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About 12 years ago, the US Navy was in search of a more efficient way to light their ships. They were looking for a cost-efficient solution that required less manual maintenance, and was also in line with former Secretary Mabus' vision of the "Great Green Fleet", which has the accompanying motto: "Go Farther, Stay Longer, and Carry More Firepower." During the Navy's search, many lighting and energy companies submitted proposals to solve this problem. However, it was Energy Focus that prevailed with the first tubular LED product ever invented (The M1). This product, along with Energy Focus' "globes" won the bids to be the sole providers of LED lamps for the US Navy. To this day, Energy Focus is still the majority provider of lighting solutions for the US Navy.
Patronicity’s goal is to democratize access to public funding and work to bridge the gap between ordinary citizens’ vision for their community and its implementation. It aims to identify and fund projects that are not only beneficial to local communities, but specifically so to the people they aim to serve.
Fresh off the merger of two smaller solar companies, Better Together Solar knew that solar cells were not a new innovation. So they also knew that they needed to crack the market in a new and innovative way. Through a change in their business model, Better Together Solar was able to reposition itself as a company that provides added value to companies by increasing the robustness and resiliency of a company’s existing systems. For Myles Murray, Director of Communications, the last ten years have been a 'solar coaster': but the ride has been moving Ohio toward a more sustainable energy future.
‘Who Gives a Crap’ lets consumers buy toilet paper made from 100% recycled materials from non-tree sources via online purchases and subscriptions.
50% of profits from every sale is donated to their charity partners like WaterAid and Sanergy, who fund a range of high impact sanitation, hygiene and water projects in sub-Saharan Africa.
The company aims to provide better sanitation to the 2.3 billion people who don’t have any access to toilets, thereby improving their health and productivity while reducing the number of premature deaths related to unsanitary conditions.
Danone AQUA is a bottled water company in Indonesia that has developed a sustainable program by encouraging the empowerment of women, which is called AQUA HOME SERVICE (AHS). AQUA HOME SERVICE is a long-term partnership concept between Danone AQUA and AQUA Ladies, who are in charge of running the business to distribute its products directly to end users, especially household consumers. Danone AQUA has a social-business mission in which it can generate business sales and at the same time, also encourage women in the community to be entrepreneurs.
From investing in cost-effective wind, solar, and water power generation technology to providing funding for energy efficiency programs for low-income customers, First Energy is a major company invested in a sustainable future. Their latest initiative, Energizing the Future, is a $4.2 billion investment in providing sustainable, secure energy for future generations. The initiative consists of the following:
Vestergaard is a social enterprise that specializes in the manufacturing of textile-based products. Among their most successful innovations, LifeStraw, a group of portable filtration devices that have provided safe drinking water to communities in over 64 countries, including populations that have been stricken by natural disasters. The LifeStraw has recently become a popular tool in the outdoors market among hikers and mountaineers who travel in harsh environments.
Inspired by Dr. Mohammad Yunus's Grameen Bank, Aye Finance Pvt. Ltd. was incorporated to provide micro finance loans to businesses within India. The purpose was to uplift these business and to improve the well-being of the companies, the owners and their employees. The company has devised ways to extend credit through their cluster chain approach and cloud based computing infrastructure.
Kampung Lumpung Boutique Hotel was founded in 2006 in Batu, small city in East Java Island, Indonesia. It was designed and built by a passionate family man with an innovative thoughts to be as ECO friendly as possible by reusing reclaimed timber, mostly old java teak wooden house.
This hotel is located +850m above the sea level, with average temperature 20C. It has spectacular view with unique design and business model, fresh air, pure mountain spring water, great nature and landscape. In addition, this incredible hotel has their own garden with more than 100 plants as an evidence of their commitment to humanity, and blend the aspiration to its business model.
Among the numerous lodging choices available, Kampung Lumbung is the one that stands out. Kampung Lumpung specifically chose the phrase “boutique hotel” as their personality to depict their tranquil scene. The term “Boutique Hotel” itself is an expression used to describe hotels which usually have between 10 and 100 rooms and regularly contain rich offices in special or warm settings. Starting in urban areas like London, New York and San Francisco, boutique hotels are outfitted in a themed, smart stylistic layout. As a rule, these sort of hotels are owned by individuals and concentrated on how they provide a quality service that is customized.
Kampung Lumbung has a total of 36 rooms, which 80% of them are utilizing wood components from old houses. Whatever remains of the building is a typical concrete solid building, yet the wood utilized as part of the building are used items. The owner collected all the elements from some of the cities in East Java, even one of the room was made of hundred years old pieces of wood (1818).
Kampung Lumbung's purpose originally is to preserve East Java culture and the wood. Along the years, with his passion for the community, the owner even start to re-used bottle (upcycling), plastic drum (upcycled to beautiful craft for decoration) and successfully create a profitable business model.
The Soap Corner is a private company founded in 2013. It is also a local Indonesian brand that makes and sells natural soaps and skincare products. Most of the basic ingredients of the products are made from oil and butter so they can help to moisturize the skin. The products are environmentally friendly and safe to use for sensitive skin because the products do not contain sodium lauryl sulfate (SLS) or detergents, parabens, and other harmful chemicals.
Sweet Temptations is the first food retailer in Guelph, Ontario, to become a Certified B Corporation. They are also the only cupcakery in the world to become a B Corporation. They are heavily involved within Guelph's community and rely on this social interaction as their main source of marketing.
Linds and Katie are student innovators from Guelph who have created a new product line and brand to implement within the health and beauty market. They create personal care products focused on responsible consumption and production, and place a strong focus on educating and promoting healthy living.
The Truth Beauty Company is a sole proprietorship owned by Jennifer Freitas. It is a distributor of natural beauty products including skincare products, makeup, fragrances, baby products, and men's products. From 2010 to 2017, The Truth Beauty company has been dedicated to spreading awareness about chemicals on our skin and in the environment.
The Collaborative, Inc is a multidisciplinary architectural and design firm located in Toledo, OH. Their business model is aimed at helping other businesses and organizations embed their corporate vision and culture into the infrastructure of their buildings and landscapes using high quality innovative technologies that maximize operational efficiency.
Plato's Closet is a clothing company that allows their consumers to sell gently used clothing items to the store, which they sell to future consumers for a reasonable price. This concept is beneficial to a sustainable community but also to the environment. Decreasing clothing manufacturing and reusing products is a way to lower waste production.
Grey Rock Clothing Co. is a Certified B Corporation that supplies sweatshop-free, organic, and ethical clothing. Grey Rock carries over 40 different brands, and the founder of Grey Rock, Bethany, curates the products personally by selecting fashion-forward clothing to satisfy the needs of customers who "want to do the right thing."
John O Foods' innovation is to use aquaculture and help to address the worldwide shortage of seafood. The company's state of the art processing facility had been operating at only about 30% capacity, driving up costs substantially, as the supply of whole fish that needed value added procedures could not meet their processing capacity. John O Foods partnered with a First Nation reserve 10 hours north of their plant on Manitoulin Island to provide a supply of fish using aquaculture techniques. In the process, the Sheshegwaning community contracted with the company to obtain 5500 Metric Tonnes of feed to grow about 10 millions pounds of rainbow trout by 2022 in off-shore low density pens that were then supplied back to John O Foods for processing.
In Nepal, recycling still only really exists in theory. And for decades, waste entrepreneurs have not been respected in our society. The vision at Khaalisisi is to create a revolution in the recycling industry in Nepal by – a) making this boring business exciting and b) making it easier and faster for our Khaalisisi friends (waste entrepreneurs) to collect recyclable waste through our platform - khaalisisi.com
It’s a complete waste of time, for Khaalisisi friends to collect trash from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm going from alley to alley while most Nepalese are at work and not at home. So, this platform will help connect waste collectors to waste-sellers (households and businesses) through arranging waste collection schedule and pickup.
Khaalisisi does not want to disrupt the existing value chain – i.e. using their own logistics. Instead they'd rather improve the current system by making the work that Khaalisisi friends already doing far more efficient. The problems that Khaalisisi is trying to address are:
1. The lack of digital literacy among waste entrepreneurs (khaalisisi friends)
2. The huge gap between waste sellers and waste entrepreneurs.
3. The absence of data on recyclable waste.
4. The absence of recycling culture in Nepal
Market Fresh’s innovation is their commitment to supporting local businesses, as well as their commitment to reduce waste despite cost. Market Fresh emerged from a true love of food and wanting to provide great products to the citizens of Guelph. Their core values are to “offer the best quality product, the most local quality product, give the customers the best service and have them feel valued” while being “involved in the community."
PT Rekadaya Multi Adiprima (RMA) developed the idea to use waste clothes in creating useful soundproof products for the automotive industry. In the process, RMA invited the surrounding community to collect this waste which has increased their wealth also.