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Victoria's Secret Sustainability Efforts

Victoria's Secret is one of the world's most well-known and reputable lingerie brands. The brand has been around for decades, and over time it has built a loyal customer base and a reputation for high-quality products. It offers a wide range of products, including lingerie, sleepwear, and beauty products. This range gives the company a diverse revenue stream and the ability to appeal to a broad range of customers. The company has long been known for its elaborate fashion shows, which feature top models wearing the latest lingerie designs. The brand has also been successful in creating a strong image and aesthetic that appeals to its target market. It has a large and loyal customer base that continues to shop at the brand's physical stores and online. The brand has a strong emotional connection with its customers which can be attributed to its long-standing history and reputation.

Black Woman Photographer in Male Dominated Industry

The company's goal is to achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls. NoirX, which stands for black excellence, is about uplifting the black woman. They want to encourage people to be beautiful in their own skin.

Feeding the World with Agricultural Technology

ListenField’s FarmAI platform uses data analytics to support farmer decision-making and improve outcomes, such as crop yields, profits, soil health, and food security. The latter business solution helps address SDG #2 (Zero Hunger) and SDG # 13 (Climate Action), for their framework promotes a sustainable and climate-resilient food production ecosystem where biodiversity is maintained, and farmer capacities are enhanced. The inclusive ecosystem they are promoting will serve to increase investments and enhance international cooperation so as to further develop rural infrastructures, agricultural innovation, and deepen extension services in developing economies. This framework helps address SDG #9 (Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure and has already been implemented in Thailand, Vietnam, Japan, India, and Colombia.

Honey is Changing Lives in Baltimore, MD

Hon’s Honey is a social enterprise dedicated to equipping and empowering women survivors through employment. The company Hon’s Honey sprung out of the non-profit “Drink from The Well.” For these women, being employed by Hon’s Honey means they are gaining community, generating an income, as well as getting access to free counseling, mentorships, and life development programs. Hon’s Honey is currently helping to employ 16 women survivors, with the hope to grow soon.


Hon’s Honey is a company that produces products made of all-natural and locally sourced honey. They have a variety of products from pure honey, to bath bombs, and candles. They even have products like mugs and towels.

The Laundry and its Impact on the Community/ La lavandería y su impacto en la comunidad

Clean experts uses a traditional mode that has been adapted to their clients and society. This laundry innovated by taking care of water that the machines need to function, seeking to avoid the waste of water, by using the whole capacity of their machines.

Nature is Life

This company dedicated to the rental of cabins in five hectares in the forest of northern Sierra of Puebla, aims to care for nature including trees, plants, and animals. They achieve sustainability for UN SDG 15 (Life on Land), through the proper use of pesticides, garbage separation, water care, plastic containers elimination, use of recyclables and reforestation.

A Business that not only Focuses on Coffee

The founder of Launch Coffee, Craig got his inspiration from watching the news on Surplus food in the UK and found that it was ludicrous with all the food being disposed of because of inefficiency. Food scarcity was also happening in Glasgow. He decided to put these two ideas together and use surplus food to feed hungry children. Thus fulfilling UNSDG 2 and 12 of Zero Hunger and Sustainable Consumption and Production respectively.

Craig thought about how to combine both surplus food and food scarcity, helping the children and the environment. The children get free food and this process also helps the environment as surplus food from food businesses is not being consumed and going to waste. As Craig mentions "I'm devoted to helping the kids but in actual fact, they are helping Launch, not the other way around". Craig wanted to make a difference for the kids and the environment from what he saw on the news.


Homemade vermicompost

The objective of the business is to help reduce environmental pollution and other organic contaminants.

It also seeks to sell the plants, developed from vermicompost, throughout their growth process and sell quality plants, with an organic and healthy process for the environment.

Project "Cero colillas"

Currently, it is a project that is based on the creation of notebooks based on cellulose pulp, which is obtained from the cleaning and transformation of cigarette butts.

Following this same logic, this innovation has the purpose of making a more conscious and human society, so each action we carry out has an impact on what surrounds us, since the founder affirms that her ideal world is a world more empathetic and that is capable of visualizing the other as a reflection of oneself. And not only that, it also invites us to question: "How can I do to satisfy my needs without compromising those of future generations?", as well as to reflect "today for my neighbor and tomorrow for those who will come”, said Zaira.

Natura, Well Be Well

Natura is engaged to its proposal to promote a global community of leaders committed to new forms of business that balance profit and purpose.

Its strategy is related to climate, to the valuation of socio-biodiversity, and the promotion of the bio-economy of the forest and regenerative solutions. It has also evolved in increasingly natural formulations and in making its packaging viable. Natura's challenges also involve the energy matrix and the transportation of products.

"Dimbali"

The Dimbali project is driven by a sense of mission, purpose, and meaning related to addressing a pressing health issue, promoting sustainable development, and supporting local communities. The project's goal of addressing malnutrition and improving the health and well-being of children in the region is deeply rooted in a sense of social responsibility and a desire to make a positive impact on the world.

Bella Soul Wellness

Bella Soul wellness aims to help the client feel empowered, heal, overcome challenges, find a balance, etc. The company offers Life Coaching, Reiki, Reiki Healing, Hiking to Release, and Reiki in the Workplace.

Motel

The motel business named GADD, was designed mainly to generate a profit for the purpose of economic growth. It gives service and hospitality to its clients.

The Future of Transportation: E-Bikes

FreeFlow Technologies is a design and manufacturing company that creates innovative e-bike motors with a lifetime shelf life for the bicycle industry. It improves the customer experience by being lightweight and fast. FreeFlow Technologies exemplifies how businesses can innovate while maintaining a sense of mission and purpose in order to benefit society and the environment.

Improving Health and Well-Being through Heart Rate Variability Management

The innovation emerged from a desire to help people manage their stress levels, and it has the potential to make a significant impact on society's well-being. The company's dedication to developing innovative solutions that improve people's lives is commendable, and we can expect to see more exciting developments from them in the future.

Tech-Jobs for the Disabled is a Mission Possible

Flow, Inc. (Flow) is a tech-breath social enterprise focusing on Building Information Modeling (BIM) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) services by empowering people with disabilities. The concept is the first ever conducted globally, particularly in this industry.

Steve Chang, the founder, was motivated to have a more positive societal impact. Eventually, he and his team decided to help people prone to inequalities, specifically disabled people, by establishing a social enterprise. After 29 iterations of finding a perfect balance of minimum viable products, the company decided to pick BIM and AI as its solutions by leveraging technology to enable a good working environment for disabled people. Thus, Flow was born. With the company's belief, "Right people in the right loop," Flow ensures everyone has the same opportunity to create value by removing hindrances and upskilling their strengths.

Until now, Flow has kept exploring and iterating on possible services to offer within the industry while also doing campaigns to stimulate more people to apply a similar concept of social enterprise management. Through technological innovation, Flow has succeeded in making meaning and money simultaneously.

Revolutionizing Agriculture with Sustainable Solutions

Effective Technologies specializes in the production of fertilizers made from peat, setting themselves apart through their innovative use of humic acids. These organic fertilizers not only enhance crop productivity but also contribute to ecological well-being and have the potential to regenerate eroded soil. By aligning with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, Effective Technologies supports the goals of Zero Hunger, Responsible Consumption and Production, and Life on Land.

Green Company in Waste Dominated Industry

Grass is a leading Russian manufacturer of professional car care products and equipment, detergents for cleaning, and household chemicals and cosmetics. The Grass brand products have established a reputation throughout Russia and the near abroad, and are exported to 30 countries worldwide. Nowadays, the Grass Company is the monopolist which holds 50 % of the Russian market of the auto chemistry. There are partners in all regions of Russia who sell the products of the brand. The development of the UN's sustainable development goals plays an important role in the company. Every year Grass strives to create something new and to bring more value to the global community.

Through innovation, Grass develops several sustainability goals at once:

№ 12 - responsible consumption and production;

№ 14 - life below water;

№ 15 - life on land;

№ 13 - climate action.

From Poverty to Prosperity

KOTO is a remarkable social enterprise in Vietnam that operates a vocational training center and a training restaurant. The name KOTO reflects the organization's fundamental belief and value system of "Know One, Teach One." Since its establishment in 1999, KOTO's program has aimed to break the cycle of poverty and inspire positive change in the lives of its trainees, which meets three UN Global Goals: "No poverty," "Quality education", and "Reduced inequalities."

The Tropical Colors of Colombia around the World/ Los Colores Tropicales de Colombia por el Mundo

Taller Sami nature made crafts is a Colombian company located in the south west of the country in the city of Popayán. This company belongs to the secondary sector of the economy, crafts and industry.

With the aim of setting and decorating homes and other spaces, Taller Sami was founded by Rosa Mercedes Paredes Tovar. Its concept consists of producing exact replicas of Colombian fruits and vegetables, capturing exact colors and textures from recyclable and synthetic materials and organic waste.

Its founder, being close to her retirement from work, found a new trade through crafts, a way to generate income for her family and people from the region who joined the workshop as it grew and positioned itself.

In Colombia there are more than 2,000 artisans and Rosa Paredes has managed to employ a total of 21 people, 62% of whom are women, with decent working conditions and favorable remuneration promoting decent work; that has allowed them to improve the quality of life for themselves and their families. "In addition, 14 work from the comfort of their homes and the other 7 are on the job in the workshop" (Paredes, 2023), he has also managed to train them, transmitting their knowledge of crafts and forging a specialized work team.

Taller Sami products have achieved a higher level of perfection, becoming in some cases unrecognizable for consumers, to differentiate between a natural fruit and a replica of Taller Sami. This has turned them into products of interest for hotels, exporters of handicrafts, film and television productions, restaurants, shops, decoration and for the home.

Its success has allowed it to get out of the conventional, and innovate with large fruits. Something unconventional in the market, but that maintains the quality standards of Taller Sami. Its portfolio of fruits and vegetables is varied, offering endless options for all consumer tastes.

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Taller Sami nature made crafts is a Colombian company located in the southwestern part of the country in the city of Popayán. This company belongs to the secondary sector of economy, crafts and industry.

With the aim of setting and decorating homes and other spaces, Taller Sami was founded by Rosa Mercedes Paredes Tovar. Its concept is to produce exact replicas of Colombian fruits and vegetables, capturing exact colors and textures from recyclable materials, synthetics and organic waste (Paredes, 2023).

Its founder, being close to her retirement from work, found through crafts a new trade, a way to generate income for her family and people from the region who joined the workshop as it grew and positioned itself.

In Colombia there are more than 2,000 artisans and Rosa Paredes, has managed to employ a total of 21 people (of which 62% are women) with decent working conditions and favorable remuneration, promoting decent work. This has allowed them to improve the quality of life for themselves and their families. "In addition, 14 work from the comfort of their homes and the other 7 are on the floor in the workshop" (Paredes, 2023). She has also managed to train them, transmitting their knowledge in crafts and forging a specialized work team.

The products of Taller Sami have achieved a higher level of perfection, becoming in some cases unrecognizable for consumers to differentiate between a natural fruit and a replica of Taller Sami. This has made them products of interest for hotels, exporters of handcrafts, film and television productions, restaurants, shops, decoration and for the home.

Its success has allowed it to go beyond the conventional and innovate with large fruits. Something unconventional on the market but that maintains the quality standards of Taller Sami, its portfolio of fruits and vegetables is varied, providing endless options for all consumer tastes.