2020/1/27に世界経済フォーラムに登壇。
Just did a slew of interviews for the @wef (Davos) about the launch of Footprint Coalition Ventures. This is something very important to my team and you.🌎🙏
— Robert Downey Jr (@RobertDowneyJr) January 27, 2021
To learn more, check out the earth-saving work we’re doing at @fp_coalition! pic.twitter.com/gGLpfhjl9Z
A heroic investment 🦸♂️ @RobertDowneyJr
— World Economic Forum (@wef) January 27, 2021
Learn more: https://t.co/c5sH6zssh7 #DavosAgenda pic.twitter.com/qWL2Ow4eof
TIME/Arctic Basecamp: A Plan for the Planet: the Arctic and Beyond
Arctic Basecamp—a team of Arctic experts and scientists— and TIME are hosting a high level panel “A Plan for the Planet: The Arctic and Beyond” as part of the media programme at the Davos Agenda week. Arctic Basecamp founder Prof. Gail Whiteman will be joined by H.R.H. Crown Prince Haakon of Norway, Actor and FootPrint Coalition Founder Robert Downey JR, Eric Rondolat the CEO of Signify, Bryony Worthington of Quadrature Climate Foundation and Actor Rainn Wilson. Using the Artic as an initial lens to zoom out to the overall climate crisis, how can we achieve systemic changes?
CNBC: Finding Solutions: How to Accelerate Sustainable Technology
Join this fireside chat with CNBC Tania Bryer, Forum President Borge Brende and Producer, Actor and Investor Robert Downey Jr (founder of FootPrint Coalition) to accelerate investment into planet-saving technology and assemble the right stakeholders to make a difference.
Finding Solutions: How to Accelerate Sustainable Technology with @borgebrende, @RobertDowneyJr #DavosAgenda @CNBCi @TaniaBryer https://t.co/ffhXnVjOUE
— World Economic Forum (@wef) January 27, 2021
A Plan for the Planet: The Arctic & Beyond with @Kronprinsparet, @RobertDowneyJr, @bryworthingt, Eric Rondolat, @rainnwilson, @GenerationCO2, @JustinWorland #DavosAgenda @TIME @ArcticBasecamp https://t.co/3EYTcewMEH
— World Economic Forum (@wef) January 27, 2021
Robert Downey Jr. launches VC funds to help save the planet
Downey Jr. tells the Axios Re:Cap podcast: “What I learned, if nothing else from my years with the MCU, is you stop siloing your efforts and you engage your audience. And there becomes this informational synergy that I think supercharges your efforts… I feel we’re demonstrating that if you want to build a real coalition, then I think it’s about access… [Tony Stark] got his priorities straight by the end. It didn’t turn out so well for him, but it wound up being the right thing for the team..”
“私がMCUでの数年間で学んだことは、何もないとはいえ、自分の努力をサイロ化するのをやめて、視聴者を巻き込んでいくことです。私たちは、真の連合を築きたいのであれば、アクセスが重要だということを証明していると感じています……トニー・スタークは最後まで自分の優先順位を明確にしていました。彼にとってはうまくいかなかったが チームにとっては正解だった”
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Reuters Robert Downey Jr. launches funds in environmental fight
Robert Downey Jr. is launching a new ‘rolling’ venture fund to back sustainability startups
Robert Downey Jr. launches venture funds to invest in sustainable technology
Downey Jr. tells Fast Company that the investment arm makes a statement about the role private companies can play in tackling sustainability goals. “This just feels so vital,” he says, calling the venture funds “a commitment to wanting to really get knee-deep in the problem solving.” Downey Jr. announced the funds Wednesday at the World Economic Forum’s Davos Agenda event.
ダウニー・Jr.はFast Companyに、この投資部門は、民間企業が持続可能性の目標に取り組む上で果たすことができる役割についての声明を発表していると語っています。”ダウニーJr.は、ベンチャーファンドを「問題解決のために本当に膝まで潜り込みたいというコミットメント」と呼び、「これは非常に重要なことだと感じています。ダウニー・Jr.は水曜日、世界経済フォーラムのダボス・アジェンダでこのファンドを発表しました。
.@RobertDowneyJr. launches #ESG-focused @fp_coalition Ventures, a series of ambitious, rolling venture capital funds focused on #sustainabletechnology to accelerate groundbreaking technologies that are addressing the world’s largest #environmental challenges. #next40 pic.twitter.com/oi09T7CsY2
— Ÿnsect (@Ynsect) January 28, 2021
This Hollywood superhero is *actually* saving the planet. We are thrilled to welcome Robert Downey Jr. and the Footprint Coalition to @Aspiration’s fight to put climate-change fighting power into everyone’s wallet. pic.twitter.com/oSn9XNeHwv
— Aspiration (@Aspiration) January 28, 2021
Robert Downey Jr. Launches Eco-Focused Tech Venture Funds
Downey Jr.’s FootPrint Coalition Ventures has already invested in five companies:
Aspiration: a “neobank” that says it offers clean, socially conscious and sustainable cash management services and investment products. In a statement, Downey Jr. said Aspiration’s online banking services are “at the forefront of helping people turn their daily saving and spending into climate crisis-fighting power. Aspiration squarely fits our thesis that consumers prefer sustainable alternatives when presented with best-in-class technology enabled solutions.”
Arcadia Earth: a VR/AR platform dedicated to environmental storytelling;
Cloud Paper: a tree-free paper products company that uses ultra-renewable bamboo, plastic-free packaging, and carbon-neutral deliveries for products like toilet paper and paper towels;
RWDC Industries: a biotech company developing “biovanescent” materials (which are 100% biodegradable) to replace petroleum-derived plastics single-use consumer goods; and
Ÿnsect: a producer of natural insect protein and fertilizer that transforms Molitor mealworms into sustainable and premium ingredients.
ダウニー・Jr.のFootPrint Coalition Venturesは、すでに5社に投資している。
Aspiration: クリーンで社会に配慮した持続可能な現金管理サービスと投資商品を提供する「ネオバンク」。声明の中で、ダウニーJr.は、Aspirationのオンラインバンキングサービスは、「人々が日々の節約や支出を気候危機に対抗する力に変えるのを支援する最前線にいる」と述べています。Aspiration は、クラス最高のテクノロジーを駆使したソリューションを提示された場合、消費者は持続可能な代替手段を好むという私たちのテーゼにぴったりと当てはまります。
Arcadia Earth: 環境のストーリーテリングに特化した VR/AR プラットフォーム。
Cloud Paper: トイレットペーパーやペーパータオルなどの製品に、超再生可能な竹、プラスチックを使用しないパッケージング、カーボンニュートラルな配送を採用している、木のない紙製品の会社。
RWDC Industries: 石油由来のプラスチック製の単品消費財に代わる「バイオバネッセント」素材（100%生分解性）を開発しているバイオテクノロジー企業。
Ÿnsect: モリトールミミズを持続可能な高級食材に変える天然の昆虫タンパク質と肥料の生産者。
Robert Downey Jr: Planet faces existential crisis
During a panel discussion at #wef21 @RobertDowneyJr discusses his mission to help tackle climate change with the launch of @fp_coalition pic.twitter.com/6YQ0i78hKG
— ET Canada (@ETCanada) January 29, 2021
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