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M&E Engineers is a mechanical and electrical engineering consulting firm that has expanded over the last 30 years with the same core philosophy of Sustainability. William Amann may not have been the original founder of M&E, but he has been committed and motivated for the last 30 years to carry the company’s mission around the Mid-Atlantic region. The sustainable design service that M&E Engineers provides benefits both the business and employees. They meet two of the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals: “#7: ENSURE ACCESS TO AFFORDABLE, RELIABLE, SUSTAINABLE AND MODERN ENERGY FOR ALL”, “#9: BUILD RESILIENT INFRASTRUCTURE, PROMOTE SUSTAINABLE INDUSTRIALIZATION AND FOSTER INNOVATION”, and "#11: MAKE CITIES AND HUMAN SETTLEMENTS INCLUSIVE, SAFE, RESILIENT and SUSTAINABLE". The mission of M&E engineers is to eradicate the mentality that through sustainable methods, buildings can only become “less bad”, and the goal has shifted to constructing buildings that are actually enhancing the environment.
ParaBand is a safe, user-friendly, low-cost and versatile resistance band on the market to help more individuals build muscle, burn calories and lose weight. ParaBand is the safest band available for people use to do their daily exercises without getting injured. In addition, ParaBand also encourages teenagers to exercise as they are prone to obesity at a young age. It is also more accessible for disabled people to perform their physical exercises.
The company grinds up unused or scrapped PVC (windows, pipe, etc.) to sell recycled product to customers with quality specifications. Recycled Polymers is equipped to manage all styles and sizes of PVC scrap by sorting, identification, grinding, shredding, demetallization, fines reduction, compounding, pulverizing, optical sortation, and large lot blending.
Premier Compaction Systems initiates its innovation on a daily basis, working tirelessly to spread passion for sustainability in the surrounding community. To do so, the business works with other companies, ranging from local businesses to large corporations, separating waste products for reuse, by remarketing the product for new use. Overall, the innovation benefits both society and the environment, contributing towards the Sustainable Development Goals, specifically the task of creating sustainable cities and communities.
The Freedom Chair is one of Humanscale’s innovative ergonomic chairs and is the product of focus. Humanscale brought the Freedom Chair to the marketplace to fulfill a need for a chair that is easy to use and safe for users who sit for extended periods of time. This chair redefines the concept and the idea of a traditional task chair that features a dynamic headrest, self-adjusting recline support, and synchronous armrests. Humanscale believes that the best designs are based on purpose and function, transforming the traditional office into an active, comfortable, healthy place to work. This product meets all of the following SDGs as an innovation or during the production process of the chair: #3 Good Health and Well-Being; #6 Clean Water & Sanitation; #7 Renewable Energy; #9 Industry, Innovation & Infrastructure; #11 Sustainable Cities and Communities and #15 Life on Land.
Green Point Juicery is an organic juice bar offering raw cold-pressed juices, superfood real fruit smoothies, wheatgrass, immune boosters, and raw vegan snacks. In its daily business, Green Point Juicery uses biodegradable cups, straws, and utensils. Most importantly, Eugene, the owner, and manager of Green Point Juicery found a small local farm to work with. The Juicery makes fresh juices with seasonal local produce from Morgan’s Farm and donates all of the juicing pulp and other organic waste back to the farm for compost. Every week, an employee from the farm goes to both locations to pick up the waste, which consists of 50-75 gallons of organic waste (banana peels, etc.) and transforms the waste into organic fertilizer. This is the most successful innovation of Green Point Juicery.
This company’s innovation is its business model: direct impact investing. Direct impact investing involves using investing as a tool to shape society in a positive manner by partnering with and investing in businesses that practice utilizing environmentally sustainable and renewable technologies in their production and manufacturing processes. This is done for the purpose of spreading awareness of the need to live a sustainable and healthy lives with lowered carbon emissions in the atmosphere and affordable and clean energy.
Ron Biton opened Veganized with the purpose of promoting an alternate, more sustainable diet for the community. It is through his operation techniques and cuisine that he emphasizes the UNs goals of sustainable development and promotes a partnership with the community to take part in these efforts, goal 17. Veganized uses all-natural, organic products to create and serve vegan meals in a positive and welcoming environment that promotes health and well-being, goal 3. The signage throughout the restaurant promotes responsible consumption, just as his food is responsibly produced, goal 12. Most notably, he has eliminated the use of harmful plastics and using recycled paper products as needed, saving both our lands and sea, goals 14 and 15.
Henkel's main innovation is not only their improvement of the production process of their products, it is the company's restructuring as a whole to align with the goals set forth by the United Nations.
For example, Henkel has paved the way for employee career progress. They offer programs such as educational opportunities for high performing new graduates through the Henkel Global Academy which partners with multiple international global institutions such as Harvard, the Thunderburst School of Global Management, and the IESC Business School. This program allows incoming employees to further their career and assist the company to become more innovative and sustainable. Through providing these opportunities, Henkel is able to solidify its place on top of the ever rolling snowball that is innovation.
Henkel also provides educational opportunities outside of the workplace environment through the Henkel Sustainability Ambassador Program. Their Shaping Futures initiative which gives students in disadvantaged areas an opportunity to discover careers in hairdressing and how they can make a global impact in that industry.
Finally, Henkel is also heavily involved in the Light Up Project which gives Chinese children the opportunity to improve their reading skills by donating books and other educational material.
Henkel prides itself on the company's efforts to improve opportunities for students and employees through education which is in direct response to the fourth United Nation goal which is Educational Opportunity.
As the worldwide leader in logistics, UPS uses a significant amount of resources which can lead to a negative impact on the environment, if managed carelessly. To prevent that, UPS offers customers the ability to equalize the carbon emissions generated by the transport of their packages through carbon offsetting projects. The projects include landfill gas and rainforest projects which assist in providing clean and renewable energy and the life on land Sustainable Development goal.
STATE Bags’ business innovation is the generous distribution of a fully stocked bag of school supplies to a child in need for every bag purchased on their website. The goal of STATE Bags is to light a spark in these underprivileged kids’ minds to get them to see that their surroundings don’t define them, and that regardless of the cards they were dealt circumstantially, they can defy any odd they desire.
In 2018, Starbucks designed a new service innovation that will be addressing several environmental concerns. The business organization developed a plan to eliminate its iconic green straws by replacing them with strawless sipping lids from more than 28,000 of their stores worldwide. Their innovation of the strawless lid is composed of a sippable protrusion that removes the use of plastic straws. Hence by reducing waste and safeguarding the environment, it is evident that Starbucks innovation is participating in partnership to the UN Sustainable Development Goals 6, 12, 14, 15 and 17 where active steps are being taken to clean water and sanitation, responsible consumption and production, life below water, and life on land.
Mary's Alpaca Poop produces and sells Poop+ Pods, an organic fertilizer with an alpaca manure base and organic additives, including mycorrhizal fungi and yucca extracts. Mary's organic fertilizer aids in contributing to the 15th Sustainable Development Goal, Life on Land, because it supports the healthy development of plants without pouring chemicals into the environment. Her business also supports the 12th Sustainable Development Goal, Responsible Consumption and Production, by seeking to minimize environmental degradation and destruction.
Nevakar Inc lead by CEO Dr Navneet Puri located in Bridgewater NJ is a specialty pharmaceutical company formed in 2015 whose mission is to “provide value to the healthcare system by offering enhanced and innovative products that are accessible and lead to better outcomes.”
The name Nevakar is derived from Sanskrit, which means “new form” and their vision is to take existing drugs that have been previously approved by the FDA or other leading regulatory bodies and repurpose them for new indications by taking advantage of the FDA’s 505(b)(2) regulatory pathway, aimed at bringing new treatments to the market faster and more cost effectively for improved outcomes to patients with unmet health needs.
The Toyota Family Literacy Program (TFLP) offers those from low-income and otherwise disadvantaged communities an opportunity to learn basic reading skills to help them progress in their careers. In order to make TFLP possible, Toyota partnered with the National Center for Families Learning (NCFL) to create this one of a kind program. This program allows families to learn together, reinforcing family relationships and literacy skills. This program targets low-income families and is a “multi-generational solution to educational challenges that respond to societal changes and opportunities.” It has made numerous resources freely available to these families, allowing anyone and everyone to learn. Some of these resources include a community library and a family program development curriculum. This curriculum targets elementary level education but aims to eventually broaden its horizons and offer higher level education as well. This may be accomplished by expanding the existing program or partnering with another organization.
Princetel not only fits into the AIM2Flourish guidelines through a single innovation, but through its dedication to operating as a sustainable company in all aspects of its business. Princetel is a fine example of how companies should operate. CEO Barry Zhang operates differently than other CEOs. As Princetel’s IT Manager Michael O’Boyle explained, Zhang rarely directs conversations that focus on profit. Rather, he focuses on how the company can operate more efficiently, effectively, sustainably, and how it can leave a positive impact.
TerraCycle manages to eliminate an extraordinary amount of waste through their Zero Waste Boxes. The Zero Waste Boxes are a main driver of TerraCycles' innovation; however, the company itself has a culture and mission that aligns with their values of sustainability. They have every intention of expanding their business to reach wider and ultimately change the very way consumers perceive waste.
Buckeye Relief partnered with the City of Eastlake and recently completed the construction of their $10 million state of the art production facility. The company is on the cutting edge of marijuana cultivation and has created their own, unique cultivation methods to produce the highest quality cannabis in the state of Ohio. Their production facility incorporates sustainable production methods and energy efficient cultivation practices. Since their opening in 2018, the business has established strong ties with the local community and supported economic growth in Eastlake through this emerging industry.
The Centric Apartments complex in University Circle is a mixed-use property offering 272 one- and two-bedroom apartments in addition to 27,000 square feet of commercial space. Centric aims to develop a diverse, sustainable community where tenants can enjoy a plethora of activities within walking distance of the enriching institutions of University Circle.