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Caroline De Vit

Associate PartnerMontréal

Advises corporates and investors on environmental, social, and governance (ESG) and green value capture, with a focus on business opportunities and risks emerging from the net-zero and nature-positive transition

With 15 years of experience in sustainable finance, decarbonization, and nature, Caroline helps clients across industries with green energy business building and decarbonization with a focus on nature, energy transition, and sustainable investing strategies. She also advises public-sector organizations on financing strategies for nature and climate initiatives.

Caroline has served energy players, investors, corporate ventures, and project developers on market entry and financing strategies in the sustainability space, value creation opportunities, and risk management for climate and nature.

Examples of Caroline’s recent client work include:

  • developing the fund rationale, strategy, operational, and organizational structure for a nature solutions fund
  • advising several corporations and investors on net-zero strategies and implementation, including value accretive decarbonization of portfolio companies
  • guiding a fund on a natural capital investment strategy, leveraging carbon market finance and blended finance
  • building the energy transition strategy for several corporates and helping construct the delivery infrastructure to capture financial value and track environmental impacts
  • helping design the innovation vision and strategy of a leading energy company

Published Work

Why restoring natural capital is good for business,” McKinsey & Company, April 2023

Nature in the balance: What companies can do to restore natural capital,” McKinsey & Company, December 2022

At Climate Week, McKinsey helps explore financing for nature at scale,” McKinsey & Company, October 2022

Past Experience

Goldman Sachs
Investment banking summer associate

United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization
Legal expert to the UN-REDD program

Ecofys
International climate and energy strategy consultant

EcoRessources
Senior carbon analyst

Education

IESE Business School
MBA

University of Lyon III
Master’s in international law