Algramo is contributing to the circular economy by keeping packaging in the economy and out of the environment and by leveraging technology to lower the cost of life’s essentials. Its innovative refillable dispensing system using Internet of things (IoT) technology provides an effective alternative to plastic packages that are clogging the world and Latin America. In Chile, a growing number of households can now buy food and hygiene products in bulk from more than 2000 stores using their Algramo reusable container thus avoiding the consumption of Millions of shopping bags worth of every year. The startup is now pivoting and taking lessons learned to scale its impactful distribution system to the global level by integrating its technology into the supply chains of international retail brands.
BoxPower Inc. provides prefabricated solar mini grids in 20 foot shipping containers for off-grid and commercial power applications as a reliable and cost-effective alternative to diesel generators. Each unit offsets 2 million pounds of carbon dioxide and catalyzes increased economic opportunity and productivity by providing affordable, reliable and convenient to rural populations around the world left behind by traditional energy infrastructure.
Cosmo Tech is a global software company that helps organizations to make optimal decisions. Through the use of its proprietary methodology and technology, Cosmo Tech’s clients can model and simulate complex scenarios to accurately predict the outcome of events across multiple domains even if those events have never happened before. This unique capability to deliver interconnected insights allow organizations to accurately model various complex scenarios, therefore providing decision makers with the capacity to make the best choices for their company, group, or government. Cosmo Tech’s Prepare-Respond solution, in particular, empowers cities and regions to better prepare for and more effectively respond to natural disasters and climate change-induced crises. By combining cutting edge artificial intelligence and human expertise, the resulting Augmented Intelligence can help save lives and avoid environmental catastrophe.
In the fight against climate change, cove.tool is tackling carbon emissions one building at a time. Hitting 5 of the UNDP’s Sustainable Development Goals, cove.tool provides an automated big-data approach to make energy efficiency affordable for buildings. Buildings account for nearly 40% of carbon emissions, yet choices around building efficiency are done based on what architects and engineers did on the last project. Since 50% of projects typically are not energy modeled due the cost to model and lack of expertise, the software reduces costly redesigns, delays, and budget overruns on building projects. The cove.tool web-based application makes it easier, faster, and cheaper to use innovative design processes that help to save material, energy, and money in both new and existing buildings.”
Turtle Bags was established to raise awareness of the hazards of plastic to the marine environment and offer alternatives to plastic bags. The company does it in three ways:
Turtle Bags tells the story of what happens to our plastic waste: Plastic once it arrives in the sea will move through the food chain with disastrous results for wildlife.
The turtle is the charismatic symbol which we use: in the UK turtles come for our jelly fish in the summer months and mistake our plastic bags for their food.
It supplies alternatives made from sustainable textiles including jute, sisal and organic cotton. The company continues to explore options for textiles with a low environmental impact. Turtle Bags works with its long-term production partners to provide fair employment conditions. Its producers include members of WFTO and the company is a member of BAFTS. (British Association of Fair Trade Shops.
Triton Foodworks is imagining a future where food demands less and delivers more. The startup is rebuilding agriculture to work in a world where water is scare, land is limited and majority live in cities. Agriculture today consumes more than 70% of Earth’s fresh water supply, uses around 55,000 Tonnes of pesticides and other chemicals yearly making it the biggest source of water and land contamination. Yet average consumers are eating food which causes them more harm than good. In 4 years, Triton has managed to save approximately 2.8 Billion Liters of water while growing food on over 6 acres of land by making use of Hydroponics. With this method the Indian startup is able to place its farms within a 50 km radius of cities, allowing deliveries of fresh, tasty produce within 3 hours of harvesting. A proprietary mix of Ayurvedic recipes, Nutrient mix and Bio-Control enables Triton to grow nutrient packed food without using any chemical pesticides.
Traditional air quality monitoring stations only provide information at city or district level. In a country like China that suffers from some of the worst air pollution worldwide, Soarability enables drones and ground vehicles to accurately collect, analyze and visualize hyper-local air pollutant data, supporting decision makings by governments, organizations, research groups, and individuals alike. Its state-of-the-art technology is used in different industrial applications on the global scale by universities, municipalities and environmental protection agencies.
Plast’if creates a new recycling experience. The Plast’if machine recycles all plastic waste and 3D prints new objects from that waste. By leveraging today’s best technology, Plast’if is able to transform waste into a wide range of useful objects such as furniture, or prosthetic hands for people in need.
Planet Heroes is the world’s first global eco-crowdfunding platform. The startup aims to create an integrated community working for the benefit of the environment by sponsoring the distribution of wealth from “Patrons” in the Global North to “Heroes” in the Global South who carry out eco-friendly activities and cleanups of polluted areas including lands, forests and coasts.
Open-seneca aims to create a global air quality sensor network powered by citizen science that will enable people to build affordable mobile sensors, and to measure and visualise their own exposure to air pollution. The collected data is displayed in the form of aggregated dynamic maps. Our goals are to raise awareness about air quality, initiate a behavioural change and transfer knowledge about how to build open-source sensor hardware. We follow a co-creation approach with the communities to ensure that the sensor is globally compatible and locally appropriate. Our work helps detecting air pollution hotspots with a higher spatial and temporal resolution and could help inform policy making towards a healthier environment.
MitiMeth is an award-winning Social Enterprise based in Nigeria. The company transforms water hyacinth, an environmental menace into beneficial products. Dense water hyacinth foliage deprives aquatic plants and fish of sunlight and oxygen, changes water chemistry, affects flora and fauna and causes significant increases in water loss. MitiMeth’s approach to controlling the spread of water hyacinth through harvesting and processing, moves water hyacinth ‘control’ beyond the use of chemicals to kill the weed which has untold impacts on the marine ecosystem. From this natural renewable resource, the company designs and manufactures unique home décor, textiles and stationery. Its mission is to improve the environment and empower communities through craft skills training thereby creating income earning opportunities locally.To date, MitiMeth has trained over 350 women and youth in Nigeria and has 80 Artisans integrated into the handicrafts supply chain.
Hydrologistics Africa Limited is a water Technology company bringing intelligence in water distribution by building the world’s first virtual water network operator, using smart sensors plugged into existing water supply network to monitor consumption, automate billing and payments and detect leakages in real-time turning traditional water supply into smart grids. According to UN water, 2/3 of the world population will be living in water stressed areas by 2025. By building the world’s first virtual water network operator, HydroIQ is disrupting a sector that has seen little adoption of technology and allowing water infrastructure to leapfrog into a sustainable and efficient distribution network. This will ensure that the available water is consumed sustainably and at the same time take water to the people who need it most.
Evocco is an app which empowers consumers to make more sustainable food choices. Simply take a photograph of your food shopping receipt and get an instant score for the food products you’ve purchased. Evocco’s score is designed to help consumers find the most nutritious food for the least climate impact. But it’s not just about knowing every person’s impact, it’s about being able to improve it. Evocco helps track consumer’s impact overtime and provides personalized tips and recommendations for sustainable alternatives. Consumers can also give direct feedback to food brands and food retailers via short in-app surveys. The data captured from these surveys and receipts allows Evocco to help food companies better align their commercial and sustainability goals. This achieved by providing data which allows them to become more proactive on consumer sustainability trends and better understand how to trigger a sustainable purchase.
Global ReEnergy Holdings aims to create the smart technology world of tomorrow. The startup provides innovative smart technology solutions for cities and companies around the world, helping them reduce their environmental footprint and become more efficient in their operations. Through its wholly-owned subsidiaries – Artificial Minds, LLC (USA), Artificial Minds Ltd (Hong Kong), and Artificial Minds FinTech Ltd (Dubai) – the company offers its Artificial Minds® smart technology platform with applications for Smart Cities, FinTech, and the Internet of Things (IoT).
Raino Tech4Impact is a social enterprise that leverages technology as an enabler to empower African communities. The startup provides sustainable off grid such technologies such as solar powered, cold chain or cold storage and related cold logistics (cold trucks) to small scale agriculturists. This helps them manage post-harvest losses by improving storage, producing market access and creating quality insurance using innovative business models.
