Imperative announces closing of strategic investment from veteran solar industry entrepreneur and investor Brendan O’Brien

Imperative, the Nature Infrastructure Company™, is pleased to announce the closing of a strategic investment by Brendan O’Brien.

Mr. O’Brien is a founder and investor who brings extensive global renewable industry experience and a track record in building successful businesses.  With a mechanical engineering background, Mr. O’Brien has been involved in the solar sector for 17 years and held a senior role at Lightsource BP, a major developer, financier and operator of utility-scale renewable energy projects.  He also co-founded JBM Solar, one of UK’s largest independent developers of solar and battery storage systems, which was acquired by RWE to accelerate its solar business in the UK and become a top 3 developer in the UK.

Currently, Mr. O’Brien is an investor in businesses focused on decarbonization and the transition to Net-Zero.  Through this strategic investment in Imperative, he will support the company with his insights on multi-asset pipeline growth and project development as Imperative expands its business to deliver best-in-class, large-scale, infrastructure-grade ecosystem restoration projects globally.

Scobie Mackay, CEO of Imperative, said:

“We are very pleased to welcome Brendan as a strategic investor in Imperative. Brendan brings a wealth of experience in the renewable energy sector, and we believe that the company can learn and apply a great deal from Brendan’s experience in building and scaling project asset-based businesses as we expand our portfolio of high-integrity, large-scale, infrastructure-grade ecosystem restoration and management projects.”

The closing of Mr. O’Brien’s investment in Imperative follows the recent completion of another strategic investment from John Nagulendran announced on 2 May 2025, further strengthening Imperative’s capital base and knowledge leadership capabilities as it advances its strategic plans.

About Imperative

Imperative, the Nature Infrastructure Company™, is developing next-gen carbon projects focused on comprehensive social and environmental impact made possible by producing ultra-high-quality carbon credits. Our mission is to design, develop, own and operate, at scale, the best ecosystem restoration and management projects in the world and to optimize those projects using technology.

Imperative is currently completing development of the first phase 10,000-hectare Spekboom ecosystem restoration project in South Africa and targeting launch of a 50,000-hectare phase 2 expansion of the project in Q3 2025.  At full scale, the project aims to restore 100,000 hectares of land through active replanting of native thicket across a vast area in the Eastern and Western Capes.

The Spekboom Project, which has received an ex ante BeZero Standalone Carbon Rating of ‘aa’ and a BeZero Carbon ex ante Rating of ‘Ae’, is being executed under Verra VM0047 methodology and funded by Mirova, an affiliate of Natixis Investment Managers dedicated to sustainable investing, along with GenZero, a Temasek-owned investment platform focused on accelerating decarbonization globally and Rubicon Carbon, a carbon credit management firm backed by TPG Rise Climate.

In addition to the Spekboom Project, Imperative has a pipeline of large-scale Nature-Based Solutions carbon dioxide removals projects across Africa, Asia and Latin America, including near-term projects in Peru, Mexico, India and Mozambique.

For more information, visit www.imperativeinc.com.

Contact

John Nagulendran
Chief Growth & Investment Officer
john.nagulendran@imperativeinc.com