Big Room Inc.: Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 18:55, 28 June 2023


Type:	Privately held (B-Corporation, renewal pending)
Industry:	Internet & Environment
Founded:	2007
Founder(s):	Trevor Bowden Jacob Malthouse Anastasia O'Rourke
Headquarters:	Vancouver, British Columbia
Country:	Canada
Businesses:	.eco gTLD Registry
Email:	support@go.eco
Website:	go.eco
Blog:	go.eco/news
LinkedIn:	.eco Domain Name Registry
Twitter:	@doteco
Key People
Trevor Bowden Owen Rogers

Big Room Inc. is a Vancouver, Canada-based company. The company operates the .eco gTLD Registry in partnership with the global environmental community.

Further information about .eco domains is available at go.eco (allez.eco for French visitors or kauf.eco for German visitors).

Big Room also operates Ecolabel Index, the largest global directory of ecolabels.

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+{{CompanyInfo|Big Room Inc. {{!}} The .eco Registry
-| logo            = BigRoom_Inc.JPG
+| type            = Privately held (B-Corporation, renewal pending)
-| type            = Privately held (B-Corporation)
+| industry        = Internet & Environment
-| industry        = Internet
 | founded         = 2007
-| founders        = Trevor Bowden, Jacob Malthouse <br> Anastasia O'Rourke
+| founders        = Trevor Bowden <br> Jacob Malthouse <br> Anastasia O'Rourke
-| ownership       =
 | headquarters    = Vancouver, British Columbia
 | country         = Canada
-| businesses      =
+| businesses      = .eco gTLD Registry
-| products        =
+| email           = support@go.eco
-| employees       =
+| website         = [https://go.eco/ go.eco]
-| revenue         =
+| blog            =[https://go.eco/news go.eco/news]
-| email           = hello[at]bigroo.ca
+| linkedin        = [https://www.linkedin.com/company/eco-domain/ .eco Domain Name Registry]
-| website         = [http://bigroom.ca/ bigroom.ca]
+| twitter         =doteco
-| blog            =
+| keypeople       = Trevor Bowden <br> Owen Rogers
-| facebook        =
+|logo=BR colour.png}}
-| linkedin        = [http://www.linkedin.com/company/big-room Big Room Inc.]
+'''Big Room Inc.''' is a Vancouver, Canada-based company. The company operates the [[.eco|.eco gTLD Registry]] in partnership with the [https://org.eco/ global environmental community].
-| twitter         =
-| keypeople       = [[Trevor Bowden]]<br> [[Jacob Malthouse]]<br> [[Anastasia O'Rourke]]
-}}
-'''Big Room Inc.''' is a Canadian based company and one of the applicants for the [[.eco]] [[TLD|top level domain name]]. The company is widely recognized in developing the Ecolabel Index, a worldwide directory of eco labels.  It has partnered with [[Afilias]], Meridian Institute and [[Deloitte]] to submit its application as a [[Community gTLD|community gTLD]].<ref>[http://bigroom.ca Big Room Profile]</ref> <ref>[http://doteco.org/the-team/ The Team]</ref>
-[[Trevor Bowden]], [[Jacob Malthouse]] and [[Anastasia O'Rourke]] founded the company in 2007. From the very beginning, they presented their plan to operate the .eco gTLD to different ecological communities, environmental organizations and investors such as Renewal Partners and David Levi, CEO of Working Enterprises. Levi supported the .eco initiative and provided additional business expertise, strategy and financial support. Big Room Inc. also gained the support of the David Suzuki Foundation, the Worldwide Wildlife Fund, Green Cross International, Green Peace and other organizations.<ref>
+Further information about [[.eco|.eco domains]] is available at [https://www.go.eco/ go.eco] ([https://allez.eco allez.eco] for French visitors or [https://kauf.eco kauf.eco] for German visitors).
-[http://www.vanmag.com/News_and_Features/Web_Wars?page=0%2C2 Web Wars-Rivalry heats up in an unlikely place: at the green end of the Web]</ref> See the company's partners for the .eco gTLD initiative [http://doteco.org/partners/ '''here''']
-The founders of Big Room Inc. recognized the risk of applying the .eco string as a community gTLD, but they believe that this method to be the only opportunity for the eco community to have their own space on the Internet. According to Malthouse, ''"There’s a big difference between commercial and community"'' and he is hoping that the company would succeed in the application process.<ref>
+Big Room also operates [https://www.ecolabelindex.com/ Ecolabel Index], the largest global directory of ecolabels.
-[http://www.vanmag.com/News_and_Features/Web_Wars?page=0%2C2 Web Wars-Rivalry heats up in an unlikely place: at the green end of the Web]</ref>
-==.Eco Community Council==
+[[Category:Registries]]
-For the past two years Big Room Inc. had been collaborating and coordinating its .eco gTLD with various environmental and social advocates, and both for-profit and non-profit entities across the world. Some of the entities in support of the initiative volunteered to serve as part of the .Eco Community Council. These organizations include:
-* Akatu Institute, Co-chair
-* WWF International, Co-Chair
-* B-Lab
-* Beth Wallace
-* Conservation International
-* David Suzuki Foundation
-* Developmental Alternatives
-* Greenbelt Movement
-* Green Cross International
-* Green.TV
-* Green Peace
-* Iseal Alliance
-* Responsible Purchasing Network
-* UL Environment
-* Verite
-==References==
-{{reflist}}
-[[Category:Companies]]