Questions about launching a successful business?
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"CLFV provided a much-needed calming voice. Their credibility was a real asset." - Roger Sant, Former Chairman, AES Corporation |
Launch Successfully
Getting projects off the ground is no small feat: project proponents are required to clear several hurdles before they can get started, such as obtaining the appropriate operational permits and securing project funding. But launching a business venture doesn't end there.
Sustainable projects take extra steps to ensure their staying power by:
- Seeking to decrease environmental impact and maximize environmental benefit;
- Developing a positive relationship with the surrounding community and project stakeholders; and
- Creating a communications strategy that is comprehensive and straightforward.
CLF Ventures helps these types of projects take their first steps.
CLF Ventures works with clients to successfully launch their projects. Our approach reduces project risks and costs, and improves relationships with stakeholders.
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 Facility siting, permitting, and planning
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Facilities are continuously being planned, designed, and built. They can fill any number of functions, such as generating electricity, cleaning wastewater, incinerating waste, or conducting industrial operations. The process of planning and implementing a new facility can be daunting, but to us it presents an opportunity. We help clients find the right site, identify ways to maximize environmental benefit, provide regulatory and technical guidance, and manage outreach to the stakeholder community. CLF Ventures gets projects off to the right start.
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Launching green business ventures
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Launching green business ventures presents unique challenges around market access and funding. At CLF Ventures, we combine environmental competence with business acumen to:
Conduct market research and analysis;
Produce marketing strategies;
Find access to green market segments;
Establish networks for raising capital; and
Structure investment funds to meet environmental and economic objectives.
Our objective is to assist companies that benefit from access to green markets.
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CLF Ventures is a unique organization that inhabits the intersection of business, stakeholder and environmental matters. Our distinct value to our clients is two-fold:
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 We acquire valuable stakeholder insights that are often impossible for our client to collect on their own.
We develop and implement innovative solutions to our clients' problems by effectively blending these insights with our technical, regulatory, and planning skills.
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| By bringing objectivity and integrity to the project process, our approach systematically reduces project risks and fosters a positive relationship between our clients and their key stakeholders. The project outcome is sustainable and promotes both economic gain and environmental protection.
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CLF Ventures is the non-profit affiliate of the Conservation Law Foundation
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