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EarthEnterprise <strong>Tool</strong> <strong>Kit</strong><br />
Investment Interests<br />
The company has a number of<br />
sectoral preferences including<br />
consumer industries, energy and<br />
natural resources, and import and<br />
export. For sustainable<br />
entrepreneurs, this company will be<br />
of interest <strong>for</strong> relatively large scale<br />
expansions in Canada and abroad.<br />
Vancouver City Savings Credit<br />
Union (VanCity)<br />
P.O. Box 2120<br />
Station Terminal<br />
Vancouver, BC V6B 5R8<br />
Tel: (604) 877-7621<br />
Fax: (604) 877-8226<br />
Contact: Karen Currie,<br />
Vice President,<br />
Human Resources and<br />
Environment<br />
Investment Operations<br />
Canada’s largest credit union has<br />
established an array of innovative<br />
means to assist local <strong>for</strong>-profit and<br />
not-<strong>for</strong>-profit organizations in their<br />
ef<strong>for</strong>ts to promote positive social<br />
and environmental change.<br />
Initiatives include donations,<br />
sponsorships, awards, scholarships<br />
and loans.<br />
Investment Interests<br />
The EnviroFund aids projects<br />
providing long-term and proactive<br />
solutions to environmental concerns<br />
in the Vancouver/Fraser Valley<br />
region.The Corporate Sponsorship<br />
and donations programs support<br />
community projects with grants.<br />
The Community Investment<br />
Deposit Fund invests in housing,<br />
job creation and environmental<br />
projects.VanCity Enterprises<br />
develops af<strong>for</strong>dable housing and<br />
the VanCity Community Foundation<br />
offers grants and technical<br />
assistance to community economic<br />
development endeavours.<br />
Ventures West Management Inc.<br />
250-375 Water Street<br />
Vancouver, BC V6B 5C6<br />
Tel: (604) 688-9495<br />
Fax: (604) 687-2145<br />
Contacts: Michael Brown,<br />
President,Vancouver<br />
Mark Leonard, Senior<br />
Vice President, Toronto<br />
Investment Operations<br />
The company is a long-standing<br />
manager of a number of investment<br />
and venture funds. Ventures West<br />
provides capital to early stage<br />
technology companies located in<br />
Canada and the United States.<br />
Ventures West has over 100 years of<br />
experience, together with direct<br />
hands-on operating experience. It<br />
has general business, marketing and<br />
technical experience which adds<br />
significant value to the development<br />
of investee companies.<br />
Investment Interests<br />
The company emphasizes early<br />
stage investment in enterprises<br />
which hold potential <strong>for</strong> substantial<br />
growth. It is active in a number of<br />
key sectors including alternative<br />
energy and environmental<br />
technologies. For the sustainable<br />
Directories<br />
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