Key Technologies Watch
Protect Our Winters Launches the POW Seven Campaign
- Wed, 22 Feb 2012
Corporate Social Responsibility
Source: The North FaceSUMMARY:
This year at the X Games, Protect Our Winters and The North Face asked people to confess their secret climate shames. Whether you drive a gas guzzler, take really long showers or just forget to recycle, there is something that you can do about it. Visit www.protectourwinters.org/get-involved and take the POW Seven Pledge to make a change.
PRESS RELEASE:
(3BL Media / theCSRfeed) Pacific Palisades, CA...
Advanced Biofuels Becoming Reality with Novozymes’ New Enzyme Technology
- Wed, 22 Feb 2012
Corporate Social Responsibility
Source: NovozymesSUMMARY:
Cutting-edge enzyme from Novozymes decreases costs and increases yields in production of advanced biofuels from agricultural residues and waste. The enzyme performs better than any other enzymes on the market and enables the first biorefineries to start commercial-scale production this year.
PRESS RELEASE:
(3BL Media / theCSRfeed) Copenhagen, Denmark – February 22, 2012 – Moving advanced biofuels...
Thinking about how driverless cars may impact sprawl, private car ownership
- Wed, 22 Feb 2012
Filed under: Emerging Technologies, Etc.
Whether it's Volvo's projectSARTRE or Google's driverless car, autonomous vehicles are on the horizon. The question now becomes, what will the view of that horizon look like when they get here.
For now, only Nevada has laws on the books to allow self-driving cars on the road, but Robert Bruegmann, the author of "Sprawl: A Compact History," says that we need to start thinking about what this new technology...
Just Keep Your Knees Together - Democracy's Disconnect
- Wed, 22 Feb 2012
Corporate Social Responsibility
Source: Murninghan PostBLOG / NEWSLETTER:
New!! Murninghan Post Voices of Baby Boomers
Guest Commentary by Rosalie Hudnut Wright, Occasional Contributor, The Murninghan Post
The Takeaway: To inaugurate MurnPost's “Voices of Baby Boomers” section, Rosalie Hudnut Wright writes about the “disconnect” in our Presidential primary campaign between women's well-being and social and economic...
Simon Drury to present at Cleantech Fund Manager Platform 15 March 2012
- Tue, 21 Feb 2012
Simon Drury- Partner, Climate Change Capital Private Equity Fund
Simon will present at the Cleantech Fund Manager Platform, 15 March 2012
Simon Drury is a Partner in the CCC Private Equity Fund. Prior to CCC Simon was a Director and then Founding Partner of Charterhouse Capital Partners a highly successful European private equity firm.
During his sixteen years at Charterhouse Simon was involved in all forms of investment from venture to expansion...
Steven Levecke to present at Cleantech Fund Manager Platform 15 March 2012
- Tue, 21 Feb 2012
Steven Levecke - Investment Manager, Capricorn Venture Partners
Steven will present at the Cleantech Fund Manager Platform, 15 March 2012
Steven joined Capricorn Venture Partners in September 2007. His main responsibilities include deal sourcing, deal screening, analysis, execution of financial and market due diligence and modelling and valuation of potential investments. Furthermore, Steven is involved in the post investment monitoring of the...
Rob Wylie to present at Cleantech Fund Manager Platform 15 March 2012
- Tue, 21 Feb 2012
Dr Rob Wylie - Partner, WHEB Ventures
Rob will present at the Cleantech Fund Manager Platform, 15 March 2012
Rob has focused on the clean technology investment area for almost 20 years. Prior to forming WHEB Ventures, Rob ran the WHEB Partnership with Kim Heyworth where together they helped over twenty cleantech companies secure investment, develop routes to market and establish management teams. A chemist with an MA and PhD from Cambridge...
Fisker chief touts company's future, seeks 'alternative' funding
- Tue, 21 Feb 2012
Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Fisker
Fisker Automotive chief Henrik Fisker touted the advanced powertrain automaker's future without federal funding and is in daily talks for potential private financing sources, Automotive News (subs req.) reported, citing an interview with Mr. Fisker.
The maker of the Karma extended-range plug-in luxury sedan, which has raised more than $860 million in private financing during the past five years, also said the Nina...
The North Face Commits $750,000 to Complete the Conservation Alliance Legacy Fund Campaign
- Tue, 21 Feb 2012
Corporate Social Responsibility
Source: The North FacePRESS RELEASE:
(3BL Media / theCSRfeed) Bend, OR – February 21, 2012 – The North Face committed $750,000 over three years to The Conservation Alliance Legacy Fund. This gift brings the Legacy Fund Campaign to an end as The Conservation Alliance reaches its goal of building a $3.5-million endowment. Earnings from the Legacy Fund will cover operating expenses for the organization. The North Face...
The North Face athlete Kit Deslauriers Presents Hot Planet/Cool Athletes at Jackson Hole Middle School
- Tue, 21 Feb 2012
Corporate Social Responsibility
Source: The North FaceSUMMARY:
Iconic skier and mountaineer for The North Face Athlete team Kit DesLauriers presented at JH Middle School Thursday, Feb. 19, to about 400 students.Climate change important to her because she is a skier/mountaineer, and one of the first people to ski the the Seven Summits. Her success all came down to having snow on each of these peaks. Out of the 7 Summits, she had to do Kilimanjaro twice because it...
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