Categoría: Geovanny Vicente

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 15, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Trinity Consultants, Inc. («Trinity»), a portfolio company of Levine Leichtman Capital Partners («LLCP»), announced today that it has acquired SESPE Consulting, Inc. («SESPE» or the «Company»). Headquartered in Ventura, California,  SESPE provides environmental compliance and permitting services including air quality, stormwater and water quality, and land use planning, to clients across a diverse set of industries.

Trinity is a leading provider of regulatory-driven environmental, health & safety and engineering consulting services. Trinity specializes in highly technical, compliance-driven services with a core presence in air quality and an expanding presence in adjacencies such as commissioning, qualification and validation, process safety management, toxicology, acoustics and water quality. Trinity operates from over 70 offices worldwide, with a national U.S. footprint and a presence in key international markets. Trinity was founded in 1974 and is headquartered in Dallas, Texas.

Jay Hofmann, President and CEO of Trinity, commented, «We are thrilled to welcome SESPE onto the Trinity platform. SESPE further expands Trinity’s market-leading environmental consulting practice by adding renowned expertise on a variety of key regulations in the strategically significant California market.»

Andrew Schwartz, a Partner at LLCP, stated, «We are pleased to announce this acquisition, which demonstrates our strong support for Trinity’s growth strategy. The acquisition of SESPE continues Trinity’s expansion into targeted growth areas and further enhances the suite of regulatory and compliance offerings available to its clients.»

Trinity is a portfolio company of Levine Leichtman Capital Partners Fund V, L.P.

About Levine Leichtman Capital Partners                                    

Levine Leichtman Capital Partners, LLC is a middle-market private equity firm with a 37-year track record of investing across various targeted sectors, including franchising, professional services, education and engineered products. LLCP utilizes a differentiated Structured Private Equity investment strategy, combining debt and equity capital investments in portfolio companies. This unique structure provides a less dilutive solution for management teams and entrepreneurs, while delivering growth and income with a significantly lower risk profile.

LLCP’s global team of dedicated investment professionals is led by seven partners who have worked at LLCP for an average of 21 years. Since inception, LLCP has managed approximately $11.2 billion of institutional capital across 14 investment funds and has invested in over 90 portfolio companies. LLCP currently manages approximately $7.3 billion of assets – including its most recent flagship fund, Levine Leichtman Capital Partners VI, L.P., which closed in 2018 with $2.5 billion of committed capital – and has offices in Los Angeles, New York, Chicago, Charlotte, Miami, London, Stockholm and The Hague.

Contact:
Mark Semer or Ross Lovern
Kekst CNC
(917) 439-3507 or (917) 842-7205

View original content:http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/levine-leichtman-capital-partners-portfolio-company-trinity-consultants-acquires-sespe-consulting-301208994.html

SOURCE Levine Leichtman Capital Partners

SHANGHAI, Jan. 15, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Daqo New Energy Corp. (NYSE: DQ) («Daqo New Energy», the «Company» or «we»), a leading manufacturer of high-purity polysilicon for the global solar PV industry, today addressed comments in recent third-party research reports and related news media about its exposure to risks relating to forced labor.

Daqo New Energy wishes to reiterate that it has a zero-tolerance policy towards forced labor in its own facilities and across its supply chain.

Polysilicon manufacturing is a complicated chemical process which is highly automated, digitalized and technology-intensive. It requires highly trained personnel for its production lines and is not labor-intensive. The Company considers the idea of employing «forced labor» or «prison labor» as not only morally abhorrent but also wholly inconsistent with its goals to be successful in terms of safety, efficiency and costs. We believe that solar professionals and anyone in the United States or elsewhere who has basic understanding and common sense of the polysilicon industry will likely share this view.

We locate our production facilities in Xinjiang in order to be close to sources of raw materials and energy for polysilicon production. We have built a world-class polysilicon facility in Xinjiang to better serve the fast growing solar PV industry which is one of the foundational industries necessary to reduce the global carbon footprint. We call for rational and responsible dialogue across the global solar PV industry. We welcome more international collaboration and healthy competition. We need to work together to combat climate change and elevate the prosperity and social welfare of the communities in which our facilities are based and elsewhere around the globe.

ABOUT DAQO NEW ENERGY CORP.
Daqo New Energy Corp. (NYSE: DQ) («Daqo» or the «Company») is a leading manufacturer of high-purity polysilicon for the global solar PV industry. Founded in 2007, the Company is one of the world’s lowest cost producers of high-purity polysilicon. Daqo’s highly-efficient and technically advanced manufacturing facility in China currently has a nameplate annual polysilicon production capacity of 70,000 metric tons.

Safe-Harbor Statement

This press release contains «forward-looking statements» within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and as defined in the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements can be identified by terminology such as «will,» «expects,» «anticipates,» «future,» «intends,» «plans,» «believes,» «estimates» and similar statements. Among other things, the statements from the Company management in this press release and the Company’s operations and business outlook contain forward-looking statements. Such statements involve certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements. Further information regarding risks is included in Daqo’s filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, including its annual report on Form 20-F. Except as required by law, the Company does not undertake any obligation to update any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

View original content:http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/daqo-new-energy-reiterates-its-stance-against-forced-labor-and-calls-for-rational-and-responsible-dialogue-301209195.html

SOURCE Daqo New Energy Corp.

MEXICO CITY, 14 de enero de 2021 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ — La Haus, el líder del mercado de tecnología de propiedades (proptech) en México y Colombia que está transformando la industria inmobiliaria latinoamericana, anunció hoy que recaudó $35 millones en la Serie B liderada por Greenspring Associates. El nuevo financiamiento permitirá a la compañía expandir sus productos y servicios y extender su alcance geográfico a otras partes de América Latina. Esto se realiza tras una ronda de $10 millones en la Serie A, a principios de 2020.

También participan en la ronda los inversionistas de Serie A Acrew Capital; Kaszek Ventures; NFX, una empresa cofundada por el fundador de Trulia, Pete Flint; IMO Ventures y el cofundador de Zillow, Spencer Rascoff. Hometeam Ventures también invirtió en la ronda de la Serie B.

La Haus facilita las transacciones inmobiliarias tradicionales de forma digital, lo que permite transacciones completamente en línea, y está construyendo un mercado de principio a fin único en su tipo para América Latina. La compañía hace que la propiedad de una vivienda sea más accesible para muchos en América Latina, donde la falta de infraestructura y el acceso a información transparente pueden obstaculizar la capacidad de las personas para comprar viviendas. La Haus facilita más de $500 millones en valor bruto de transacción anualizado.

La Haus  ha facilitado casi 4,000 transacciones,  por lejos, más que cualquier empresa de tecnología de propiedades (proptech) en México o Colombia.

«No podríamos haber imaginado hace un año cómo sería la vida en este momento, pero estamos agradecidos de que la empresa que construimos antes del Covid estuviera en condiciones de ayudar a tantos latinoamericanos a encontrar y comprar su hogar perfecto durante la pandemia», dijo el cofundador y presidente de La Haus, Rodrigo Sánchez-Ríos. «Para la mayoría de las personas, la propiedad de una vivienda es clave para la creación de riqueza y estabilidad. Hasta ahora, esto ha estado fuera del alcance de muchos mexicanos y colombianos. Estamos entusiasmados por utilizar estos fondos para brindar esta oportunidad a muchas más personas en América Latina».

Cuando estalló el Covid, La Haus estaba bien posicionada para ayudar a los latinoamericanos a comprar viviendas en línea  y a los vendedores y desarrolladores a vender esas viviendas . En el contexto de un mercado inmobiliario en auge, la compañía ha experimentado un crecimiento de ingresos de dos dígitos mes a mes, al tiempo que ha aumentado la eficiencia y la satisfacción de los clientes. En México, la empresa quintuplicó su negocio en los últimos 12 meses y facilita más transacciones que cualquier otra agencia corredora en la Ciudad de México.

También en el último año, La Haus ha contratado a un equipo directivo con experiencia en lograr el crecimiento de empresas. Entre sus líderes se encuentra Thomas Floracks, Director de Producto, cofundador de VivaReal, el portal inmobiliario de Brasil. Después de que VivaReal se fusionara con Zap Imoveis, la compañía combinada fue adquirida recientemente por OLX Brasil por US $ 650 millones. Bajo el liderazgo de Floracks, La Haus ha creado una experiencia de producto líder en América Latina para buscar, ver y realizar transacciones de viviendas sin problemas.

«Vemos una oportunidad increíble en las empresas de tecnología de propiedades que están creciendo en América Latina, una región con más de 600 millones de personas y tasas de propiedad de vivienda relativamente bajas pero en constante crecimiento», dijo Seyonne Kang, socio de Greenspring Associates. «Se enfrentan a menos competencia de las empresas heredadas y atienden a una población enorme y en crecimiento que recién está comenzando a adoptar las transacciones en línea. La Haus se destacó como líder en este espacio por su visión y trayectoria, habiendo ampliado ya su joven empresa en dos países. Estamos entusiasmados con las perspectivas de la empresa y esperamos ser parte de su éxito continuo». 

La Haus también ha desarrollado asociaciones con importantes desarrolladores en México y Colombia, incluidos GDC Desarrollos, CLASS, Punto Destino, Yukon y Terraforma, con sede en México. Los desarrolladores han aprovechado la audiencia y la tecnología de transacciones de La Haus para poner en línea un proceso de ventas que antes se basaba en la sala de exposiciones y el personal, lo que acorta el tiempo de venta.

La Haus fue fundada por Jerónimo Uribe, director ejecutivo; Rodrigo Sánchez-Ríos, presidente; Tomás Uribe, director y Santiago García, director de tecnología. Jerónimo Uribe y Sánchez-Ríos se conocieron en la Universidad de Stanford y antes de La Haus iniciaron y dirigieron Jaguar Capital, una empresa colombiana de desarrollo inmobiliario con más de $350 millones en proyectos comerciales y residenciales. García construyó previamente plataformas tecnológicas en Jaguar Capital.

Acerca de La Haus
La Haus está transformando la industria de bienes raíces en América Latina, brindando a los consumidores un mercado de principio a fin destinado a abordar las muchas dificultades que enfrentan los compradores y vendedores de viviendas en América Latina. La compañía hace que la propiedad de una vivienda sea más accesible para muchos en América Latina, donde la falta de infraestructura y el acceso a información transparente pueden obstaculizar la capacidad de las personas para comprar viviendas. La empresa se lanzó en 2017 y actualmente opera los portales de búsqueda de propiedades lahaus.com en Colombia y lahaus.mx en México , los primeros portales que garantizan listados de alta calidad y no duplicados, y un corretaje que está facilitando más de $400 millones en valor bruto de transacción anualizado.

La Haus tiene su sede en Medellín, Colombia, y opera en Medellín, Bogotá y Ciudad de México.

Acerca de Greenspring Associates
Greenspring Associates se fundó en el año 2000 para centrarse únicamente en inversiones de capital de riesgo. A través de una plataforma integral, la Firma actúa como socio del ciclo de vida para administradores de fondos y empresarios, invirtiendo en múltiples etapas, sectores y geografías. Greenspring Associates actualmente administra más de $12 mil millones en capital comprometido a través de una variedad de estrategias de riesgo especializadas en nombre de un grupo diverso de inversionistas globales.

Para obtener más información sobre Greenspring Associates, visite su sitio web en www.greenspringassociates.com.

FUENTE La Haus

BEIJING, Jan. 15, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Today, Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI) and Energy Transitions Commission (ETC) released the China’s Zero-Carbon Electricity Growth in the 2020s: A Vital Step Toward Carbon Neutrality report, which highlights both the opportunity and urgency of meeting electricity demand growth in China almost entirely from zero-carbon generation sources. The report outlines a scenario for 2030 that demonstrates that zero-carbon generation is economically and technologically feasible in China. It further outlines recommendations for policies and a plan to deliver them during the 14^th Five-Year Plan.

On September 22, 2020, President Xi Jinping announced that China will strive to peak emissions before 2030 and achieve carbon neutrality before 2060. This new climate pledge is a critical step forward in the global fight against climate change and reflects China’s determination to provide responsible global leadership. The key to achieving this goal is to electrify as much of the economy as possible and to ensure that almost all electricity is generated from zero-carbon resources well before 2060. The appropriate strategy compatible with China’s long-term carbon-neutrality target should be to ensure that almost all growth in China’s electricity generating capacity is zero carbon, with no new coal investment.

The report assesses a zero-carbon investment scenario for 2030 aligned with what is needed to decarbonize China’s power sector by 2050, and assumes:

• Electricity supply reaches 11,000 TWh by 2030, an increase of 54 percent above current levels;
• No new coal capacity is added beyond the 1,041 GW in place in 2019, but there is a slight increase in coal generation as existing assets are used more intensely;
• Considering the increasingly competitive economics of renewables, wind and solar capacity reach 1,650 GW in 2030, contributing 28 percent to total generation in that year; and
• Total non-fossil fuel generation reaches 53 percent of the total, slightly above the target of 50 percent proposed by China’s government in 2016.

According to the RMI and ETC analysis, the zero-carbon investment scenario for 2030 is economically and technologically feasible. In China, renewables and other zero-carbon generation resources are or will soon be the most cost-effective way to meet growing electricity demand, enabling the shift away from new coal investments.

China’s power system can also continue to operate effectively with the higher levels of renewables outlined in the 2030 scenario. The power system can manage the increased variability associated with a greater share of wind and solar by increasing interconnections between provinces and increasing grid flexibility by retrofitting existing coal and hydro generation. Market and grid reforms will also play an important role.

As it is economically and technically possible for China to meet all future growth in its power supply from zero-carbon sources, it is essential that policies, particularly the 14^th Five-Year Plan, are aligned with a zero-carbon growth objective. A clear quantitative target will enable China’s wind and solar development and supply industries to achieve the economies of scale and learning curve effects which make cost reductions possible. The targets would also require policy changes from four pillars: mechanisms to incentivize investment in renewables, market and grid reforms to support flexible power, upgraded planning processs to align with renewable growth, and improved technical regulation to enhance system reliability.

View original content:http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/chinas-carbon-neutrality-goal-increases-the-urgency-of-meeting-100-percent-of-the-nations-new-electricity-demand-growth-with-zero-carbon-sources-301209040.html

SOURCE Rocky Mountain Institute