Cibola Partners

About us

CIBOLA PARTNERS is a consulting firm specialized in North-South climate finance, project development and cleantech financing in developing and emerging countries, with particular tights with China. Its parent company CARBONIUM is accredited by the Green Climate Fund as an observer from the private sector. Over the past 15 years, CARBONIUM and CIBOLA PARTNERS have worked in more than 80 countries around the globe on behalf of clients from the private sector as well as bilateral and multilateral financial institutions.

CIBOLA PARTNERS provides unique services to its customers to seize new opportunities in the field of private climate finance and more broadly environment and energy transition financing.

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Sectors

Resilient Agriculture

Due to a growing demand for food at a global level, clean technologies in the agricultural sector are key for both climate change adaptation and productivity growth.

Smart Cities and Infrastructure

Cities represent now three quarters of energy consumption and 80% of CO2 emissions worldwide. Cleantech companies are at the forefront of smart cities.

Clean Energy

From clean energy facilitators to managing energy consumption through intelligent power systems, the clean technology sector encompasses all dimensions of the energy innovation and transition.

Eco-services

The cleantech industry is promoting a major shift for innovative tools which measure environmental impact as well as promoting green services and depolution services.

Efficient Industry

Industrial processes are changing radically due to innovative technologies, and cleantech companies are taking advantage of opportunities in the field.

Eco-mobility

The transportation industry is a fast-changing field, rapidly evolving in response to volatile oil prices, increasing urban congestion and stricter regulations.

Our Team

Alexandre Borde

Founder , CEO

Philippe Coste

Partner , Vice President

Yang Zhang

Partner

Le Ban

Partner

Heng Yin

Senior Advisor

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Client & Partners

Cibola Partners and the Bridge Tank attended the 2018 Beijing Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation
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The Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) 2018 Beijing Summit was scheduled for Sept. 3-4 in the Chinese capital. The Managing Director of Cibola Partners – Yang Zhang, and President of the Bridge Tank – Joël Ruet attended the summit in Beijing.
Cibola Partners and China Tiesiju Civil Engineering Group (CTCE) sign a strategic partnership under the One Belt One Road Initiative
Paris & Shenzhen, June 7, 2018. Cibola Partners and China Tiesiju Civil Engineering Group (CTCE) sign a strategic partnership in line with the ambitious goals of the One Belt One Road (OBOR) Initiative.

Cibola Partners will cooperate with CTCE in its international development strategy, by contributing to the sourcing of new infrastructure opportunities in African and European countries, and providing advises during negotiations with non-Chinese stakeholders.

CTCE has appointed Cibola Partners as its advisory firm for their business development in Africa, with the support of the Chinese think tank China Economic Consulting Corporation (CECC). CECC will be responsible for providing researches based on national policies and the international economic situation as well as introducing financing or specialized funding support channels for specific business.

“We are pleased of the trust of CTCE to identify and structure new investment opportunities in Africa and in Europe. This confirms our unique expertise in South South and Triangular Cooperation” said Yang Zhang, Managing Director of Cibola Partners.
Cibola Partners interviewed by the radio LCF
April 25, 2018, Interview of Yang Zhang by the radio LCF (La Chine en France) about how to earn incomes from your ecological transition.
Cibola Partners at “One Planet Summit” in Paris
On December 11, 2017, in the context of the One Planet Summit, Alexandre Borde, CEO of Carbonium and Cibola Partners, spoke at UNESCO headquarters on “a pathway to enhancing climate finance through youth and education”
Cibola Partners at the 3rd Annual Conference of the Green Bond Principles (GBP)
Paris, June 14 2017. Cibola Partners at the 3rd Annual Conference of the Green Bond Principles (GBP), together with other ground-breaking international developments related to the green bond market and to sustainable finance. In 2016, the Green Bond market has proved to be a fast growing global phenomenon, with issuance doubling in excess of $80 billion.
Cibola Partners attended the 9th International Economic Forum Latin America and Caribbean
Paris, June 9 2017. Cibola Partners attended the 9th International Economic Forum Latin America and Caribbean, for discussing the topic of “rethinking globalization for youth and inclusive development”.
Cibola Partners welcomes Economic Delegation of Nanjing Municipality
February 21, 2017, Alexandre Borde and Yang Zhang present the opportunities in cleantech financing between France and China during the visit of the delegation of the Municipality of Nanjing in France. This event is organized by the Fondation Prospective et Innovation.
Cibola Partners at economic mission in Nanjing
March 21-23, 2017, Cibola Partners takes part in the economic mission in Nanjing invited by the Prospective and Innovation Foundation, the Municipality of Nanjing and the SEIBA (Sino-European Industry and Business Association).
Carbonium at Green Climate Fund Board Meeting
Paris, April 4th, 2017. By a decision from the 17th March, the Green Climate Fund accredited Carbonium as Private Sector Observer. Our company is therefore participating in the 16th GCF Board meeting in Songdo, South Korea from 4 to 6 April 2017 (B16).

Carbonium is the first French private sector entity accredited and invited to participate to the GCF Board meetings. This decision confirms our leadership in climate finance……