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Bespoke Designs

The Soulcrafted Store offers valuable home décor items with custom designs in organic and environmentally friendly products. The idea is to be known in the space of eco-friendly living/organic and sustainable production. Most objects provide a purpose in addition to being merely ornamental items. The USP has organic and environmentally friendly items.

Packaging for a Green and Bright Future.

The Sustainable Green Company has experimented with various formulations of corrugated cardboard to find the perfect packing material that provides optimal support and strength while being lightweight. They have developed a system such that they can create products as per the requirement of the clients.

How Upciclo is 'gifting' better business practices

Upciclo is the only multi-vendor marketplace in Asia for those equally passionate about "Going Green." It aims to be the go-to place for all ages to find eco-friendly, creative, and purposeful pieces of art, fashion, home decor, personal care, and mostly gifts and festival needs.

Upciclo is socio-environmental and is working to bring together all small, medium, and large businesses. These companies are already making goods that are recycled, upcycled, or created in factories using previously owned materials. You might include anything, including home furnishings, apparel, and shoes. Our mission is to provide everyone with simple elastic products that are environmentally friendly.

Customers can read the item's history on social media platforms, understand it, and share its environmental impact as EnviroCitizens. Upciclo is the most straightforward online retailer for "alternatives" to meet your regular and sporadic needs with a minimal potential carbon footprint.

So, if you want to live a sustainable life, join the Upciclo movement. The company provides its customers with handcrafted, authentic, and verified products that promote sustainability, like an elephant cut from a recently salvaged wood log, stylish stationery made from upcycled denim, and new clothing made from recycled plastic bottles or Geodesic Sphere Chandeliers.

Upciclo is working toward a circular future that satisfies UN SDG goal 12—responsible consumption and production.

The Real Padman

Shehnaz Enterprises manufactures machines that produce biodegradable pads, provide them to the community at a very lower cost, and contribute to employment generation and women's empowerment. There go by the motto, "via women, for the women".

Mr. Khan was interviewed for his innovative biodegradable pads. These pads could be made in 90 paise only. Through this invention, he aimed to help females of the villages who didn’t have the financial ability to buy the sanitary napkins being sold at medical stores. Eventually, he was named Padman of Udaipur (a district in the Rajasthan state of India). The company helps in providing sustainable menstrual hygiene products and is thus contributing to SDG 3 directly.

Molding Young Minds

Habits 365 club was founded with a mission to develop a positive mindset by practicing daily habits in children. An educational organization based in Goa, India, that was founded on Children's Day in 2021.

The organization aims to instill good habits, a positive mindset, character development, and self-discipline in children at a very young age.

The entire business is built on SDG 3 (Good Health and Well-being) and SDG 4 (Quality Education).

Putting Indian Artisans on the Global Map

DesiHangover is a conscious fashion brand focusing its innovation on two aspects- its business model and the product itself.

They have provided dignified opportunities to artisans and their families, which directly contributes to SDG 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth. Also, the product- footwear making involves natural ingredients and upcycled leather. This process enables their contribution to SDG 12 and SDG 13.

Creating a Living Memorial in Memory of Loved Ones who have passed

Let Your Love Grow creates a living memorial, which means the company offers the safe transitioning of human and animal remains, whether cremation or full body burial, into organic matter that is beneficial to the environment. Now the company provides services in five countries and on three continents.

A Process with Conscience / Un proceso con conciencia

En el 2021 se registró la cifra más alta de la historia en emisión de CO2 en el mundo, con un incremento del 6% alcanzando los 36.300 millones de toneladas (Naciones Unidas Cambio Climático, 2022). Por su parte, Colombia emite 77 millones de toneladas de Co2, ocupando el puesto 47 a nivel global y el sexto en América Latina, además, se identifica al sector energética como el mayor contaminante en el mundo (Diario La República, Nathalia Vargas, 2022). Reconociendo la crisis energética que se vive hoy a nivel global, en la Conferencia de Cambio Climático de la ONU COP27 (2022) concluyeron que era urgente transformar el sistema energético hacia energías renovables para lograr los objetivos de la Agenda 2030.

Para los socios de la empresa “los programas de responsabilidad social son nuestros pilares, por lo que siempre hemos buscando que nuestra marca tenga un impacto y un propósito, que no se trate únicamente de producir cerveza, por eso somos la primera cervecería en el país que funciona con energía renovable”. Por tal razón, en el 2021 comenzaron a implementar el uso de paneles solares en la micro-cervecería para llevar a cabo el proceso de producción de la cerveza.

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According to Pola del Pub owners, “Social responsibility programs are our pillars, we have always tried to generate an impact and have purpose on our Brand, not only produce beer. That’s why we are the first brewery in the country using renewable energy”. This philosophy made them implement solar panels as a source of energy for beer production since 2021.

The Shift To Sustainable Food

EarthPoorna is bringing a change through sustainable farming practices that provide a livelihood to local women farmers along with providing healthy food options to its customers. It is creating a "win-win" situation for all its stakeholders including the environment.

Be local, be global

GAMMA addresses 4 out of the 17 UN global goals for sustainable development: good health and well-being, quality education, gender equality and economic growth. Even though GAMMA is a medium sized company, its policies are advanced, especially regarding the management of human resources. These strategies involve: internal mobilization, adaptability, KPI to define employees’ performance, flexible working hours, nursery school available for employees, majority of women in the business, smart-working and lean production. The combination of all these management methods result in a set of strategies that ensure the well-being of the employees - a real innovation.

A Creative Spin on Candles

Foton Candle’s design is a unique spin on candles since they primarily sell the wax and the wick but not the holder. The pearled wax design allows the melted wax to be discarded and replaced with fresh wax. This allows customers to reuse holders, keep their candles fresh and burning cleanly, and even improve fire safety.

Aced the Waste

Go Green Solutions offers solutions to all sewage treatment issues and provides environmental consultancy. Their innovation is a technological innovation in the sewage treatment. Thus, actively working towards United Nations SDG 6 Clean water and sanitation to, in turn build sustainable cities and communities ( SDG 11).


Jackfruit– The Healthier Alternative of Meat

Wakao Foods is a plant-based, ethically sourced start-up that offers "Ready to Cook" and "Ready to Eat" products on the market. Wakao foods fulfill SDG 3- Good Health and Well being, SDG 12 - Responsible consumption and production, and SDG 15 - Life on Land.


The Future through the Lens of Past


Sanatkada, which began in 2006 as an initiative to revive the culture and art of Avadh, has now become almost synonymous with the Lucknowi art, food, language ,and culture. Lucknow, traditional and modern at the same time, has always attracted visitors who are looking to relive the past and at the same time appreciate the present. Sanatkada bring together the history and modernity of the city and its culture in a way that inspires romance and nostalgia. Located in the heart of the city in a beautiful house from the 1950s, Sanatkada (Sanat meaning craft and Kada meaning home) was started with the intention to bring the people of Lucknow closer to the traditional handlooms and handicrafts of the country. It is dedicated to the revival of traditional crafts that have been hit seriously due to the popularity of mass-produced products. It fuses traditional weaves with contemporary designs to create products that represent a beautiful blend of history and modernity. We conducted an Interview with the founder of Sanatkada: Madhavi Kuckreja to know more about the company and how it has made its image in the world.

Innovation for an Impact

Usage of disposable cups is an alarming concern for the environment. To address this challenge, Sprout Group is incorporating sustainability in disposable cups. They have found an innovative way to coat paper cups with water based solution, which is an alternative to the plastic coating that is traditionally used.

Since industries use a traditional method of coating which is not 100% biodegradable, Sprout Group’s innovation is a breakthrough in the industry of disposable utensils. As this innovative water coating makes their products completely biodegradable, it ensures sustainable usability by consumers, and helps make communities cleaner and greener. In the long run, it lowers the carbon footprint we leave behind and helps against the changing climate.

Don't panic because it's organic

The Organic Tree focuses majorly on the farming industry, and has sustainably been producing local foods by zero waste farming methods while helping local farmers. Thus, directly impacting SDG 2 and SDG 12. Initially, when it started with milk distribution, it ensured that the milk was sourced from local dairymen before delving into keeping its own cattle. The milk sold by them is packaged in recycled glass bottles.

Leading the World's Sustainable Energy Future

Solar power is one of the fastest growing energy markets in the world, and as the largest solar manufacturing footprint in the western hemisphere, First Solar is the perfect example of a business prioritizing sustainable and ethical business innovation. With a focus on thin film, cadmium telluride photovoltaic modules, First Solar has set an ambitious goal to use their responsible solar manufacturing to lead the world’s sustainable energy future.

Technology and Agriculture: A Sustainability Story

SenseGrass is a tech company that aims to provide small and medium-scale farmers across the globe access to the IoT sensors they have developed. The sensor gives farmers information about the proper quantity of water and fertilizers to generate improved yield.

Sustainability - The Future of Businesses

Switcheko aims to help businesses become sustainable by providing them access to 100% sustainable and eco-friendly raw materials. Their mission is to reduce the impact of human activities on the planet, and they are doing that by helping companies access sustainable raw materials and products like recycled fiber, biodegradable plastics, recycled paper, sugar bagasse-based products, and others, from authorized and verified sources across the globe. They also work with companies to design sustainable products managing the complete lifecycle of the products.

A Journey from Ancient India to Sustainable Art

India, with high levels of unemployment and a country rich in culture, still needs to utilize its resources entirely. Craft Aqueduct LLP solves this problem by giving working opportunities to the rural population and artisans. The company's main motto, just as the word 'AQUEDUCT' suggests, helps connect the source of culture, art, and craft and distributes it to urban customers.

Relocation problems, transport problems, or issues related to the family, all problems are solved by Craft Aqueduct by channeling the raw materials required by the artisans and providing training to them in their hometowns.

The business aims to solve three SDGs that are Decent Work and Economic Growth (#8), Responsible Consumption and Production (#12), and Partnerships to achieve the Goal (#17).