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More than a Drink

Ekai, a company focused on the development, production and marketing of organic *Panela beverages as a natural sweetener and free of artificial additives, a Colombian product that is a new and healthy alternative to enjoying at any time of the day. The raw material, natural Panela, and herbs bring large nutrients to the body.


*Food product obtained from the evaporation of sugar cane juice (agriculture of the age and family of gramines) 100% Organic, without chemical addition, pesticides, additives. The panel combats hunger for its high grade of nutrients and vitamins.


Waste Free (before it was cool)

The Stone Store aims to provide local, organic, and ethically sourced products with minimal impact on the environment. The innovation they have in order to help achieve this goal is to have a zero-waste policy. This helps to solve Sustainable Development Goal #13: Climate Action, but it also helps to support other SDG’s such as #11: Sustainable Cities and Communities as well as #3: Good Health and Well-being.

Create a Platform of Art and Spiritual Business

Innovations - Transformation via Tao "a road"

In the market, uniqueness has become a necessary factor for every company to survive. In fact, behind every enterprise, there is a hidden humanity. You need to know your own uniqueness, understand your own value, and understand the needs of others, just like helping others, use your own resources to help everyone's needs, and use your meaning to infect and nourish others' lives. Everyone has a different path. Perhaps the company is going to be a medium for everyone to get better and better, so that every guest has more to get out of their last good road.

The Sweet Side of Business Innovation

Bliss Dough's solution of creating an edible raw cookie dough with vegan friendly options is accompanied by sustainable packaging and reusable jars. There will soon be an incentive for returns of the jars, in which customers can return their used jars for a discount on another purchase. The company then re-uses the glass jars in packaging of new batches.

Clean and Healthy Water for the Guelph Community

The innovation that Water Central Ltd uses is the process of filtering, softening and producing alkaline water. This innovation yields many proven health benefits which helps address many of UN's Sustainable Development Goals. These goals include Good Health and Well Being, Clean Water and Sanitation, and Responsible Consumption and Production.

Hydroponics - Redefining Agriculture

‘Herbivores farm’ grows green vegetables through hydroponics. The crops are arranged in vertical systems to make the most of the available land. They use 75-85% less water than conventional farming. Also, the crops are transferred into different tanks depending on the phase of the crop, this also makes the use of the land more efficient. Minimal use of water and reuse of residual water means less water wasted. Overall this model encourages Sustainable Development Goal 11 which emphasizes improving resources to overcome challenges within urban spaces. Most importantly, this innovation can support one of the targets of SDG 11 that says "By 2030, inclusive and sustainable urbanization and capacity for participatory, integrated and sustainable human settlement planning and management should be enhanced in all countries." This model of farming makes use of sophisticated farming techniques. It discourages the use of pesticides and thus reduces pollution. Further, the plastic packaging that is used needs to be reused by the customer each time he collects his order, thus making sure resources are efficiently utilized. These practices encourage sustainable consumption. As per Sustainable Development Goal 12, sustainable consumption and production are about promoting resource and energy efficiency, sustainable infrastructure, and providing access to basic services, green and decent jobs and a better quality of life for all. One of the goals of SDG 12 is to support developing countries to strengthen their scientific and technological capacity to move towards more sustainable patterns of consumption and production and this innovation resonates very well with this idea.

Responsible Local Sourcing

Miijidaa Cafe & Bistro has their hand in helping several of the UN Global Goals for Sustainable Development, specifically Responsible Consumption and Production. Miijidaa has made it a priority to incorporate excess food waste such as peelings, grounds, etc., into other aspects of their menu, thus cutting down on food waste. They also work mainly with local suppliers and producers in the Guelph area and eliminate food items that are bad for the environment where they can.

Design Your Own

Play with Clay promotes mindfulness and creativity by crafting with clay. This addresses two of the SDGs of Good Health and Well-Being, and Sustainable Cities and Communities. It provides customers with excitement which improves their well-being as humans as well as sustaining the community by getting involved with other businesses.

Crickets: Sustainable Food of the Future

EntoCube wants to help to tackle the issues of zero hunger, climate action, and sustainable cities and communities. Insects as part of the human diet will become even more common in the coming 5 years, as the demand for more sustainable proteins is rising. By providing the right technologies and tools to support insect farmers, EntoCube is leading the edible insect market in the right direction.

Towards a New "R"

The prime innovation which Aarohana Ecosocial displays is a recycling technique of using plastic waste to create bags and other products. The technique reduces the plastic contamination in landfill and oceans. Further the company employs tribal community members to recycle and weave plastics hence enhancing the economic status of the community.

Serving Up Sustainability

The innovative method that Borealis Grille & Bar has implemented into their business model consists of ensuring sustainable practices when serving meals and beverages to customers. This is executed through the following sustainable practices:

• Supporting local initiatives

• Sourcing from local farms

• Purchasing carbon offsets

• No use of plastic

• Exclusively use Ocean-Wise Certified fish

The innovative initiatives by Borealis Grille & Bar contribute to many of the United Nation’s (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) including:

• #3 - Good Health and Well-Being

• #12 - Responsible Consumption and Production

• #13 - Climate Action

• # 14 - Life Below Water

The innovation’s concept for Borealis Grille & Bar is precisely outlined through the company’s mission statement:

“Serve local and sustainably sourced food and beverage while being an influential presence in our community and maintaining high standards for both our guests and our employees.”

Where There's a Well There's a Way

SIR Corp has partnered with Wells of Hope to help provide communities in Guatemala that are living in poverty with clean drinking water by contributing funds, and sending staff to assist in building homes near newly dug wells. They have also strived to further their charity by building schools and shelters. These have been the solutions to working towards the No Poverty, Good Health and Well-being and Clean Water and Sanitation and other SDGs.

Breathing New Life Into Our Planet

Biorem is a leader in developing high performance permanent filter media products to improve air emissions within the manufacturing industry in order to eliminate harmful air pollutants. Biorem’s engineered media and more specifically their innovation of Biosorbens was developed and brought to market as the first permanent biofilter media in North America. Biosorbens are designed for maximum removal of odorous compounds, delivery of consistent performance over their lifetime and the flexibility to treat an ever widening array of air emission problems our population and environment faces. The Biosorbens help achieve the UN’s sustainability goal of climate action through reduced emissions that the innovation provides for the environment and most importantly our planet. Additionally, the innovation helps achieve the sustainable cities and communities goal of combating air pollution, which works to stop rising air pollution within many urbanized cities. Lastly, this innovation solves the goal of decent work and economic growth as it creates quality employment opportunities globally, which grow GDP per capita in countries to further stimulate economies.

Beyond the Coffee Bean

Planet Bean Coffee's innovation of Organic Certified coffee through the Fair-Trade process has served towards solving climate action, life below water, life on land, good health and well-being, and responsible consumption & production. It helps solve these UN sustainability goals by creating a chain of custody based around organic certifications that keeps harmful chemicals and products stay out of the environment. A company that focuses its vision towards "an innovative business model that is fair, sustainable and passionate", comes to show how reliable their innovation is to the business.

Not our Work, This is our Passion!

Brackenrig is unique amongst many traditional garden centers, as upon establishment, they opted on doing their own in-house growing opposed to purchasing product from larger commercial growers. The growing process is near and dear to the heart of owner, Linda Pots, as its authenticity benefits both her employees and the environment. This unique growing method contributes greatly to Brackenrig’s embodiment of several UN Sustainable Development Goals including SDG 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, SDG: 12: Responsible Consumption and Production, and SDG 15: Life on Land.

Opting Out: The New Standard

Travellers come to Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts every day to detach and relax. The management of the company is incredibly passionate about the products and services they provide to their guests. They ensure that these products and services are not only luxurious and exceptional, but sustainable as well. We interviewed Scott Taber, the Senior Vice President of Operations at the Four Seasons Corporate Home Office who has been with the company his entire career, about their innovation on their Green ‘Opt Out’ program. The Four Seasons was one of the first luxury brands to go optional on a sheet change service, and it wasn’t something management thought would be as successful as it was with their target market. This innovation has contributed to solving many Sustainable Development Goals but mainly #11, “Sustainable Cities and Communities”, and #13, “Climate Action”.

Mobility as a Service

MaaS Global is the world's first true Mobility as a Service operator. It makes all city transportation service accessible via a mobile app - Whim.

By improving the convenience of public transportation services and reducing car ownership, it contributes to the following SDGs: 3. Good health and wellbeing; 11. Sustainable cities and communities; 13. Climate action; 17. Partnerships for the goals.

Unleashing Potential Through Culture

In the early years at Softchoice, David Holgate and Jone Panavas were committed to creating a culture within the company that centred around people, not just profits. In the later years, this vision was then extended to focusing on creating a workplace culture for the firm’s employees that ensured diversity and inclusion, a cultural innovation that would shape Softchoice into the flourishing company it is today.

Brewing your own Sustainability

Club Coffee has innovated the first-ever 100% fully compostable single-serve coffee pod. The PurPod as it’s called helps the company meet the sustainable development goals 14, 13, 15 and 12 while delivering the delicious taste of a fantastic cup of coffee.

Rethinking Farm-to-Table on a Massive Scale

Cambridge Mill’s farm-to-table program extends well beyond a traditional 100 mile menu with innovative large scale organic farming, utilization of green energies, and community outreach and involvement. Cambridge Mill hosts approximately 1000 people a week at their upscale restaurant and event venue while committing to grow and supply as much of the food as possible from their organic farm in southern Ontario. From organic, dry-aged beef, honey from their apiary, and fresh organic produce, Cambridge Mill’s Earth-to-Table Farm aims to do high volume hospitality with a socially responsible focus.