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“The only thing as powerful as Mother Nature is Father Greed.” Thomas L. Friedman

“The only thing as powerful as Mother Nature is Father Greed.” Thomas L. Friedman. The market will always respond to a profit opportunity, producing new and more efficient technologies Investment market is already responding to the growth potential presented by environmental investing.

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“The only thing as powerful as Mother Nature is Father Greed.” Thomas L. Friedman

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  1. “The only thing as powerful as Mother Nature is Father Greed.”Thomas L. Friedman • The market will always respond to a profit opportunity, producing new and more efficient technologies • Investment market is already responding to the growth potential presented by environmental investing *Graph source: New Energy. Grossed-up estimate based on disclosed deals. New investment only.

  2. It’s a real and serious business; returns are compelling • Returns to environment and investor are not mutually exclusive • The sheer scale of the challenge requires a patient investment cycle • Role of Private Equity • Investment Grade returns exist: Clean Energy Index is producing returns in excess of broader market indices *Graph source: Wilder Hill New Energy Finance Global Innovation Index (NEX) Jan 2003 – March 2007

  3. “When you've got them by their wallets, their hearts and minds will follow.” • The market is responding, but this will accelerate with market certainty • Recognising the true cost of carbon will be significant • An example of reversing the “market failure” of inadequate clean-tech R & D – BioPower Wave Energy Tim Finnigan Chief Executive Refer BRW Article 17 May 2007

  4. The scale of the challenge requires leadership • Most importantly, we need to stop treating the issue as if it isn’t real and urgent. The word “sustainable” is used for a reason. • Sustainability must be incorporated into Investment Decisions – thereby forcing the outcome with less reliance on individual action – “like outsourcing your garbage collection”. • We need to incorporate “Sustainable thinking” fundamentally and sincerely into all of our decisions if sustainability is to become a truly mainstream issue. • Let’s be positive and active. Everyone needs to play a part. Everyone makes consumption and investment decisions.

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