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Job: Research Internship at E+Co
NextBillion.net - Development Through Enterprise - Eradicating Poverty through Profit — [image] Position: Research Intern Location: Amsterdam or Bloomfield, NJ Organization: E+Co , a non-profit investment firm focusing on clean energy enterprises in developing countries, is seeking a qualified graduate level (Masters) student for research and writing assignments. The internship will last 3-6 months with flexible degrees of workload. E+Co cannot offer any remuneration. The intern can be based near one of E+Co's offices in Amsterdam (NL) or Bloomfield, New Jersey (USA) or the work can be conducted remotely supported by e-mail and phone calls. E+Co is non-profit ...

(CSRwire) Goldman Sachs Forms Alliance With E+Co
CSRwire.com — 11.11.2008 - 09:00am ET (CSRwire) NEW YORK, NY – November 11, 2008 - E+Co announced today that The Goldman Sachs Group (NYSE: GS) has agreed to purchase the majority of its carbon offset portfolio. Through the multi-year alliance, Goldman Sachs will help promote E+Co’s goal of providing investment capital and support services to small, clean energy business ventures in developing countries. Small-scale clean energy projects, while supporting important social and environmental benefits, can struggle to attract sufficient funding to assure success. The financial backing and business development services ...

Interview: Randall Kempner Takes the Reins at ANDE
NextBillion.net - Development Through Enterprise - Eradicating Poverty through Profit — ... our sector, as a range of funders, investors, entrepreneurs, intermediaries and research organizations work to take the base of the pyramid concept and turn it into an investible asset class. A good first step towards this goal is creating the Aspen Network of Development Entrepreneurs, and hiring its first Executive Director .  The Aspen Network is basically a trade association for organizations like Acumen Fund , New Ventures , Agora Partnerships , E+Co , Technoserve , Root Capital and others working to help small and growing ...

Not carbon offset but carbon penitence
No Impact Man — ... As penitence for our travel to Sundance, in particular, I am proud to say that we are supporting a hydro-electric project in Honduras known as La Esperanza. We are doing this through an excellent organization known as E+Co, which arranges financing for such schemes. ...

Serving the Missing Middle, ANDE Marks its Official Launch
NextBillion.net - Development Through Enterprise - Eradicating Poverty through Profit — ... to incentivize collaboration.  We are excited to see Randall Kempner take the 'official' reins at ANDE and will keep a close eye on this new trade association for the missing middle. ANDE founding members, in alphabetical order: Acumen Fund African Agricultural Capital AIDG The Aspen Institute The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Citi Foundation Dalberg Global Development Advisors E+Co. Endeavor Frontier Market Advisors Google.org Grassroots ...

Good Energies Foundation - Interview with Richenda Van Leeuwen
NextBillion.net - Development Through Enterprise - Eradicating Poverty through Profit — ... Richenda Van Leeuwen: We recently made a “social equity” investment in SELCO India, along with E+Co and the ...

Philanthropy, Development and Enterprise
NextBillion.net - Development Through Enterprise - Eradicating Poverty through Profit — ... I would have liked the two topics to be discussed in the same session, so I did what I could to participate and take notes in both! Fortunately, the next day saw a plenary session that brilliantly discussed the challenges of SGBs in conjunction with those of bringing clean and appropriate technologies to the world's poorest communities. Titled "Financing Green Enterprise" it had the participation of Mr. Nachiket Mor from ICICI Foundation and Christine Eibs Singer from E+Co , with brilliant moderation by David Yarnold from the Environmental Defense Fund . In all ...

E+Co's Invisible Schoolhouse and the (Online) BoP Ecosystem
NextBillion.net - Development Through Enterprise - Eradicating Poverty through Profit — ... E+Co, a leading clean energy investor for the BoP, recently announced the launch of their latest initiative, the ...

Introducing Staff Writer Phil LaRocco
NextBillion.net - Development Through Enterprise - Eradicating Poverty through Profit — ... Since 1998, E+Co has invested in more than one hundred and fifty enterprises and mobilized more than $152 million of capital. These enterprises provide modern energy to 3.4 million people; save 462,000 tons of firewood and charcoal; displace $18 million of fossil fuel; and offset 13.2 million metric tons of carbon dioxide over the life of E+Co's investments. ...

Social Capital Markets 09: Metastasizing Metrics
NextBillion.net - Development Through Enterprise - Eradicating Poverty through Profit — ... from hospitals in India to bed-net manufacturers in Tanzania. While the system was valuable internally, what was missing was a way of seeing how the Acumen portfolio was benchmarking vs. peers. To allow for side-by-side data management, they encouraged others to track their data using the Pulse, which is now available for free download from Salesforce.com. Presner told the crowd that leaders of the field who had spoken throughout the day, including Root Capital and E+Co, were early adopters. Pulse is fully integrated with Impact Reporting and Investment ...

E+Co's Gold Standard - Lessons Learned?
NextBillion.net - Development Through Enterprise - Eradicating Poverty through Profit — ... to cut carbon emissions, but for rapidly developing countries, such as India and China,  the call for emissions stands in oppositon to their own industrialization.  Indeed, many would argue that the wealth enjoyed in Europe and the U.S. is a result of burning fossil fuels for the past one hundred years.  For COP 15 to result in an aggressive agreement to reduce global carbon emissions, a fair strategy that addresses the needs of developing countries will be required. ...