Entrepreneur Jeremy Leggett, described by Time Magazine as, one of the key players in putting climate change on the world agenda, will join The Guardian’s Ashley Seager for a fireside chat.
Please join us and hear Jeremy provide insights to his success as an entrepreneur and the challenges and trends in the sustainable economy. He will also discuss his current work in climate change and peak oil and the implications and opportunities this will have for entrepreneurs and investors
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Tuesday, 8 April 2008
The Royal Institute Of British Architects
66 Portland Place London, W1B 1AD (map)
6.30pm to 9.30pm
Entry is £30 for entrepreneurs and £45 for other attendees and is payable in advance. We expect the demand for this event to be extremely high, so please register without delay. The event fee includes after event drinks
about Jeremy Leggett
Entrepreneur, Jeremy Leggett, is founder and Executive Chairman of Solarcentury, the UK’s largest solar solutions company and winner of multiple awards for innovation and sustainability, including the 2006 Sunday Times/Microsoft TechTrack 100 R&D Award. He is also the founder of SolarAid and founding director of the world's first private equity fund for renewable energy, Bank Sarasin's New Energies Invest AG (2000-present) in which Solarcentury have a stake.
Going forward is a pipeline of new and exciting products which have helped in raising funds from venture capital firms including Unotec, Good Energies, Zouk, Foursome in Europe and Vantage Point in Silicon Valley. This capital has helped the company expand into Spain, France, and Italy.
Jeremy was recently appointed a CNN “Principal Voice”, and is described by the Observer as “the UK’s most respected green energy boss.” The Sunday Times said his first book, The Carbon War, was "the best book yet on the politics of global warming," and his second book, Half Gone previews the looming global energy crises, while signposting a safe exit opportunity.
The 21st century, he says, must be the solar century.
about Ashley Seager
Ashley Seager is The Guardian's Economics Correspondent with a special interest in the economics of, and policy response to, climate change. He has written extensively on renewable energy and has pursued the Labour government constantly for its poor response to the need to reduce carbon emissions and boost renewable energy; exposing how the Low Carbon Buildings Programme was failing and the impact of grant cutbacks renewable energy. Last summer he broke a story showing that DTI officials were quietly telling ministers that Britain had a hopeless record on renewables, had no chance of meeting EU 2020 targets and should work to undermine those targets.
We expect this to be a lively and thought provoking evening!
about Green Shoots
A series of events and online conversations that we will be hosting in London, New York and beyond to explore entrepreneurial trends, successes and opportunities in the sustainable economy
Our successful inaugural event in December 2007 for the launch of the consultation project led by John Grant and Jules Peck explored where the big undiscovered opportunities are for entrepreneurs in the sustainable economy in the next ten year. They interviewed over forty investors, entrepreneurs and commentators to arrive at what is set to become the definitive view on green venturing in the UK: the key opportunities, the regulatory roadmap and public opinion as key drivers, the key sectors, current shining examples and overall prospects.
John Grant and Jules Peck are co-founders of Arkism which uses scenario planning to help organisations to go well off the beaten track in considering much more radical responses to the challenges of creating a sustainable future.
See www.arkism.com for more details.
John and Jules will also be attending on the evening.
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