MEDIA ALERT
December 10 th, 2007
8:00 AM PST (BC, Canada), 5:00 AM EST (US), 3:00 PM UTC
(Ghana, Accra)
CSRD EXPANDS ADVISORY BOARD
International, Socially Responsible Company Focuses on Environmental Leadership, Entrepreneurship with Advisory Board Expansion
Cobble Hill, British Columbia, Canada – Dec. 10, 2007 – Clark Sustainable Resource Developments Ltd. (CSR Developments), an international developer of sustainable tropical hardwoods, has expanded its advisory board with an emphasis on environmental and international business expertise. Professor Charles A. Holloway and Dr. Assheton L. Stewart Carter recently joined CSRD’s advisory board and bring extensive global and leadership experience to CSRD, which is preparing to launch harvest operations of underwater tropical timber resources in Volta Lake. The Volta Lake project is expected to be the largest underwater tropical timber recovery operation ever undertaken.
“We could not be more pleased to add the expertise of Charles and Assheton to the CSR Developments team,” said Wayne Dunn, co-founder and CEO of CSRD. “We’re in a critical phase in the company’s development and it is essential that we proceed with solid resources to cover each aspect of CSRD’s mission and purpose. We look forward to moving ahead with them on board.”
Professor Holloway is a director of the Stanford Center for Entrepreneurial Studies at the Graduate School of Business, which focuses on curriculum development and research on smaller, rapidly growing companies. He was the founding co-chair of the Stanford Integrated Manufacturing Association, a cooperative effort between the Graduate School of Business and the School of Engineering, which focuses on research and curriculum development in technology and manufacturing.
Professor Holloway holds the Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield & Byers Professorship in Management Emeritus, and has become a leader in the study and teaching of entrepreneurship, supply networks, and technology management. He has served as a board member for more than 10 start-up companies in a range of industries.
Dr. Carter is a strategist, planner and expert in environmental and social issues. For 12 years he has guided senior management of international companies in building leadership, environmental and sustainability strategies, as well as climate change solutions. Dr. Carter has advised Alcoa, Disney, Royal Caribbean, RioTinto, AngloAmerican, ConocoPhillips, BP, Chevron, De Beers, BG, Newmont Mining, ExxonMobil, Xstrata, Wal-Mart and ABNAMRO. Presently he is head strategist and senior director of strategic planning at the Center for Environmental Leadership in Business at Conservation International in Washington DC.
Dr. Carter has written journal articles, reports and book chapters, and serves on the editorial board of the scholarly journal Sustainability: Science, Practice and Policy. He holds a doctorate in Business and Society Studies from the University of Bath, School of Management and is a Member of the Royal Agricultural College in the UK, from which he holds a first class honors degree.
About CSR Developments
Clark Sustainable Resource Developments Ltd. (CSR Developments) was launched in 2005 to secure and operate licenses to harvest timber from forests submerged by hydro-power reservoirs. The company is committed to its mission: develop resources that create social and financial value while respecting and enhancing the environment. By uniquely applying this triple bottom line business methodology, CSR Developments makes more efficient use of our planet’s natural resources, while benefiting local communities and generating financial value across the board. For more information: http://www.csrdevelopments.com/
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