LIFE Foundation Partners
We sincerely believe that Foundation Partnerships should produce measurable business benefit. LIFE is, after all, designed to accelerate profitable ideas, and our Foundation Partners should expect nothing less from an association with us. We are proud to have recently welcomed Marubeni Europe plc as a Foundation Partner (see related article). Marubeni now join E.ON UK, who became LIFE's first Foundation Partner in 2006, in one of the UK's groundbreaking environmental sponsorships (see related article). Key benefits include:
Networking and Business Generation / Revenue Opportunities
Privileged and profitable networking amongst a group with first sight of the newest products and technologies in an industry taking off for incredible growth. All our Partners are involved in a structured range of networking opportunities with fellow Partners, our clients and the entire clean and renewable energy industry. LIFE works very hard to make sure that fruitful co-operation occurs right across the network. This is an opportunity to see tomorrow's promising new technologies and investment opportunities today - and meet the people who are making the future of the clean energy industry.
Media Exposure - Taking the Right Message to the Right Audience
Association with LIFE leads to measurable business gains. Amongst those gains should be the ability to demonstrate effective communication made with the right people. Not only that, but there is no doubt that concern for the environment is one of the most important issues facing industry, politicians and the public. LIFE offers a professionally run communications programme for our Partners. A current and highly visible example is our involvement in EnergyLab which E.ON and LIFE see as a great way to promote energy awareness, risk management and a commercial entrepreneurial culture.
“E.ON has been a Foundation Partner since April 2006 and over the intervening 18 months we have had positive engagement with the LIFE team who are very open to interacting with us as their Partner. We are looking to participate more in the future and I am confident that LIFE will respond and prove to be of increasing value to us.” Dr David E Clarke - Integration Manager E.ON
To discuss your needs, and how a Foundation Partnership with LIFE could help, please contact William Fenton on william.fenton@life-ic.com.
E.ON UK is one of the UK's leading energy suppliers and supplies around 8.5 million homes with electricity and gas through the Powergen brand. It is part of the E.ON Group, the world's largest investor-owned power and gas company, which has its headquarters in Germany.
E.ON UK is committed to the development of energy technologies with reduced environmental impacts. They aim to invest £1bn in renewables over the next five years, and have launched a number of investment initiatives to further cleaner energy technologies. These include a multi million pound low carbon research programme led by Power Technology, E.ON UK’s technology and engineering consultancy and a £10m joint sponsorship programme with the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) to support UK university research into the next generation of low carbon energy solutions.
For more information about E.ON UK, visit www.eon-uk.com.
Marubeni Europe plc is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Marubeni Corporation, one of Japan’s leading general trading companies (“Sogo Shosha”), with a global network spanning more than 70 countries. Marubeni is investing extensively in renewable energy projects around the world, as well as biofuels and low carbon technologies, and has a proven track record of business incubation and introducing innovative products into the Japanese and Asian markets.
In Europe and the Middle East, Marubeni Europe’s sister company Marubeni Europower Limited is engaged in the development of integrated power and water treatment projects, while SmartestEnergy, another subsidiary, is one of the UK’s leading independent energy traders with a focus on the renewables segment of the market.
For more information about Marubeni, visit http://www.europe.marubeni.com or http://www.marubeni.com.