Vol. 01: No. 05: Aug 2007

GE’s Energy Financial Services Continues Investments in Renewables

Kevin Walsh
Kevin Walsh
With an 'Ecomagination' portfolio that includes partnerships and investments in seemingly every possible green space, GE's foresight has positioned the company as a premier green market driver.

Kevin Walsh

Solio Solar Charger Provides Energy On Demand

Chris Hornor
Chris Hornor
Having sold more solar units than any other company, Better Energy Systems’ green résumé touts an environmentally-friendly manufacturing process and marketing efforts that include helping citizens of developing countries reduce the health impacts of energy consumption.

Chris Hornor

Ocean Power Delivery Harnesses Wave Power; E.U. Provides Incentives

Des McGinnes
Des McGinnes
In the following VerdeXchange News interview, Ocean Power Delivery’s Des McGinnes explains how Europe’s renewable energy incentives are paving the way for wave energy abroad and how the implementation of similar technology in the United States remains largely unexplored.

 

ILWU Accepts New Role: A Greener Partner to Shippers, Ports, Local Communities

Peter Peyton
Peter Peyton
By their nature, the ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles apply constant pressure to the often conflicting intersection of environmental mitigation and business development. No green goals will be possible, however, without the partnership of unions, such as the ILWU.

Peter Peyton

PCA to Client Pension Funds: Green Investment Offers Valuable Returns

VerdeXchange News is pleased to present the following report, written by Sarah Bernstein, Allan Emkin, and John Charley for PCA, which illuminates the mechanisms by which institutional investors should consider the environmental risks and opportunities associated with the venture capital market.

A few years ago, the Pension Consulting Alliance (PCA) noticed a sea change in the environmental consciousness of the public pension fund investors they advised.

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