Ross McDonald | Banker | Strategist | CFO

Canadian Waste Recycling Expo

The 12th annual Canadian Waste and Recycling Expo will take place in Vancouver, Canada, on 28th/29th October 2009. The event strives to bring together various stakeholders - including equipment manufacturers, municipal/other buyers, site operators, policy makers and expert advisors - and is targeted as a Canada-wide, rather than BC specific, event.

In addition to the exhibition hall then two days of expert sessions are available. Free exhibition entry tickets are available via CWRE.

Clean West, a clean energy corporate finance firm, is positive about the waste to energy sector so will attend the event on Thursday 29th October.

US green company rankings

Curious about the sustainability credentials of large US companies? Newsweek has just published its rankings of the top 500 Green Companies, based on a methodology supported by KLD Research and Analytics, Trucost and Corporate Register.

The top firms? Check out the article or rankings for details.

"Trust me" ...

"When should a director opt to leave the Board of an early-stage company?"
"When should an management member or employee opt to leave an early-stage company?"
I get asked these questions periodically, typically informally over a mentoring glass of wine.

Unquestionably difficult questions, particularly for early-stage firms where stakeholders have material emotional and/or financial investment. Aside from commercial topics such as business growth potential, the decision process involve subjective assessment of trust and ethics of the management team and/or fellow board directors.

There are no absolute truths and there are no easy answers but the following questions can help to surface and assess related concerns ...

TV- Global News

Today saw an impromptu appearance on the lead story of the Global TV BC news channel. This winter then I plan to materially improve my skiing and quite fancy the notion of being a weekend ski instructor. Skiing is a blast and teaching is enjoyable so the combination attracts me. Anyway, a jaunt to Cypress Mountain to inquire about joining them as a ski instructor somehow ended up with my being faced with a camera and microphone! Appearance after 35 seconds.