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Crimes against women has been on the rise in Delhi and in other parts of the country. Having a device that can quickly get help to a woman in distress is an absolute must. Even though a lot of safety applications on mobile are available, there's still a need for a device that could be very quickly accessed during distress. To overcome this challenge, Leaf Wearables came up with Safer, an innovative product for womens' safety.
ITC promoted social plantation using R&D to increase the productivity favoring fast wood forestry to meet the ever growing demand of wood on a continuous and sustainable basis. Social and farm forestry plantation for mutual benefit of farmers and ITC as well as for environment and social benefits.
Sunrise Banks is a family owned community bank largely serving the inner city communities of Minneapolis and Saint Paul, Minnesota. With a mission focused on bringing innovative and affordable financial products to all, Sunrise has recently developed a product called TrueConnect, which enables users to meet short-term cash needs at much more affordable rates than typical payday loan servicers.
Interface applied a biomimicry approach to design a carpet that would be more durable and reduce waste.
Pandawa Putra Indonesia, a company established on July 7, 2012 in the form of Commanditaire Vennontschap (CV), is engaged in fostering a more productive agriculture in Indonesia. They produce pesticides, especially herbicides, to suppress weeds in Indonesia. The company offers solutions for weed control that are cost effective and environmentally friendly using local organic materials and non-toxic chemicals.
Herbalife is committed to helping people all around the world achieve proper nutrition, good health, wellness, economic growth, and live green.
Breakfast is not a popular meal with younger people in Saudi Arabia. Failure to eat a nutritious breakfast can lead to health problems as it did for Faris Al-Torki, the owner of F6or Faris Restaurant. Started in 2013 his three restaurants specialize in serving breakfast. The restaurants have a mission to restore the popularity of a healthy breakfast. In doing so, the restaurants use only locally sourced foods, create good paying jobs with benefits, provide training and employment for women in a culture where government permission is required to employ women. These restaurants have developed a uniquely transparent relationship with customers and treat all people equally including those with disabilities.
Bambike is a profitable, Filipino company that designs and manufactures handmade bicycles. The company’s innovative use of materials such as bamboo allows it to produce some of the greenest bikes on the planet. Skilled craftsmen from a rural area of Tarlac, Philippines, train to become bike builders called BamBuilders. The company earns revenue both from exporting bikes and conducting bicycle-based ecotourism. It was founded in 2010.
“Protecting the land for future generations”
Kapawi is a sustainable eco-tourism company in the Amazon rainforest of Ecuador. The Kapawi Project started in 1993. What makes Kapawi stand out, aside from its sustainable practices, was that the company (Canodros) that planned to run the eco-lodge for 15 years before a planned transfer of ownership of the lodge to the local Achuar community. In 2008, as promised, the lodge was given to the community after years of training young locals in management of the lodge. Kapawi has employed local Achuar members since its inception and also made sure it has had little to no impact on the environment.
At this time, the lodge is run 100% by the Achuar community and has enjoyed continued success since 2008. The management of the lodge now offers training programs for people around the world on subjects such as sustainability, conservation, and administration. Not only does it provide direct employment to those locals who work at the lodge, it also supports the local artisans by providing a marketplace of sorts to sell local Achuar products to visitors.
Hotel Posta de Purmamarca is a certified eco-hotel and a model of eco-tourism in Jujuy, Argentina. This country inn is nestled in multicolored mountains within a World Heritage site. Its mission is deeply committed to promoting access to sustainable energy, inclusive and “green” working conditions, water conservation and availability, accessibility for disabled travelers, cooperating with nature, and creating economic value to empower the entire region around them. Guests who experience this little gem of a hotel are encouraged to lead lives that promote a flourishing planet.
Blue Sky Café is an innovation in the restaurant business. It’s an organization that thrives on authentic and sustainability leadership in the delivery of socially good food. Blue Sky is innovative because it truly embeds the notion of sustainability within its organization. The cafe focuses on conducting an ethical and environmentally friendly business, but where it thrives is in its dealing with its employees and customers.
CMax Systems are modular and reusable emergency shelters providing immediate housing for people who have lost their home due to natural disasters or conflict.
Use discarded PET bottles filled with sand to build low-cost housing. Empty bottles and sand are used to create “ecological bricks” in order to build houses for low income families, thereby improving quality of life and helping the environment at the same time.
Sahib Aquaponics was created by Sahib Punjabi in 2011. He came to the United States in 1989 from India and settled in Winter Park Florida. Sahib was always interested in gardening and researched a lot about it throughout his entire life.When he came to the United States he decided to a deeper research on Aquaponics and that's what got him started on his business.His hobby turned eventually into his business. He opened his own research facility farm where he does all kind of trainings and workshops monthly to educate local and international people how to grow their own food naturally and to be more sustainable. He also does monthly and private farm tours for education purposes.
Zen Ranch is a purpose driven service business aimed at helping both humans and animals. Its owner, Eileen Tighe, coaches clients on how to make their life meaningful. For animals, she uses special therapeutic massage techniques to help equine and canine animals that are hurt or in need.
The company tado° believes that it is possible to live comfortably and still act responsibly. One third of the energy consumed around the world is used for heating and cooling buildings. The systems used for this are controlled by non-smart technology that has been outdated for decades. In turn, tado° developed our Smart Heating & AC Control to improve home savings and comfort. The company's philosophy follows three basic principles:
Sanergy is helping to solve global issues for sustainability, by building sustainable sanitation in urban informal settlements for everyone, forever, with a systems-based approach. Sanergy is a Nairobi-based social enterprise dedicated to building healthy, prosperous communities by making sanitation affordable and accessible throughout Africa’s informal settlements. Ninety percent of waste in slums ends up being dumped in the environment, which causes sickness and death. Sanergy came up with a solution that would ensure that the waste is not dumped into the environment, and is in fact, treated properly. This reduces both environmental damage, such as poisoned waterways and the health risk. They took a systems base approach to solve the sanitation crisis sustainably.
I had the pleasure of writing my creative story based on the well known Target Corporation, a nationwide department store retailer known for its one stop shopping. Some of the departments include apparels, home goods, toys, grocery, pharmacy, furniture, garden center and more. They also have health clinics in most stores. The origins of the Target Corporation started in 1902 by George D. Dayton. Back then; Dayton’s business background was banking and real estate. In 1902, he decided to explore the growing Midwest markets with the creation of a quality store with quality merchandise at discount prices, as well as a discounted supermarket. This idea gave birth to the Dayton Dry Goods Company, which today, is known as Target Corporation.
Paul Miller, along with co-owner Tina Bologna, owns and operates a local artisan store in Morristown, New Jersey. They turned a temporary one-month community sale of local artisan goods into a full-fledged business. They set up this business with the noble purpose of helping local communities grow by providing them with a platform to showcase their talent and products. A large part of the proceeds go back to the artists, and are invested back in to the community. This submission covers the in-person interview with Paul, and his thoughts about how businesses can contribute towards a sustainable planet.
Telegrafik offers smart stay-at-home connected services. It uses sensors that are installed in houses of people to give them services of monitoring and alerting.