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PRESS ROOM Published Articles: The press is also taking note of EcoEnterprises Fund and its mission: Ryan Black, CEO of Sambazon, thanked EcoEnterprises Fund Manager Tammy Newmark and The Nature Conservancy President Steve McCormick in his remarks after receiving the U.S. Secretary of State's Award for Corporate Excellence, small- to medium-sized business, on November 6, 2006. Click here for a transcript and video of the awards presentation. Fund Manager Tammy Newmark is quoted in The Katoomba Group's EcoSystem Marketplace article "Environmental Venture Capital: Putting the Green in ROI". June 17, 2005. Fund Manager Tammy Newmark is quoted in the United Press International article "Faces of Globalization: Organic Shrimp", which profiles Biocentinela, an Ecuadorian organic shrimp project approved for investment by the Fund. The article appeared on June 12, 2004, in The Washington Times. E/The Environmental Magazine includes EcoEnterprises Fund in its group of "socially conscious investors [that] are doing better than ever by doing good in Latin America". November/December 2003 Burlington Free Press says Fund Manager Tammy Newmark "is a heavy-duty finance person who knows international finance and venture capitalism." April 14, 2003. "ForesTrade wins sustainable business award....[which] honors ForesTrade's work with local producers, nongovernmental organizations, businesses and investors to support sustainable agriculture, socioeconomic development and resource conservation." "Corporate Ventures" Nature Conservancy, Spring 2003. An article in the Spring 2002 issue of Nature Conservancy says "EcoEnterprises Fund is providing market know-how to boost sustainable agriculture..." "It's called the triple bottom line: profitability, social benefit and environmental reward" "Greenbackers," Latin Trade, February 2001. EcoAméricas reports that the "Fund picks sweet target for first investment" on organic cacao project in Costa Rica. February 2001. The Christian Science Monitor mentions EcoEnterprises Fund as an example of "reconciling ecology and economics to improve everyone's standard of living" in the January 4, 2001 article "Natural Capitalism". Environmental Finance calls the Fund "a natural extension of the growing interest in sustainable business" in an article entitled, "Beyond the dot coms" in October 2000 A feature in the May 13/14, 2000 issue of Financial Times tells readers how to "Put Your Ethics to Work" by investing in the EcoEnterprises Fund, among others. "Environmentalists, with The Nature Conservancy as a leader, are paying more attention to the ways that market forces can be used to help protect nature," says Tammy Newmark in the April 2000 issue of Latin Finance. "The use of venture capital to support ecologically sound businesses is growing fast," EcoEnterprises Fund Manager Tammy Newmark tells the New York Times' Business World section on February 20, 2000 in "In Brazil, Investing for the Good of Nature." The Wall Street Journal calls EcoEnterprises Fund a "big player" in the world of green investing in its January 28, 2000 article "Sen. Fulbright's Kin Does Well by Doing Good in Latin Climes."
Press releases from our Investments: NORAM de Mexico, S.A., August 2001: Press Release. ForesTrade de Guatemala, S.A., September 2002: Press Release and Photos.
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