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The Clean Resources Asia Growth Fund was launched in the fourth quarter of 2009 and will partner with innovative companies in the clean technology sector via the provision of capital for growth and expansion.
The fund’s sole focus is the Asia-Pacific region's rapid structural trend towards greater energy and resource efficiency. This trend is being bolstered by concerns over the localized environmental impact as well as the growing acceptance of the evidence and consequences of climate change. Specific drivers include increasingly aggressive policy support at the local and national level particularly for renewable energy, water and waste management, technological advances that reduce the cost of alternatives to fossil fuels, the "green jobs" agenda and the need to preserve social cohesion, recognition of the consequences of rampant pollution on economic growth and health budgets, and the drive towards greater energy security.
The fund employs a research-driven investment process that emphasises "bottom-up" idea generation. The fund currently focuses on five fields: sustainable agriculture, water, cleaner energy, environmental technology and waste management.
- Sustainable agriculture is highly correlated to water as over 80% of water in Asia is used in the agriculture sector. Areas of interest include environmentally friendly fertilizers, weed/pest control and water conservation technologies.
- Water is divided into supply, treatment and wastewater. Investable areas include water infrastructure, desalination, irrigation, wastewater treatment, and virtual water.
- Cleaner energy encompasses natural gas, solar and wind energy, biofuel substitutes, hydro, geothermal, clean coal technology, micro-generation and nuclear energy.
- Environmental technology includes carbon light products, LED, new generation car batteries, fuel cells and sustainable forestry.
- Waste management is a high growth area the fund expects to become a major investment area for us as it matures. It is divided into waste-recapture and waste-to-energy.
The fund is managed by an experienced and high quality fund management team with specialist knowledge, supported by technology advisors.
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