VICINITY MOTORS CORP RECEIVES NEW ORDER WORTH $1.6 MILLION

Company: Vicinity Motor Corp(formerly Grande West Transportation )
Listings :TSXV , US OTC SOON to be up listed at Nasdaq
Ticker: VMC.V (previously BUS ,BUSXF at US OTC
Market cap at time of publication: $210 MCAD
Stock price at time of publication: $7,18 CAD ( reverse split price 2,39 CAD)
Business: Leading supplier of electric, CNG, gas and clean-diesel buses for
both public and commercial enterprise use in the U.S and Canada
Comparable peer : Greenpower Motor , Market cap $500 MCAD
Website: https://www.grandewest.com/

Vicinity Motors Corp announced yet another order today , this time the order consists of 4 Vicinity low emission diesel buses for County of Simcoe, Canada. The buses are expected to be delivered in the first half of 2022 and adds to the companys growing order backlog.


The company issued the following statement following the order:


“We are pleased to have secured this $1.6 +million agreement with the County of Simcoe, continuing our strong legacy as a leading bus supplier within the robust Canadian market,” said William Trainer, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Vicinity Motor Corp. “Our core business and strong reputation provide a springboard as we help enable the transition to low-emission and zero-emission options at public transit agencies across North America. We look forward to continued traction in our home market in the quarters ahead, supporting us as we expand into the lucrative U.S. market alongside our tier-1 distribution partners.”

ESG comment:
Vicinity Motors Corp is our top pick in the EV vehicles sector. The company is growing at an ever increasing pace and have many exciting catalysts coming up including their NASDAQ uplisting and launch of their new US facility. In our previous blogpost about Vicinity Motors Corp on the 27th of april we summarized the milestones of 2021. Vicinity Motors is trading at around 3X sales for 2021, compared to their competitor Greenpower Motor trading at 34 X sales for 2021. We remain assured that VMCs evaluation sooner or later will catch up with the equivalent of its peers in the Electric Vehicles sector.

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CIELO WASTE SOLUTIONS – ON TRACK WITH THE DEZULPHURISATION PHASE

Cielo Waste Solutions
Ticker: CMC.CN / CWSFF
Listings: Canadian Securitites Exchange / US OTC
Website:https://www.cielows.com/
Market Cap: 342 MCAD at time of publication
Share price: 0,88 CAD at time of publication
Industry: Converting waste to renewable fuel

Cielo Waste Solutions updated their shareholders today (29/4) with a very good news update regarding their dezulphurisation equipment.
Management confirms that they are still following their time table despite COVID related lockdowns, this thanks to having built in buffers into their original estimates. Management stated that original plans to start producing low sulphur diesel by mid june remains firm. The engineers working on the facility estimate having the equipment on ground mid-May, which would still have Cielo on the mid-June forecast. This equipment is required to produce low sulphur diesel in order to obtain the best pricing for fuel produced.

ESG Comment: We are very pleased to receive the news that the plan to produce low sulphur diesel remains on time plan, we have confidence in that management has the experience and knowledge to get this done on time. For anyone interested in reading the original statement and view pictures you can do so here. There has been some misconception of the actual time plan by the company since individual investors have done their own timeplans. We want to clarify that the only official timeplan ever provided however is made by the company itself.

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Vicinity Motor Corp Partners with Exro to Deploy Enhanced Powertrain into Next-Generation Electric Buses

Company: Vicinity Motor Corp(formerly Grande West Transportation )
Listings :TSXV , US OTC SOON to be up listed at Nasdaq
Ticker: VMC.V (previously BUS ,BUSXF at US OTC
Market cap at time of publication: $208 MCAD
Stock price at time of publication: $7,11 CAD ( reverse split price 2,37 CAD)
Business: Leading supplier of electric, CNG, gas and clean-diesel buses for
both public and commercial enterprise use in the U.S and Canada
Comparable peer : Greenpower Motor , Market cap $500 MCAD
Website: https://www.grandewest.com/

Vicinity Motors Corp today (27/4 2021) announced a new cooperation with the innovative and leading clean tech company Exro Technologies.
This cooperation is yet another step by Vicinity Motor Corp to improving the next generation state of the art Vicinity electric bus.
The supply agreement will according to the press release “validate and deploy an optimized electric powertrain utilizing the Coil Driver™ technology for Vicinity’s suite of electric buses”.


The press release stated that ” Exro will supply the Coil Drive System technology and Vicinity will conduct operational validation through deployment of an optimized electric powertrain for VMC’s suite of electric buses.  The Coil Drive System solution will enable the next generation of electric buses with improved performance that accelerates the transition to a sustainable public transit system. VMC will test and validate the Coil Driver™ powertrain integration with the intent of implementing it in future serial production batches of the electric bus product line.”

ESG comment: It’s impressive to see Vicinity Motor Corp proving point after point that they are the THE leading electrical vehicles company when it comes to public transportation. After recently having partnered with Kontrol Energy this is yet another step to improve the next generation of electric vehicles buses .

Vicinity Motor Corp has so far this year announced very impressive progress:

-Upcoming uplisting to NASDAQ
-Strategic U.S. Distribution Partnership with ABC Companies which also has resulted in orders of 10 Ev buses
New Mexico Statewide Contract
-Washington state wide contract
-Orders for 15 vicinity buses worth over 6 MUSD

Management stated in the latest full year report on the 31st of march that they expect to deliver over 100 vicinity buses in the first half of 2021 compared to 55 buses for the entire year of 2020.  Vicinity Motors already has orders confirmed for delivery in 2021 which now totals revenues of ~$60 MUSD. Vicinity Motors is trading at around 3X sales for 2021, compared to their competitor Greenpower Motor trading at 34 X sales for 2021.

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MASSIVE INTEREST FOR SOLARVEST ORGANIC PRODUCTS AND NEW PATENT APPROVALS!

Company: Solarvest Bioenergy Inc.
Listing : TSX Venture,Frankfurt
Ticker: SVS.V , 0ZJ:FRA
Market cap at time of publication: $24.4 MCAD
Stock price at time of publication: $0.46 CAD
Business: Patented plant based pharmaceuticals from algaes and Clean Energy Hydrogen production
Comparable peers: Else Nutrition market cap : 306 MCAD
Website:http://www.solarvest.ca/ and for the omega 3 products: https://eversea.ca/

Great news today (27/4 2021) for Solarvest Bioenergy (previously covered by ESGFIRE) as they announced that they have received patent approvals “in Australia and India. The intellectual property protection concentrates on the production of algal biomass, algal cell cultures, lipid compounds, and compositions thereof, including fatty acids, carotenoids and fat soluble vitamins. These patents add additional strength to the Company’s existing patent portfolio as it commercializes its line of organic Omega-3 products.”

Solarvest also discloses that they aim to launch their organic omega 3 product globally with a “clean label” and a “white label” approach. This means house branded products based on their unique bioavailable Omega3 ingredient. The company states there has been massive interest from the market for their unique organic omega 3 product line. The product has FDA NDI (New Dietary Ingredient) certification, and is USDA and EU Organic Certified.



ESG Comment:
The new patent approvals along with the MASSIVE communicated interest for Solarvest Bioenergy’s uniquely patented omega 3 product with sustainable production from algae bodes well for the coming massive sales launch that we anticipare from the company. We hope that the compant might even be able to break our projected sales of 2.5-3 MCAD for 2021. We have previously stated we see an upside of 480 % from current levels into 2022 if the company follows our projection.

What we consider MOST interesting is the fact that the company “has received substantial interest due to the timely introduction of a premium ingredient when the reality of chemical and heavy metal contamination in baby food has been brought to light.
https://oversight.house.gov/sites/democrats.oversight.house.gov/files/2021-02-04%20ECP%20Baby%20Food%20Staff%20Report.pdf”

There seems to be a BIG demand for an organic additive of omega 3 from the baby food industry. The company also states in the press release that ” Organic marketers fully recognize the value of chemical free production as a competitive advantage. Moreover, in
terms of intellectual property protection, the IP has been described as a rare commodity in a growing market segment”

To conclude it has to be said that the new white label and clean label approach simplifies and makes it MUCH cheaper to get to market with the organic omega 3 product segment!

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EUROPEAN PARTNER WINDSPACE INVESTS ADDITIONAL FUNDS IN ENVIRONMENTAL WASTE INTERNATIONAL

Company: Environmental waste international
Listings :TSXV , US OTC
Ticker: $EWS $YEWTF 
Market cap at time of publication: $74 MCD
Stock price at time of publication: 0.30 CAD
Business: Tyre and waste recycling through reverse polymerization
TAM Market size: 158 billion $
Comparable peer : Scandinavian Enviro systems $SES
Website: https://www.ewi.ca/

Environmental Waste international has today (22/4 2021 ) announced that they have raised $1,233,000 million via a private placement of 4,110,000 Common Shares at $0.30 per share. There were no fees paid for the raise. Among the participants was the European partner Windspace. The European partner is expected to generate revenues of up to $100 million dollars in the next few years. Windspace , through its subsidiary Elysium, is currently constructing a facility that will treat 30,000 tons of ELT every year.

The company issued the following statement with the press release:

“We chose to raise a modest amount of working capital to accelerate the commercial-scale deployment of our proprietary technology. Our previously announced partnerships for development of plants in Canada and Europe are proceeding in a timely manner, so we feel it is prudent to expand our execution capabilities accordingly,” stated EWS CEO Bob MacBean

ESG comment: This is an extremely promising step that further strengthens the partnership between Windspace and EWI . EWI is on a path to a breakthrough year and currently has 5 planned facilities in Europe and Canada. It’s also very impressive that the financing was done without the need to pay any fees!

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VICINITY MOTORS ANNOUNCES $6 MILLION CONTRACT FOR 15 VICINITY BUSES !

Company: Vicinity Motor Corp(formerly Grande West Transportation )
Listings :TSXV , US OTC SOON to be up listed at Nasdaq
Ticker: VMC.V (previously BUS ,BUSXF at US OTC
Market cap at time of publication: $225 MCAD
Stock price at time of publication: $7,67 CAD ( reverse split price 2,55 CAD)
Business: Leading supplier of electric, CNG, gas and clean-diesel buses for
both public and commercial enterprise use in the U.S and Canada
Comparable peer : Greenpower Motor , Market cap $500 MCAD
Website: https://www.grandewest.com/

The latest large order announced today (19/4) by Vicinity Motors is for 15 CNG buses from a leading Canadian provincial public transportation provider. The 30-foot Vicinity™ buses are powered by compressed natural gas (“CNG”). VMC says they expect delivery of the buses in the first half of 2022 which further strengthens the backlog of the company since revenues are recognized upon delivery of vehicles.

The company issued the following statement with the press release:

“We are pleased to have secured this substantial supply agreement with one of our long term transit customers. We continue to leverage our strong brand reputation throughout the Canadian market to sell CNG buses and position ourselves for wider adoption of clean tech vehicle offerings in the future,” said William Trainer, President and Chief Executive Officer of VMC. “We will continue to strive towards expanding market adoption of our clean-burning CNG and fully electric bus lines, driving forward the transition to a more sustainable public transportation system. I look forward to continued operational execution in the months ahead, helping to create long-term value for our shareholders.”

ESG Comment: We find it very promising that VMC already has another order worth 23 % of the entire revenues for 2020 booked for 2022. The company strangely enough continues to trade at a considerable discount to peers. The evaluation right now if the turnover for 2021 stays at $50MUSD with no further orders delivered as of today would be 3 X sales for 2021. In comparison their peer Greenpower motor has an evaluation right now of 33 X sales for 2021. Vicinity Motors Corp has also recently announced several impressive contracts and agreements which may increase sales in 2021 and beyond to a higher level than I’ve previously mentioned

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EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH LIONEL ROBBINS AT CIELO WASTE SOLUTIONS

Cielo Waste Solutions
Ticker: CMC.CN / CWSFF
Listings: Canadian Securitites Exchange / US OTC
Website:https://www.cielows.com/
Market Cap: 408 MCAD at time of publication
Share price: 1.05 CAD at time of publication
Industry: Converting waste to renewable fuel

Cielo Waste Solutions recently announced changes to the management team with additions of Lionel Robbins as  Chief Operating Officer of Cielo effective April 1, 2021 and the appointment of Raphael Bohlmann as Vice President of Marketing. Mr. Bohlmann was the President of RUEI and has resigned from this position and remains only as Director of RUEI. Lionel Robbins has resigned from his role of CEO with RUEI .

Below you will find the interview transcript between ESG and Lionel Robbins , new COO of Cielo Waste Solutions:

ESG: Can you tell the investor community a little bit about your background for those who don’t know you?

Lionel: I was born and raised in Alberta, Canada, a 3rd generation of Oil and Gas industry families.  Wanting to explore options outside of the O&G industry, I started down the path to a Science degree in Computer Information Systems but quickly realized that was not my calling, and landed in the retail automotive industry.  Of my time in that business, I found my niche in the finance department and with that experience worked through senior and executive management positions to eventually start my own company in 2006.  New start-ups and acquisitions proved to be my true calling, and over the next 14 years I took the role within my partnership to grow and expand the business in many ways.  These included expanding into numerous other industries as part of our group.  We bought a few existing hotels, and then built some brand new ones to create our own chain in Alberta.  We acquired several auto rental franchises, and grew it into one of the largest independent owned franchise groups in North America.  With all of the business growth came opportunities to get more into the commercial real estate business, and that had me managing large-scale new commercial builds.  Within a decade we had grown our initial enterprise from 1 operation to over 20 unique businesses.  My specialties included business planning and forecasting.  I built custom training programs for the business  (my computer training finally paying off!), and handled all of the financial modelling along with branding and marketing. 

ESG: How did you originally find out about Cielo waste solutions ?

Lionel: It’s a great story, actually. I was introduced to Cielo a few years ago, as “a company with a great idea to convert waste to fuels, and they are just starting to get momentum so you should buy some cheap shares”.  My friend and business colleague, Raphael Bohlmann was already buying shares and was telling me to keep an eye on them.

ESG: What made you interested in the company ?

Lionel: Shortly after I had first heard of Cielo, I was at a STARS Air Ambulance Board of Directors meeting, in Calgary, AB. (I served on the board for 7 years, just retiring this past fall).  Raphael called me while I was still in Calgary that day, and suggested I change my flight home to a later flight, rent a car and head out to Aldersyde (about 20 minutes south of Calgary) to check out the new facility Cielo was building to take their bench model tested technology into a commercial scale-up model.  I really had nothing urgent pulling me home that day, so I agreed, and met Don Allan for the first time while he toured me through the facility and gave me a true hands-on look at this technology.  I was so impressed with everything I had seen, that when Don mentioned that Cielo was going to be looking to enter into some JV’s to get some full-scale facilities built across North America (and beyond), I flew home later that night and immediately started discussions with Raphael and some of my other business associates, including Eric Leslie, to be a part of this planet-changing plan.  That was the birth of RenewableU Energy Inc., to put like-minded business people into a partnership to help fund Don’s plan to take Cielo out into the world.

ESG: What do you hope to contribute with for the continued success with Cielo waste solutions? 

Lionel: I feel I bring a few strengths to the table for Cielo.  The obvious one was the ability to help put the RenewableU Energy team together, to scale up the facilities.  Remember that, at that time in history Cielo’s total market cap wasn’t even ¼ of the cost to build a single plant, and with the technology still not proven out in commercial scale, the desulfurization question not even begun to be addressed yet, and other factors, Cielo wasn’t in any position to attract investors or sufficient finance terms to build their own.  Fast forward to today, and I want to take my experience in finance, business development and project management, and put that to work on the Cielo side of the equation to get these facilities built and fully realize the end goal for Don and the Cielo team.  On the RenewableU Energy side, is a fantastic group of partners and business people, who are more than capable of fulfilling the commitments made from that end.  My passion was to join Don’s team now, and put on my hard hat and safety glasses, and be an integral part of the team getting the facilities built and producing.  As I said, start up’s and acquisitions are what I really love.  Negotiating feedstock agreements, organizing project managers and construction teams, formalizing finance agreements and making business plans and forecasts, is on my list of duties now and I couldn’t be more excited!

ESG: I’m sure a lot of people in the investor community would like to know how and why you made the change from renewable u to working directly at Cielo and what is your remaining connection to renewable u? 

Lionel: When we started RenewableU Energy, as one of the founding partners I wanted to ensure we set the company up to do our part of the upcoming projects.  I took the CEO role with that intention, and through that position have worked closely with Don and the Cielo team.  One of the asks we had when we signed the very first MOU (for Grande Prairie, AB, my hometown), was to have a single seat on the board of directors for Cielo, to represent our interests and help advance the goals of Cielo in any way we could.  That board position enabled me to be even more involved with the day to day operations of Cielo, and Don then asked me to help out with Investor Relations.  My knowledge of the workings of Cielo AND the JV side of the operations, would enable me to answer a lot of investor questions without having to run to others for help.  At the time, we were still a pretty small company, with a handful of loyal followers so the task wasn’t too time consuming.  Of course, as we all know, the investor and fan base has grown exponentially over the past few months and it quickly became a very time consuming job.  At that point Don said he was ready to hire a COO, and suggested I apply for the job.  I knew that would mean leaving my other position at RenewableU Energy behind me, but if you knew the caliber of partners I am working with on that end you would know that was an easy decision to make. 

Lionel continues: I resigned from my CEO position at RenewableU Energy, to just retain my seat on the board and be a passive shareholder going forward.  Ryan Jackson was elected as the new CEO later that day, and is already proving why he is the right guy for the job.  I love having my investment and partners in RenewableU Energy, but as of April 1st of this year (2021) I had to take those other hats off and be the guy Don needed to have in his corner to look after the interests of Cielo and its shareholders.  RenewableU Energy has their part to play in the growth and success of Cielo, and I look forward to working directly with Ryan and his team from the other side of the table to ensure they continue to play that part.  Outside of our partnership with RenewableU, Cielo will continue to grow and advance our technology out into the world.

ESG: What do you see Cielo achieving in a 5 year period of time ? 

Don has some big goals.  He wants to have 40 facilities either operating, or under construction, within the next 5 years.  That’s a big plan, but looking at the modular nature of our facility designs the ability to ramp up exponentially year over year is attainable.  Those 40 facilities are just in North America, before we even start talking about global expansion, technology licensing, etc.

ESG: Fun facts Do you have any special talent we should be aware of 🙂 ?

Lionel: Well, despite being a “computer nerd” with a head for physics and math throughout school, I actually am a huge music lover.  I have been a musician for 37 years now, and when people ask what I play I like to say “everything but a piano”! lol.  Not to say I can literally play every instrument, but I’m proud of my stringed instrument collection (guitars, mandolins, violin, banjo, etc), and I am an absolute avid percussionist.  Nothing helps blow off steam after a 12 or 14 hour work day, like beating on a drum for an hour or 2 to my old record collection!

ESG: Thanks for your time Lionel we hope to speak with you soon again!

Lionel: Likewise and thank you!

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Investing in stocks is combined with certain risks and it is possible to lose your entire investment. My posts are made for Educational purposes only and are not to be interpreted as tips , financial advise or recommendations of any kind to either buy or sell any stocks.

CIELO WASTE SOLUTIONS ANNOUNCES STRONG ADDITION TO ITS BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Cielo Waste Solutions
Ticker: CMC.CN / CWSFF
Listings: Canadian Securitites Exchange / US OTC
Website:https://www.cielows.com/
Market Cap: 373 MCAD at time of publication
Share price: 0.96 CAD at time of publication
Industry: Converting waste to renewable fuel

Cielo Waste Solutions today (12/4 2021) announced impressive and strong additions to is board of directors.
The additions are former cabinet minister the Hon. Peter MacKay, P.C., Q.C. and Jasdeep Dhaliwal, CPA.

Mr Peter Mackay brings with him over twenty years of private sector and public work, most notably he has served in the Parliament of Canada for over 18 years and as a Member of Parliament and cabinet minister for 10 years, in high-profile positions, including
Minister of Justice and Attorney General, Minister of National Defense, Minister of Foreign Affairs and the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency. Today Mr Peter Mackay is working on several boards and with McInnes Cooper and as a strategic advisor for Deloitte.
Mr Mackay stated in the press release ” They (Cielo) are truly providing an incredible made in Canada remedy for two of the world’s biggest challenges, how to address excess waste and pollution while at the same time providing clean energy,” “


The company also announced the appointment of Stephanie Li CPA,CA as its new Chief Financial Officer effective May 10, 2021.
The former Chief financial Officer Shawn Frenette will board a new role as Vice President of Global Development. This entirely new position has been created focus on developing corporate strategies as Cielo seeks to expand into the US and other global markets. The compay stated that this will become a very important position as Cielo continues its plans for maximum growth. M.s LI brings with her 15 years of finance experience to her role and she has until recently served as Director of Finance and Controller for a publicly traded entity with over a $2 billion market cap.

CEO and President of Cielo Don Allan stated “We believe Mr. MacKay joins us at an ideal time, with his experience and knowledge
as a former senior cabinet minister in the Country’s federal government and his handling of critical government portfolios, responding to complex issues of national importance, while working to improve safety, productivity and doing so patriotically for the betterment of all Canadians, all of which will be valuable for Cielo. Ms. Dhaliwal’s international accounting experience will indeed also contribute to this growth. I am thrilled to have the skills and diversity these two individuals now bring to our board.”

ESG comment: These extremely strong additions to the board of director, new CFO and also the new role of VP of global development further reiterates that Cielo Waste Solution is having a huge breakthough during 2021. Not only does these additions add tremendous knowledge , contact networks and valuable experience they also add further legitimacy to the mission of Cielo Waste Solution to solving the worlds landfill problem by converting Waste into renewable energy!

Full press release with entire qoutes available here: https://ceo.ca/@accesswire/cielo-announces-the-appointment-of-the-hon-peter-mackay

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I own shares of this company personally.

Investing in stocks is combined with certain risks and it is possible to lose your entire investment. My posts are made for Educational purposes only and are not to be interpreted as tips , financial advise or recommendations of any kind to either buy or sell any stocks.

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH THE NEW MANAGEMENT AT CIELO WASTE SOLUTIONS

Cielo Waste Solutions
Ticker: CMC.CN / CWSFF
Listings: Canadian Securitites Exchange / US OTC
Website:https://www.cielows.com/
Market Cap: 334 MCAD at time of publication
Share price: 0.86 CAD at time of publication
Industry: Converting waste to renewable fuel

Cielo Waste Solutions recently announced changes to the management team with additions of Lionel Robbins as  Chief Operating Officer of Cielo effective April 1, 2021 and the appointment of Raphael Bohlmann as Vice President of Marketing. Mr. Bohlmann was the President of RUEI and has resigned from this position and remains only as Director of RUEI. Lionel Robbins has resigned from his role of CEO with RUEI .

ESG decided to have a sit down the the new additions to the management team and to give the investment community a better picture of what these new additions bring to future success of Cielo Waste Solutions, their background and their connections to Renewable U.

First interview out this week is the new Vice President of Marketing Raphael Bohlmann:

ESG: Can you tell the investor community a little bit about your background for those who don’t know you?

Grit and tenacity were attributes handed down from my German parents who immigrated to Canada without knowing two words of English.  Growing up we spoke German in our home, and I learned this as a second language.  My father was a tradesman and I initially followed in his footsteps getting my Journeyman Red Seal certificate as an electrician.  While I am thankful for the exposure to many trades, I transitioned to the hospitality industry where I owed several restaurants and created my own franchise restaurant model. This forced me to look closely at every aspect of the industry including construction, design, training, and financial planning but my passion was always marketing. After more than 2 decades in hotels and restaurants I migrated to retail automotive where I joined a progressive auto group and became their Chief Marketing Officer.  I further developed my management and marketing skills by developing HR programs, extensive training and a complete marketing makeover.  My thirst of learning in this field led me to study business at Stanford University in the Strategic Marketing Management executive graduate program.  Stanford delivered a heightened new meaning to marketing and from here I developed and co-founded a performance education company designed to help businesses train and cultivate management and team skills.  Shortly after I segued toward advising other companies by starting my own marketing and branding agency which focuses on company branding, logos, reimaging, and all digital platforms.

Contributing to a healthy community is important to me and I have given back to many charities and non-profits.  I currently sit on the Board for the YMCA of Northern Alberta as the vice-chair, and I was the director of media and promotions for the 2018 Alberta Summer Games, to name a few.

ESG: How did you originally find out about Cielo Waste Solutions?

An investment friend was suggesting I take a look at a start-up company that was converting garbage to renewable fuels.  At first, I was only interested in the prospective gains, and then I started analyzing the communication more thoroughly and realized its enormous possibilities to not only be profitable but also clean up our planet!

ESG:What made you interested in the company?

I started to realize the earth changing possibilities of this technology and it prompted me to contact CEO Don Allan.  I had a preliminary conversation with Don and probed him where he was going to build his first full-scale commercial facility.  At the time, Don had not decided where he would build the first facility, so myself and two other business partners blueprinted our plan to enter into JVs to support the building of a facility in our community and others across North America and the world.  After intense discussions with my equally enthusiastic business associates, Eric Leslie and Lionel Robins, we forged Renewable U Energy Inc. as a means to support Don in his plan to build green energy facilities.

ESG: What do you hope to contribute with for the continued success with Cielo Waste Solutions?

I want to continue telling the story that initially intrigued me, but on a mass-market scale seeking out the right partnerships in media, finance, and IR firms.  Strategy, management and marketing are going to be essential to continue Cielo’s forward momentum. At first, this initiative was achieved through the formation of Renewable U Energy Inc., who supported Don with joint venture agreements across Canada and the United States, and now that I have abdicated my role and handed over the duties to focused, skilled, and capable business partners, I am able to concentrate on Cielo Waste Solutions increasingly diverse marketing and management needs. Strengthening the company’s image and delivering a message that unequivocally solidifies the company’s role as a world-class producer of renewable fuel through its waste reduction facilities is a narrative that needs to be heard around the globe.

ESG: How and why did you make the change from RUEI to working directly at Cielo and what is your remaining connection to renewable U?

When we started Renewable U Energy Inc. the goal in mind was to form several JV partnerships with Cielo to support its growth.  As President, I helped assemble the nine territorial agreements outlined in the joint venture between Renewable U and Cielo.  The more invested I became in Renewable U the more I realized it was Cielo that would actually benefit from my time, skills, and commitment.  While Renewable U Energy Inc, will continue to play an important role, Cielo is where the heavy lifting will occur.  So, when Don invited me to join the leadership team I enthusiastically accepted, and therefore decided to dedicate full-time efforts to my new role as Vice-President of marketing for Cielo.  I now leave behind my active position with Renewable U in the very capable hands of a team led by new President and CEO, Ryan Jackson and I remain as a director on the board and a passive shareholder.

ESG: What do you see Cielo achieving in a 5 year time period?

Cielo in Latin means blue sky, and that’s the limit for this amazing company! In the next five years, Cielo will be building and commissioning 40 facilities across North America. Each facility can be expanded as required to meet the needs of available feedstocks. With these planned facilities, Cielo will be ridding the world of more than 5.2 million tons of problematic waste and converting it to green renewable fuels. This is a goal I’m more than proud to be a part of!

ESG: Fun Facts: Do you have any special talents we should be aware of?

Despite being a child, age 4, who had a metal leg brace on one leg, I am grateful to my doctors back then who greatly assisted me in a full recovery.  I enjoyed an extremely active lifestyle growing up and am now an avid hiker who spends the weekends finding new mountains to climb. 

ESG: Thank you for your time Raphael!

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ENVIRONMENTAL WASTE INTERNATIONAL RECEIVES ADDITIONAL $600 000 INVESTMENT FROM JV

Company: Environmental waste international
Listings :TSXV , US OTC
Ticker: $EWS $YEWTF 
Market cap at time of publication: $82 MCD
Stock price at time of publication: 0.33 CAD
Business: Tyre and waste recycling through reverse polymerization
TAM Market size: 158 billion $
Comparable peer : Scandinavian Enviro systems $SES
Website: https://www.ewi.ca/

One of our biggest holdings , EWI, today announced that they have received an additional $600.000 investment from their Joint Venture partner Torreco Inc. The payment is part of the $7 million investment which has been agreed on with Torreco Inc.

The press release stated ” Torreco has now invested $1 million and owns 10% of Ellsin. It is committed to investing an additional $6 million over the next four months. After investing $7 million, Torreco will own 70% of Ellsin; EWS will retain 30%. The $7 million will be used to expand and modernize this state-of-the-art plant utilizing EWS’s latest technology. EWS will receive a royalty of 6% of revenues, and the facility will be available for demonstration to potential EWS customers throughout the world.”

The Joint Venture partner Torreco has in return to to this investment opportunity agreed to build three additional waste tire facilities in Ontario over the next five years and will retian exclusive rights for Ontario if they live up to this comittment.

ESG comment: It’s very positive and promising that Joint Venture partner Torreco inc has continued to show their serious comittment to the development of the first full scale plant of the unique and patented reverese polymerization technology of EWI. In my opinion this facility, when ready, will contribute massively towards a global rollout of EWI technology for tire recycling customers worldwide. In total there are now 5 EWI facilities planned to be built: 4 in Canada by Joint Venture partner Torreco Inc and one by the EWI customer Windspace/Elysium in Denmark, Europe.

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