The Guardian along with Cleantech Group have newly issued a list of the top 100 most promising clean technology firms. The list of companies admits firms in energy efficiency, energy generation, water and wastewater, energy storage, recycling and waste, transportation, manufacturing, and agriculture. The 100 companies taken for the list all had to be unlisted, private, and independent companies.
Called for to produce the list, hundreds of industry insiders, entrepreneurs and investors were asked the following question: “Which private cleantech companies show the most commercial promise? Which have the most expected and highest likeliness of accomplishing high growth and high market impact?” A list of 3500 companies was created based upon the responses.
Reuters reports: “The first ever Global Cleantech 100 shines a spotlight on which companies and which technology areas the global innovation community is currently most excited about, from a commercial standpoint. Although none of these firms are exactly household names, their innovations and the business acumen of their leaders and investors mean that they are likely to have high impact on our future. The Global Cleantech 100 companies, and many other worthy peer companies, stand to enable environmental sustainability and generate economic growth“.