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Businesses need to be at the forefront of efforts to be sustainable. One business that has had sustainability at the forefront of its production is Kabloom. Founded in the year 2010 in Glasgow, the company focuses on the production of products with “ecology at the core,” such as the Seedbom. Seedboms are biodegradable “gardening grenades,” that are composed of wildflower seeds alongside compost (that helps flowers grow) packaged inside of a shell that biodegrades upon contact with water and can be used by anyone regardless of gardening experience. These “bombs” aid in the achievement of the sustainable development goals (SDG's), which aim to promote life on land as well as sustainable communities and production.
They are responsible for building scalable, reproducible, cross-platform, and customizable technology initiatives. For example, the technology might be developed in response to a company's request, as was the case with AWA (a bar soap infused with unique microbes capable of feeding on river toxins and so improving water quality) – SDG: 3.9, 6.3, 6.6, 6.b, 12.a, 14.2 and 14.3 - and the console (the retro-smart console increases the elderly's digital inclusion and connection to their loved ones) – SDG: 10.2 -, or it can be a technology that CIRSYS created first to offer it to other firms as IRbin (Peru's first social robot with artificial intelligence dedicated to recycling) – SDG: 12.4, 12.5, 12.8, and 12.a.
Everist is a beauty brand that focuses on revolutionizing the beauty industry, which is known to create plastic waste. They launched in 2021 with the first waterless shampoo and conditioner concentrate that comes in aluminum tubes. This solution solves the UN Sustainable Development Goal of responsible consumption and production as the aluminum tubes are infinitely recyclable, the ingredients are biodegradable, and the product contains no water making it a third of the size of a regular shampoo or conditioner product.
Micellotech has developed a novel filtration technology to separate oil and water emulsions by installing it in facilities to manage industrial wastewater effectively. The technology leverages using special asymmetric filters that have two different types of components coated on either side.
“The technology, based on a portfolio of filters under this umbrella, is called the Janus filter technology, named after the Roman god of two faces.”
- Morgan Lehtinen (Founder & CEO)
This innovation will, during wastewater management, minimize the wastage of valuable resources and preserve water and oils for reuse.
MUTA is a Colombian recycling company that collects recyclable materials to reintroduce them into the productive chain. Founded in 2014 (previously named Reaceico), the company started as a used oil recycler for small restaurants. The goal was procuring the used kitchen oil, filtering it using special equipment, and selling it back to gas producers. For years, this provided the company with the platform for expansion, starting operations in the 5 largest cities in the country.
In 2020, the company released the MUTA App. This waste-tech platform allows every waste originator in the economy to turn in every type of waste for safe disposal or recycling. Individuals, small businesses and large corporations can hand in materials, such as used oil, glass, plastics, metals, paper and cardboard. It is a convenient, one-stop waste collection platform for millions. MUTA is a step in the right direction towards achieving Clean Water and Sanitation, Formal Work and Sustainable Cities. The app is currently available in iOS and Android in Colombia and plans to expand to more countries in 2022.
The company undertakes surveys for a range of wildlife habitats - from bats to birds to fragile peatland, ponds, and rivers - assessing whether sites are suitable for development. MacArthur Green provides ecological assessments and advice to their clients to ensure nature conservation whilst preventing delays for project planning such as the construction of new wind farms, having direct influence upon SDG 13, 14 and 15, also providing indirect benefits to SDG 6 through their business operations.
The oil and Gas industry has been powering the globe for more than a century and will remain the main source of energy for a few more decades, as the demand in energy is growing. The operation of extracting natural resources have always been criticized by the impact of their emission on our environment. Schlumberger, as a technology provider for this industry, created a software solution in combination with a battery system that optimizes the power of the rig and thus reduces the CO2 emission by approximately 30% and minimizes the fuel consumption.
Deploy™ offers a sustainable water management storage product through its game-changing water tanks made from a special concrete-filled fabric. Deploy™ has disrupted the concrete technology and opened a new chapter of environmentally-friendly concrete water tanks, specifically answering the clean water storage needs of people around the world. Deploy™ ’s water tanks make water storage environmentally friendly, less expensive, more durable, and easily installed for remote locations.
Coconut Merchant shows how a company can be sustainably commercialized and simultaneously support its employees. The company has collaborated with farmers from all over Asia, like Sri Lanka and Indonesia. Coconut Merchant is trying to associate with different farmers and farmers’ cooperatives and provide them with a decent wage for their services. It is an opportunity for customers to not only have a taste of quality natural products but also to share the produce of farmers in developing countries with the world. Some of the impact this company established is the ethical harvest system, where no monkeys are involved and, also, to make available the produce of farmers in developing countries with the rest of the world.
Temporary Malfunktion was originally set up as a creative outlet by its owner, Dylan Hart- who studied fashion at the time. Hart demonstrates a quantum leadership role, as he is proactive and looking to the future- researching and carrying out the most recent and innovative methods of business. What started off as a t-shirt brand, that included images aimed to represent different mental disorders and the feelings revolving around them, whilst also raising money for Scottish Association for Mental Health (SAMH) and Papyrus the Scottish suicide prevention charity- has now developed into a promising start-up business, that is now becoming internationally recognized. Due to sustainability efforts, the company is vastly producing most of their work in an online and graphic design- including a virtual catwalk, Non-fungible tokens (NFT’s) etc. to tackle the issue of waste and sustainability, a widely recognized issue in fashion.
Given the foregoing, Temporary Malfunktion addresses the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDG):
Number three- Good health and well-being
Number four- Quality education
Number ten- Reduced inequality
Number twelve- Responsible consumption and production
Number seventeen- Partnership for the goals
The triple bottom line of sustainability is Environment, Society, and Economy. The mobile application, Too Good To Go, reduces food waste by connecting businesses and consumers to save unsold, “too good” to be thrown away food items from landfills. Since food waste is responsible for 8% of global greenhouse gas emissions, providing a solution to this issue benefits the Environment (SDG 12. Responsible Consumption and Production & 13. Climate Action). The service contributes to the Economy by allowing businesses to generate profits from surplus food as well as providing added exposure and opportunity to earn new customers. Consumers also enjoy accessing quality food for less while helping local businesses and having a platform to facilitate the switch to sustainable consumption habits (SDG 11. Sustainable Cities and Communities). For the benefit of the Society, Too Good To Go Canada has a partnership with a local non-profit organization called Daily Bread Food Bank to contribute to the issue of food insecurity (SDGs 2. Zero Hunger & 17. Partnerships for the Goals).
Revalue is an RIA (Registered Investment Advisor) that offers traditional financial services to individuals and institutional clients. At the same time, they make their services financially accessible to clients of all economic standings, focus on local investments to move money from Wall Street to Main Street, and they educate clients to do their own financial planning. By ensuring that all people, in particular low-income individuals, have access to financial planning services and proactively addressing resiliency with each client, Revalue helps to solve SDGs, No Poverty and Decent Work and Economic Growth.
Innovation is not only about technology; it is also about rethinking the way of doing business. All in all, Yaqua’s innovative solution relies on its capability of reinvesting 100% of its net income in funding clean water projects in rural or remote communities in Peru, and Yaqua accomplishes this by selling bottled water.
Coyol Free Zone (CFZ) in Costa Rica has embedded sustainability in its core business since its inception. Located in a region facing social development issues such as inequality, unemployment, and lack of quality education, CFZ stands out for its innovative proposition, managing to attract leading global Life Sciences and smart manufacturing companies. Its strong commitment to sustainable development has resulted in a successful, awarded business that provides employment and educational opportunities to 18,400 people in the industrial park and supports the development of communities and the overall economic prosperity of the country.
Impact Education Ltd. has developed a cloud-based platform to optimise Special Education Needs & Disabilities (SEND) management for education professionals, leaders and special education needs coordinators (SENCo). Traditionally, information relating to SEND pupils is decentralised and stored in a variety of ways, often in paper format in binders and kept in various archives with limited accessibility. “SENDit”, Impact Education’s solution, allows all stakeholders involved with the individual student to access and monitor the information remotely, throughout the entire education journey of the student. Better access, processing and interpretation of the data, enables more reliable identification of the pupil’s needs and requirements. This then results in better allocation of funding, student management and follow-up to ensure every pupil’s full aspirations can be met, in line with the UN’s 4th Sustainable Development Goal, which is to ensure quality education is inclusive and equitable.
Mattamy Homes Canada, Canada’s leading home builder, wants to redefine what industry leadership means through the lens of sustainability. Their innovative building processes of geothermal heating and cooling, net zero ready homes and integrated smart home technology, as well as their sustainable planning and design features, are shaping the future of living for a more sustainable Canada. They help achieve many of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), but mainly impact Innovation and Infrastructure, Sustainable Cities and Communities, and Affordable and Clean Energy.
The growing focus on sustainability and risks associated with climate change resulted in a large Canadian bank reaching out to Fiera Capital to create and align an ETF to UN-developed 17 Sustainable Development Goals with the SDG goals as a key metric for investment decisions. The asset manager helped create one of the first frameworks of Canada to align the ETF to UN SDG goals based on a business perspective.
The majority of the population in the hinterland of India is under financial stress due to their dependence on agriculture to make a living. Due to reduction in the size of owned agricultural land per family, disruptive weather patterns and falling wholesale rates of grains many rural families have been pushed into poverty and hence face an uncertain future. Falling income from agriculture and lack of secondary sources of income in rural India has also led to an increase in farmer suicides. ‘’Sakhi’’ aims to tackle these issues by providing a secondary source of income to rural households that alleviate their financial stress and give them economic freedom to make their lives better.
This initiative directly tackles the United Nations sustainable development goal #1- No Poverty and goal #8- Decent work and economic growth. It also indirectly tackles goal #5- Gender Equality.
The innovation is to create a niche for the business value chain for the village economy, with an underlying goal of responsible consumption and production. In addition to fair trade sourcing, Nishant Aromas has been focused on incremental and net positive additions at each stage of the value chain. On one hand, the firm actively develops farmers' repertoire of crops to high-income-generating crops with scientific know-how and better agri-practices hand-holding, and on the other hand, the buyback of essential oils distilled by farmers and fractionate per industry-specific requirements to have higher economic yield and lower wastage. This is mutually synergetic economic growth for the cultivator and the business while ensuring a net positive environmental impact.
Advanced Environmental Monitoring (AEM) is a global technology company with the purpose of empowering resilient communities in the face of escalating environmental risks and extreme weather events. AEM designs and deploys intelligent sensing networks – Internet of Things (IoT) environmental sensors, such as fire, flood, or wind sensors – which collect and analyze remote sensor data to deliver environmental insights, enabling decisive action and positive outcomes. AEM directly impacts UN Sustainable Development Goals “Innovation and Infrastructure,” “Sustainable Cities and Communities,” and “Life on Land.”