Company Overview
Global 8 Environmental Technologies Inc. (G8ET) is a publically-traded U.S. company that works with partners and consultants to provide solutions for the health and recovery of our environment through the development and operation of world class Environmental Technology Centers.
The company organizes financing for their wholly-owned subsidiary, Global 8 Environmental Management, Inc. (G8EM) to build and operate Environmental Technology Centers through their subsidiaries based around the four elements of nature: Global 8 BioOrganics, Inc. (Earth),Global AirFlow, Inc. (Air), Global 8 BioEnergy, Inc. (Fire), and Global 8 WaterFlow, Inc. (Water).
Global 8’s Environmental Technology Centers are custom-built and tailored to the specific environmental and energy needs, history, and culture of their geographic location. They reflect our integrated approach to solving environmental challenges. We bring together extensive engineering experience, access to international funding sources, proprietary technologies, and innovative business strategies to create effective solutions.
GBLE works with development partners all over the world to create Environmental Technology Centers, and investors are taking notice of this unique approach for addressing environmental problems and creating impressive investment potential.
The Environmental Technology Center
An Environmental Technology Center can be a single building or a large complex that serves a city or geographic region. It can include agricultural and industrial applications, and it can house cultural, historical, job training, and educational resources for community members.
Custom-designed to solve local environmental problems, a broad network of Environmental Technology Centers are being developed throughout the world. Each Environmental Technology Center can utilize the cutting-edge technologies of all four of our elemental companies to process solid wastes, purify the air, treat contaminated water, generate renewable energy, and more.
Global 8 Environmental Technology Centers:
- solve significant environmental problems
- provide documented reductions in green house gas emissions,
- produce valuable revenue-generating end products,
- contain outstanding educational and training facilities for industry partners and the general public,
- support local culture and history, and
- support job creation in the community.
An Integrated Approach for Healing Our Planet
The Environmental Technology Centers we build reflect our integrated approach to solving environmental challenges. We bring together extensive engineering experience, access to international funding sources, proprietary technologies, and innovative business strategies to create effective solutions.
Engineering Expertise
To create Environmental Technology Centers, we tap the engineering expertise of a world leader in environmental technology—HDR Inc. In business for more than 90 years and with $1 billion in revenue, this employee-owned architectural, engineering, and consulting firm has an impressive track record for creating environmental solutions. HDR engineers have designed 10 percent of all solid waste management and recycling facilities currently operating in the United States, and they have engineered more U.S. wind farms than any other engineering firm. The HDR team has experience with all of the leading-edge technologies used in the Global 8 Environmental Technology Centers. With more than 6,900 employees working in 150 offices worldwide, HDR can provide assistance no matter where our clients are located.
Financial Backing
Successful financing is essential for creating Environmental Technology Centers and implementing environmental solutions. Global 8 works with Financial Investment Consultancy (FINCO) to provide the debt financing necessary to design, build, and start up each Environmental Technology Center. Based in Lebanon, FINCO draws from an international clientele.
Proprietary Technologies
FINCO has granted the Global 8 companies exclusive and worldwide rights to the proprietary technologies used in Environmental Technology Centers. These technologies have been proven effective and center around processing solid wastes, mitigating air pollution, treating water and wastewater, and generating energy from renewable sources.
Self-sustainability
Environmental Technology Centers are built for self-sustainability. We want to be sure that our environmental solutions will continue to be effective well into the future. At the same time, we also promote economic sustainability. By licensing cutting-edge technologies, participating in carbon markets, and implementing other effective strategies, we can help clients continue to work toward environmental goals while reducing financial impediments.
BioOrganics
As a part of the Global 8 family of companies, Global 8 BioOrganics focuses on municipal solid waste collection, recycling, processing and disposal utilizing state-of-the-art technologies.
The company acquires technologies through licensing agreements, internal technological advancements and process developments. Having extensive experience and expertise in this area, Global 8 BioOrganics specializes in the following:
- Processing of municipal solid waste to recover recyclable materials and produce useful commodities such as compost, fiber, and energy
- Municipal waste infrastructure improvements such as refuse collection, sanitary landfills, and transfer stations
- Medical and bio-hazardous waste management
- Contaminated site clean-up and restoration
Global 8 BioOrganics develops projects in emerging markets that represent sizable global operations. Opportunities within this market segment are increasing as waste quantities grow, landfill space diminishes, and developing nations demand world-class sanitation.
Global 8 BioOrganics provides waste management and recycling solutions that integrate our financial resources and expert project management and development services with leading technical innovations.
BioEnergy
As part of the Global 8 family of companies, Global 8 BioEnergy focuses on capturing methane produced from landfills, coal mines and digestion of food processing and animal wastes to destroy harmful greenhouse gases and produce renewable energy. The company also harnesses the energy from the Earth and the Sun through geothermal and solar power conversion technologies.
Methane is a potent greenhouse gas and major contributor to global warming. Global 8 BioEnergy develops projects that capture and reuse methane gas in an effort to deliver the environmental benefits that are derived from destroying these gases before they can damage the atmosphere.
Over 20 countries now generate electricity from geothermal resources. Yet recent increases in oil prices and predicted decline in oil reserves are expected to boost the number of geothermal electricity projects in the coming years. Global 8 will lead the effort to establish geothermal energy as a sustainable, environmentally sound, economically competitive contributor to the world’s energy supply.
There is no shortage of solar-derived energy on Earth and Global 8 provides technology solutions to make efficient use of solar radiation for the production of heat and electricity. Solar electric generation has the highest power density among renewable energies and is both pollution-free and economically competitive.
Through our proprietary technologies, vendor relationships and custom design capabilities, we provide solutions for methane extraction, flaring and energy generation; digestion and gasification systems for organic material; and production of geothermal and solar power.
Global 8 also utilizes a worldwide carbon credit network to turn pollution reduction into cash. In addition, other financial and environmental benefits come from the products we create from the captured gases, such as electricity, heat and vehicle fuel.
Waterflow
The availability of abundant sources of clean, safe water for domestic, agricultural, recreational and industrial use is critical for a healthy planet and a thriving environment.
As part of the Global 8 family of companies, Global 8 WaterFlow applies state-of-the-art technologies, extensive experience and financial resources to projects that purify drinking water, treat sewage and clean up contaminated rivers and lakes.
Global 8 WaterFlow focuses its financial resources, technical expertise, state-of-the-art technologies, development experience and business management skills to implement water quality improvement projects worldwide.
The company develops, manufactures and markets proprietary breakthrough microbial-based wastewater treatment products used in sewage treatment facilities. Global 8 WaterFlow employs these products and technologies to reduce biosolids, odor, pathogens and costs in the wastewater and sewage treatment process.
Hydroelectrity is the world’s leading form of renewable energy, accounting for over 65% of all renewable energy sources. Global 8 WaterFlow develops hydroelectric projects that harness the electricity from moving and falling water. We work with technical experts to plan hydro facilities and pay careful attention to minimizing environmental impacts. We invest in projects that highlight the advantage of hydroelectricity as a renewable, emissions-free source of energy and offer the development of plants that have longer economic lives and low construction and labor costs.
Airflow
As part of the Global 8 family of companies, Global 8 AirFlow focuses on projects and technologies that harness wind energy for environmentally friendly production of green electricity and reduction of air pollution and greenhouse gases.
The diminishing supply of fossil fuels has created the need to develop clean energy technologies. Drawing upon our proprietary technologies, vendor relationships and custom design capabilities, we provide clean energy wind turbine systems of all sizes to offset the world’s reliance on fossil fuels for energy production.
New government regulations mandating greenhouse gas emission reductions and diversified energy portfolios have contributed to the need for renewable energy project development. Global 8 AirFlow strives to satisfy global energy demands, provide jobs, and unlock a new era of economic growth, technological progress and environmental protection across the globe.
Wind power has proven to be our most economic form of renewable energy. It represents one of the cleanest and most abundant energy alternatives while being pollution-free and infinitely sustainable. As a result, consumers and power generators recognize its importance, making the wind industry a dynamic billion dollar annual business. Global 8 AirFlow is committed to harvesting the power of wind to deliver its many benefits and helping the world move toward a sustainable energy future.
Management
Our key management team has been working together for more than 15 years, building successful environmental technology companies. Collectively, the whole team has more than 150 years of experience in the environmental technology industry.
On the public investment side of the business, the team has generated over 80,000 shareholders for one single company and is a leader in generating market liquidity. Management has established a strong network of brokers, analysts, and market makers.
Our team has been able to raise over $400 million of equity financing to build environmental projects. This included the construction and operation of the largest successful organic waste recycling plant in the world. The technology used in this plant was developed and commercialized by the current management team and it still exists as one of the proprietary technologies that are owned by the Company today.
Our team has experienced firsthand the rapid growth of the environmental industry and fully understands the transition which is taking place in our world today, making the marketing and development of Environmental Technology Centers a very lucrative business opportunity.
Recent GBLE News:
May 28 -
Global 8 Environmental Technologies, Inc. Strengthens Team With New CEO Appointment
Global 8 Environmental Technologies, Inc. (OTCBB: GBLE), a company committed to preserving our planet through environmental consciousness, technology and education, today announced that its Board of Directors has named Julio Ferreira to the position of president and chief executive officer, effective May 27, 2009.
'I speak for the entire Board of Directors when I say I am delighted with today's announcement,' said Chad Burback, Chief Financial Officer and Director of Global 8 Environmental Technologies, Inc. 'We conducted an exhaustive search for a leader with a passion for our industry and the right vision for its future. Julio emerged as the clear choice.'
Mr. Ferreira succeeds Javan Khazali, who resigned as president and chief executive officer of Global 8 effective as of May 25, 2009. Mr. Khazali resigned due to personal health matters. The separation was amicable and the Company accepted Mr. Khazali's resignation. Mr. Khazali will remain available for advisory purposes to assist the Company in its transition.
Mr. Ferreira, who was appointed to Global 8's Board of Directors in October 2008, will continue to serve as a director of the Company.
Before joining Global 8 Mr. Ferreira co-founded the Brazil-U.S. Green Technology Trade Association (Braseuverde), an organization focused on building cooperation between the United States and Brazil in the areas of green technology and renewable energy. From 2004-2007 he was Managing Partner of Sphaera International Partnerships, a full-service marketing and public relations firm. From 1997-1999 he consulted to the Scandinavian firm and Odebrecht to coordinate and compile information and plans for Veracel, a $2 billion agricultural and industrial project for the protection of the environment and sustainability of natural resources of eight municipalities in Bahia State in Brazil.
Mr. Ferreira's background in the public sector gives him real working knowledge of government in the area of environment and regulations. He began his career as a Council Member for the city of Volta Redonda and later served as the First Executive Secretary of the Legislative House in the Municipal City Council, where he initiated and successfully carried out a $200 million plan with Companhia Siderugica Nacional to compensate the city for damage done by its steel foundry. In 1992 he served as Secretary of Environmental Protection in Volta Redonda, Rio de Janeiro State, and as Director of Clean Beach, Inc., from 1993 to 2003, where he developed and supervised a project to salvage a beach at Praia de Ramos in Bahia da Guanabara. Before leaving Brazil for the U.S. in 2004 Mr. Ferreira served as the Special Environment Secretary for the City of Santa Rita de Jacutinga in Brazil.
After moving to the United States, Mr. Ferreira dedicated his career to the environmental industry and commerce. As a member of the Brazilian-American Chambers in New York City, he has worked closely with Executive Director, Sueli Bonaparte. Mr. Ferreira has been the special adviser for Green Partners and has developed strong international business relations with Mario Garnero from Brazil Invest in Sao Paulo and Amir Adnani CEO of UEC (Uranium Energy Corporation). As co-founder of Braseuverde, he has also worked with Daniel Wolf, CEO of Advanced Earth Technologies, and Adam O'Farrell, Esq., of Foley & Lardner, LLP, both of San Diego.
'The Obama administration's environmental policies have created countless, new opportunities to bring Global 8's Environmental Technology Centers to market,' said Mr. Ferreira. 'We have a great team and a clear vision. I am excited to be a part of Global 8 at such an important time in its growth, and am confident that we will be in the forefront of a global revolution in green technologies and services. By focusing on sustainability we will help our planet recover from its legacy of environmental destruction and assure healthy profits well into the future.'
About Global 8 Environmental Technologies, Inc.
Global 8 Environmental Technologies, Inc. works with world-class partners and consultants to provide solutions for the health and recovery of our environment. The company has the vision, the people, the know-how, the technologies, the financing and the contracts. It applies all these resources to create a clean and healthy global community for the next generation in a way that provides environmental and financial benefits to all our stakeholders. For more information, visit: http://www.g8et.com.
Global 8 Environmental Technologies
620 Newport Center Dr., Suite 1100
Newport Beach, CA 92660
Telephone: 949-718-4425
Fax: 1-949-721-6602
Vox: 1-877-419-0430
http://www.g8et.com
