Articles by Derek Newberry
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Friday
August 4
2006Rising Ventures: The Sweet Smell of Success in China’s Rose Industry
More great news about sustainable business trends in China- check out this article on how the country’s organic food exports have surged, increasing at a 50% annual rate. An amazing story related to this development that you should read as you head out for the weekend: Jiangyou Xun Pai...
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Wednesday
August 2
2006TV Hit Proves Sustainability Will “Win in China”
One of China’s most popular programs right now is a reality-show called “Win in China,” a sort of spin-off of the Apprentice model only with minimal shady dealings and fortunately no appearances by Donald Trump. The basic idea is that 108 aspiring entrepreneurs battle to sharpen...
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Thursday
July 27
2006Rising Ventures: Yunnan Zhenghong Brings Energy Solutions to Rural China
China has a huge impending energy problem.? While the US is by far the leader in GHG emissions worldwide, China - with its high growth and booming population - is quickly becoming the elephant in the room during discussions on global energy policy.? Issues of rising demand and...
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Wednesday
July 26
2006Announcing the Rising Ventures Series
Readers of nextbillion may have noticed recently that the company profiles I’ve been blogging on every week have taken on a new theme. This is because the New Ventures program (also part of the World Resources Institute and a partner of nextbillion) decided to make these featured...
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Friday
July 21
2006One ICT in the Philippines Shows Why a BOP Model is Just SMART Business
As I’ve noted before, what is often most fascinating about the work we do is realizing how adaptive the entrepreneurial spirit can be and how given a market with considerably less resources, entrepreneurs in emerging economies are finding creative ways to provide what were previously...
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Tuesday
July 18
2006Rising Ventures: AmazonLife Makes Social Responsibility Look Good on the Runway
Mike Jarvis writes in PSD Blog today about the increasing demand for Fairtrade products as a sign of growing consumer trust in the quality and desirability of this relatively new business model. This is news that will not only give Coldplay’s Chris Martin something to talk about in between...
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Thursday
July 6
2006It’s Hard Out Here For a Shrimp
Organic aquaculture is admittedly not the first thing that comes to mind when I think of hot sectors, but the work being done by Primar is not about the latest IT trend or fashionable stock pick, it’s about slowly but decisively attempting to change the way an industry functions. Much...
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Thursday
June 29
2006Great Innovation: The Brazilian Waterless Car Wash
? If you have ever?gotten service at a car wash?in Brazil, you know that many of them make up the phenomenon Hernando DeSoto calls dead capital. They operate outside of the formal economy, paying low wages off the books, skipping out on taxes and side-stepping regulations. This is the...
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