Mission Markets Earth Mentioned in Suite 101 Article

Sep 27, 2010 3:45 PM ET

Mission Markets Mentioned in Suite 101 Article

Check out this article from Suite 101 on ecosystem credit trading. CEO Michael Van Patten is quoted.

"Beyond Cap and Trade"

"Michael Van Patten, founder of Mission Markets Earth, believes that the voluntary market component will be key to the economic valuation of viable ecosystems in the long term. 'In addition to regulatory participants, we need nontraditional buyers who are not subject to purchase by regulations, the voluntary buyers,' he says, because compliance markets are not currently broad enough to counter our overall impact on the planet's resources. With sufficient vision, voluntary markets just might be."   Click here to read more! 
- The Mission Markets Team   Mission Markets operates a private investment exchange facilitating transactions within the social and environmental capital markets. The Mission Markets platform provides companies and organizations with access to funding and impact investors an efficient way to evaluate, invest in and monitor sustainable investment opportunities.   MM9295