Past events
10 July 2012, 4pm
Biomass 2012: Confronting Challenges, Creating Opportunities-Sustaining a Commitment to Bioenergy, Washington DC
Sagun Saxena, Managing Partner of CleanStar Ventures will present about CleanStar Mozambique at the Panel International Cooperation to Develop Global Bioenergy Capacity.
More details on the conference can be accessed here
19 June 2012, 11am-1pm
Sustainable Ethanol For Cooking: Accelerating Clean Energy Access in Urban Households – CleanStar Side-Event at Rio+20 hosted by Novozymes, Rio de Janeiro, State of Green Pavillion, Stand #35, Pavilion H, Athlete’s Park
Novozymes and CleanStar will be presenting on their investment in CleanStar Mozambique at the Rio+20 UN Conference on Sustainable Development being held in Rio de Janeiro. This event marks the 20th anniversary of the Earth Summit 1992, which launched sustainable development into the mainstream.
More details on the conference can be accessed here.
(http://www.uncsd2012.org)
For info and RSVP please email Azzurra Massimino, a.massimino@cleanstarventures.com
14 June 2012, 11am
United States-Sub-Saharan Africa Trade and Economic Cooperation Forum (AGOA Forum), Washington DC
CleanStar Ventures will present about CleanStar Mozambique at the AGOA Forum organized by the US International Trade Administration. The African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) was signed into law on May 18, 2000 as Title 1 of The Trade and Development Act of 2000. The Act aims at promoting trade between the US and countries in Sub-Saharan Africa.
More details on the initiative can be accessed here
16 – 18 May 2012
CleanStar Mozambique Ribbon Cutting Ceremony
CleanStar Mozambique, together with CleanStar Ventures, Novozymes, ICM and Bank of America Merrill Lynch celebrated the opening of the world’s first sustainable cooking fuel facility with a 3-day event in Maputo, Beira and Dondo. International guests and local Government representatives attended the ceremony.
Please refer to the Media section for articles on the event.
9 – 11 May 2012
World Economic Forum, Addis Ababa
Azzurra Massimino, Senior Associate at CleanStar Ventures, attended the Environmental Initiatives Meeting at the 2012 World Economic Forum on Africa, and intervened at the Session: In the eye of the Storm – Metrics for Sustained Growth. The World Economic Forum is an independent international organization committed to improving the state of the world by engaging business, political, academic and other leaders of society to shape global, regional and industry agendas.
More information on the event can be found here
26 – 27 April 2012
Secretary’s Global Impact Economy Forum, Washington D.C.
Sagun Saxena, Managing Partner of CleanStar Ventures, and Azzurra Massimino, Senior Associate of CleanStar Ventures participated to the Secretary’s Global Impact Economy Forum. In November 2011, Secretary of State Hillary R. Clinton announced her support for and commitment to a shift in U.S. development assistance policy from donor-driven aid to catalytic investments that make up an innovation-based Impact Economy. To support this shift, The Secretary’s Global Impact Economy Forum gathered high-level investors, business executives, entrepreneurs, philanthropists, academics, and policymakers to promote greater coordination, collaboration, and efficiency in this emerging industry.
More information about the conference can be found here
19 – 21 March 2012
ECOWAS Regional Bioenergy Forum, Bamako Mali
Stefan Maard, Senior Sustainability Advisor, participated to the Bio-energy Forum for the ECOWAS Region held in Bamako, Mali. The Forum was co-organized by the ECOWAS Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (ECREEE) and the Global Bioenergy Partnership (GBEP). The meeting initiated a regional dialogue and peer-to-peer learning to support ECOWAS Member States in developing regional and national bioenergy strategies, which will help meet energy needs and create a vibrant and sustainable modern bioenergy sector that promotes economic growth, rural development, and poverty alleviation.
To read the press announcement click here
To learn more about the Forum click here
19 – 21 March 2012
Bloomberg New Energy Finance Summit, New York
Sagun Saxena – Managing Partner of CleanStar Ventures, Anders Tuxen – Director of CleanStar Mozambique, and Abyd Karmali – Member of CSM Advisory Council participated to the fifth annual Bloomberg New Energy Finance Summit. The event has established itself as one of the leading forum for decision-makers in clean energy with a participation of about 500 industry leaders from around the world.
More information about the conference can be found here
13 – 15 March 2012
World Biofuels Markets, Rotterdam
Anders Tuxen, Director of CleanStar Mozambique, presented at the Emerging Markets Stream of the World Biofuels Markets Congress on March 15th. The World Biofuels Markets is the largest and most successful Congress and Exhibition in the biofuels industry.
More information about the conference can be found here
8 March 2012
Danish Social Innovation Conference, Copenhagen
Stefan Mård, Senior Sustainability Advisor at CleanStar Mozambique, presented at the Danish Social Innovation Conference on March 8th on BOP Strategies for multinational companies.
More details about the conference can be found here
25 – 26 February 2012
Social Enterprise Conference at Harvard Business School/Harvard Kennedy School, Boston
Anders Tuxen, Director of CleanStar Mozambique, presented at the Energy Panel of the Harvard Social Enterprise Conference on February 26th. The Social Enterprise Conference is one of the world’s leading forums to engage in dialogue, debate, and expression around social enterprise. Over time, the Conference has become an arena to explore innovative ideas that challenge the status quo and inspire a call to action.
More details on the conference can be accessed here
22 February 2012
Business solutions to enable energy access for all, Washington D.C.
Sagun Saxena, Managing Partner of CleanStar Ventures, presented on CleanStar Mozambique at this event organized by the World Business Council for Sustainable Development & the Aspen Network of Development Entrepreneurs. CleanStar Mozambique has been featured as a case study in a new WBCSD publication, presented on the occasion of the event.
Download the publication here
25 – 29 January 2012
World Economic Forum 2012, Davos
Novozymes presented on its investment into CleanStar Mozambique at the World Economic Forum held in Davos, Switzerland from 25th to 29th January 2012.
More details on the conference can be accessed here.
(http://www.weforum.org/events/world-economic-forum-annual-meeting-2012)
28 Nov – 9 Dec 2011
UNFCCC COP 17, Durban
Novozymes and CleanStar presented on their investment in Mozambique at the 17th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, held in Durban from 28 November to 9 December 2011.
More details on the conference can be accessed here.
(http://www.cop17-cmp7durban.com/)
28 November – 1 December 2011
World Agricultural Forum, Brussels
Greg Murray, Chairman of CleanStar Mozambique presented at the World Agricultural Forum held in Brussels between November 28th and December 1st. The 2011 WAF Congress called together all segments of society from business to government, from NGO’s to academe and from finance to science to discuss, debate and determine the future of agriculture.
More details about the conference can be found here
21 November 2011
Private Briefing, Sydney
Novozymes and CleanStar hosted a private briefing for key business, government and media figures in Sydney on 21 November 2011.
The purpose of the briefing was to highlight the successful collaboration in CleanStar Mozambique that includes both Danish and Australian investors, and to showcase an example of how innovations in environmental finance can be used to drive environmental restoration and rural development in Africa.
More details on the event will be issued in due course.
7 – 9 November 2011
CarbonExpo AustralAsia 2011, Melbourne
Abyd Karmali, member of CleanStar Mozambique Advisory Board and Global Head of Carbon Markets at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, presented at the CarbonExpo on November 9th, in the panel Low carbon finance: filling gaps & thinking big – making a success of public low-carbon finance. CarbonExpo is Australasia’s premier carbon trade fair & conference.
More information about the event can be found here
10 – 11 October 2011
Energy For All: Financing Energy Access for the Poor, Oslo
At the invitation of the Government of Norway and the International Energy Agency, Novozymes and CleanStar attended a high-level conference in Oslo on 10th and 11th October 2011, focused on financing energy access solutions at the Base of the Pyramid.
On 11th October, Novozymes and CleanStar presented a case study on CleanStar Mozambique, and led a discussion focused on scaling and replicating the business throughout sub-Saharan Africa.
Details on the conference can be accessed here.
(http://www.osloenergyforall2011.org/program.cfm)
20 September 2011
UN Private Sector Forum 2011:
Sustainable Energy for All, New York
Thomas Nagy of Novozymes led a roundtable discussion on “Access to Cleaner Stoves and Fuel for Cooking” at the UN Private Sector Forum on Tuesday 20 September 2011, held at the United Nations Headquarters in New York.
During this roundtable, Novozymes briefed attendees about the investment in CleanStar Mozambique and the viability of upgrading urban African households from charcoal to ethanol cooking.
19 September 2011
Private Briefing, The Plaza Hotel, New York
Novozymes and CleanStar Ventures hosted a private briefing at The Plaza Hotel in New York on Monday 19 September 2011, on their co-investment into CleanStar Mozambique.
Details can be viewed here 
