
• We combine deep program and industry knowledge with
world-class technical expertise; and
• We have the capability to support our customers through
the entire program life cycle, from analysis and design
through implementation and evaluation.
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Expertise in Large and Growing Markets
Revenue by Market
Year-to-Date through September 2009*
Energy, Environment,
and Infrastructure
Health, Human Services,
and Social Programs
 Power Market Assessment
 Health Research
and Evaluation
 Health Policy & Economics
 Climate Change and
Sustainability
 Health Informatics
 Energy Efficiency Program
Management
 Housing and Education
Program Implementation
 Environmental Policy
and Planning
 Information Clearinghouses
 Natural Resource
Management
 Transportation Planning
Homeland Security and Defense
 Homeland Security Program Development
 Emergency Management
 Critical Infrastructure Protection
 Logistics Program Support
 Modeling and Simulation
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Advisory-Led Approach throughout the Project Life Cycle
Client Mission and Needs
Advise
Energy,
Environment, and
Infrastructure
 Needs and Market
Assessments
Homeland
Security and
Defense
 Concept Development
 Planning
Improve
 IT Solutions
 Program Evaluation
 Project Management
 Transformation
 Policy Analysis
 Strategy
Health, Human
Services, and
Social Programs
Implement
 Program Delivery
 Technical Assistance
 Continuous Improvement
 Performance Management
 Benchmarking
 Outsourcing
 Change Management
 Clearinghouses
 Enterprise Architecture
 Communications
 Program Design
 Training and Exercises
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 Customer Satisfaction
 Business Process
Reengineering
 Return on Investment
Analysis
Global Presence
International Headquarters
9300 Lee Highway
Fairfax, Virginia 22031
Albany, NY • Atlanta, GA • Baton Rouge, LA • Bethesda, MD • Burlington, VT • Bellevue, WA
Cambridge, MA • Calverton, MD • Charleston, SC • Chicago, IL • Dallas, TX • Dayton, OH • Denver, CO
Fairfax, VA • Gillette, WY • Houston, TX • Irvine, CA • Lexington, MA • Los Angeles, CA • Middletown, PA
Morgantown, WV • New York, NY • North Kingstown, RI • Oakland, CA • Ogden, UT • Oklahoma City, OK
Overland Park, KS • Portland, OR • Research Triangle Park, NC • Rockville, MD • Sacramento, CA
Salt Lake City, UT • San Diego, CA • San Francisco, CA • San Jose, CA • Seattle, WA • Washington, DC
Beijing • London • Moscow • New Delhi • Rio de Janeiro • Toronto
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ICF’s Client Mix
Year-to-Date through September 2009*
*Core business – without Road Home
Pro forma to include Macro International
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Highly Qualified Employees with Diverse
Educational Backgrounds
 Deep subject matter experts — 42%
of consulting staff hold post-graduate
degrees*
 Multi-disciplinary capabilities
 Relevant industry experience
 More than 200 employees hold a U.S.
federal government security
clearance
 Length of service of more than13
years among over 227senior staff**
 YTD annualized turnover of 12.3% in
core business in 2008*
*includes ICF Macro
**includes time prior to acquisition
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What We Look For
 Associates with a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree and a GPA of 3.0 or
higher
 Excellent oral and written communication skills
 Superior research and analytical abilities
 Ability to think creatively and independently when faced with
challenges
 Ability to work in a team and independently
 Solid time management and the ability to work on multiple tasks
 Solid computer skills (Word and Excel) are required
 Some positions require outstanding quantitative skills, experience
with specific computer applications or packages (Access, JAVA,
and/or Cold Fusion) or knowledge of a foreign language
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What ICF Can Offer You
• Ground-breaking, socially
responsible projects
• Leading content experts as
colleagues and mentors
• Opportunity within a successful
company in growth mode
• Competitive benefits and
compensation program
• Employee Publication Award
Program
• Growth and management
opportunities
• Business casual environment
• Social events including happy
hour, picnics, charity work, sports
teams
• On-site gym, on-site cafeteria, onsite massage
• Diverse, motivated workforce
• Award-winning Talent
Development Program
• Dynamic management team
• Metro accessible locations
Please visit www.icfi.com/college to apply
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Introduction to ICF International’s
Climate Change Capabilities
Presented by John Venezia, Manager, Climate Change
Mitigation & Sustainability
Climate Change Services
Highlights
Service Offerings
■ We have been advising
governments and
companies on climate
change and sustainability
for over 20 years
■ Carbon Strategy and Policy
■ Provided climate policy
advice to > 60
governments
■ Providing sustainability
strategy advice to
> 60 companies in the
FT Global 500
■ Over 250 professionals
with climate change and
sustainability focus
■ Emission inventories and carbon footprints
■ GHG mitigation policy analysis
■ Carbon markets and credit projects
■ Carbon tools
■ Air Regulatory and Environmental Strategy and
Analysis
■ Impacts, Vulnerability, and Adaptation
■ Public Private Partnerships
■ Renewable Electricity and Fuels
■ Green Business and Sustainability
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Carbon Strategy & Policy: Emission inventories,
baselines, and protocols
ICF has supported all U.S. GHG Inventories
■ ICF’s ~20 year inventory experience with EPA has formed the basis for
follow-on climate related services:
■ Guidance (protocols, international reporting, national system
development)
■ International, regional, state, and entity
■ Emission reduction analyses
■ Voluntary program support
■ Sector-specific analyses
■ Sustainability services
■ Mandatory GHG reporting
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Carbon Strategy & Policy: GHG Mitigation Policy
Analysis
For more than 20 years, ICF has performed mitigation analyses for public
and private clients related to climate.
■ Example projects:
■ Government of Canada: Modeling and analytical support of Canada’s emissions regulatory
framework.
■ Multi-sector Canadian Carbon Price Study: Analysis of impacts of proposed regulatory
framework in Canada for a consortium of private sector clients
■ Province of Ontario: Modeling, analysis and strategic advice for climate change policy.
■ Illinois Task Force on Global Warming: Modeling and analytical support the multi-stakeholder
process.
■ California Air Resources Board: Providing a customized version of Energy2020 model for GHG
policy and program analysis
■ Western Governors Association Climate Initiative: Providing modeling and analytical support
for WCI carbon trading and complementary policies
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Carbon Strategy & Policy: ICF Provides Unmatched
Geographic Coverage on Climate Change in the US …
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… and Internationally
San Francisco, CA
Los Angeles, CA
Montreal
Warren, VT
Toronto
Albany, NY
Philadelphia, PA
Washington, DC
Fairfax, VA
London
Moscow
Beijing
New Delhi
Rio de Janeiro
Locations where ICF has
experience in climate change and
energy/emissions markets
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Carbon Strategy & Policy: Carbon Markets & Credit
Projects
We are at the forefront of developing carbon market strategies and policy
analyses for leading corporations, multilateral organizations, and
governments throughout the world.
■ Key service offerings:
■ Carbon footprinting
■ Compliance analysis—how will regulation affect a company’s operations?
■ Energy efficiency—portfolio assessment
■ Voluntary strategy support—companies not likely to face compliance constraints
■ Value-at-stake—how will lines of business be affected by action on climate?
■ Carbon offset projects—project feasibility, project support, due diligence, market
analysis
■ Assurance/verification services
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Carbon Strategy & Policy: Carbon Markets & Credit
Projects
We have more experience in the field of carbon
management than any other professional services
firm.
■ More than 900 different organizations voted ICF the
“best advisor on the EU ETS, North American, Kyoto
project, and Voluntary markets” in a survey by
Environmental Finance magazine
■ We have been recognized since 2006, the first year of
the awards.
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Carbon Strategy & Policy: Carbon Markets & Credit
Projects
According to Verdantix,
ICF is the leading Climate
Change consultancy.
Survey of corporate
carbon consultancies,
July 2008
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Carbon Strategy & Policy: Carbon Tools
We develop and implement models
and decision support tools
■ CPM (Carbon Planning Model)
■ IPM+: Multi-sector GHG mitigation
model
■ Renewable Energy Incentive Model
(REIM)
■ Do Your Part!
■ InCaP (International Carbon Pricing tool)
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Air Regulatory and Policy Support
ICF International has worked side-by-side with governments and
industry to develop and evaluate major air emission regulations.
■ Federal, State and Regional Policy Analysis
■ EPA policy and regulatory support analysis for CAAA 1990, OTAG, SIP Call, 1997 NAAQS,
CAIR, CAMR, Clear Skies, Carper, L-W, M-L
■ California Air resources Board Multi-sector GHG Policy Tool;
■ Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) CO2 Analysis;
■ Air Emissions Compliance Strategy and Expert Witness Testimony
■ Allowance Market Analysis
■ Renewable Market Analysis
■ Costs and impacts of New York renewable portfolio standard for Joint Utilities
■ REC forecasting support of EdP in successful bid for Horizon Wind
■ Technology Assessments
■ Compliance planning
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Climate Change Impacts & Adaptation Expertise
We have more than 20 years of experience providing
strategic advice for climate change impact,
vulnerability, and adaptation projects.
■ Support to DOT’s study of impacts of sea level rise to
transportation infrastructure in the mid-Atlantic
■ Support to AK sub-cabinet on climate change
■ Support to US Global Change Research Program’s Synthesis and
Assessment Products
■ Critical Ecosystems (SAP 4.4)
■ Human Health and Welfare and Human Systems (SAP 4.6)
■ Analysis of relationship between Smart Growth measures and
increasing resilience to climate change
■ Opportunities to incorporate adaptation in decision-making
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Experience in EPA Voluntary Programs
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Leader in Creating Award-winning Clean
Energy Programs
 ICF plans and delivers EE programs in states and municipalities across the
U.S.
 We helped develop 20 programs that have since won ENERGY STAR
awards
 We have worked in more than half
of the states, for state or local
agencies or utilities
• Clean Energy task orders support state
and local governments in all regions
• Successful EPA events—Change the
World Campaign, Consumer Electronics
workshop
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Renewable Electricity and Fuels
We provide policy, market and program support to
public sector clients in renewable electricity and fuels
■ Clients/projects:
■ DOE/NREL – national market analysis for distributed wind,
alternative fuels technical response service, databases
■ EPA Green Power Partnership – policy support
■ MTC – target grant funding for distributed wind
■ NYSERDA – facilitation/communication for RPS
■ Delaware – Sustainable Energy Utility
■ Services offered
■ Complex analytics for market analyses: GIS, financial
analysis, scenario development, etc.
■ Information management for RE and RF (hotlines, databases)
■ Policy analysis and communications
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Green Business and Sustainability Services
Sustainability Services and Capabilities
■ Developing sustainability strategies aligned with
key corporate drivers.
■ Helping companies assess their operations,
products, and reputation value-at-stake under
carbon constraints.
■ Providing risk management services to help
prepare companies to participate in emissions
trading market.
■ Designing projects to reduce environmental
footprints.
■ Undertaking due diligence of carbon credit
projects.
www.icfi.com/sites/green-business/
■ Advising low-carbon technology companies on
business plans and market positioning.
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Selected worldwide Sustainability experience:
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Introduction to ICF International’s
Energy Efficiency Capabilities
Presented by Amber Stewart, Senior Associate, Energy Efficiency
Q&A
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