This edition:

In this sixth edition of the SEED newsletter, discover:

• What the European Commissioner for the Environment says about SEED
• When SEED is going to launch its first comprehensive report on social and environmental enterprises
• How UNEP / SEED are partnering with Hisense International Co. Ltd.
• How the SEED Winners are getting on
• How SEED is expanding its outreach message in India

News at SEED

The European Commissioner for the Environment, Janez Potočnik, spoke at the SEED Awards Ceremony in Nairobi, Kenya, hosted by the German Federal Environment Minister Norbert Röttgen.
On 22 February 2011, the SEED Awards Ceremony for the seven 2010 SEED Winners from Kenya was hosted by the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety at a reception during the 26th meeting of the UNEP Governing Council and the Global Ministerial Environment Forum. Read here what the Minister Norbert Röttgen and the European Commissioner for the Environment say about SEED and SEED Winners.

‘Get involved’

UNEP and Hisense Sign Global Partnership for the SEED Award Supporting Innovative Entrepreneurs
SEED is very excited to announce that the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and Hisense International Co. Ltd. signed a partnership at a ceremony in UNEP Headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya, which will work to promote and strengthen the brand profile and global positioning of the SEED Award. Read more…
 

Catching up with SEED Award winners and finalists

2009 SEED Winner, Nafore and Afrisolar Energy Kiosks, wins ERM’s Low Carbon Competition.
The Nafore and Afrisolar Energy Kiosks were chosen as one of the three winners of the Low Carbon Competition, which will identify investment propositions for the Low Carbon Enterprise Fund and offer technical support for the carbon reduction initiatives. Read more…

SEED Award winners make headlines
From China to Colombia to Madagascar, the SEED Winners and alumni keep making the headlines. Read more about how the SEED Winners are scaling up here.

Events and publications

SEED’s Executive Director speaks at the 5th Sustainability Summit and the International Business Forum in India
SEED’s Executive Director, Helen Marquard, took part in two International seminars in India:
• Dialogue with Business about Poverty Reduction and Climate Change
• 5th Sustainability Summit: Asia 2010 - “REMODELLING GROWTH

Find out more about SEED’s contribution to those two international policy fora here.

The SEED Initiative – a champion of social and environmental entrepreneurs in developing countries
SEED’s Executive Director, Helen Marquard, recently shared SEED’s knowledge on sustainable entrepreneurship in the Digital Development Debates, and talked about the important role local social and environmental entrepreneurs can play in countering the worldwide negative trends in resource management and climate change, and at the same time in alleviating poverty and unemployment - challenges the Millennium Development Goals hope to counter. Read more...