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Seed of Hope

Seed Paper India is a company that aims to increase plantation and reduce waste in society to come up with the idea of Plantable paper.

Plantable paper is a biodegradable eco-paper made with eco-friendly recycled paper (no trees harmed for this paper) and embedded with seeds. When the paper is planted in a pot of soil, the seeds grow, and the paper composts away. All that is left behind are flowers, herbs or vegetables, and no waste.

Mr. Roshan Ray Bangalore, the founder of Seed Paper India, says, “Seed is a starting point of every idea, every growth, and that is where my inspiration came from. I am an avid reader, a lone traveler, a passionate biker, photographer, and fitness freak. I believe this idea of seed paper can tweak the system and make the world a better place for our Future Generation.”

Seed Paper India manufactures plantable seed paper and Seed Pencils, Seed Bombs, Seed Pens, and Seed Cards for all your Wedding Invites, Calendars, etc.

"We soak the paper in shallow water and then fill the top with good fertile soil, letting it germinate with climate conditions. We use different plants/flowers like Mari Gold, Basil, Wild Flower, Tomato, and Mix Vegetable Seed Paper. We offer various products like special handmade paper, wedding cards, Calendars, Plantable Rakhi which can be purchase through different channels for the customers who care about nature as well as the quality of the product", says Mr. Ray.

Plan Planeta Olimpica

At Olímpica, as a demonstration of their commitment to Colombian society and environmental responsibility, they are committed to carrying out actions that allow for the improvement of environmental performance, introducing environmental criteria in their productive activities that guarantee that the different points of sale and areas of the company incorporate adequate practices and actions in the processes that generate adverse environmental impacts. Plan Planeta is a program for the conservation of the environment.


Making Better Use of Plastic

Plastic has represented an economical and productive solution for companies worldwide because of its simple production and distribution. Despite its operative benefits, plastic has become an environmental problem as most plastics are used for single-use packaging and take hundreds of years to decompose. Each year, seas and oceans receive up to 12 million tons of plastic garbage. In the North Pacific, there is a vast area of ​​the ocean full of waste. It is known as the island of garbage or the continent of plastic.

Uruplast is a company committed to the responsible use of resources, that aims to create a circular economy of the plastic boxes used in the agri-food industry in Michoacán, México, creating a product made of virgin and recycled plastic.

360° care = 360° profit

Unfortunately, many employees don't feel well at work. An international survey of 10,000 workers by Ipsos confirms this statement. The survey found that 85% of employees are unhappy with their office environment and struggle to concentrate. This phenomenon can have various causes. It could be due to an unpleasant work atmosphere, a demanding boss, or perhaps a lack of appreciation. This problem leads to unhappy employees, who are consequently less productive within the company. However, Torfs shows that this can be done differently. Torfs cares for its employees as if they are family. This caring corporate culture focuses on SDG’s good health, wellbeing, gender equality, and decent work. Notwithstanding this ‘human’ focus, Torfs achieves attractive growth figures.

The Future: Bioplastic with Agave Fiber

BioSolutions is a Mexican company founded in 2010 that has developed its patented technology to produce sustainable bioplastic compounds (biobase) based on cellulose-rich natural fibers.

It currently transforms agave bagasse fibers, considered a waste by the tequila and honey industry, into materials to manufacture products such as film, plastic bags, injected parts, and blown containers.

BioSolutions compounds act as a sustainable alternative to traditional plastics that offer the same performance while reducing the carbon footprint of the products and companies that consume them.

Isaias 55, helping to overcome adversities

Isaiah 55 is an institution that is in charge of supporting many of the needy communities in the city of Reynosa. It is a mission created by American missionaries to fulfill a purpose.

Although the institution we interviewed was his school, a school aimed, especially, at providing quality education to the silent deaf community, teaching educational content and training, in addition to teaching language and mother tongue classes.

Cleaning Your Place was Never so Green

Punto Verde is a mexican entrepreneurship based in Morelia, Michoacán. This is a product and service company that provides cleaning products via vending machines at a lower price because of the refill scheme, the clients must bring their bottle so they can save the container price and reuse it.

Rags to Bags

Take a Stand: A Bag for Earth

As more and more people realize the harmful effects of using plastics and the long-lasting environmental degradation that it causes, levels of awareness about shifting to more environment-friendly alternatives are rising. Most people's fundamental mindset has evolved to acknowledge the need to transition to eco-friendly options of everyday products, products as basic yet essential as bags. But one major impediment faced by many to make this transition was a lack of feasible alternatives.

EcoRight is a company that was founded with the thought of addressing this issue and providing consumers with affordable, natural, reusable, and appealing bags that act as impressive substitutes for conventional plastic bags. The innovation is primarily based on the idea of creating eco-friendly bags that are attractive and appealing, giving consumers a reason to remember to carry the bag with them. Mr. Udit Sood, the founder of the company, recalls the consumer behavior research conducted by their company, which suggested that “People do not have any reason to remember to carry a bag. They then use the plastic bag because now they don’t have an option.” EcoRight started to fill this gap by creating eco-friendly bags with fetching designs, enticing patterns, and prints that attracted customers and made the users remember that they had a bag to carry along.

Wearing the Climate Action with Sustainable Clothing Innovation

The innovation to support sustainable development goals has come to the forefront in recent years, and companies are making sustainability a part of their core values. Decathlon is a French sporting goods retailer founded by Michel Leclercq in the year 1976. It commits to sustainability in its entire supply chains and product range, such as its clothing, sports, fishing, trekking, and camping equipment, by covering the UN sustainable goals.

In the innovation that we have covered, Decathlon is promoting Quality education, Affordable and clean energy, Decent work and economic growth, Responsible consumption and production, climate action, and partnership for goals.

Making construction a carbon neutral business

The human population is growing at a tremendous rate and there will be 2 billion more people by the end of 2100. The addition of new homes will certainly create pressure on the earth, in terms of carbon emission, as well as resource utilization.

Tarun Jami, the founder of GreenJams, came up with the innovation, which not only has a solution for carbon-neutral construction, but also helps reduce pollution.

Let Nature Nourish Your Beauty

Ecocradle boasts of a product range that is purely sustainable and handmade. They claim to manufacture their merchandise using green practices that do not harm the planet.


Easy on the earth

Caucho primarily focuses on the manufacturing of flip-flops using organic material derived from plants. Being 100% bio-degradable, it does not affect the environment compared to plastic or rubber. The commission is shared with rural farmers to boost their financial status.

A journey from 10+ to 100+

Mrs. Tanuja Divker is trying to bring eco-friendly products to make customers eco-conscious and meet sustainable development goals.

She sells multiple organic products and inexpensive handmade crafts to increase awareness and responsible consumption in Mapusa.

Travel Transcendence

Providing offbeat experiences is something that is innovative. This particular solution provides sustainable development for the local communities and townships. Sustainable development also includes the upliftment of communities and covers the SDGs.

Soñamos con un planeta en el que tejemos, diseñamos y vestimos lo que creemos. / We dream of a planet where we weave, design, and wear what we believe in.

Madre Tierra confecciona prendas creadas con un textil sostenible. Este textil está compuesto por una mezcla de algodón recuperado y poliéster proveniente del reciclaje de botellas PET posconsumo. Con estos productos se crean distintos hilos y textiles, los cuales tienen certificaciones STANDARD 100 by OEKO-TEX® y GRS (Global recycling standard).

El sector textil es uno de los más contaminantes de agua y generador de desechos tóxicos. La iniciativa de Madre Tierra promueve el desarrollo sostenible con el empleo de tecnologías, procesos industriales limpios y ambientalmente racionales mediante el uso de materia prima virgen, ahorro de agua, energía y reducción de residuos en vertederos. Con esta innovación se contribuye al logro del ODS 6 Agua limpia y saneamiento; ODS 9 Industria, innovación e infraestructura; el ODS 12 Producción y consumo responsables y el ODS 14 Vida submarina.

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Madre Tierra makes clothes made of sustainable textile. This textile is composed of a mixture of recovered cotton and polyester from the recycling of post-consumer PET bottles, which produce different yarns and textiles, with STANDARD 100 by OEKO-TEX® and GRS (Global recycling standard) certifications.

The textile sector is one of the most polluting of water and generator of toxic waste. Madre Tierra's initiative promotes sustainable development using technologies and clean and environmentally sound industrial processes by utilizing virgin raw materials, saving water, energy, and reducing waste in landfills. This innovation contributes to SDG 6 Clean water and sanitation; SDG 9 Industry, innovation, and infrastructure; SDG 12 Responsible Consumption and Production and SDG 14 Life Underwater.

Sustainable Drinking as a Small Step to a Cleaner World

Polykap became a pioneer on the Russian market of the lids for coffee cups made from sugarcane cellulose. The innovation helps businesses to reduce the amount of plastic used, without significant discomfort for consumers. It is a small, but important contribution to making other businesses and consumers sustainable.

Eco-living

Eco365 is helping properties across India conserve precious resources with water-efficient, cost-effective, and easy to adopt fixtures.

Since 2010, Eco365 has saved 227 billion liters of freshwater for India by retrofitting existing plumbing fixtures and reducing water wastage from taps by up to 98%, shower-heads by up to 60%, toilets by up to 20%, and urinals by up to 100%.

This contributes to fulfilling the targets and objectives of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals numbered 6 clean water and sanitation, 9 industry, innovation, and infrastructure, 11 sustainable cities and communities, 12 responsible consumption and production, and 13 climate action.

We Gain With Vegan

Vegan Dukan being an e-commerce marketplace, does not manufacture the products but outsources them. Bringing each alternative vegan product together is their innovation that aligns with the SDGs. The company aligns itself with various UN Sustainable Goals like Goal 3, which promotes good health and well-being, Goal 12, which promotes responsible consumption, and Goal 15, which promotes the protection of life on land.

Re-Code the future with Cigarette butts

Code Effort Private Limited is India's first cigarette waste recycling company. It recycles each component of cigarette waste generated either domestically or industrially by utilizing the most environmentally responsible methods and procedures for recycling waste and reusing it in the form of recycled products.