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Locus is a great example of a company that makes sustainable production easier for farmers. Locus is about optimizing profitability and improving sustainability. Optimizing profitability is accomplished since their products enrich the soil and root microbiome, resulting in improved vigor, and increased yields. Improving sustainability is accomplished through their products, substantially reducing carbon footprints by increasing soil carbon utilization and minimizing greenhouse gas emissions.
“Ganadería 20X” improves the efficiency of the feedlot, through technology, multiple nutritional techniques, and taking care of animals, maximizing the food resources. All of these resources will help generate a wealth for the feedlot and a sustainable ecosystem for the industry.
Mikey LeBlanc and Scott Zergebel are the founders of Holden Outerwear and their passion for the outdoors and preservation of the community fueled the inception of infusing sustainable production methods with sourcing eco-friendly materials. Holden Outerwear is driven by the vision of producing clean products with the least amount of impact on the environment. To do so, Holden Outerwear adopts unconventional production methods in comparison to the default practices implemented by other companies in the same industry of their product offerings.
The innovation that is going to be mentioned in the report is called ‘Sky Time’. It is introduced by the Air Arabia Group in their aircrafts. Through sky time, passengers can connect to the ‘Ski Fi’ which is an online network handled by the airline through their own gadgets and access movies, music, shows, etc. That application reduces the use of paper menus, programs and also built-in aircraft monitors and creating in-flight entertainment in a more sustainable way.
Devic Earth is a green-tech company that was co-founded by Dr. Srikanth Sola in an attempt to improve air quality. Devic Earth’s Pure Skies systems claim to improve air quality better than any existing technology available today. According to the company, it can improve air quality index by 33% by reducing pollutants that are damaging to human health, including particulate matter (PM10 and PM2.5), nitrogen oxides (NOx), and sulfur dioxide (SO2). The company has produced three variations: a small-sized system for homes, a medium sized one for larger indoor spaces such as hotels and offices, and a larger one known as the "Flagship Series" which is meant for cities and large factories.
Bolsa Rosa offers a solution to improve company's productivity, by implementing the latest working trends and by giving them access to the best talent, such as professional moms that want to reenter the workforce in a flextime scheme and achieve work-life balance.
This win-win strategy allows, in one hand, to reduce the gender gap, by connecting women to recognized organizations with flextime jobs. And, in the other hand, to increase productivity of the companies, by hiring exceptional talented women, inaccessible through traditional methods, that will bring economic benefits.
Bolsa Rosa, concerned about the high number of employers having difficulties to fill their job vacancies and the lack of fair working conditions for women, especially after maternity, that make them quit and truncate their careers and economic and professional growth, decided to start this project that promotes flextime jobs and provide consulting services to improve working conditions in the organizations, driving more human companies. Ana Lucia Cepeda, Bolsa Rosa’s founder, was inspired by her mother, who left her job after giving birth, because balancing her personal and professional life was very hard. According with the interview made to Adriana Casillas, Bolsa Rosa’s Virtual Headhunter & Commercial Director, Ana Lucia’s mom was reached out by the company she quit to, because they wanted her back. She decided to renteer to the workforce establishing her working conditions to achieve a work-life balance. They company accepted a flextime scheme for Ana Lucia’s mom and she has been there since then (more than 30 years).
That experience influenced Ana Lucia to find a way to give these same work conditions to all women, especially to moms. So, after she finished her career of Organizational Psychology, she started to investigate about flextime models and realize that in Mexico a job opportunities with flextime are very limited which increase the gender gap in the workforce.
As a result, Ana Lucia decided to start Bolsa Rosa in 2013 to create a space where companies and talented women can connect and also where flextime models e promoted in order to increase productivity in the organizations and to reduce the lack of opportunities for women that wish to have professional and personal quality of life.
Akmeda Medical manufactures disposable surgical textile products. These products allow patients to be treated in a more sterile environment. Akmeda Medical provides employment for women workers and contributes to women's economic freedom. It gives priority to women in recruitment to help women gain self-confidence. The biggest factor in this is that the founder of the company is a woman. Since it is a newly established SME, they employ very few employees and currently, 16 of the 20 employees are women. One of the founders of the company, Pervin AKARSU, said how many women can be economically free, and how many women can have a say in society, because of this she said they prefer usually to employ female employees. She said their (female employees) changed their body language, postures, after they started working, and that encourages us to create more women's employment. She said they wanted to employ more women as their power increased economically.
Can one use reed plants to purify water contaminated with oil? BAUER certainly can!
BAUER Resources, part of the German BAUER Group, specializes in environmental remediation: sewage treatment, groundwater and soil decontamination. In 2009, BAUER Resources developed a solution for the oil industry, that enables separation of oil from water by means of reed plants. In the middle of the desert, around 700 km from Muscat, Oman, a green oasis arose. The reed-bed Nimr water treatment plant, which, after an expansion, today purifies up to 115,000 m³ of oil-contaminated water daily, is one of the largest natural water purification systems in the world.
For its achievements, the company has already received a number of awards, such as the "Global Water Award" in April 2011 and the in-house “Chairman's Award for Excellence” later in the same year. In February 2012, it won the “Award for Excellence in Environmental Projects and Products” at the Offshore Arabia event in Dubai. The project was also the National Winner in the “Sustainable Project of the Year” category of the MEED Quality Awards 2012.
In Indonesia, bringing and giving souvenir or gift to friends, relatives, and families are like a tradition and common things to do. When you travel to other places, visiting friend/families, marriage ceremony, office events, and other events, you need to bring/give something to the audience, attendees, invitees to the event. From these facts, you can imagine how many gifts/souvenirs are distributed.
Those are business opportunities.
How about giving souvenirs that are useful for the recipient? How about giving souvenirs that also help nature?
This is the story about a business model that is useful both, for the recipient and the earth.
BigChefs is supporting and adding women producers into its supply chain in order to remove and reduce gender inequality, end poverty, and ensure decent work and economic growth. BigChefs' 14 female suppliers in 2007 has reached 40 today and the target for 2021 is to reach 80 female suppliers. At the same time, women producers are not only connected to BigChefs but also BigChefs has a goal to open up those women producers to the world through different distribution channels.
Projeto Acai is a healthy restaurant chain that serves acai bowls made of fresh organic acai that comes from the Para state of Brazil and is fair trade certified. A portion of the revenue is dedicated to protecting Amazon Rainforest and its native people through various initiatives.
By opening a Barrio in the heart of Kent, Ohio it allows for Kent State students to get food, find a well paying job no matter your race, gender, ethnicity, etc., and even create revenue to the City of Kent. The long awaited college town restaurant in Kent opens up the city for growth and new business not typically seen. It also allows students a place to relax and enjoy good, sustainable food.
DeBaise Lawn offers lawn care and landscaping services that are sustainable and environmentally friendly. DeBaise Lawn stands out from other lawn care companies because it uses all-electric equipment for its services provided.
Para Whirlpool México la responsabilidad social inicia en casa, adoptando el concepto de Ecológicamente Whirlpool no solo para el desarrollo e innovación en sus productos, sino también generaron el plan para tenerlo en la práctica cotidiana en el trabajo y casa.
El compromiso integral de sus colaboradores, familias, comunidad, la conservación del medio ambiente y la generación de valor social.
Las iniciativas individuales que generan una vinculación con la comunidad, se reúnen los esfuerzos individuales de cada integrante para generar mano de obra en las remodelaciones y adecuaciones para que familias de bajos ingresos mejoren su situación habitacional.
Whirlpool México, sigue el enfoque de responsabilidad social mediante sus valores (Espíritu Ganador, Diversidad con Inclusión, Integridad, Respeto y Trabajo en Equipo, y los siguientes puntos:
-Ética Empresarial: El tener programas congruentes con los valores de la organización, que impacten en el desarrollo y generen soluciones a la comunidad, sobre todo en la que se tienen presencia. Generan un Código de Ética, trabajan con integridad y con sus cinco valores
-Medio Ambiente: La gente participa activamente con asociaciones dedicadas al cuidado del medio ambiente. Apoyan a la educación ecológica en comunidades, además cuentan con el grupo social “Green Network”.
-Nuestra Gente: Programas en los que participan activamente sus colaboradores con asociaciones comprometidas con el desarrollo económico, social y ambiental; además el bueno trato a los colaboradores los ha destacado como "Great Place to Work"
-Comunidad: Parte de sus iniciativas comienzan con un gran programa de donativos en especie; coordinan el trabajar en conjunto con organizaciones sin fines de lucro, gobierno, instituciones educativas y otras empresas para hacer mancuerna a mejorar la calidad de vida de otros.
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For Whirlpool LAR North, Social Responsibility starts at home, their employees”. This is how the company sees collaboration and support people in need. Through social networks created by employees, they merge towards a single goal which is to improve life at home, not only by designing or creating products but also by working together through other external agencies like “Habitat for Humanity” to fight poverty through decent and affordable housing.
The company follows a social responsibility approach through its values. (Spirit of Winning, Diversity with Inclusion, Integrity, Respect and Team-Work). Their main focus is through 4 main work-streams that at the end collaborate together to achieve greater results to fight poverty. The work-streams are:
1) Business Ethics: By having congruent programs with company values that have an impact on the development of society.
2) Environment: People actively participate with other agencies dedicated to take care of the environment.
3) Our People: Programs where their collaborators actively participate with other associations towards economic, social and environmental development.
4) Community: Part of their efforts are through initiatives that start with donations and coordinate team-work with other associations.
CompostNow is a doorstep compost collection service to end food waste. Beyond the business, CompostNow is a movement that supports the creation of waste-free communities where it is referred to as the “community food waste shuttle.” Their goal is to empower community members and local businesses to compost, resulting in less garbage in landfills. Nutrients from food waste also build nutrient-rich soil while reducing greenhouse gases to help fight climate change.
Public Goods is an online store that sells a variety of basic, high quality products with clean ingredients at low prices. The company has implemented a direct-to-consumer business model which reduces prices so customers end up paying much less. We interviewed Joseph Rauch, the Content Marketing Manager of Public Goods, who passionately told us about their innovative business model along with the various other ways that the company strives to create goods in a way that benefits the planet and those who live here.
Evrnu is a textile technology company that has created a new futuristic fiber extracted from post-consumer garment waste. By turning textile waste into a pulp substance Evrnu is able to extrude a new high quality fiber from a sustainable and responsible source. The process of manufacturing their new fiber drastically reduces water, emissions, chemicals, and energy consumption found in traditional textiles processes, all while reducing the total amount of textile waste sitting in our landfills.
Sustainabowl creates a “guilt-free dining experience” by making their carbon footprint as close to zero as possible. The innovation is in the unique attention to detail that has led the restaurants to make pivotal adjustments that result in close to no immoral or unnecessary byproducts of consumption. Eventually, the owner hopes to inspire consumers to seek out only “guilt-free dining experiences” and tilt the scale for restaurateurs, namely in the Western hemisphere, to start creating a more sustainable norm.
The innovation is about design and decoration of cardboard toys, recreating dreams, ideas and fantasies of children while sowing the seeds of environmental awareness. The cardboard used to manufacture the toys, is made of 70% to 80% recycled cardboard which can be recycled between five (5) to seven (7) times more than regular cardboard and the paint used in decoration kits is a better material for the environment than the traditional one. Analyzing the company, we have detected that it has impacts on two (2) UN Sustainable Development Goals:
9. Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
12. Responsible Production and Consumption
No Evil Foods is a plant-based food company that started in 2014 by Sadrah Schadel (COO) and Mike Woliansky (CEO). Their main products are plant-based meats such as chorizo, chicken, Italian sausage, and pulled pork, which they also provide recipe ideas for on their website. They say that “simply put, our mission is people, planet, and animals.” Their core business and various programs they support all work towards these three ends.