Today’s Pick: China’s green potential

Posted by Helen @ MaRS, October 8th, 2009

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A new report says China’s green-tech market could reach $1 trillion by 2013. Published by the China Greentech Initiative, a collaboration of over 80 of the world’s leading technology and service companies, entrepreneurs, investors, NGOs and policy advisors, the China Greentech Report 2009 attempts to define green technology market opportunities in China and identify the solutions that will contribute to building a sustainable China and world.

125 green-tech solutions, both existing and emerging, in seven sectors — conventional energy, renewable energy, electric power infrastructure, green building, transportation, industry and water — are examined for their potential environmental impact and commercialization potential.

With business heavyweights such as Alstom, bp, Cisco, Dell and Westinghouse behind this initiative, this report is worth reading by anyone involved in the cleantech sector or who is concerned about the environmental challenges confronting China. The risks are indeed high — the report predicts that at current growth rates, China’s CO2 emissions could represent nearly 30 per cent of the world’s total by 2030, with coal responsible for a majority of those emissions for decades to come.

To download the report, go to: http://www.china-greentech.com/ (free registration required).



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    China Greentech Initiative - Seeking Exceptional Candidates

    First of all, The China Greentech Initiative would like to thank Helen and MaRS for announcing the availability of our report. We hope that the readers found it interesting and informative.

    Also, we would like to take this opportunity to announce that The China Greentech Initiative is growing. We are seeking outstanding candidates for strategic research, partner relations and operations leadership and staff roles. This is an opportunity to be at the leading edge of the world's biggest new greentech industry, helping to develop an organization focused on providing value to the world's leading greentech senior executives and policy advisors. Open positions, which are primarily based in Beijing, and some in Shanghai, include:

    Director, Strategic Research and Program Delivery
    Director, Partner Relations and Business Development
    Strategic Research Managers, Senior Analysts and Analysts
    Partner Relations and Business Development Principals
    Manager, Operations
    Manager, Project and Events Management
    Manager, Government, Market and Media Outreach

    For you or any of your trusted acquaintances who might be interested in these opportunities, kindly visit www.china-greentech.com/team. For additional information and instructions on how to apply, contact recruiting@china-greentech.com. We welcome your collaboration in the mission to create a sustainable China and world, while uncovering commercial opportunities within these challenges.
  • Interestingly, in Thomas Friedman’s op-ed column (The New Sputnik - http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/27/opinion/27friedman.html) he writes:

    "I believe future historians may well conclude that the most important thing to happen in the last 18 months was that Red China decided to become Green China."

    Where does this optimism come from? Simply: "China’s leaders have decided to go green" and necessity is the mother of invention.
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Helen Kula sources and delivers market data and intelligence to entrepreneurs, high-growth companies and MaRS staff and advisors. She is an active member of Toronto’s information professional and librarian communities.

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