[getsmart-l] First All-Canadian Cleantech Index launched

[Media Release]

Emacs!




First All-Canadian Cleantech Index launched

Cleantech 10™ list pinpoints the top publicly 
traded Cleantech companies in Canada

Next 10 Cleantech list highlights emerging Cleantech leaders of tomorrow

TORONTO, Canada, October 25, 2007 - The Corporate 
Knights Cleantech 10™ and Next 10 Emerging 
Cleantech Leaders of Tomorrow were announced at 
the Cleantech Forum XIV in Toronto at the Westin 
Harbour Castle this morning at a press conference 
attended by Peter Love, Ontario's Chief Energy 
Conversation Officer, and executives from the 
Cleantech 10 and Next 10 Cleantech companies.

The Cleantech 10 and Next 10 Cleantech represent 
Canada's finest publicly held and private 
companies in the Cleantech realm, and span a 
range of sectors from specialized technology to 
harvest flooded forests, to solar electric 
inverters, smart grids, and floating wind turbines.

The Corporate Knights Cleantech 10 was compiled 
by Corporate Knights Inc. and Cleantech Indices 
LLC, the leading provider of Cleantech Indices 
and information globally. The Cleantech 10 showed 
a year-to-date return of 12.66 per cent, 
outperforming the S&P/TSX Small Cap Index by over 
7 per cent over the past year (using an 
unweighted average of the Cleantech 10's returns as of Oct 22, 2007).


CK Cleantech 10 (HQ City)

Boralex   (Kingsey Falls, QC)
Canadian Hydro Developers  (Calgary, AB)
Carmanah (Victoria, BC)
Dynetek  Calgary, AB)
Hydrogenics (Mississauga, ON)
RuggedCom  (Woodbridge, ON)
SunOpta (Brampton, ON)
Westport Innovations  (Vancouver, BC)
WFI  (Fort Wayne, IL)
Xantrex (Burnaby, BC)

Source: Corporate Knights Inc. and Cleantech Indices, LLC


How was CK Cleantech 10™ determined?

We sought out technology-driven growth companies 
that have big impacts on resource efficiency and 
the environment-not simply those re-branding 
themselves as 'green'. A set of 18 screening 
criteria were applied to all TSX companies that 
Cleantech Indices, LLC use for their broad 
Cleantech Index. Since Canada has far fewer 
Cleantech stocks and they tend to be younger and 
smaller, those criteria were not as strictly 
applied. A heavy emphasis was placed on purity 
(percentage of revenues or income from Cleantech 
business, and whether or not it's really 'clean') 
and quality (strategy, management, financial 
strength, sector leadership). Other key criteria 
included growth, earnings, liquidity, 
capitalization, technology/intellectual property, overall impact, etc.


Next 10 Cleantech (HQ City)

6N Silicon Inc.  (Mississauga, ON)
Enerworks Inc.  (Dorchester, ON)
Ensyn Technologies Inc.  (Nepean, ON)
Group IV Semiconductor Inc.  (Ottawa, ON)
Iogen Corp.  (Ottawa, ON)
Magenn Power Inc.  (Ottawa, ON)
Menova Inc.  (Ottawa, ON)
Plasco Energy Group Inc.  (Ottawa, ON)
REGEN Energy Inc.  (Toronto, ON)
Triton Logging Inc.  (Saanichton, BC)

Source: Corporate Knights Inc.


The Next 10 Emerging Cleantech Leaders of 
Tomorrow was determined by an advisory board that included:
    * Tyler Hamilton, Energy Reporter/Clean Break, Toronto Star
    * Vicky Sharpe, President and CEO, 
Sustainable Development Technology Canada
    * Andrew Heintzman, President of Investeco Capital Corp
    * Nick Parker, Chairman, Cleantech Venture Network LLC
    * Tom Rand, Director, VCi Green Funds Inc.

For further information, see: 
http://www.corporateknights.ca/downloads/Cleantech2007.pdf

About Corporate Knights
Founded in 2002, Corporate Knights Inc. is an 
independent Canadian-based media company focused 
on prompting and reinforcing sustainable development in Canada.

www.corporateknights.ca
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