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Plant&People was developed by a Black mother and daughter plant-loving duo, who aspire to share their passion for plant life and support their hometown community of West Philadelphia by providing wellness and self-care tools. With SDG 3 (Good Health and Well-Being) in mind, Plant&People believes that the addition of plants into one's lifestyle, combined with the nurturing of plants, can offer alternatives to the management of stress and mental illness; both of which have long-lasting impacts on the community they serve. SDGs 10 and 11 (Reduced Inequalities and Sustainable Cities and Communities) also drive the mission of Plant&People, whose owners note the absence of plant nurseries and wellness spots in Black communities. Co-Owners Cherron and Amma strive to answer the question "why do we always have to leave our communities to heal?"
Crust Vegan Bakery is known for its cookies, brownies, specialty birthday cakes, and other sweet treats. This small business based in Manayunk, PA aims to reduce inequalities by creating a diverse workforce. Crust Vegan Bakery also focuses on ending poverty by providing a living wage. This wage is roughly 2 times the minimum wage currently in Pennsylvania.
Good Bottle Refill Shop which opened its doors, in 2019, in Maplewood, New Jersey, has found such great success that it has now opened a second location in Montclair, New Jersey. These refill/zero waste shops were innovatively founded by Deanna Taylor-Heacock and are the first of their kind in New Jersey. This is a mission-based business supporting a circular economy intended to reduce single-use plastic and provide an option for consumers to buy their everyday household products in a unique, different way. The business mission is to help consumers reduce the amount of trash they are continually tossing out.
The motto of the business is “Stop buying your trash.” With 23% of all landfill waste coming from plastic containers and packaging, this business is designed to reduce this waste. Good Bottle Refill Shop consumers have the option of bringing their own clean container to the locations or buying one from the locations that can be constantly refilled with purchases made from the selection of cleaning products, bath/beauty products and other cutting-edge zero waste items available in the stores. This business is changing product consumption in a positive way.
Academy Sports + Outdoors is one of the nation's largest sporting goods and outdoor stores. One of their goals is to provide sustainable products that benefit both the environment and the community. One of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs) is responsible consumption and production, which serves to increase the material footprint and reduce waste. As a small family-owned business, its mission is to provide “Fun for All”. It achieves its mission by enacting seven key company values: a focus on customers, excellence in all activities, responsible leadership, urgently taking initiative, being students of the business, always acting with integrity, and focusing on the positive impacts made on communities.
Grand Isle Shipyard is committed to creating a safe and inclusive work environment as well as creating long-lasting relationships with its employees. The company utilizes cutting-edge technology and high-intensity training programs to ensure the members of its workforce are highly prepared and capable of carrying out their duties with minimal risks. This innovation relates to the UN SDG eight of creating decent work and economic growth by ensuring employees have access to resources and information to help guarantee their safety.
RES Contractors is a full-service general contractor, working in the industrial, civil, and construction corridor. The business solution is a company culture built around safety. This contributes to United Nations Sustainable Development Goal # 8 because their culture provides decent work opportunities to employees.
Hackensack Meridian Health has been working towards sustainably for years, however in 2012, they hired a Director of Sustainability, Kyle Tafuri, to put a full-time focus on and take sustainability to a new level. The purpose of their efforts is to promote the mission of health by utilizing a variety of sustainability initiatives as Tafuri has been quoted as saying “The air we breathe and the food we eat play an important role in promoting better health and well-being”. HMH aims to create a healthier community and environment through safer chemicals, healthier food, and reducing pollution all while partnering with local communities.
MTX Group provides solutions such as contact tracing with vaccine management, municipal waste management, and disease monitoring. The sustainable development goals that these innovations aim for are good health and wellbeing, and clean water and sanitation. This is a relatively new innovation since COVID is a recent occurrence.
The See & Spray™ Select system benefits society in a multitude of ways. The innovation aligns with the Life on Land sustainable development goal from the United Nations. The system reduces the number of herbicides used by farmers by only targeting weeds and not spraying unnecessary areas in the field. Thi system helps “Life on Land” because herbicides can affect the ecosystem. Organisms can ingest these herbicides, and the toxins can then travel up the food chain via consumption. As a result, larger animals such as birds and mammals accumulate the toxins in higher concentrations. By reducing herbicides, the negative impact on life reduces significantly.
Esta empresa genera trabajo en las comunidades que son parte de la reserva de la biosfera a través de los tours que se dan. No sólo se les retribuye económicamente, sino que dan capacitación continua a cada uno de sus aliados estratégicos, para beneficio mutuo; como valorar su producto y tener un precio justo y no infravalorarlo, etiquetado de origen de los productos, protocolos a seguir en la alimentación, entre otras cosas, para que el servicio sea más adecuado y se enriquezcan de nuevo conocimiento; además de seguir en la educación ambiental, trabajando en huertas familiares y plantaciones de plantas nativas, inculcando la gratitud a la tierra, lo cual influye en crear líderes locales y guardianes de sus recursos naturales.
Lo que hace diferente a esta organización es el trato humano, tienen visitantes que han repetido la experiencia varias veces, debido a la calidad en el servicio. Esto se logra mediante: la realización cursos de educación ambiental en escuelas de la zona y capacitación continua a sus socios comerciales contribuyen a una educación de calidad (4- educación de calidad), generando a través del tour fuentes de trabajo digno y una buena remuneración (8 - trabajo decente y crecimiento económico) en las poblaciones integrantes de la reserva de la biosfera. A su vez, a través de huertos familiares y respetar sus recursos naturales se genera una producción y consumo responsable (12), teniendo en cuenta el respeto y la gratitud a la tierra (15- vida de ecosistemas terrestres) para poder seguir preservando su riqueza natural, logrando todo esto por medio de las alianzas con los socios comerciales pertenecientes a las regiones visitadas (17 - Alianzas para lograr los Objetivos).
José Martin dice “somos filántropos, pero no hacemos las cosas por altruismo, sino generar y compartir”. Dar una parte de lo que tienes sin afectar tu propio bienestar, para seguir produciendo y beneficiando a otros del proyecto.
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This company generates jobs in the communities that are part of the biosphere reserve through the tours. Not only do they receive economic retribution, but they also provide continuous training to each of their strategic allies for mutual benefit such as valuing their product, having a fair price and not undervaluing it, labeling the origin of the products, following protocols for the food, and among other things so that the service is adequate and they are enriched with new knowledge. In addition to continuing environmental education, working in family gardens and plantations of native plants instills gratitude for the land, which influences the creation of local leaders and guardians of their natural resources.
What makes this organization different is the human treatment; visitors have repeated the experience several times due to the quality of the service. These actions are achieved by conducting environmental education courses in schools in the area and continuing training for its business partners, contributing to quality education (4- quality education), and generating sources of work and reasonable remuneration through the tour (8 - decent job and economic growth) in the populations that make up the biosphere reserve. In turn, responsible production and consumption are generated through family gardens and respecting their natural resources (12-responsible consumption and production), taking into account respect and gratitude for the land (15- the life of terrestrial ecosystems) to continue preserving its wealth. Naturally, this is achieved through alliances with business partners from the visited regions (17 - Alliances to achieve the Goals).
José Martin says, "we are philanthropists, but we don't do things out of altruism, but rather generate and share." Give a part of what you have without affecting your well-being to continue producing and benefiting others from the project.
Good Empire’s Impact Engagement SaaS provides teams with the software and the exposure to set their impact goals, track and share progress, and engage teammates and potential collaborators. Organizations of all sizes can participate in this app, and users can set goals based on any of the 17 SDGs. Through quantitative metrics and a growing network, these goals feel measurable and attainable.
Rust Belt Riders is a local composting company that collects food scraps from individuals, schools, and businesses then turns it into nutrient-rich soil. The soil is sold to anyone from farmers who grow plants for a living, to local community members who are just growing for fun.
Hands-On-Now-The-Arts is a company that focuses on helping children receive an adequate education at a affordable cost for working families while enhancing all aspects of the social development for children.
PrintReleaf, a paper consumption tracking company, helps companies offset their paper consumption with automatic reforestation. PrintReleaf encourages companies to be mindful of their paper consumption by actively reducing the environmental impact of their printing environment. PrintReleaf's software automatically plants one tree for every 8,333 paper used by their partnered company.
Go Green Gable Contracting is an environmentally-conscious construction company that focuses on promoting homeowners' health, comfort, and efficiency. The company only offers services that reduce the environmental impacts of remodeling which includes energy, water, material consumption, harmful emission, and waste.
Two former special education teachers, Angie and Kyle Gallus, founded Finley’s Barkery in March of 2016 in order to combat the underemployment of people with disabilities. Originally starting as a classroom concept in order to help teach their students necessary work skills, Finley’s Barkery has grown into a nationally recognized pet treat shop that not only serves pets, but also provides meaningful jobs to those with disabilities. At Finley’s their goal is to “create paid employment opportunities for people with disabilities while dedicating 50% of net profits to initiatives providing employment training, accessibility, health & wellness, and advocacy platforms for people with disabilities.”
The innovation that Pederson had was quite simple: create a world where fish could be farmed, sold, and eaten with good business and natural ethics. The innovation emerged when Pederson realized his passion for not only fishing, but the ocean environment as a whole. The innovation became a reality once he built an aquarium system in his basement using his wife's crystal salad bowl.
In our interview, Pederson explained “My wife believed that I was willing to test our marriage by using her crystal salad bowl… that was the turning point to becoming fully invested into the company.” Pederson used his resources and contacted Pentaire, a pool and spa equipment company that helps maintain these areas and ensure a safe and healthy environment. He wanted to use these water treatment practices for aquaculture. Sooner than later, the two committed to the industry in 2016, began building a facility, started stocking fish in 2017, and selling fish in 2018.
“We are not farmers, we are food producers, marketers, and distributors.” Pederson uses this innovation to be different from his competitors and innovate a new and improved level of farming that distributes luxurious fish while using aquaculture habits that are environmentally and economically ethical.
Key4Green is a banking initiative, co-created by Andrew Watterson at KeyBank, which aims to aid businesses in investing into renewable energy. Key4Green advises both large and small businesses on renewable energy investments, and helps finance them. KeyBank’s Key4Green initiative allows the world to move towards more responsible production through affordable clean energy.
Environmental, social and governance factors at Kroll Bond Rating Agency are indirectly promoting a positive ESG impact by providing more disclosure for investors to make their own decisions.