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April 20, 2007 — 01:55 pm
This Investor Feature is based on a recent interview with Yeung Hau Man, founder of Envirovision. Hau Man is dedicating his career to creating sound, standardized sustainability reporting at a time when such reporting is frequently ambiguous, unreliable, and extremely easy to manipulate for the...
March 27, 2007 — 10:54 pm
In Uganda, there is a small business whose model is based on manufacturing and selling products made from indigenous tree bark. The bark can be sustainably collected as this particular species of tree has the property of easily regrowing bark after being stripped bare. The material is...
March 23, 2007 — 05:20 pm
This week's Rising Ventures feature is about a company that has begun piloting rural energy markets at a time when the market opportunities are becoming increasingly abundant, yet unrecognized by many in the private sector. DESI Power is a startup aiming to establish itself as a pioneer in...
March 14, 2007 — 09:30 pm
The word "cool" has many connotations and it seems to be one of those colloquialisms that exists in every culture - "chido" (spelling?) if you're passing through Mexico, Brazilians use a variety of expressions; "legal" and "maça" are two common...
March 7, 2007 — 04:53 pm
Could Brazil break the curve on sustainable investing? If Philippe Lisbona, manager of the new Stratus VCIII fund has his way, the country's investment landscape could look significantly different in the next decade. Philippe's call waiting kept buzzing incessantly during our recent...
February 23, 2007 — 05:56 pm
I just wanted to let the NextBillion community know that our New Ventures India program in Hyderabad is looking for a Senior Manager to assist with program outreach and fundraising. After organizing a successful first Investor Forum, the team has been getting a great deal of attention from the...
February 22, 2007 — 11:27 am
Highlights from the Business, Engineering and Sustainability Workshop This past weekend, about 60 talented individuals from business schools, engineering departments, non-profits and the private sector met for what was essentially a two day brainstorming session. The goal: Discovering ways...
February 8, 2007 — 11:48 am
Every entrepreneur has a story. Anyone with the wherewithal and acumen to start a business had to have something click at some point - a moment when they saw an unrecognized market opportunity and the perfect product or service to fill that gap. For Tommy Matthew, this moment came from...
January 23, 2007 — 06:19 pm
I suppose "alternative energy" and "China" are indeed like peanut butter and chocolate, as Matt Richtel of the NYT analogizes. At first glance the combination seems incompatible (the word China to me for a long time conjured up images of massive coal power plants, not wind...
January 12, 2007 — 12:38 pm
Aquaculture was supposed to be the next Green Revolution, a marine version of the push to "modernize" and streamline agriculture in the developing world. The results have drawn comparisons to the fallout, both positive and negative of corporate agriculture that deserve mentioning....
