Re: any updates on P2 and banks?

[Gary Liss <gary@garyliss.com>]

Burt,

Check out Evan C. Henry, Bank of America, ?Incentives for Corporate
Environmental Responsibility? presentation and insights at our recent
Zero In on Zero Waste Conference at:

http://www.earthresource.org/events/Zero%20Waste2/EvanHenryPanel1.ppt

Gary

At 09:59 AM 9/15/2006, Burt Hamner wrote:
> Hello, sorry
> for this non tech question but there is no other place I can ask!
>  
> On Sept 27 I am facilitating, with Gil Friend, the San Francisco Mayor?s
> roundtable meeting on Sustainable Finance.  We are trying to get
> leaders in the Bay area interested to encourage banks to promote more
> sustainable business.  Two new banks are opening in San Francisco
> that intend to specialize on green business, P2 type tech, and green
> building and mortgages, and the area is full of financiers now interested
> in ?clean tech?.
>  
> As part of my update for the meeting I am trying to learn if anyone else
> around the country knows of banks that have made some effort to encourage
> conservation and P2 to their clients.  The only bank I know of that
> does this is Shorebank.  Are there any others?  Got anything to
> share re banks and P2 or small biz enviro assistance?  Any leads you
> have will be greatly appreciated and will be used for our ?what?s going
> on? presentation to the Mayor and others.
>  
> Thanks,
>  
> Burton Hamner
> President, Cleaner Production International LLC
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