Green Investing: The Commerce with Nature
The Green Investing is a new concept defined as “investing In the Ventures or projects which are environment caring in any of the ways.” We can learn about them, like a firm manufacturing biodegradable washing products, another one dealing the research and development of environment friendly technologies or a group of people working in wild life, are Green Investing firms. Green Investing is more being sought after by the venture capitalists, as the technological and research shift is towards the Green Technologies.
A prominent Green Investing firm of Vinod Khosla Founder of Sun Micro systems has already put some bet on Green Ventures amounting to $10 millions. Other groups in this track of Green Investing are Environment Investment Partners a company primarily invests in European environmental projects or the western companies working their. Initially it has made investment in the technologies pertaining to waste water treatment and Biodegradable plastics.
The Green Investing is actually evident from early 20th century, when the development of fuel cell was initiated. The automakers like General Motors, Ford, Volvo, etc., have funded millions to develop the low polluting motor vehicles. The hybrid technology (Solar-Fuel Cell-Fossil) has given Green Investing many chances either purely Green like (Solar-Fuel Cell, Solar-Hydrogen, Solar-Ethanol etc) or partially Green (Like Fossil-Solar or Fossil-Fuel cell). The Green Investing is so appealing today that former president Bill Clinton with Vinod Khosla has specially made himself in the involvement raising the Green Funds. As for Green Investing , it is to be made available to public, by public itself or the private funding agencies that have capabilities. The Government as said has limited funds to cater the commercial investment need of Green Investing . The figures are optimistically growing and proof of this is the Green Investing has gained nearly $1.5 billions. The CleanTech Venture Network is a Green Investing watcher has released these figures.
The marvel of Green Investing has lured many software VC(Venture Capitalist) to look beyond their businesses. Sergie Brin Larry Page (Google founders) along with Roscheisen has started Nanosolar, a thin film solar cell panel to be installed on every building to develop clean energy.
Green Investing has also made waves on NASDAQ, as it has launched the Clean Edge US Index to keep track of clean stocks. The Green Investing is gaining the grounds on fast pace. You can access the Green Investing managers usually with small fund but focusing primarily on the Green Technologies on blog rolls . One of such funds in Green Investing is developed through cooperation between Inter-American Development Bank and the Nature Conservancy, also Known as FondoEcoempresas. Green Investing has also entered the field of education. The PERC an organization in Bozeman has launched short term and funded courses for the entrepreneurs who wish to understand the Principles of Green Investing and other principles of business management to be implemented in environment care. The primary information about PERC is here . In addition, the regular management studies have also gone modification in curriculum by introducing environment care as one of the subjects. Although this strictly cannot be termed as Green Investing but still education is starting of all the businesses.(For more you can go to)
http://www.perc.org/perc.php?id=336
http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1549782,00.html
http://techfreep.com/neo-venture-capitalists-going-green.htm
http://jetsongreen.typepad.com/jetson_green/green_lending/index.html
http://www.perc.org/enviroprog/enviropreneur/camp/basics.php
Important Links regarding Eco Investors.
http://www.ecobusinesslinks.com/green_venture_capital.htm
http://www.sustainablebusiness.com/businessconnections/opportunities.cfm?type_id=12