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).



Sector Criteria require usable Mitigation & Adaptation and Resilience criteria and/or assessment frameworks for capital investments, assets, economic activities, and companies in all major sectors of relevance to capital markets.



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.



Paul has authored and/ or project managed or provided specialist scientific services for a variety of construction, environmental, mining and related investigations across a broad spectrum of local and international legal frameworks (permitting, auditing and Due Diligence reviews).



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).