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Toto Ltd. is the world's largest toilet manufacturer. In 2002, they created the Tornado Flush, which uses 62% less water per flush (3.8 liters per flush as opposed to the standard 10 liters) saving billions of gallons of water globally each year.
Robotic surgery may sound like a concept pulled straight from a science-fiction movie, but companies like Johnson and Johnson are actively working to implement these devices in hospitals around the world. The incorporation of robotic technology within the world of medicine has provided accessibility to a new standard of care for thousands across the nation. As an employee of Johnson and Johnson, Larry Lazo works to fulfill the third SDG, ensuring healthy living and promoting well-being for all people.
AirTM is a revolutionary company that creates an automated wallet system for Latin Americans who seek to keep their money in an online currency that is more easily transferable to other currencies in South America, as well as protecting the individual's wealth against the extreme depreciation of Latin American currencies. This also allows families to send money home to each other, while also providing financial opportunities to invest in crypto currencies. AirTM strives to create opportunities for financial freedom for millions of Latin Americans.
FactoryOS is a construction company that is revolutionizing the construction industry. They incorporate the following Sustainable Development Goals in their process: #8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, SDG #9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure, SDG #11 Sustainable Cities and Communities, and SDG #12 Responsible Consumption and Production. They address these problems through their offsite construction process. In short, their process addresses these goals in that they expand the local labor market, prioritize using sustainable materials, and promote more innovative and sustainable communities.
The Cocoa Promise achieves just more than one goal. The UN SDG goals it encompasses are goals: 1,2, 5, 8, 13, 15, and 17. This promise started in 2012 and has been going on ever since. This promise benefits the business more than it makes money because Cargill spends a lot of their time teaching and helping the farmers to make better and more cocoa in a more sustainable way, all of which cost time and money for the company but creates a cleaner and easier to track product.
They have a commitment to accelerate progress toward a transparent global cocoa supply chain, to enable cocoa farmers and their communities to achieve better incomes, and living standards sustainably and to deliver a sustainable supply of cocoa and chocolate products, so this is not just for show or a philanthropy event. This idea is scalable for any company that follows the promise. They are going just connect every dot for maximum transparency and use cutting-edge digital technologies whenever possible. They also use a holistic look at the sustainability of cocoa. The programs that Cargill use are adaptable.
Everywhere is a fiber technology and recycled textiles company that transforms waste into new materials. They produce high quality apparel with the innovation called the closed-loop system, which enables them to make clothing with the least possible environmental impact.
100% organic coffee is a surprisingly rare commodity in the coffee market. Black Coffee Roasting Company is committed to 100% organic coffee from start to finish. Committing to a fully organic product reduces impact throughout the supply chain. From benefiting coffee farmers by eliminating exposure to harsh chemicals, to protecting water sources by eliminating chemical runoff, to producing a cleaner product for both the environment and the consumer, organic coffee is better in every way compared to non-organic coffee. The measures and processes that Black Coffee Roasting Company takes in order to achieve their 100% organic product are incredibly innovative and effective. This innovation is the lifeblood of Black Coffee Roasting Company and sets them apart from other roasteries in both product quality, and environmental impact.
The Carrot Patch is a small business promotes good health within their community. The natural alternatives they proudly sell have given options to the small town of Thibodaux. Sweatman shared that post-Covid-19 time brought many new customers looking for natural immunity boosters and preventatives. This successful innovation possesses two solid qualities, they are usable and desirable.
(Dr. C: Be clear about how this relates to the UN SDGs. Consider the targets and key indicators of the SDGs to make this connection apparent: https://sdgs.un.org/goals/goal3).
BP, British Petroleum, Oil company was established in 1901 and began drilling operations in 1908 with the discovery of oil in Persia. In the year 2000, with the world progressing towards cleaner operations, BP started to implement alternative energy that produces low carbon emissions. As a result, they created the goal of #netzero, where the company is dedicated to transforming all their operations to reflect zero carbon emissions by 2050 or sooner. BP puts its focus on the UN Goals and with their aims that make an active effort towards sustainable development. Mr. K Campbell pointed out the following during our interview: “Our goal is to deliver safe, compliant, reliable, and efficient operations while re-inventing our business. Performing while transforming.” They tend to reach the goals by constantly working toward the UN Goals of renewable energy, economic growth, innovation and infrastructure, responsible consumption and production, climate action, and partnerships for the goals.
Ondulé, Toys to Grow, is a factory of recycled cardboard toys that are a blank canvas to help children cognitive development fostering creativity. Each toy is die-cut for a child to assemble and then each child, decorate, paint, and embellish the toy, as part of the activity.
The project collaborates with SDGs as described below.
According to the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) research, “ghost nets” damage many species.
For example, they cause the death of around 66% of marine mammals’ species, 50% of sea birds, and 100% of deaths in sea turtles.
Also, ghost nets cause detrimental impact on coral reefs and mangroves as they represent a latent threat to fishmen and coastal communities who depend on these ecosystems for their own subsistence.
Similarly, the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) explains that at least 10% of marine plastic waste is made up of fishing equipment, which means that between 500,000 to 1,000,000 tons of fishing gear enter the oceans every year.
Additionally, lost, abandoned, and tossed fishing gears represent one of the most lethal plastic pollutions to marine life, because they are the ones who have caused a massive reduction of mammals in the seas, such is the case of the vaquita porpoise who have become a specie at risk of extinction.
After realizing that the textile industry is one of the main polluters around the world, the idea of confectioning swimsuits made of recycled materials turned to be suitable not only for creating a clothing brand, but also to promote a self-conscious community that encourages responsible consumption.
Likewise, with our swimsuits we wanted to provide our client a unique product made by Mexicans and help to reduce all kind of sea waste and garbage.
The love of our environment is one of the driving forces that led Ms. Valerie Pineda-Ledesma to start her social enterprise business. As she launched Eco Boom Ph, first in the Philippines, and as an exclusive distributor, she led the innovation of baby diapers in our country. Eco Boom PH is a life-changing sustainable diaper. The Eco Boom Diapers come in three variations; the pull-up diaper is the best seller and 70.1% biodegradable, the plant-based, which is made of wood pulp, and the 100% biodegradable diaper.
Although cloth diapers can also be a good choice, some mothers encounter some problems using cloth as diapers. Cloth diapers can cause rashes to a baby's sensitive skin. The detergent used to wash the cloth can also be bad for a baby's skin. Ecoboom, on the other hand, was tested and certified to be safe for the skin. Also, working mothers opted to find a sustainable alternative to cloth diapers by choosing Bamboo diapers because it is more convenient and easy to use. It saves them a lot of time from washing since they don't have time to do chores.
Ecoboom diapers is a sustainable choice as it lessens waste. Since it is fast decomposing, there is a lesser chance that it will be littered into the oceans or sit still in landfills. Ms. Valerie Pineda's business goal is to provide sustainable products to Filipinos because this is her way to help the environment and commit to sustainable and eco-friendly living.
“We have a rule: we don't do anything without our clients (visually impaired or people with low mobility) first requesting it. There is a problem whereby companies continue to produce products that people do not actually need, but for some reason they think that since their company made them, people must use them”, told us Pavel Bakanov, Manager of the social IT project Speaking City.
This mindset of care and compassion allowed Speaking City to introduce unique and innovative features that gave them a competitive advantage over other devices, that wanted to achieve the same functionality. Speaking City´s research and development process is based on close collaboration with and requests from the community of disabled and visually impaired people. Speaking City’s ability to listen to customer needs is the foundation of their business success.
Because the company attentively listens to requests from people with disabilities it is able to regularly upgrade the devices it produces. As a result, the final device meets their customers’ special needs and does not contain unnecessary functions. These devices are called “user devices”: special end-user device with buttons or smartphones with a free app “Speaking City”. User devices receive and send radio messages from transmitters. This allows the users to get information about any facilities in which transmitters have been installed.
Compass Café, a mission-driven coffee shop located in Queens, New York, aims to stop human injustices and provide clean water using social media as a catalyst to their business. Partnering with multiple nonprofits, their influence is not only local, but it extends globally reaching parts of Africa and South America.
This product developed by the architect and CEO of the company Victor Barraza in 2018, was born with the idea of being able to ride bicycles and at the same time contribute to the environment. That is because bamboo-based bicycles have a longer lifespan in addition to a considerable reduction in the carbon footprint that other bicycles produce. This is mainly because of the characteristics of bamboo that make it very resistant.
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Este producto fue desarrollado por el arquitecto y CEO de la empresa Sr. Víctor Barraza en 2018, nació con la idea de poder andar en bicicleta y al mismo tiempo contribuir con el medio ambiente. Es por eso que las bicicletas a base de bambú tienen una vida útil más larga además de una reducción considerable de la huella de carbono que producen otras bicicletas. Esto se debe principalmente a las características del bambú que lo hacen muy resistente.
“Making jeans requires 7.500 litters of water, to quenching a person´s thirst for seven years. Besides, during to all process (from producing cotton to carrying to store) 33.4 kilograms of carbon equivalent are emitted.
"It can be anticipated that if demographic and lifestyle patterns continue their course, world clothing consumption increases from the current 62 million tons to 102 million in 10 years" (United Nations Environment Program, taken from the World Bank. 2019). Which is why Angela Sarmiento invites the world to innovate, be creative and seek new forms of consumption, using those goods that can be regenerated aiming to reduce the environmental impact”. (United Nation Program to Environment, as quoted by the World of Bank, 2019).
As Angela Sarmiento has stated in different media, “We want to be part of this new change, bringing a concept based on the use of goods, in this case clothing, rescuing the importance that our individual actions also generate an impact on the collective; therefore our mission is to help with the preservation of the Environment."
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“Hacer un jean requiere 7.500 litros de agua, lo que saciaría la sed de una persona durante 7 años. Además, en todo el proceso (desde producir el algodón hasta transportarlo a la tienda) se emiten 33,4 kilogramos de carbono equivalente.
Se prevé que, si los patrones demográficos y de estilo de vida siguen su curso, el consumo mundial de ropa aumente de los actuales 62 millones de toneladas a 102 millones en 10 años” (Programa de las Naciones Unidas para el Medio Ambiente, tomado del Banco Mundial. 2019)”.
Como lo ha declarado Ángela Sarmiento en distintos medios, “Queremos hacer parte de ese nuevo cambio, trayendo un concepto basado en un aprovechamiento de bienes, en este caso la ropa, rescatando la importancia de que nuestras acciones individuales también generan impacto en lo colectivo; por lo tanto nuestra misión es ayudar con la preservación del Medio Ambiente”.
Softtek is a global Mexican company that helps companies providing Digital Business Solutions in order to build their digital capabilities with innovative ideas and technology, constantly and transparently, from the creative process to execution. It operates in 20 countries, including Peru and others located in North America, Latin America, Europe, and Asia. In addition, they work with more than 15,000 talented professionals and are very concerned about sustainability. It belongs to the Information Technology and Services sector. The company began with a passion to provide sustainable solutions for entrepreneurs around technological innovations and improvements in existing processes.
In addition, Softtek decided to create Softtek Open Lab, to help other companies create and test different innovative strategies for each sector. This program creates shared value while helping to solve five of the UN's SDGs: It provides many opportunities for quality education, at the work level and for communities (Goal 4: Quality Education), this with the aim of promoting professionals trained to face the new digital changes (Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth). It also seeks to build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and foster innovation (Goal 9: Industry, innovation and infrastructure), which contributes to (Goal 13: Climate Action). ). On the other hand, the business develops a more efficient and sustainable supply chain that minimizes food waste and generates economic savings (Goal 17: Alliances to achieve the objectives).
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Softtek es una compañía mexicana global que ayuda a las empresas brindando Soluciones de Negocios Digitales con el fin de construir sus capacidades digitales con ideas y tecnología innovadoras, de manera constante y transparente, desde el proceso creativo hasta la ejecución, opera en de 20 países, incluido el Perú y otros ubicados en América del Norte, América Latina, Europa y Asia. Además, trabajan con más de 15.000 talentosos profesionales y están muy preocupados por la sostenibilidad, pertenece al sector de Servicios y Tecnología de la Información. La empresa comenzó con la pasión de brindar soluciones sostenibles para los emprendedores en torno a las innovaciones tecnológicas y mejoras en los procesos existentes.
Además, Softtek decidió crear Softtek Open Lab, para ayudar a otras empresas a crear y probar diferentes estrategias innovadoras para cada sector. Este programa crea valor compartido al mismo tiempo que ayuda a resolver cinco de los ODS de la ONU: Brinda muchas oportunidades de educación de calidad, a nivel laboral como para las comunidades (Objetivo 4: Educación de Calidad), esto con el objetivo de promover profesionales capacitados para afrontar los nuevos cambios digitales (Objetivo 8: Trabajo Decente y Crecimiento Económico). También busca construir infraestructura resiliente, promover la industrialización inclusiva y sostenible y fomentar la innovación (Objetivo 9: Industria, innovación e infraestructura), lo que contribuye al (Objetivo 13: Acción por el Clima). ). Por otro lado, el negocio desarrolla una cadena de suministro más eficiente y sostenible que minimiza el desperdicio de alimentos y genera ahorros económicos (Meta 17: Alianzas para lograr los objetivos).
Inversiones Friolab is a company dedicated to the import and manufacture of cold equipment for laboratories with the highest quality standards. The company decided to create "ICE LINE", also known as cold line. This program consists of developing a different system for the operation of vaccine freezers in which water gels are used instead of water. It seeks to optimize the use of water resources and thus reduce Peru's water footprint. It is worth noting that it also seeks to promote health in the region since Ice Line allows the preservation of vaccines and has been especially important in the current situation as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic in which these freezers were required to maintain the vaccines in optimal conditions. It also supports the development of gender equality, especially for women who can perform just as well in technical jobs that were previously thought to be only for men.
This program, in addition to creating shared value among stakeholders, helps to achieve four of the UN SDGs: it seeks to guarantee a healthy life and promote well-being for all at all ages, especially in terms of health (Goal 3 : Good health and well - being). In addition, it seeks to achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls, through providing more job opportunities for women (Goal 5: Gender Equality). Also, it is intended to guarantee the availability of water and its sustainable management and sanitation for all, through an efficient consumption of water resources (Goal 6: Clean water and sanitation). Finally, the objective is to build resilient infrastructures, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and foster innovation (Goal 9: Industry, innovation and infrastructure).
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Inversiones Friolab es una empresa dedicada a la importación y fabricación de equipos de frío para laboratorios con los más altos estándares de calidad. La compañía decidió crear “ICE LINE”, conocida también como línea de frío. Este programa consiste en desarrollar un sistema distinto para el funcionamiento de las congeladoras de vacunas, en el cual se utilizan geles hídricos en lugar de agua. Se busca optimizar el uso del recurso hídrico y así disminuir la huella hídrica de Perú. Vale destacar que también se busca promover la salud en la región, puesto que Ice Line permite la preservación de vacunas y ha sido especialmente importante en la coyuntura que se vive producto de la pandemia por COVID-19 en que se requerían estas máquinas para mantener las vacunas contra el virus en óptimas condiciones. También apoya al desarrollo de la igualdad de género, especialmente, de la mujer que puede desempeñarse igual de bien en puestos de trabajo técnicos que, antiguamente, se pensaba eran solo para varones.
Este programa, además de crear valor compartido entre los grupos de interés, ayuda a alcanzar cuatro de los ODS de la ONU: busca garantizar una vida sana y promover el bienestar para todos en todas las edades, sobre todo en términos de salud (Objetivo 3: Salud y bienestar). Además, busca lograr la igualdad entre los géneros y empoderar a todas las mujeres y niñas, a través de brindar más oportunidades laborales a las mujeres (Objetivo 5: Igualdad de género). También, se pretende garantizar la disponibilidad de agua y su gestión sostenible y el saneamiento para todos, mediante un eficiente consumo del recurso hídrico (Objetivo 6: Agua limpia y saneamiento). Por último, se presenta como objetivo construir infraestructuras resilientes, promover la industrialización inclusiva y sostenible y fomentar la innovación (Objetivo 9: Industria, innovación e infraestructura).
The purpose of this business is to replace plastic bags with eco-friendly Green Bags that are made with different materials and it reusable.
UN SDGs (Sustainable cities and communities, life on land, responsible production and consumption).