Winds of change for ex-film producer

Mark Shorrock, chief executive of Low Carbon Investors and founder of Low Carbon Accelerator, the first Aim-listed venture capital fund dedicated to the low-carbon sector, explains why investing in green business is good for the conscience and bottom line

Mark Shorrock is a former film producer who quit his flourishing career to follow a long-held dream to tackle climate change. After a stint building what became one of the biggest independent wind developers in the UK - making the founder investors 13 times their money in two years - Shorrock set up Low Carbon Accelerator, a venture capital fund for green start-ups. "When you have made a success out of a start-up, people come and talk to you," he said. "I found myself constantly meeting people who had a solution to climate change. I started thinking, if wind farms can produce 20% of the U...