The Cleantech Show #009 (MP3 - 13MB - 37min)

To date much of the focus in investment and new cleantech ventures has focused on the energy and biofuels industry sectors, with a slowly but surely growing diversification into waste management, water management, green buildings and other industry areas. The environmental services sector has become quite established in many countries as organisations have moved to provide offerings from backgrounds as diverse as accounting, quality, compliance and technical infrastructure.

My guest this week is Doug Smith founder and CEO of Village Green. Village Green is a dedicated sustainability management consulting company that has also established itself as a leader in an Environmental IT sector with the creation of its automated sustainability auditing software.

Village Green, a company leading the field in sustainable business practice, was conceived through the recognition of community concerns, a need for business wellbeing and commercial sustainability. Doug’s team at Village Green recently stepped into the limelight winning the 2006 Banksia Award (Education Category) for the company’s Sustainable Business Management program in operation throughout the country.

On the show, Doug and I discuss their growth from a 3 person company in 2001 to a company employing more than 20 people around Austrlia, and with now their first overseas software license in Ireland. What Doug and his team have managed to achieve in the last 4 years is truly inspiring. Whats more is that their software system, which can produce automated reports on a clients energy, waste and water performance, I believe is a significant business opportunity for national and international licensees. Especially with the advent of emissions trading and the IT audit infrastructure that will be required to extract value for businesses.

Enjoy the show!

cheers
Nick Bruse

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