News Archive.
TheGreenJobBank Announces its Top 10 Green Employers of 2012
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The GreenJobBank just came out with its list of the Top 10 Green Employers of 2012. DBL portfolio companies Tesla Motors and SolarCity are one and two on the list! See news release below. SILVER…
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Impact Investing to hit $9 Billion in 2013
Read the full article on Environmental Leader here. Also, full disclosure: DBL Partners is a Founding Network member of the Global Impact Investing Network. Impact investing is expected to grow 12.5 percent to reach $9…
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Boston’s Mayor, Thomas Menino goes Solar
From The Boston Globe. Read the original article here. Mayor Thomas M. Menino has a new source of energy for his home in Readville: solar energy panels, installed by students from Roxbury’s Madison Park High…
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Voices from the startup community: “What we learned in 2012”
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DBL’s Nancy Pfund appears in this Pando Daily piece from Hamish McKenzie titled Voices from the startup community: “What we learned in 2012” “In 2012, I learned that despite political silence on the matter, the…
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SolarCity Nasdaq (SCTY) IPO News Roundup 12/13/12
It was a whirlwind day at DBL. We were privileged to watch SolarCity, one of our portfolio companies, ring the opening bell at Nasdaq for its first day of trading as a public company. All of the…
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Packaging LCA: Measuring Sustainability and Information Flow Through the Value Chain
Packaging is important for many reasons: It is a vessel that protects the product inside, it conveys vital information to educate people about the product, and it is also the first visual cue that helps…
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The Military-Industrial-Sustainability Complex
The U.S. Department of Defense is spending billions of dollars on everything from advanced battery and biofuel R&D to mass deployment of solar power across bases and military housing. Across the world, militaries are seeking out efficiency and…
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Trashy Startups Haul It In
DBL Partners’ portfolio company Ecoscraps recently made the print version of Venture Capital Journal as part of a roundup of companies taking investment for waste innovation. Unfortunately the full article is behind a pay wall….
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Veterans Find Jobs, and New Mission, in Cleantech
See the full San Jose Mercury News article here. When military veterans search for jobs, they often want more than a paycheck. Many say they look for rewarding work and a team of dedicated people…
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With California Carbon Cap-and-Trade Program Launch, Experts Debate Economic Side Effects
Read the full article on SFPP’s page here. Full text below. By Barbara Grady, SF Public Press – November 15, 2012 At 10 a.m. Wednesday, California’s potentially revolutionary carbon cap-and-trade program launched in a humdrum…
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SolarCity to bring Solar to Military Housing
DBL Partners’ portfolio company SolarCity is embarking on a major project to bring solar to more than 120,000 military homes in the next five years. The impact will be huge. Find the article here. ALBUQUERQUE,…
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As U.S. Hesitates, California Pours Billions Into Green Energy
(Reuters) – California, long the national leader in clean energy policy, is poised to double down on its investments in the sector, with billions in new subsidies set to flow in over the next few…