Richard L. Sandor

Climate Exchange Plc is a closed-end investment fund company. It engages in owning, operating and developing exchanges to facilitate trading in environmental financial instruments. It has three operating businesses: European Climate Exchange which operates an exchange that focuses on compliance certificates for mandatory European Emissions Trading Scheme. Chicago Climate Exchange which operates contractually binding cap and trade system for greenhouse gas emissions reductions. It invests in new product development such as ifex and in other geographic related products. The company is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

Intercontinental Exchange Holdings, Inc. operates as holding company with interest in providing futures exchanges over-the counter markets and derivatives clearing houses and post-trade services. The company was founded by Jeffrey C. Sprecher in May 2000 and is headquartered in Atlanta, GA.

Van Asset Management is a registered investment advisor and mutual fund manager headquartered in Houston, Texas. The firm traces its origins to 1927 when Kenneth Stevens Van Strum founded Van Strum Financial Service. In 1934, the firm was renamed Van Strum & Towne, Inc. In 1994, Van Kampen Merritt and American Capital merged, creating Van Kampen American Capital. In June 1996, Van Kampen American Capital was acquired by Morgan Stanley. In 1998, Van Kampen American Capital changed their name to Van Kampen Asset Management. Can Kampen Asset Management is a division of Morgan Stanley Investment Banking. Their ultimate parent is Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS). The firm's products include mutual funds, closed-end funds, separately managed accounts, 529 portfolios, unit trusts and insurance trusts.

Founded in 1992, Affinity Investment Advisors LLC is a registered investment advisor located in Irvine, California

Chicago Climate Exchange, Inc. operates as a greenhouse gas reduction and trading platform. It represents all sectors of the global economy and public sector innovators located throughout the United States. The company was founded in 2003 by Richard Sandor and is headquartered in Chicago, IL