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Empowering Environmental Entrepreneurs in Emerging Economies

By Andrew Steer on December 28, 2012
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This is the fifth installment of a five-part blog series on scaling environmental entrepreneurshi

Playing Together: Growing Environmental Entrepreneurship through Greater Collaboration

By Giulia Christianson and Aram Kang on December 20, 2012
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This is the fourth installment of a five-part blog series on scaling environmental entrepreneursh

Accelerators: A Critical Component in Scaling Up Environmental Entrepreneurship

By Aram Kang on December 7, 2012
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This post was co-written with Saurabh Lall, Research Director of Aspen Network of Development Entrepreneurs (ANDE).<

Q&amp;A with Jed Emerson: How Can Impact Investing Help Environmental Entrepreneurship Grow?

By Giulia Christianson on November 28, 2012
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The Global Impact Investment Network defines impact investments as “investments made into companies, organizations, an

The Challenge of Strengthening Environmental Entrepreneurship

By Aram Kang and Giulia Christianson on November 13, 2012
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This is the first installment of a five-part blog series on scaling environmental entrepreneurship in emerging markets.

RELEASE: Transition of New Ventures Global Network

September 26, 2012
Location: Washington DC

After 13 years of building support for environmental entrepreneurship, the World Resources Institute will conclude its role as coordinator for the New Ventures global network at the end of 2012. WRI recognizes that the New Ventures Local Centers have built strong, distinct programs in their respective countries, and we are confident that greater local and regional independence will allow New Ventures to move into its next phase of development.

Q & A with Tao Zhang: Scaling Up Impact Investing in China

By Tracy Elsen on January 13, 2012
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Opportunities in China for impact investing are growing, where investors look to create positive social and environmental benefits alongside returns.

New Ventures Forum Addresses Challenges to Scaling Up Clean Energy Access in India

By Tracy Elsen on August 18, 2011
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New Ventures India, part of WRI’s center for environmental entrepreneurship, and CDF-IFMR convened a workshop i

New Ventures China Investor Forum: Green Growth Generating New Opportunities

By Tracy Elsen on July 18, 2011

This piece originally appeared on the New Ventures website. It was written with New Ventures intern Kevin Short.

The 2011 New Ventures China Investor Forum showcased the potential of environmental entrepreneurship on a larger scale than any previous forum in the program’s eight years of operations in China.

Global Investor Forum Showcases Rising Sustainable Businesses

By Tracy Elsen on April 12, 2011

Ready to scale up, six environmental entrepreneurs from around the world make their case to investors in New York City.

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