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Winery Committed to Employee Opportunity

A to Z Wineworks is a winery that operates "business with intention." A to Z Wineworks believes in building a business that combines commerce with conscience. They demonstrate this by paying all their workers, from executives down to the bottling workers, well above the local living wage, as well as providing every employee with healthcare benefits including covering 100% of healthcare premiums.

It's All In The Peel

Apeel Sciences is a company that through material science has invented a plant-derived and edible compound, that when applied to fruit and vegetables forms a thin “peel”. The peel reduces water loss and oxidation, making the food last longer, which contributes to the reduction of food waste and responsible sustainable consumption and healthy food choices for consumers.

Groundbreaking Formula Saves Lives Globally

Liquid I.V. provides an oral rehydration solution to promote health and well-being. Through the ground-breaking science of Cellular Transport Technology (CTT)™, they are able to deliver key ingredients rapidly into the bloodstream. This provides opportunities for communities which have limited access to clean water and nutrients to meet bodily needs and save lives.

Saving Our Landfills One Box at a Time

Deux life is a company that is changing the way we think about kids clothing. CEO and founder, Melissa Gerber, created Deux Life as a way to stop the waste cycle of fast fashion in kids clothing. Gently used clothes find a second life through an affordable wardrobe curation box service. Each box costs $49 including shipping and includes more than $150 worth of name-brand clothing. From the UN Global Goals for Sustainable Development, Deux Life is actively working towards Goal 12: Responsible Consumption & Production.

Build a Cleaner Environment for Society

For Nanyang Kelun Machinery Limited Company, its main innovative technology is for dust management by wet electrostatic precipitator, to limit the pollution caused by industrial production, to effectively control the emission of industrial dust. It has been trying to raise standards in this area to reduce the burden on the environment. In general, corporate innovation provides a cleaner environment for society to achieve the UN Global Goals and promote sustainable development.

The Ugly Company

The Ugly Company turns what would have been food waste into healthy snacks. This helps people be healthy and practices sustainable consumption.

Sustainable Entrepreneurship in Developing Nations

Chiefdom Capitals was created by Kwaku Kufuor, an entrepreneur from Ghana who sought to find ways to provide sustainable energy and resources for developing nations. He saw the pre-existing entities that were in place in the US, and realized there was already an infrastructure in place, as opposed to in countries like Ghana were there were millions of people that would be greatly benefitted by his services. Kwaku’s desire is to create a company and a service that would be truly sustainable for years on end and making a significant positive impact on the community as well as bringing profitable returns financially.

Natura Green Plastic

Since in order to keep selling beauty products and display them in the market required plastic bottles, Natura started thinking on a different way of creating their containers that would be more environmental friendly and also in line with Natura's values and vision of building a better world and working in a sustainable way in every aspect of their business.

That was when the green plastic was developed, a solution of a better way of creating containers.

Clean Breathing

CEMEX ecological stoves are designed with the purpose of replacing the use of the traditional stove that produces high smoke emissions that cause serious health problems.

"We manufacture the stoves with a clean technology design that concentrates the heat in a closed and protected concrete compartment, and reduces smoke emissions inside the home up to 99%."

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Synthetic Biology for All

Synthetic biology aims to revolutionize the biology area by re-designing and elaboration of new biological components. The speed and cost of DNA synthesis are allowing emerging fields of scientific studies, such as producing advanced biofuels, bio-products and bio-based specialty chemicals.

Scintia facilitates the way of teaching, researching and launching a business into synthetic biology for Mexico and Latin America. They developed lower cost lab equipment and educational kits, user friendly for genetic engineering to have a practical and hands on experience in a lab.

Eco Six Pack Ring

The E6PR is an eco friendly six pack ring made out of plants and other compostable and biodegradable materials.

Rediscovering Our Roots through Natural Building

Bioconstruction dates from over 9,000 years, but in the last years the knowledge of these constuction techniques evolved to different kinds of materials that are cheaper, more resistant or easier to work with.

UNOA1's innovation comes from using natural and if possible local materials, with low or no environmental impact, that come from recycling or simple extraction processes and developing projects that can be competitive with modern construction techniques.

Scotia: A Story of Inclusion

Scotiabank is the International Bank of Canada and an outstanding supplier of financial services in America. The bank is committed with the development and support of its 25 million clients via financial advisory, commercial and wealth management services. As of October 2018, the bank employed more than 97,000 people and had $998,000 million in assets under control.

Scotiabank is committed to the inclusion of the LGTB+ community in the workplace, based on a culture of respect, acceptance of differences and the creation of collaborative spaces that allow their employees and customers to meet their social and economic needs.

Take Advantage of Crisis for Social Impact

Incyma es una consultoría ubicada en Badajoz, España con 12 años de experiencia con un compromiso con la Responsabilidad Social Empresarial como estrategia competitiva para que sus clientes opten por implementar las mejores prácticas en favor de la sociedad y el medio ambiente. Incyma contribuye con la equidad de género; la educación de calidad; el trabajo decente y crecimiento económico; así como con la producción y recursos responsables.

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Incyma is a consultancy located in Badajoz, Spain with 12 years of experience with a commitment to Corporate Social Responsibility as a competitive strategy for its clients to choose to implement best practices in favor of society and the environment. Incyma contributes to gender equity; quality education; decent work and economic growth; as well as responsible production and resources.

A Marketplace of Good Deeds

BOP represents an innovation because it brings technology as an enabler for the professionalization of non-governmental organizations and as a way to match the most adequate volunteer to work and generate impact to a social cause. Therefore, it closes a gap and brings together people in a smart, seamless and effective way.

Oxxo: Protocol for Sustainable Disposal of Equipment and Assets

OXXO C-stores (FEMCO) are the most profitable branch of FEMSA, one of the most successful Mexican companies. With over 18,000 stores they faced an interesting asset problem. The protocol of sustainable disposal of OXXO´s assets is an important initiative of OXXO's sustainability strategy in the company's integral waste management, and in addition to the innovation, it is a project that benefits communities. So, through this project, OXXO can be recognized as a company concerned and committed to the environment and to the development of the community.

Green Sustainable Products that Heal Your Body

Handmade products

Only ingredients from natural sources

Totally safe for humans

Low ecological impact

Safe for animals (even insect repellent)

Low generation of waste in the production process

2nd Use Coconuts Waste

oh my Coco gives an alternative solution to the coconut industry companies to manage their waste instead of burning the coconut's shell by using them as raw material to provide organic bowls to mexican consumers.

Changing the Way We Think About Convenience Culture

KeepCup is the world's first "barista-standard" reusable cup. It is estimated KeepCup users now save 8 billion cups every year, offering a "solution to a problem." This is a sizeable feat, with KeepCup contributing to a sustainable future in terms of SDGs that promote responsible consumption and production, preservation of life on land and life below water.

A Company That Cares

Konica Minolta is known as a company that cares. This caring ethos is woven through the fabric of the organisation. From its practices and policies to the support of the diversity and inclusion of its workforce and a culture of wellbeing, health and safety to its ethical sourcing practices, transformative community partnerships with NFPs and actions demonstrating environmental leadership, Konica Minolta cares about its people, communities, environment and society.