Green chip stock

Stock

The capital stock of a business entity represents the original capital paid into or invested in the business by its founders. It serves as a security for the creditors of a business since it cannot be withdrawn to the detriment of the creditors...

s are along the lines of "green"

Environmentalism

Environmentalism is a broad philosophy, ideology and social movement regarding concerns for environmental conservation and improvement of the health of the environment, particularly as the measure for this health seeks to incorporate the concerns of non-human elements...

 or earth friendly

Environmentally friendly

Environmentally friendly are terms used to refer to goods and services, laws, guidelines and policies claimed to inflict minimal or no harm on the environment....

 industry. These include:

• Solar Energy
• Wind Energy
  Wind power
  Wind power is the conversion of wind energy into a useful form of energy, such as using wind turbines to make electricity, windmills for mechanical power, windpumps for water pumping or drainage, or sails to propel ships....
  
  
• Geothermal
• Plug-in Hybrid Electric (PHEV) Vehicles
• Organic Foods
  Organic food
  Organic foods are foods that are produced using methods that do not involve modern synthetic inputs such as synthetic pesticides and chemical fertilizers, do not contain genetically modified organisms, and are not processed using irradiation, industrial solvents, or chemical food additives.For the...
  
  
• Water
  Water
  Water is a chemical substance with the chemical formula H2O. A water molecule contains one oxygen and two hydrogen atoms connected by covalent bonds. Water is a liquid at ambient conditions, but it often co-exists on Earth with its solid state, ice, and gaseous state . Water also exists in a...
  
  
• Carbon Trading
  Carbon trading
  Carbon trading may refer to:*Carbon emission trading*Personal carbon trading*Emissions trading...
  
  
• Waste-to-Energy
  Waste-to-energy
  Waste-to-energy or energy-from-waste is the process of creating energy in the form of electricity or heat from the incineration of waste source. WtE is a form of energy recovery...
  
  
• Smart Grid
• Hydrogen Fuel Cells
  Fuel cell
  A fuel cell is a device that converts the chemical energy from a fuel into electricity through a chemical reaction with oxygen or another oxidizing agent. Hydrogen is the most common fuel, but hydrocarbons such as natural gas and alcohols like methanol are sometimes used...
  
  

History

The phrase, “Green Chip Stocks”, which refer to the publicly traded companies in the green market has been accredited to Jeff Siegel. He first used the saying in 2004, and has since been a successful entrepreneur in that sector with a weekly investment service by the name of GCS (Green Chip Stocks).

See also

• Blue chip
• Red chip
  Red chip
  Red chips stocks are the stocks of mainland China companies incorporated outside mainland China and listed in Hong Kong. The actual business is based in mainland China and controlled, either directly or indirectly, by the central, provincial or municipal governments of the Peoples' Republic of China...
  
  
• P Chip
  P chip
  The term P chip refers to Chinese companies listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange which are incorporated in the Cayman Islands, Bermuda and the British Virgin Islands with operations in mainland China, and are run by private sector Chinese businessmen...
  
  
• S Chip
  S chip
  S chips , also known as S-Shares, is a term that refers to Chinese companies listed on the Singapore Exchange. S-Chips are incorporated in Singapore, the British Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands and Bermuda and have their business operations in mainland China...
  
  
• Purple Chip
  Purple chip
  Purple chip stock is a kind of stock in Hong Kong which is both blue chip and red chip stock listed in Hong Kong Stock Exchange.-Examples of "Purple Chip" stocks :...