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"La Clarita" is a micro-enterprise made possible through a partnership between the City of Guaminí, local producers, an educational institution and a public hospital. Its mission is to promote the agroecological practices in the area, creating a change for previous productive practices and changing the way people understand the soil, Nature, and life.
By supporting family agroecological farming, "La Clarita" has achieved fair trade practices, which allows consumers to obtain healthy foods at an affordable price and producers to get paid a fair price, without intermediaries.
These practices are not common in Argentina, since most of the agricultural production is done by large companies with transgenic seeds, and commercialization is concentrated in a reduced number of players.
The place we decided to go to was TIPIAH this is a mini market that sells biodegradable products and food that is grown responsibly. The person we interview is Pamela Diaz she is interested in the environment, reducing waste and getting people to adapt to a different lifestyle. She says that as time passes people get more and more interested in this. Her main goal is ZERO WASTE.
YEW! (Your Environment’s Wax) is a new startup company based in California with a of environmental sustainability. This company has produced an all-natural surf wax made of natural beeswax, with the goal of reducing the carbon footprint in the ocean by the 35 million surfers throughout the world.
Recognizing the constant increase in the economic struggle of the community over the years, HANAC, Inc. has continuously worked towards innovating and establishing new programs that will improve the quality of life of communities that are in need. Over the past few years, the organization has successfully developed a for-profit program that builds affordable housing for low-income communities, including seniors and families.
Ecofiltro (Ecofilter in English) water filters provide financially sustainable scalable solutions to the issue of affordable clean water filter scarcity in developing countries. Ecofiltro filters make it easier to have access to clean water due to its effectiveness, convenience with a very high cultural acceptance, and affordable price. This allows for people to not have to waste time and energy on boiling water while wasting firewood when these precious resources can be used elsewhere. Therefore, Ecolfiltro has the climate change impact of under 1% as opposed to the 35% impact of boiling water. The filters are low-priced (affordable, 1.3% margin in rural area, 16-17% margin in urban area) and it is produced locally with local labor and local materials (small carbon footprint).
Agro-Sustentable innovation is mainly being a distributor and marketer of biological fertilizers. It sells products that supplant chemical fertilizers with a biomaterial that adds components such as phosphorus, potassium, nitrogen and amino acids to crops in a non-chemical way, without damaging the environment.
The main product being sold is the Organic Foliar GTG fertilizer of eco AGRO Argentina, and has, as its main raw material, by-products of animal origin that are subjected to a process of enzymatic biotransformation and hydrolysis and provides a large amount of animal-free L-alpha amino acids that are quickly assimilated by crops.
The innovation contributes to SDG 12, since this innovation ensures as middle man that sustainability practices are applied in the initial crops, reducing the current trend of soil degradation. In this sense, it also contributes to SDG 15, since life on earth is not compromised by chemicals.
Wempo Energy is bridging the energy access gap for women in un-electrified and under-electrified communities. Wempo Energy focuses on supplying the energy demand of female end-users in these communities with clean, sustainable energy solutions for the betterment of their lives.
The innovation that our group decided to explore was the New York Mets' community initiative program, “Mets on the Move.” This program has serviced over 1500 youth through athletic clinics and athletic donations. This innovation contributes to SDG 3: Good Help and Well-Being. Our group was able to get a view of this program with insights from Tevion Johnson, an associate in the Community Outreach department.
Improving milk quality brings the high value of the output. Eventually, it helps the prosperity of the village, supporting the goal of SDG 1# No Poverty
Tapari is a lightly curved leaf plate made by stitching several leaves of the Shorea Robusta (sal tree) together with fine bamboo sticks, which have the highest potential for replacing non-degradable plastic plates thereby helping to mitigate plastic pollution.
As the business of tapari making uses only the leaves of a tree there is no forest to be cleared. The company believes that environmental sustainability and business can go side by side, thus making the earth a better place to live.
The innovation is an educational platform that connects teachers and students. Innovation emerges based on the needs of Ruangguru users. The latest innovation in the Ruangguru application includes downloadable PDF versions of quizzes. Users can then print them out, complete their quiz on a piece of scannable paper, scan their quiz sheet using the Ruangguru application, and they will receive immediate assessment regarding their performance on the quiz.
Diaita's innovation is in the way they use ingredients and create healthy options and alternatives through juices to customers in a fast and efficient way, without the hassle of cooking and clean- up. While doing so, they remain cognizant of the social and environmental impacts that their products and ingredients have and do their best to reuse, reduce, recycle and compost.
Tsehai Publishers gives writers a platform that they would otherwise not get. This addresses SDG Goal 10 which is to reduce inequalities because it helps the writers share their stories that will relate to many. What makes Tsehai Publishers so unique is that they are one of the few publishing companies dedicated to African literature.
CVS Health is a corporation and pharmacy that promotes good health and satisfies the needs and wants of consumers.
CVS Health provides an innovative healthcare model that is more attainable and cost-effective to the people. They also banned tobacco sales in September of 2014, because it conflicted with the brand's purpose and mission. Since the ban, smoking sales have drastically decreased by 95 million packs in states where it has more than a 15% market share. In order to further promote and mirror their promise to healthcare, they also rebranded their name from CVS Caremark to CVS Health.
The innovation that is being used in Frank's Auto Spa is owned by the Spanish Manufacturer of the tunnel (Istobal) and consists of equipment which reutilizes more than 90% of the water.
According to the UN SDGs, clean and accesible water for all is an essential part of the world we want to live in. Millions of people die every year from diseases associated with inadequate water supply.
By using Istobal's technology in Frank's Auto Spa, an average of 144 liters of water are saved per washed car.
Urbivors is a locally-grown produce delivery service based out of Toledo, Ohio. While the preparations for organizing the start-up of the company began back in January 2019, Urbivors officially launched operations on July 10, 2019. The organization is currently composed of two employees, co-founders Jason Gonring and Jacob Beakas. Urbivors aims to “make locally-grown produce more accessible in urban food deserts so people who haven't had access to the fresh goodness of local food in the past can now get it delivered straight to their door.” To accomplish this mission, Jason and Jacob partner with local farmers from Ohio and Michigan to bring fresh fruits and vegetables to the University of Toledo (UT) as well as surrounding neighborhoods. We were able to interview one of the co-founders of Urbivors, Jason Gonring. Jason is in his last semester at the University of Toledo majoring in Electrical Engineering. During his time at UT, he was involved in an organization called Building Ohio’s Sustainable Energy Future (BOSEF) which is where his passion for sustainability started, as well as where he met Jacob. He has been involved with the company since the beginning in January, but his interest in local food started long before Urbivors came to be. Jason and Jacob began brainstorming ideas for a business, specifically focusing on local food back in 2017. Since then, their desire to provide the University of Toledo and surrounding areas with fresh, local foods has grown into the creative, sustainable business that is Urbivors.
OH MI Compost is a composting pickup service that started in the Old West End in Toledo, OH, and it is now slowly growing through the City of Toledo. Lindsay Akens, the owner of OH MI Compost and the only employee in her business, is constantly spreading awareness about plastics and organics going into the landfill by offering waste management services and connecting with the people around her. She picks up her clients’ waste weekly and turns their scraps into worm food.
Lindsay’s business contributes to two of the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals: #11 - Sustainable Cities and Communities and #12 Responsible Consumption and Production.
American Prison Data Systems is a corporation that aims to reform inmates and provide them the tools they need to succeed. They provide the technology needed to teach and train individuals who have been incarcerated so that they can turn their lives around for the better. The purpose of this corporation is to help those people better their lives and all of the support provided is customized to each person’s needs, with their main goal to impact society in a positive way.
The way Alfa Laval has fought climate change has been through its focus on the innovation of its products and its environmentally-friendly performance. Also, with its wide range of technologies and services, its Gasketed Plate Heat Exchanger has laid the the foundation for a heat transfer process in many industries,with a lower impact on the environment and reduced energy consumption.
Business innovations are new, bold ideas that catapult society into the future. No matter if it is a new product, business model, service or technology it can create new opportunities. Teq has mastered the fusion of technology and education to help not only bolster the educational system, but also ensure students are prepared for tomorrow’s jobs and the problems that will face our society.