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Lush has teamed up with Ocean Legacy to create an innovative solution to help solve ocean pollution, contributing to SDG 12, Responsible Consumption and Production, and SDG 14, Life Below Water. They use plastic waste found in the ocean to produce bottles for packaging, which reduces resource use and pollution emissions. In addition, Lush’s black pot recycling program is increasing consumers’ awareness of sustainable practices. Lush has collected much plastic waste from the Pacific Ocean, reducing the risk to marine life.
A business that has a vision for a more sustainable future and contributes to this vision through selling a range of products that are sourced from around the globe based on giving back and the good they do.
HALT is a small business, with a unique and scalable business model. At this point in time the business is offering a small range of casual apparel, manufactured completely with organic materials, in a factory running of a mixture of renewable energy sources. Through their transparent business model, focused on sustainability and ethics, HALT is mainly addressing the UN Sustainable Development Goals of Affordable and Clean Energy, Responsible Consumption and Production, as well as Good Health and Well-Being.
Kugou’s main business is to sell agricultural products with lowest price to residences in many communities (including office buildings and residential buildings) by IOT terminal and value-added services, the mission of Kugou is increasing the earnings of farmers and factories by decreasing the waste of unsaleable agriculture products.
Moreover, Kugou is associated with property management organizations. They established community integration of services and minimize each community operation costs. Also, Kugou benefits cooperative financial institutions to build community banks with low costs in the short term. Therefore, Kugou’s core competitiveness is not only sell organic agriculture products, but also integrate a wide variety of services, including e-government services, financial services, welfare services, etc.
One Roof Women’s innovation is primarily to help women who are lacking support in start-ups and small businesses. They provide women with networks as well as classes to teach and assist women when starting and growing the business. One Roof Women also provides a co-working space for female oriented companies for them to work in allowing them to network and share their ideas.
To ensure that their services include a responsible consumption of resources, they have applied the new technology of activated carbon particles by replacing the shower head to make sure that minimum water is wasted during shampooing. They also use chemical free products. For example, all the products that the salon uses are from the company DECLOR, who provide a range of natural skin and body care products.
Inkifingus reduces waste through reducing, recycling, and reusing. Furthermore, Inkifingus has introduced stone paper into their business, as it is 100% tree free. They also purchase locally made paper to help reduce their environmental footprint and reduce their energy consumption by using energy-efficient lights.
Hood furnace is a giant equipment currently applied by Baotou Steel Group in a downstream production line of striping and coiling steel to absorb the mixed gas emission. Through wide application of this equipment in various industries, Baotou Steel Group successfully realizes hydrogen recovery and redistribute ms into the production process which support both business profit and SDGs ( Goal 3, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13).
As an educational institution, course quality is the priority of this company. Furthermore, to help students build their personal career, the founders of Australasia Elite try to build a sustainable circle for students, which offers university courses, certificate training, internship training and full-time job opportunity. This ecosystem guarantees that its students can perfectly match job vacancy once graduated.
Floristeria is a local family grown business that sells flower arrangements using the freshest, seasonal flowers available. Unlike many florists in the field the flowers are certified organic.
They upcycle by-products of olive oil to minimise waste. They also use sustainable packaging and involve in related initiatives.
One Roof Women is an innovative Melbourne start-up designed to empower and promote women in entrepreneurship. The aim of the start-up is to remove the barriers that women face in business and to help them succeed. Hayley Hewitt, the happiness concierge for One Roof Women, eagerly agreed to be interviewed about the start-up and discuss the impact it has on women all around the world.
Elkie and Ark is an online store that structures its operations around the essential trifecta of education, living wages, and increased opportunity. Setting this as the core of their business strategy, the business is able to sell their organic linen in the most sustainable way, giving the best to its customers.
The reason behind their innovation is purely for the three P’s (People, Planet, Profit). For the people, the firm not only meets the environmental requirements which reduces the impact on people’ health, but they also care for the people’s budgets. The firm ensures that their design accommodates client's program when newly constructed space is occupied. The plans for each client derives completely from the basis that the space is used efficiently, effectively, and tailored towards the interests and uses of the clients. For the planet, the firm’s fulfillment of the law and proof of LEED certification are directly related to the impact on the environment.
The project is about donating surplus products. Before this project, all the surplus products were taken to the distribution centers and were dumped. So Oxxo saw an opportunity in two ways, decreasing waste generated in the DC’s and helping the community.
Active Communities helps to provide a solution to the growing rates of obesity and poverty in the UK, primarily in Renfrewshire. In order to reduce inequalities and poverty, they focus on deprived areas and aim to encourage inclusion from people of all walks of life. The innovation of Active Communities dominantly involves the promotion of health and well being in an affordable manner whilst also providing a social aspect to those involved. During the interview, Susan McDonald, the founder of Active Communities highlighted that the organisation is involved with the following sustainable development goals:
“…good health and well being, reducing inequalities, sustainable communities and also the ending poverty...”
Ms. Hind Fahmi and her daughter Majdouline El Hichou were involved in the creation of the innovative products. The creator went to South Africa for purchasing the colorful and printed tissues. Then, her daughter Majdouline drew the designs that were handled after to the artisans and women workers in charge of sewing the clothes. Oummy Afrika employed those specific types of employees in order to reduce inequalities.
Grassmarket Community Project offers a variety of services and projects including a cafe, woodwork and textile workshops, and an events space, which provides opportunities for some of the most vulnerable in society. It differs in terms of innovation compared to other charities in their sector as they take both a community approach as well as a so-called asset approach to their way of working. This is something in which CEO Jonny Kinross says “not all charities are able to do because they don’t necessarily have a building”.
Not only this, key to Grassmarket Community Projects mission and the way in which they deliver their services is promotion of community spirit. It is about, accepting everyone and connecting people with their community, with Mr Kinross stating; “we eat together as a community and we share things as community”.