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Frutta Bowls' business innovation strives to provide customers with healthy, delicious food options such as açai bowls, pitaya bowls, kale bowls, and much more.
Red White & Que's "Buy a Veteran a Meal" program tackles the second UN goal of "No Hunger" by providing meals for those in need. Also, the hiring of veterans aims Red White & Que towards achieving the eighth UN goal of "Decent Work and Economic Growth."
Witnessing the rapid pace of deforestation in Uganda during the last 10 years, Mr. Geoffrey Okoth Yoga, together with his friend Mr. Silvanus Ikuyati, decided to take the lead and put forward the first steps towards addressing this issue. Green Charcoal Uganda manufactures briquettes from abundantly available agricultural wastes, such as palm kernel husks, to replace the traditional fuels, charcoal and fire wood, and work on the company’s determination to save millions of trees. So far, the company has been able to save around 130,000 trees since its inception.
Watergen USA created a technology that allows them to create clean, healthy drinking water out of thin air. This can be used to help solve goal six of the Sustainable Development Goals, "Clean Water and Sanitation For All." Simply by utilizing the air in an area, Watergen’s technology can supply clean drinking water to those who never have had it, those who may temporarily need it, and those who are living under the threat of losing it.
Recycle Mobility Centre (RMC) is a social enterprise that collects unwanted mobility equipment and then repairs, refurbishes, and sells it to people in need. A social enterprise is defined as an organization that functions to address and/or solve a social problem. RMC is built on an innovative business model designed to reduce inequalities and tackle poverty. They also provide employment, training, and volunteering opportunities to groups that are excluded from labor markets, and often marginalized in society.
Elaine Williamson, the founder of RMC, said that the overall impact of her service includes “...reducing the impact of getting lonely, getting isolated people out of the home and into the community” as well as responsible consumption and production by “… reducing waste to landfill.” The innovation contributes to SDG 1 – No Poverty; SDG 10 – Reduced Inequalities; and SDG 12 – Responsible Consumption and Production.
1DOC3 es una plataforma creada en 2013 que le permite a las personas de manera gratuita e incluso anónima preguntar sobre temas de salud y obtener una respuesta de un médico, en tiempo real o entre 60 y 90 minutos.
Está disponible a través de la página web, aplicación móvil, incluso a través de teléfonos no inteligentes.
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1DOC3 is a platform created in 2013 that allows people, free of charge and even anonymously, to ask about health issues and get a response from a doctor, in real time or between 60 and 90 minutes.
It is available through the website, mobile application, even through non-smart phones.
Planet Fitness goal is to invite people from first time gym members to trained gym members, into an environment that’s welcoming and comfortable to workout, as well as with staff who are encouraging people to pursue and maintain healthy lifestyles. Their innovation is the “Judgement Free Zone”, gives people setting foot in the doors of planet fitness a feeling of relief they can achieve their workout journey without being judged.
Altogether Travel is the United Kingdom’s only award-winning, care-registered travel company, founded by Stephen Chalmers. After a long career in social care, he identified a niche market of individuals with special needs who want to go on holiday. Stephen established Altogether Travel in 2011 whilst obtaining his business degree from Glasgow Caledonian University. He believed that regardless of age or (dis)abilities, everyone should be able to enjoy a holiday. He has provided customers with tailor-made holidays ever since.
The company improves peoples’ lives by providing a care companion, giving customers the freedom to go on holiday. Staff, similar to customers, are diverse with varying ages and challenges, with most staff having second jobs. Despite being on "zero-hour" contracts, such arrangements benefit both staff and the company. The company tailors holidays carefully and chooses companions to suit the customer’s needs and wants. They also provide any additional training for staff where appropriate.
The innovation behind Shades of Green is their approach to creating natural ecosystems that are self-sustainable and healing to the land without the use of harmful chemicals. This is done by educating people about the ways they can work together with nature to preserve biodiversity while maintaining human needs.
Playa Bowls serves healthy foods and beverages while using refurbished and recyclable materials to create their stores and utensils. Through their innovations, they not only promote a healthy nutritional lifestyle but also encourage being eco-friendly.
EcoPod has created a machine that dispenses household cleaning products. Their goal is to eliminate single-use plastics by refilling existing containers.
Hoop Heaven partnered with the Junior National Basketball Association (NBA) to provide Hoop Heaven participants with the opportunity to learn how to live healthy lifestyles from the Rookie Class of that calendar year. The efforts of the program meet the following UN Sustainable Goals: Partnership to Achieve Goals and Health and Well-being. Moreover, the decision to go paperless and to implement League Apps and the Hoop Heaven website as replacements abide by the following UN Sustainable Goals: Climate Action and Responsible Consumption and Production.
The company that we found which stood out to us is called Karmic Seed. The company’s innovation is to recycle. It is a zero waste company. The company is directly related to five of the seventeen sustainable development goals which include responsible consumption and production, climate action, life below water, and life on land.
Le pommeau de douche Aloe de Hydrao est un objet intelligent qui donne une indication de la consommation d’eau en temps réel à travers un changement de couleur du jet d’eau. Il est connecté par Bluetooth à une application de smartphone. Dans cette application, l’usager visualise l’évolution de sa consommation et l’adapte pour réduire sa facture d’eau et d’énergie.
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The Aloe shower head by Hydrao is a smart device that shows real time water consumption with changing colors. It is connected via Bluetooth technology to the Hydrao smartphone app. In the app, the user can see how much water they are using and adapt their behavior to make savings.
The innovation involved in H3Farms is the idea of hydroponic farming; or being able to grow crops using only nutrient enriched water and not utilizing conventional, commercial ideologies. This is a more sustainable and environmentally conscious method of growing crops and is a method of bringing together their community in a similar fashion.
Best Buy ’s appliances sector implements a business innovation that strives to help customers choose between different brands of items that are more energy efficient to help the community protect the environment. They mostly sell ENERGY STAR certified appliances for homes to help customers save on their monthly electricity bill and consume less power when on standby or in use. Best Buy’s business model strives to ease the minds of the customer. They implement their services to help customers decide which product would suit their needs more and provide installation services for a fair price.
As we take part in a digital revolution and deforestation becomes a huge factor for the well being of our planet, RE/MAX New Millennium Group takes these factors into account. They decided to implement a paperless method of electronic signatures and contracts that drastically reduces the use of paper. Clients can sign documents from the comfort of their computer chairs and also be proud of the purchase of their new home while saving the planet.
Possobilities is based in Possil, a deprived crime-ridden area of Glasgow, Scotland. Established in 1984 as a community led initiative, the organisation is now a vital lifeline offering respite, support and confidence to disabled and vulnerable residents in the local community. Possobilities currently employs 31 paid staff members and over 50 volunteers. An essential focus of the organisation is to promote independent living, by offering access to resources, training, support, companionship and employment opportunities. Possobilities gives members confidence to grow in a safe environment at their own pace while also encouraging them to try new things. Possibilities is working to break down barriers within the community to ensure members are given every opportunity to achieve the best they can. Anyone is eligible to utilise the facilities, referrals also come through collaboration with social work. It is an all-embracing facility where inclusion is the priority catering for all disabilities and ages.