First All-Canadian Cleantech Index to be launched
Cleantech 10™ list pinpoints the top publicly traded Cleantech companies in Canada
Next 10 list highlights emerging Cleantech
leaders of tomorrow
TORONTO, October 24, 2007 – The Corporate Knights Cleantech 10™ and Next 10 Emerging Cleantech Leaders of Tomorrow will be announced at the Cleantech Forum XIV on October 25, 2007 in Toronto at the Westin Harbour Castle from 9:45 am – 10:15 am.
The Cleantech 10 and Next 10 represent Canada’s finest publicly held and private companies in the Cleantech realm, and span a range of sectors from specialized technology to harvest flooded forests, to solar electric inverters, smart grids, and floating wind turbines.
The Corporate Knights Cleantech 10™ is compiled by Corporate Knights Inc. and Cleantech Indices LLC, the leading provider of Cleantech Indices and information globally.
| Where: | Wellington Room, Westin Harbour Castle, Toronto |
| When: | Thursday, October 25, 2007 from 9:45 am to 10:15 am |
| Who: | Peter Love, Chief Energy Conservation
Officer of Ontario Toby Heaps, President, Corporate Knights Inc. |
Members of the Next 10 Cleantech Leaders of Tomorrow that will be in attendance:
Following the brief presentation there will be
an opportunity for Q&A.
The Next 10 Emerging Cleantech Leaders of
Tomorrow was determined by an advisory board
that included:
The Cleantech Forum XIV is expected to be one of
the largest gatherings of international
investors on Canadian soil this year.
How was CK Cleantech 10™ determined?
We sought out technology-driven growth companies
that have big impacts on resource efficiency and
the environment—not simply those re-branding
themselves as ‘green’. A set of 18 screening
criteria were applied to all TSX companies that
Cleantech Indices, LLC use for their broad
Cleantech Index. Since Canada has far fewer
Cleantech stocks and they tend to be younger and
smaller, those criteria were not as strictly
applied. A heavy emphasis was placed on purity
(percentage of revenues or income from Cleantech
business, and whether or not it’s really
‘clean’) and quality (strategy, management,
financial strength, sector leadership). Other
key criteria included growth, earnings,
liquidity, capitalization,
technology/intellectual property, overall
impact, etc.
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About Corporate Knightss
Founded in 2002, Corporate Knights Inc. is an
independent Canadian-based media company focused
on prompting and reinforcing sustainable
development in Canada.