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Author Archives: Eckart Wintzen

Eckart Wintzen (1939–2008) was an unconventional Dutch entrepreneur and a pioneer in the field of sustainability. He built BSO/Origin, an IT company of 6,000 employees with offices in 21 countries, and was one of the first to publish an annual environmental report. After selling his software business in 1996, Wintzen initiated Ex’tent Green Venture Capital.

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Three Steps to a Sustainable Economy

by Eckart WintzenFebruary 22, 2016July 8, 2020

A cynic is a man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing. Oscar Wilde Simply put, there are currently two pressing problems in the developed and in the developing worlds: unemployment and the depletion of the planet’s resources. In my opinion, Western fiscal systems are the fundamental cause of both. Our […]

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