Time to Invest in “Green Businesses”

“Go Green” is something we all are hearing from some time and becoming environment conscious has become a very common practice in today’s world,  but nations like USA have not yet come out of  difficulties of reducing emissions and facing energy crunch.

 

Green today is not only a colour but represents environment and Venture Capitalists have shown their interests by investment in Green Businesses. Green Businesses are just like any other business where profits needs to generated for operations and the only difference is weighing the value of sustainability and human resource for an instant.

 

Eco friendly foods, clothing and technology are popular inventions new businesses have adapted to become more effective environmentally . A number of Companies are encouraging their employees to use energy efficient tools and equipments in order to minimize the amount of carbon emissions and waste production.

 

Various Researches have reveled that investments in Business ventures using green technology rose by 35% YoY in 2005 with less than $500 million to total $13.6 billion. The investment and growth in this sector is expected to maintain the same pace for the next few years. One of the reports indicates 35.6% of the total money invested in the new business ventures were made in companies specializing in green materials and Nano Technology used in Industrial and consumer electronics.

 

There is the clear indication to the fact that more and more entrepreneurs are adapting “Green Business” practices and have reflected in their ideas or vision and investors have taken advantage of such lucrative trend in the economy.