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Yvon Chouinard

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Name: Yvon Chouinard

First reported May 13 2013 - Updated May 14 2013 - 1 reports

eBay Inc

Can Patagonia and eBay make shopping more sustainable?

A project to encourage secondhand trade in the outdoor clothing company's products is aimed at changing consumer behaviour It seems so simple. High-end outdoor clothing brand Patagonia has teamed with eBay to create a site for people to sell their second-hand ... [Published Guardian.co.uk - May 13 2013]

Entities: eBay Inc, Yvon Chouinard, Recycling

First reported May 14 2013 - Updated May 14 2013 - 2 reports

Patagonia Ups Environmental Commitment with $20 Million Venture Fund

Patagonia, a trailblazer in high-end outdoor apparel and environmental advocacy, is stepping up its commitment to sustainability with “$20 Million and Change,” a venture to invest in startup businesses involved with food, water, energy or waste.“We believe ... [Published Brandchannel.com - May 14 2013]

Entities: Environment, Yvon Chouinard, Corporate Venturing, BusinessWeek, Sustainability

First reported May 13 2013 - Updated May 13 2013 - 1 reports

Patagonia Launches A Venture Fund For Environmentally Responsible Startups

Called $20 Million & Change, the new fund will help spread Patagonia’s lessons about being a responsible company through investments in like-minded businesses.3The next big environmentally minded startup may be funded by an unlikely source: Patagonia. ... [Published Fast Company - May 13 2013]

Entities: Yvon Chouinard, Environment, Startup

First reported May 09 2013 - Updated May 10 2013 - 2 reports

Patagonia's Latest Product: A Venture Fund

(An earlier version of this story ran online.)In 2006, after working 25 years in private equity and for public companies, Rose Marcario had a crisis of faith. "I went through what many people do at that age, in my 40s, the sort of crisis of conscience ... [Published BusinessWeek - May 10 2013]

Entities: Patagonia (United States), Yvon Chouinard, Startup

First reported May 10 2013 - Updated May 10 2013 - 1 reports

LinkedIn Corp

Patagonia Fund Invests in Environmentally Responsible Startups

SHARE: Email Print LinkedIn Facebook Twitter Patagonia launched an internal fund to invest in environmentally responsible startups focused on clothing, food, water, energy and waste.The in-house venture fund, called $20 Million & Change, will help like-minded, ... [Published Green Retail Decisions - May 10 2013]

Entities: Environment, Yvon Chouinard, LinkedIn Corp, Startup

First reported May 09 2013 - Updated May 09 2013 - 1 reports

2013 Fly Fishing Film Tour presented by COSTA DEL MAR

Thursday, May 9th, 2013On Saturday night, May 4th fishermen of San Pedro descended upon the Tres Pescados Fly Shop for the Fly Fishing Film Tour presented by COSTA DEL MAR.The night started with a presentation to local legend Mr. Carlos Marin. Because ... [Published The San Pedro Sun - May 09 2013]

Entities: Costa Del Mar, Fly Fishing, Belize, San Pedro (Belize)

First reported May 08 2013 - Updated May 08 2013 - 1 reports

Patagonia (clothing)

B$Z: Patagonia restructures under new holding company, 'Patagonia Works'

Patagonia restructures under new holding company, $Patagonia Works$Press Release from PatagoniaPatagonia has announced a reorganization, and is operating under a new holding company called Patagonia Works.A key goal of the restructuring is to broaden ... [Published Malakye.com - May 08 2013]

Entities: Patagonia (clothing), Yvon Chouinard, Environment, Crisis, Venture Capital

First reported May 08 2013 - Updated May 08 2013 - 1 reports

Patagonia Launches Venture Capital Fund

05/07/2013SustainableBusiness.com NewsPatagonia, one of the most enduring stand-out leaders on corporate sustainability, is launching a venture capital fund to invest in future leaders.Starting with $20 million, Patagonia will invest in companies that ... [Published Sustainable Business - May 08 2013]

Entities: Venture Capital, Yvon Chouinard, Environment, Portfolio Companies, BusinessWeek

First reported May 06 2013 - Updated May 07 2013 - 2 reports

Patagonia Commits '$20 Million & Change' in Venture Funding

Patagonia yesterday launched an internal fund to invest in environmentally responsible startups focused on clothing, food, water, energy and waste.In a May 6 letter announcing the in-house venture fund, called $20 Million & Change, Patagonia founder Yvon ... [Published Environmental Leader - May 07 2013]

Entities: Yvon Chouinard, Environment, Startup

First reported May 06 2013 - Updated May 06 2013 - 2 reports

Remote Work vs. Collaboration: 8 Startups Weigh In

The controversy over Marissa Mayer's decision to ban telecommuting at Yahoo just won't go away. Mayer said the move was necessary to foster collaboration at the struggling new media giant, but what about startups? Is remote working right for very young ... [Published ReadWriteWeb - May 06 2013]

Entities: collaboration, Joe Barton, Marissa Mayer, Skype, Yvon Chouinard

First reported Apr 29 2013 - Updated Apr 30 2013 - 2 reports

Otis College launches Sustainability Alliance

(United States Of America) Otis College of Art and Design is launching the Otis Sustainability Alliance; a partnership of industry leaders from the fields of fashion, design, art, and higher education committed to advancing environmental, social, and ... [Published Fibre 2 Fashion - Apr 30 2013]

Entities: Sustainability, Otis College of Art and Design, Todd Oldham

First reported Apr 23 2013 - Updated Apr 23 2013 - 1 reports

Injecting a sense of adventure into the sustainability movement

Sustainability leadership should be more than just plodding forward, it should be approached as an adventure"Watch your back; this is an oil-state". I'd been on the road a few weeks, cycling through the Rockies from Texas to Alaska to explore attitudes ... [Published Guardian.co.uk - Apr 23 2013]

Entities: Sustainability, Yvon Chouinard, Leadership, Global Warming/Climate Change

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"while most holding companies are about diversification, patagonia works is dedicated to a single cause: using business to help solve the environmental crisis" Chouinard said. The food business is, as much as the apparel or energy industries, environmentally broken...

Patagonia Ups Environmental Commitment with $20 Million Venture Fund [Published Brandchannel.com - May 14 2013]

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Patagonia Ups Environmental Commitment with $20... [Published Brandchannel.com - May 14 2013]
Patagonia launches “$20 Million and Change” VC ... [Published WTIN - May 14 2013]
Can Patagonia and eBay make shopping more susta... [Published Guardian.co.uk - May 13 2013]
Patagonia Launches A Venture Fund For Environme... [Published Fast Company - May 13 2013]
Patagonia's Latest Product: A Venture Fund [Published BusinessWeek - May 10 2013]
Patagonia Fund Invests in Environmentally Respo... [Published Green Retail Decisions - May 10 2013]
2013 Fly Fishing Film Tour presented by COSTA D... [Published The San Pedro Sun - May 09 2013]
Patagonia's new VC fund to invest in trailblazi... [Published GreenBiz - May 09 2013]
B$Z: Patagonia restructures under new holding c... [Published Malakye.com - May 08 2013]
Patagonia Launches Venture Capital Fund [Published Sustainable Business - May 08 2013]
Patagonia Commits '$20 Million & Change' in Ven... [Published Environmental Leader - May 07 2013]
Patagonia's Latest Product: An In-House Venture... [Published BusinessWeek - May 06 2013]
Remote Work vs. Collaboration: 8 Startups Weigh In [Published ReadWriteWeb - May 06 2013]
Remote Work vs. Collaboration: 8 Startups Weigh In [Published ReadWriteWeb - May 06 2013]
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Otis College launches Sustainability Alliance [Published Fibre 2 Fashion - Apr 30 2013]
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Remote Work vs. Collaboration: 8 Startups Weigh In [Published ReadWriteWeb - May 06 2013] The controversy over Marissa Mayer's decision to ban telecommuting at Yahoo just won't go away. Mayer said the move was necessary to foster collaboration at the struggling new media giant, but what about startups? Is remote working right for very young ...
Remote Work vs. Collaboration: 8 Startups Weigh In [Published ReadWriteWeb - May 06 2013] The controversy over Marissa Mayer's decision to ban telecommuting at Yahoo just won't go away. Mayer said the move was necessary to foster collaboration at the struggling new media giant, but what about startups? Is remote working right for very young ...
Yvon Chouinard, Patagonia founder, wins Inamori... [Published Business - cleveland.com - Feb 20 2013] Yvon Chouinard, the founder of Patagonia Inc., will be awarded the Inamori Ethics Prize by Case Western Reserve University. ...
15Five’s feedback platform helps execs work har... [Published Venturebeat - Jan 15 2013] Patagonia founder Yvon Chouinard is a visionary. He is a wildly successful businessman, accomplished outdoorsman, and pioneer in corporate management philosophy. Determined not to let his career encroach upon his sporting pursuits, Chouinard created ...