Paul Vermaak

Paul is responsible for the management and oversight of the Standards Team, developing Sector Criteria in various key hard-to-abate sectors. The Sector Criteria support the Climate Bonds Taxonomy and Standards to ensure alignment with the broader Climate Bonds climate resilience agenda (including, physical, social, economic, and ecosystem resilience).

Paul is a Project Manager and Earth Scientist with over twenty (≥20) years of experience in the ESG, Oil & Gas, Mining & Minerals, Built Environment, Forestry, and Agricultural sectors.

He is a registered Professional Natural Scientist and member of the SA Council for Natural Scientific Professions (Reg. No. 400183/07), an accredited En-ROADS Climate Ambassador™ (Climate Interactive, 2021) an accredited Public Participation Specialist (IAP2, 2008) and is studying towards certification as a Green & Sustainable Finance Professional™ (CISI, 2021).