Stories by Derek Newberry

Where do the interests of environmental protection and the base of the economic pyramid coincide–and where do they clash?

At first glance, the lineup of products and services on display at this year’s New Ventures India Investor Forum seemed to reflect traditional Indian knowledges and practices. Banana-leaf materials, light posts, and packaged Indian foods were some of the offerings on display by entrepreneur finalists.

Last week, our New Ventures Mexico team announced the creation of Las Páginas Verdes (“Green Pages”), the country’s first sustainable products and services guide aimed at helping consumers make sustainable decisions about their purchases.

Conserve–a private, non-profit organization–is turning those ubiquitous plastic consumer bags into upscale, avant-garde products: and generating hundreds of jobs as well.

In the New Ventures China Investor Forum, four entrepreneurs show that Chinese business is going green.

Two conferences showcase the impressive growth in emerging economy investment, and the unrealized potential for sustainable green sector investment.

A new non-profit/for-profit hybrid model suggests that economic, social, and environmental gains are the same. But this “fourth sector” needs long-term, committed finance in order to grow.

The “missing middle” in development.

With its guitars made from sustainably harvested woods, Hering Instruments is writing the soundtrack for a green future.

An investor forum in Sao Paulo highlights four companies that are leading the charge on sustainable development.