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Making Sustainable Shopping Easy

EarthHero is an online retailer that sells exclusively sustainable goods. By centralizing a wide variety of environmentally responsible goods in one place, and rigorously vetting the sustainability of their offerings, EarthHero makes it easy for consumers to shop responsibly.

Accessibility and Affordability One Car at a Time

Carloha is revolutionizing the used car industry by providing a safe, affordable and convenient Online to Offline platform. This platform allows customers to acquire quality vehicles with confidence, through unprecedented technological advancements.


The New Age of Business: Tech-enabled Strategies for Non-financial Disclosure

Datamaran improves responsible business practices and increases sustainability disclosures by integrating materiality analyses into corporate strategy. By automating resource-intensive processes and embedding non-financial risk management across all business functions, the AI-powered software helps corporate decision-makers to identify and manage ESG-related issues such as plastic pollution or human rights.

Taking a more holistic-based approach to risk management in business operations and enabling greater transparency in reporting can accelerate progress towards responsible consumption and production globally.

Innovate with Water and Save Lives

Loving life. Loving others. A sincere wish to create an impact.

This would be our summary of Auara, an enterprise dedicated to the production and distribution of bottled water and soft drinks. Since its beginnings the story of this firm is a story of entrepreneurship, active social engagement and inspirational leadership.

Auara has had multiple innovations during its almost four years of history. They were the first European producer of a bottle of water made 100% out of recycled plastic and last year they became also a soft drink brand launching the world's first functional and fair trade ecological soft drink.

With their activities and efforts Auara is contributing actively towards many sustainable development goals. Specifically the first (end poverty in all its forms everywhere), the third (ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages), the sixth (ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all) and the thirteenth (take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts) but also contributing indirectly to others such as goal 4: Quality Education or goal 5: Gender Equality.

From the Ashes Grows New Life

A memorial planting is a type of living memorial that incorporates cremated ashes into the soil to create a truly unique monument to one’s life. It’s a powerful sentiment. However, science has shown that it is not as simple as it appears. Cremated ashes alone do not release the nutrients necessary to sustain a living memorial. So, Let Your Love Grow (LYLG) has devised an innovative approach to combat this issue.


No Carbon Left Behind

LanzaTech’s carbon recycling innovation is rooted in biotechnology and uses organisms – like bacteria and microbes – and various wastes to create ethanol. This ethanol is converted into consumer products like jet fuel and plastics. LanzaTech’s innovation helps to achieve the UN Global Goals pertaining to clean energy, responsible consumption and production, and climate action.

SALAM RANCAGE - CRAFTING HOPE

Thanks to Salam Racage, communication was created by women and for women, transforming the living condition of not only villagers but also of the river crossing this beautiful place. The social impact and environmental improvement of Salam were significant.

Send as Many People as Possible on Holiday

The main project of UNAT Occitanie is called "First Time on Holiday". Its aim is to give 2400 children from modest backgrounds the chance to go on holiday every year. UNAT Occitanie relies on its 19 public and 37 private partners to promote social and solidarity tourism.

A Roast to Redemption

I Have a Bean is a coffee roasting company located in Wheaton, Illinois with a mission to evaluate coffee and "re-dream" lives. I Have a Bean is passionate about roasting and delivering high quality, organically grown, fairly-traded coffee in a sustainable supply chain while offering returning citizens the opportunity for a fresh start and a new life by employing them within the company.

More Than Holidays: Spreading Hope to Lanzarote

The innovation comes from a range of 100% organic and oxo-degradable amenities: Shampoo, body milk and shower gel. They are promoting mainly four Sustainable Development Goals: Sustainable cities and communities, Responsible consumption and production, Climate action, and Life on land.

The Taste of Giving Back

Cocoa Chocolatier works to advance SDG´s 3, 4, and 12: it is unique in its industry in promoting the well-being of the Ecuadorian society by creating healthy and signature artisan chocolates . Their goal is clear: help build a more sustainable society not only by providing healthy, new and creative varieties of chocolates but also, by taking care of those in need, always using production processes and ingredients that do not harm the environment.

International Manufacturing With the Empowerment of Women

Mexican culture is very chauvinistic and women usually are expected to stay at home, as well as having a very high ratio of poverty and lack of education. The company is composed of more than 70% women which goes against the traditional characteristics of Mexican businesses that are dominated by men. To help women get out of poverty and contribute to society more intensively, they are investing in quality education and preparing them for the adversities of the world, giving workers the tools and the support to accomplish their goals along with the company.

Giving Birth to Water

AeroNero is a technology-based firm that manufactures machines, which convert moisture in the atmosphere to pure and fresh drinking water.

The Magic Cool Bus

Fascinate Inc.'s Magic Cool Bus, a mobile experiential museum and STEM program, is an innovative experiential resource that will help the company make strides to a more inclusive future in the STEM world. It is aimed at engaging underrepresented students in a subject that often appears to be out of reach.

One Piece of Seed May Change the World

The innovation company Solynta is based in Wageningen, Netherlands. It has developed a unique technology for potato hybrid breeding. The impact of this technology has already changed farmers income, improved their living and transformed the environment.

Recyclamer : The Water Vacuum

Recyclamer Innovation is a company that does not produce just a vacuum robot but which creates a complete innovation. Its autonomous robot works with solar panels, something never seen before, and has been especially eco-designed with a natural filter.

Bowling Business Brings Happiness to Community

Stelton Lanes is a bowling place that offers a variety of bowling leagues for all ages and skill levels. They offer 26 synthetic lanes, as well as Automatic Qubica scoring and automated bumper systems. The purpose of Stelton Lanes is to make customers’ experience a fun, safe, and memorable one. They specialize in corporate gatherings, fundraisers, family reunions, and birthday parties. Private party rooms and meeting rooms are available at Stelton Lanes.

The Disruptor: How ‘Studio Wae’ Created Circular Design Products from Waste

"We want to make beautiful things from waste."

Studio Wae was founded in 2017 by Tynke van den Heuvel. This 3 year-old-startup wants to make an impact on waste flows. They tap into urban mining waste streams (i.e. recovering raw materials from demolished buildings and old paving) and make aesthetically pleasing products from them. From this waste stream, they produce circular design concrete (for paving) and carpets. Furthermore, as from 2019, Studio Wae started a workspace for Syrian refugees in the Netherlands. The vision of the company is to make products that have an impact on the environment and do so by providing jobs for socially challenged individuals.

Leader in Solar Electricity Self-sufficiency in France

To resell the electricity produced by a solar power plant installed on the building directly to its owner at a lower price than its current supplier. In 2018 it was the first company dedicated to solar electricity self-sufficiency in France.

Food=Freedom

Freedom a la Cart is a catering service in the Columbus, Ohio area that employs survivors of human trafficking. Medium-sized businesses and universities in Central Ohio can order drop-off catering through Freedom a la Cart, which cooks and prepares all of the food in-house. Though they mostly provide lunch catering, Freedom a la Cart also has breakfast options. Through their employment, survivors gain confidence, self-fulfillment, and skills necessary to re-enter the workforce. The company fosters gender equality and decent work and economic growth for its employees, and it helps to strengthen institutions by working with the justice system.