Will Coleman: Mohr Davidow Ventures
July 20, 2010Leave a Comment
Will Coleman talks with THE GREEN ECONOMY about the evolution of technology, and how to drive innovation so that we cross the barriers that are stalling the new industries the US needs.
How do you see the cleantech revolution?
We’ve been reliant on the same industrial platforms for almost a century in some cases and it leaves [...]
John Denniston: Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
July 20, 2010Leave a Comment
John Denniston talks with THE GREEN ECONOMY about the future of clean technologies, how the US may be loosing our future to China, and what we should do about it.
Is cleantech catching on?
It’s doing much more than catching on. World-class entrepreneurs are sprinting into the greentech sector from all walks of life: large companies, small [...]
The Sixth Revolution: Leaping the Valley of Death
July 20, 2010Leave a Comment
PART I
We’re at risk of missing out on some of the most profound opportunities offered by the technology revolution that has just begun.
Yet many are oblivious to the signs and are in danger of watching this become a period of noisy turmoil rather than the full-blown insurrection needed to launch us into a green economy. [...]
CEDA: The Clean Energy Deployment Administration
July 20, 2010Leave a Comment
PART II
Looking to help bridge the gap in new cleantech and biotech projects, is a proposed government based solution called the Clean Energy Deployment Admin. (CEDA).
There is a house and senate version, as well as a house Green Bank bill to provide gap financing.
Recently, over 42 companies, representing many industries and organizations, signed a letter [...]
Pennsylvania’s Green Economy
July 2, 2010Leave a Comment
When asked why he was so good, hockey icon Wayne Gretzky replied: “I skate to where the puck is going to be, not where it has been.”*
As Leo Gerard, President of the Steel Worker’s Union, and Michael Peck of Gamesa, said in a recent editorial, “The world is skating toward multiple clean sources of energy [...]
Venture Capitalists Shift Direction on Biofuels… Again
June 28, 2010Leave a Comment
VCs are favoring biofuel companies with new business models, new technologies and new geographies in pursuit of successful exits
Boston, MA – June 23, 2010 – Although 2009 saw venture capitalists (VCs) invest $877 million across 51 deals for bio-based fuel and materials production, that level of funding represents a 26% drop from [...]
Major Index Proves Sustainability Reporting in Business
June 4, 2010Leave a Comment
Twelve companies slipped off the Nasdaq OMX CRD Global Sustainability 50 Index (GSI 50) during the semi-annual re-ranking mid-May.
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By Tracyann Mains and Mary Modney
Jun 01, 2010–After screening more than 3,000 publicly traded companies from all major exchanges that publicly disclose CSR reports, CRD Analytics, the investment analytics company behind the GSI 50, announced the top [...]
New Pressures for Energy-intensive Companies
June 4, 2010Leave a Comment
Tighter EU Emissions Reduction Target May Force Energy-Intensive Companies To Rethink Their Investments, Says S&P
LONDON, May 26, 2010–Energy-intensive companies may have to reconsider their investment strategies if a proposal by the EU to set a tighter 30% emissions reduction target comes into force later [...]
Sustainability: Recycling Semimonthly
June 4, 2010Leave a Comment
High Anxiety
The market (as represented by the S&P 500 Index) has now more than given up its gains for the year, falling another 4.2% last week on concerns over Europe’s economic crisis and a new financial reform bill here in the US. Meanwhile, economic news was mixed, with the Conference Board’s index of leading indicators [...]
Funding: Changing Boardroom Strategies
May 25, 2010Leave a Comment
At the Lux Executive Summit in Cambridge, MA, Lux Researchers outlined new funding structures that are changing corporations and emerging technologies.
The 1964 World’s Fair in Flushing, New York, presented a homogeneous image of tomorrow. All peoples, in all cultures, would be driving the same cars, using similar kitchen appliances, and living in houses or apartments [...]