Highlights of recent Growth for Good team press coverage.
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ZeroNox Announces Filing of Registration Statement on Form S-4 in Connection with its Proposed Business Combination with Growth for Good04/11/2023
Leading provider of sustainable, off-highway vehicle electrification Zero Nox Inc. announced the filing of a registration statement on Form S-4 on April 7, 2023 with The Growth for Good Acquisition Corporation.
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ZeroNox, a Leader in Off-Highway Electrification of Commercial and Industrial Vehicles, to Become First Public Company of its Kind, Through Merger with The Growth for Good Acquisition Corporation3/8/2023 | BUSINESS WIRE
Zero Nox Inc. (“ZeroNox” or the “Company”), a leading provider of sustainable, off-highway vehicle electrification, today announced that it will become the first publicly listed company of its kind through a transaction with The Growth for Good Acquisition Corporation (NASDAQ: GFGD) (“Growth for Good”), a publicly traded special purpose acquisition company.
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ZeroNox Inc. and The Growth for Good Acquisition Corporation Investor Presentation3/8/2023
To download the presentation, please click here. A live webcast of the conference call and associated presentation materials will be accessible here.
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ZeroNox Inc. and The Growth for Good Acquisition Corporation Investor Conference Call3/8/2023
ZeroNox and Growth for Good will host a joint investor conference call to discuss the proposed transaction and review the investor presentation today, Wednesday March 8, 2023, at 8:30am Eastern Time. A live webcast of the conference call and associated presentation materials will be accessible here.
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The Growth for Good Acquisition Corporation Announces the Separate Trading of Class A Ordinary Shares, Rights and Warrants Commencing January 31, 20221/24/2022 | Business Wire
The Growth for Good Acquisition Corporation (NASDAQ: GFGDU) (the “Company”), a newly formed and differentiated blank check company, today announced that holders of the units sold in its initial public offering of 25,300,000 units, which included 3,300,000 units issued upon the full exercise of the underwriter’s over-allotment option, may elect to separately trade the Class A ordinary shares, rights and redeemable warrants included in the units beginning January 31, 2022. Fractional warrants will not be issued upon separation of the units and only whole warrants will trade.
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The Growth for Good Acquisition Corporation Names Dana Barsky President and Board Member01/03/2022 | Business Wire
The Growth for Good Acquisition Corporation (Nasdaq: GFGDU), a newly formed and differentiated blank check company, today announced that it has appointed Dana Barsky as President, effectively immediately. Ms. Barsky, who formerly served as Global Head of Sustainable Finance at Credit Suisse, will also serve as a member of the Growth for Good Board of Directors.
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The Growth for Good Acquisition Corporation Announces Closing of $253 Million Initial Public Offering12/14/2021 | Business Wire
The Growth for Good Acquisition Corporation (“Growth for Good” or the “Company”), a newly formed and differentiated blank check company, today announced the closing of its initial public offering of 25,300,000 units, which included the full exercise of the underwriters’ over-allotment option, at $10.00 per unit. The total gross proceeds of the initial public offering amounts to $253,000,000. The units began trading on the Nasdaq Global Market (“Nasdaq”) under the ticker symbol “GFGDU” on Friday, December 10, 2021.
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The Growth for Good Acquisition Corporation Announces Pricing of $220 Million Initial Public Offering12/10/2021 | Business Wire
The Growth for Good Acquisition Corporation (“Growth for Good” or the “Company”), a newly formed and differentiated blank check company, today announced the pricing of its initial public offering of 22,000,000 units at $10.00 per unit. The units will be listed on the Nasdaq Global Market (“Nasdaq”), trading under the ticker symbol “GFGDU” beginning December 10, 2021. The offering is expected to close on December 14, 2021, subject to the satisfaction of customary closing conditions.
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5 ESG insiders open up about what it's really like to work in sustainable investing, from tackling greenwashing to battling 'sucker' stereotypes
01/26/2022 | Business Insider'The whole point is that the alpha is there'
Yana Kakar, veteran sustainability executive and CEO of Growth for Good Acquisition Corp., a special-purpose acquisition company currently looking for an environmentally sustainable target:
"Sustainable investing is about finding the winners amongst the companies that are going to be most needed as the global economy transitions to net-zero. -
SPAC Growth for Good aiming for deals at an 'inflection point' in ESG investing1/13/2022 | SEEKING ALPHA
While not making any outright predictions, "I think we are actually at an inflection point of accelerated growth," with momentum in sustainability on both the environmental and social side, Barsky says.
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Yana Kakar, CEO, talks climate solutions with Project Drawdown and High Water Women1/13/2022 | Project Drawdown & High Water Women
Yana's vision involves “finding a way to put an economic overlay on top of the academic truths” of climate change. By describing the science behind climate change in terms of dollars of investment needed, upside potential, and material risks, Yana has had success in aligning positive outcomes for investors and the atmosphere.
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Credit Suisse's Dana Barsky joins impact SPAC1/5/2022 | NEW PRIVATE MARKETS
Barsky is joining the Growth for Good Acquisition Corporation as president and board member, according to a statement announcing her new position. The SPAC, or so-called ‘blank-cheque company’, is looking to execute “business combinations” with companies that have “strong business fundamentals, high growth potential and a mission of positively impacting the environment and society”, the statement said.
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Ex-Credit Suisse exec joins social impact SPAC1/4/2022 | ALTERNATIVES WATCH
“Dana is a highly experienced, well-recognized sustainable finance executive with significant capital markets, operations, and investment expertise,” said Growth for Good CEO Yana Watson Kakar in a statement. “We are pleased to welcome her to Growth for Good and look forward to leveraging her broad skillsets and deep relationships across the private and public sectors as we seek to identify companies positively impacting our world and poised for long-term growth.”
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Barsky joins Growth for Good SPAC1/4/2022 | ENVIRONMENTAL FINANCE
Credit Suisse's global head of sustainable finance, Dana Barsky, has become president of special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) The Growth for Good Acquisition Corporation.
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Agents of Impact: Follow the Talent1/4/2022 | IMPACT ALPHA
Dana Barsky, former global head of sustainable finance at Credit Suisse, becomes president of Growth for Good Acquisition Corp., an “inclusive and sustainable” SPAC that last month raised $253 million
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Investment Leaders on Post-COP26 Climate Finance12/08/2021 | Bloomberg
Yana Watson Kakar, Cathrine de Coninck-Lopez and Nili Gilbert examine the role capital plays in helping achieve the goals set forth at COP26 with Bloomberg Green’s Jess Shankleman.
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Five steps investors can take to build a sustainable global supply chain11/09/2021 | Impact Alpha
“Our supply chain model has failed us. We now have an open invitation to do things differently. That will require investors to step up, put their short-term interests aside, and proactively work with corporations to build a better future. Otherwise, the natural short-term nature of the markets will continue to drag businesses and investors in the wrong direction.” — Yana Watson Kakar
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Central Banks Now Have More Traction on Climate Than Protesters11/03/2021 | Bloomberg
“When the technocrats jumped into the environmental movement, they complemented the awareness-building that activists had been doing,” said Yana Kakar, a sustainability expert and global managing partner emeritus at the investment strategist Dalberg Advisors.
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Tesla posts record earnings but on one stock market number Elon Musk’s EV company is still disappointing10/20/2021 | CNBC
Yana Kakar, global managing partner emeritus at Dalberg, said when the ESG debate is boiled down to a choice between whether the product a company produces is good, such as a Tesla EV, or the way it produces the product is good, that is a mistake.“That’s a false dichotomy,” she said. “There is no necessary tradeoff. It is not a zero-sum game.”
How a company produces its products can be a reflection of the same values in the products it creates, and “that is entirely achievable,” Kakar said. -
Yana Kakar joins Yahoo Finance Live to discuss Climate Week and concerns surrounding global supply chains.09/27/2021 | Yahoo! Finance
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Can the climate crisis make Big Tech 'good' again?08/14/2021 | Business Insider
“Tech firms could make it easier for users to find environmentally-friendly choices, like defaulting to buying low-carbon products on Amazon's Alexa,” said Yana Kakar, sustainability investor and global managing partner emeritus at Dalberg Advisors.
She also called for more transparency in Big Tech's progress towards goals, noting that quarterly reports could include not just financials but updates on decarbonization efforts.