Last updated: May, 2023

Climate Policy Initiative (CPI) is committed to safeguarding your privacy. This Privacy Statement describes CPI’s policies and procedures on the collection, use, and disclosure of your personal information. This Privacy Policy applies to the following websites: climatepolicyinitiative.org, ccfacility.org, citiesclimatefinance.org, climatefinancelab.org, climateshotinvestor.org, indiacleanenergyfinance.org, sustainblefinancecenter.org, and certain other websites through which we may collect data from you (collectively, the “Sites”). You are advised to consult the “Privacy Policy” link on the Sites each time you visit them. Your continued use of the Sites constitutes your agreement to the Policy, as it may be amended from time to time. If you do not agree to be bound by this Privacy Statement, please do not use or submit any information to this website or to CPI.

This Privacy Statement incorporates CPI’s Terms of Use. We strongly encourage you to review the Terms of Use which follow immediately after the Privacy Policy.

Privacy Policy

Collection and Use

CPI gathers two basic types of information through our Sites: “Personal Information” and “Non-Personal Information.” Personal Information is information that identifies you as an individual, for example, your name, postal address, telephone number, e-mail address, employer and profile information. Non-Personal Information is aggregated information, demographic information, IP addresses, and any other information that does not reveal specific identifying information about you.

CPI collects your personal information in a variety of ways. Much of this information is provided directly from you. For example, when you register for an event or sign up for a newsletter, you provide us with your email address. CPI also collects personal information about individuals who participate in or contribute to its research, surveys, reports, and other programs.

CPI may also collect your name and e-mail address when you contact CPI for general information purposes so we can respond to your request. For example, if you contact us to subscribe to a newsletter, or if you sign up for one of our events. You may unsubscribe from newsletters by following the instructions at the bottom of the email or sending an e-mail with “unsubscribe” in the subject heading to the following e-mail address: adminsf@cpiglobal.org.

CPI has offices in Cape Town, Delhi, Jakarta, London, Rio de Janeiro, San Francisco, Vienna, and Washington DC. Each of these offices partners with other research and policy institutions in order to draw on resources and expertise in these locations. CPI shares many common goals with these institutions, and in some instances may share experts and other human resources. CPI and its partners may gather personal information of persons attending conferences, meetings, webinars and other events organized or attended by CPI and/or its partners. CPI and its partners gather this information to create and maintain a contact directory containing personal information of individuals who are likely to be interested in receiving information concerning our activities and our publications.

Retention of Personal Data

We may retain your personal data for as long as is necessary to fulfill the purposes for which we have collected it, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, regulatory, accounting, reporting, insurance, professional indemnity, internal policy or other requirements.

We may anonymize your personal data (so that it can no longer be associated with you) for research or statistical purposes.  In such cases, we may use this information indefinitely without further notice to you.

Cookies and Other Technology

When you visit our Sites, it may store or retrieve information on your browser or device, mostly in the form of cookies, but also in the form of third-party tracking tools, such as Google Analytics. This information might be about you, your use of the Sites, your user preferences or your device, and is mostly used to make the Sites work as you expect them to. The information does not usually directly identify you, but it can give you a more personalized web experience.

If you do not want information collected through the use of cookies, there is a simple procedure in most browsers that allows you to automatically decline cookies, or to be given the choice of declining or accepting the transfer of a particular cookie, or cookies from a particular website, to your computer. However, if you choose to disable any cookies, some features of the Sites may become disabled, and some aspects of the Sites may not function properly, including language translation features.

If you continue to use the Sites without changing your settings, you consent to our use of cookies and other tools on the Sites.

Disclosure

CPI does not sell or rent your personal information under any circumstances. In addition, it is not our policy to share or disclose your personal information without first receiving your express permission, subject to the following exceptions:

• CPI may disclose your personal information to third party service providers that help provide services on our behalf (e.g., newsletter distribution service providers).
• CPI may disclose information about its users if required to do so by law or in its good-faith belief that such disclosure is reasonably necessary to respond to subpoenas, court orders, or other legal process.
• CPI may disclose information about its users to law enforcement officers or others to as required by law, respond to claims that any posting or other content violates the rights of third-parties, or to protect the rights, property, or personal safety of, as appropriate, CPI, its users, or the general public.
• CPI may take your personal information and aggregate it with other users’ information (so that it is anonymous and does not identify you) and present the statistics to potential donors.

Reviewing, Changing and/or Deleting your Personal Information

You may request to review, change and/or delete any personal information you have on file with us at any time by sending an e-mail to adminsf@cpiglobal.org.

Questions

CPI is committed to your privacy. If you have any questions about how we obtained your email address or about how we use your information, please contact adminsf@cpiglobal.org. You may also write us at:

Climate Policy Initiative
Attn: Communications Officer
575 Market St., 4th Flr
San Francisco, CA 94105