April 27th, 2012 New Living Expo Panel: 8:00pm Girl’s Night Out at Temple: 10:00pm While women only hold 8% of general management positions in the U.S., they hold 39% of the leadership positions in sustainability fields. As the cornerstone of the new economy, sustainable business practices and environmental stewardship are giving women increased opportunities to gain influence and affect social change. Some women are in high-level leadership corporate positions while others are developing their own start-ups. This panel, featuring Technica President Lisa Ann Pinkerton, will engage audiences on how women are gaining equal ground with men through opportunities in sustainability leadership. The panel will provide tips to encourage more environmental… Continue Reading
Posts Tagged ‘Corporate Sustainable Responsibility’
Top 10 Women of Sustainability
In this second installment in our series on leading women in cleantech and sustainability sectors, we offer up our top picks for the sustainability sector. Quite often this category is dominated by women working in Corporate Social Responsibility, as it’s a sector where women have made great strides to gain leadership roles in the last few decades. However, for our series, we are saving those women of CSR for a later post. This let’s us focus more on those women doing unique sustainability work that might otherwise not be noticed. Stay tuned for our Women of CSR post, it’s not far behind! 1. Nikki Pava – Co-founder, Eco Tuesday &… Continue Reading
A Female Perspective On the Future of Cleantech Investment
No matter what your gender, navigating the waters of clean technology and sustainability investment is a challenge. It literally pays to know what opportunities and obstacles lay ahead of you.
The good news is many investment funds are stretching beyond renewable energy into areas including energy efficiency, sustainable agriculture, water quality sustainability & conservation. However, at the same time, many VC investors are seeking “capital efficient” projects and are looking to avoid the funding of multi-million dollar production facilities. [more]
