2.20.2007 - 01:01pm ET

(CSRwire) New York, NY - February 20th, 2007 – Verde Venture Partners (VVP), a New York-based private equity fund established to invest in the cleantech sector, announces its endorsement of Columbia University’s Global Roundtable on Climate Change (GROCC). GROCC brings together more than 100 high-level, critical stakeholders from all regions of the world — including [Sara Weinheimer, Managing Partner of Verde Venture Partners] senior executives from the private sector and leaders of international governmental and non-governmental organizatisons-to discuss and explore areas of potential consensus regarding core scientific, technological, and economic issues critical to shaping sound public policies on climate change.

Because VVP invests in projects that improve resource efficiency, transform waste into energy, and reduce Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions, it believes GROCC’s environmental thrust is a good match for its activities. VVP, led by Sara Weinheimer as Managing Partner, is a signatory member of GROCC and is proud to be closely allied to Columbia University’s Earth Institute in this essential ecological effort.

For more information about Verde Venture Partners or its endorsement of GROCC, contact info@verdevp.com.

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