Jamie Borwick, founder of electric van manufacturer, Modec

Entrepreneur Jamie Borwick founded electric van manufacturer, Modec, in September 2004. He is also Chairman of and investor in battery technology company Oxis Energy Ltd. Jamie, who is Deputy Chairman of the British Lung Foundation, discusses his views on the future for electric vehicles and for his investments with Anne McIvor.

First published in Cleantech magazine May 2008. Copyright Cleantech Investor 2008

Her Excellency Liliana Fernandez

Liliana Fernandez is the Panamanian Ambassador to the UK and the Permanent Representative of Panama to the International Maritime Organization (IMO). Ambassador Fernandez discusses Panama’s role in the global shipping industry, Panama’s involvement in the IMO, the environmental challenges facing the shipping industry – and the environmental issues which are important to Panama, a country with extensive rainforest coverage and concerns about the preservation of biodiversity.

by Anne McIvor

Tim Yeo, MP and Chairman of the Environmental Audit Committee

Tim Yeo, MP and Chairman of the Environmental Audit Committee, discusses his involvement with clean technology companies, the roles of politics and business in addressing climate change, the environmental rationale behind his Private Members Bill, the Energy Saving (Daylight) Bill – and his other views on other environmental issues with Anne McIvor, editor of Cleantech magazine.

'Green Dragon' Doug Richard

Doug Richard discusses his views on the cleantech sector and the conclusions of the Library House research report, ‘Cleantech Goes Mainstream’.

 First published in Issue 3 of Cleantech magazine, September 2007. Copyright Cleantech Investor 2007

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Sebastian Waldburg and Eusebio Güell

First published in Cleantech magazine. March 2007 © Cleantech Investor Ltd. 2007

Q - Is sustainable investing sustainable for private equity?

A - I believe it depends on the focus and understanding of investing in environmental markets. A sizeable chunk of cleantech investment consists of highly leveraged investments in infrastructure assets. These assets generally operate in an extremely regulated environment and have only limited potential to generate considerable company revaluations. In a typical private equity investment, returns are generally based on recurrent cash flows rather than on capital gains. This is obviously very different when we refer to cleantech technology investments, where capital gains are the main driver for returns.