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Ezells famous chicken is a restaurant business that thrives on community. As explained by Lewis Rudd, the co-founder, community was their main focus and is what they stand for. The community is what makes this food business thrive and that is why this business makes sure to give back to the community. One of Lewis’s main rules in the restaurant is not throwing away extra food at the end of the night. There are many different organizations that they will donate the food to and save for the next day to do so as well. Businesses such as Northwest harvest, union gospel mission and so many others. One of the main SDGS that Ezells follows is the “No Hunger” SDG#2, but there are more that play into this business as well. Lewis spoke to us and told us that another thing they do in terms of giving back to the community is going to prisons and cooking box lunches (up to about 200 chicken buckets) and giving motivational speeches about how they can turn their life around. And then at the end they offer the prisoners the opportunity to get a job at Ezells once they are out of jail. Which plays into the other SDG “peace and justice strong institution” but also, I believe “Decent work and economic growth” as well.
Innovation comes in many forms. For UBQ this came in a wave of transforming waste into an astounding resource. About a decade ago, UBQ developed the patented technology that transforms waste materials into a renewable plastic resource. During this innovation, the team waited to release the technology until they were undeniably certain it could work reliably and on a large scale.
This innovation is part of the identity of UBQ. The mission is to educate people about the possibilities of renewable plastics and the enormous positive effects it could have both on consumption and production. Instead of exhausting natural resources which are finite, the infinite amount of waste that currently is overfilling landfills is converted into a thermoplastic that can be used in manufacturing durable products. UBQ™ material is even more recyclable than conventional plastics due to constant testing to verify its recyclability.
UBQ's vision is "a world without waste". They aim to scale up and impact not only local communities where the waste management is poor, but eventually more markets around the world. As the population grows, ensuring communities are resilient will allow them to prosper. They have a net zero goal for 2030 in scope 1, 2, and 3 emissions and plan for renewable energy and reusing transportation. Anne Bakken, Sustainability Manager at UBQ says, "UBQ™ material is carbon negative and when compared to virgin polypropylene it is able to bring down the impact." The process to produce UBQ™ material prevents more carbon emissions than it produces. UBQ is producing a solution to solve SDG goals #7 Affordable and Clean Energy, #11 Sustainable Cities and Communities, #12 Responsible Consumption and Production, and #13 Climate Action.
Kite+Key incorporates a green initiative within their company that encourages students to use mass transportation when commuting to classes by offering them a discount or gift card on their products in exchange. The innovation helps facilitate Rutgers’ educational services and combats overall carbon emissions by reducing traffic congestion, aligning with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals of climate action and quality education.
Environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) is an innovation that screens and evaluates sustainable companies for investors and rates them on a score from 1 to 10. A score of 1 is a company whose practices are detrimental to the environment, the community, or ethics, and 10 is the best and most sustainable company. ESG supports all UN SDGs directly and indirectly, including but not limited to encouraging gender equality, diversity, and inclusion to reduce inequality and climate change. It is an initiative aimed at incentivizing corporations to gain more ethical practices and for investors to support companies who do so. Investors can make financial decisions that help them sleep better at night.
PCC Community Markets was established in 1953 by fifteen families as a food-buying club. It is a cooperative grocery chain on a mission to provide nutritious food to local communities in an affordable, accessible, and environmentally-responsible way. Its SGD goals are zero hunger, good health and well-being, clean water and sanitation, clean energy, sustainable cities and communities, responsible consumption and production, as well as partnerships for the goals.
Bio2clean is a pioneering company that is spearheading a new remediation technique, phytoremediation. This is a sustainable and green remediation technique that uses natural processes to remediate contaminated soil or (ground) water through plants and microorganisms. With this remediation technique, bio2clean ensures a healthier environment, cleaner soil, and improved groundwater quality.
To keep it short and simple, bio2clean stands for “remediation of soil and groundwater in an environmentally friendly, sustainable and qualitative way.”
Glad Tidings Publishing, Inc. (GTPI) aims for quality education, growth, and decent work for its employee through its initiative. GTPI provides monetary support, board and lodging, school supplies, and any other support depending on the need of employees, including their dependents.
With the innovation's primary goal (SDG #4), which is Quality Education, GTPI's initiative would enable their employees to do and achieve more in their careers while becoming contributing members of society.
John Deere as a whole is 185 years old and was founded in 1837 when John Deere created the steel plow. In the 1830s John Deere, his wife and five children left Vermont and moved west to Illinois. Deere quickly noticed that the farmers were struggling to adjust to the new, harder type of soil. He found an old broken steel saw blade and began to examine and reshape the tool creating what we know as the Steel Plow today. In 1849, John Deere was producing 2000 steel plows a year and he didn’t stop with just the plow, he continued to innovate and lead the agriculture industry. The John Deere World Headquarters is located in Moline, Illinois. It is a complex consisting of four buildings located on 1,400 acres of land. Excluding the massive headquarters, John Deere has another 2,426 locations around the US and reaches out across the world with more factories, offices, and more in over 30 countries. John Deere of Thibodaux has been operating for almost 60 years. The facility has about 600 employees in just that location and produces around $215.5 million annual revenue. Their ambition is to align across customers' production systems to optimize their complete operations. They are going to ensure that every hour, every drop, every seed, every pound, and every pass counts delivering better outcomes with fewer resources. Their 2022 goals are to increase the use of sustainable materials by growing remanufactured and rebuild sales by 30% and by increasing recyclable, renewable and recycled content. Reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 15% through 50% renewable electricity supply and excellence in energy efficiency. Goal 9 of the SDG (Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure) is where John Deere is striving for. They want to improve their industry, economy, and overall the company, to make a cleaner greener community.
The Philippine coconut industry is called "The Sleeping Giant" since it holds plenty of untapped opportunities. Hence, Coco Craze noted the issue of excessive coconut waste in the country, which is frequently burnt and discarded, adding to the worsening air quality and waste.
Coco Craze tackled this issue by paving the path for SDG 8, SDG 9, SDG 11, and SDG 12 to be included in the company's long-term ambitions. As a result, Coco Craze grabbed the opportunity and converted coconut by-products into a feasible business concept by offering locally manufactured coconut goods supplied by local coconut farmers in the Philippines, reducing the problem of excess coconut waste.
Before October 2019, Jump Manila’s founder, Erwin Ng, had been looking for options to keep his health in check and to lose weight. After considering jump ropes and developing a deep passion for the sport, Erwin later realized a business opportunity revolving around Jump Ropes in the Philippines.
By October 2019, Erwin was able to actualize his idea. He founded Jump Manila by himself and later developed a team to help others lose weight while increasing the popularity of jump ropes in the Philippines. Through his company, Erwin works toward fulfilling SDG #3, good health and well-being; SDG #8, decent work and economic growth; and SDG #12, responsible consumption and production.
Frog’s at Magnolia Beach is innovative in the way that it provides service to its customers. Frog’s at Magnolia Beach provides a wide range of products within their establishment. Good food, tasty meals, and local products are offered at a very cheap price. Compared to most truck stops, the Frog’s farmers market is able to organize an innovative way of building a sustainable community with a locally oriented consumer mindset. Instead of focusing on the prices and pushing them up, they keep their profit margins low to provide easy and affordable access to food-related products for the community as well as engage local businesses to resupply them when needed.
The bulk of DAI's work is in conflict mitigation, economic development, and sustainable solutions. The many challenges that certain developing nations have are a strategy-producing environment that DAI uses to work with those nations, governments, and businesses. They have a good strategy for maintaining that work, complimenting it with this push, and mobilizing commercial finance for broader development. DAI has provided resources and integrated solutions regarding climate, DAI capital, digital acceleration, economic growth, education, the environment, fragile states, global health, governance, and sustainable businesses.
It isn't easy to group DAI under a specific UN SDG as they target a wide range, but their main SDG strong points are creating sustainable cities and communities (#11), and using decent work and economic growth goals (#8). Through many of the programs and projects they have completed over the past 50 years, a general focus is sustainable cities and communities. Knowing that the work they do is long-lasting is the very reason every employee does what they do.
DTE is Michigan’s largest producer of renewable energy, and they continue to revolutionize their power grid. They plan on adding thousands of megawatts of new clean energy projects, aligning with the following UN SDG's Goals: #7 affordable and clean energy, #9 industry, innovation and infrastructure, and #11 sustainable cities and communities. Alongside the dramatic increase in wind and solar powered energy, DTE plans to reach carbon reducing goals through the retirement of all 17 of their coal-fired power plants—a highly commendable transformation within the energy industry.
Bio2clean fosters decades of knowledge on phytoremediation to make remediation of soils and ground water more sustainable and eco-friendly. The innovation lies in the specific cross-talk between plants and microorganisms such as bacteria and fungi that in symbiosis remove pollutants and improve the quality of their environment. The phytoremediation approach is green and sustainable. After the initial installation of the plants, nature does its work and there is no additional consumption of resources (energy, ground water). Furthermore, phytoremediation contributes to carbon sequestration with a positive effect on climate change. Compared to conventional remediation techniques (excavation, pump and treat, soil washing, vitrification, encapsulation, bioremediation), the technology has a significant positive impact on biodiversity (on land and in water) and in urban locations. The additional greenery has a positive effect on the quality of the living environment.
StitchedbyMia offers crocheted items made with varied stitches and methodically executed by hand using different crochet techniques while considering its value to societal and cultural well-being. The company aids in solving the following SDG Goals: (1) No Poverty, (8) Decent Work and Economic Growth, (12) Responsible Consumption and Production, and (17) Partnerships for the Goals.
In line with this, the company's solutions to the SDG goals are evident through its proper representation of a sustainable lifestyle by using environmentally friendly products, providing work and opportunities to Filipina mothers, and empowering them to maximize their talents.
Aunt Flo Beauty aligns with two SDGs: namely SDG 5 (achieving gender equality and empowering all women & girls) and SDG 12 (ensuring sustainable consumption and production patterns). The company empowers women about their bodies & their cycles through her informative pubs, and her content aims to create a safe community where women can feel safe learning about this information. Aligning with SDG 12, they exhibit this through the products themselves. By providing sustainable alternatives that are reusable & cost-efficient in the long run, women don’t have to worry about their monthly expenses & waste contributions from their menstrual care products.
Kalamilk Soap Enterprise (KSE) is the first-ever Philippine-based venture that handcrafts soap, lotions, and body wash from carabao or Kalamilk. It provides additional income to many dairy farmers, maximizes milk life to reduce spoilage, and nourishes the skin with its all-natural benefits. This one-of-a-kind innovation aspires to contribute to SDG 8, Decent Work and Economic Growth, by equipping farmers and families with opportunities for a stable income and livelihood. SDG 12, Responsible Consumption and Production, is also tackled by KSE through its eco-friendly processes.
Kumon strongly believes that education changes the world. Kumon seeks to improve individuals through individualized education in order to contribute to a more global society and promote world peace. Through Kumon education, they work to support individuals all over the world as they realize their own potential, make the most of their abilities, and contribute to the global effort to address social issues.
After many decades of manufacturing processes centered around producing vehicles with internal combustion engines, Honda has begun to focus on the manufacturing of electric vehicles. Honda set forth a goal, which they wish to accomplish by 2040, to have 100% of their sales in North America be from electric vehicles. By achieving this goal within their company, Honda also works towards progressing the UN Sustainable Development Goals of Climate Action, Affordable and Clean Energy, and Responsible Consumption and Production.
Currently, the TED company complies with a closed production cycle and a principle of zero waste. In that regard, special equipment was designed to reuse production waste, such as remnants of mattress covers or offcuts from felt lines, as well as foam leftovers. This waste reusing equipment enables the material, which would otherwise be wasted, to be placed back into the production system to fill products. Thus optimizing 100% of the raw materials without line waste.
As an example, foam and polyurethane materials can be used only for the core of a mattress, after repurposing these materials, they would be applied also in the outer part of a mattress.