Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

APRIL 12, 2022

Investing in a Sustainable Future. Innovators from across the region work hard to reduce carbon emissions, create new green technologies, and launch solutions for humans, wildlife, and ecosystems to adapt to a changing climate.??? This YLAI Fellow is influencing sustainable behavior in his Dominican Repub. Modal Close Button.

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Venture Well

APRIL 5, 2023

Sylvia Robles from the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley was named our 2023 Sustainable Practice Impact Award winner. The post Celebrating Sylvia Robles, Our 2023 Sustainable Practice Impact Awardee appeared first on VentureWell.

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Venture Well

DECEMBER 19, 2022

To help faculty engage students in green design methods, we spotlight key exercises from the Tools for Design and Sustainability course, developed by Dr. Jeremy Faludi of Delft University of Technology. The post Inspiring Sustainable Design: Circular Economy—Design for a Lifetime appeared first on VentureWell.

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Venture Well

MARCH 21, 2024

ReJoule won our 2024 Sustainable Practice Impact Award for its circular economy for lithium-ion electric vehicle (EV) batteries. The post Celebrating ReJoule, VentureWell’s 2024 Sustainable Practice Impact Awardee appeared first on VentureWell.

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Venture Well

MARCH 21, 2024

ReJoule won our 2024 Sustainable Practice Impact Award for its circular economy for lithium-ion electric vehicle (EV) batteries. The post Celebrating ReJoule, VentureWell’s 2024 Sustainable Practice Impact Awardee appeared first on VentureWell.

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Venture Well

OCTOBER 27, 2022

Learn how to teach students to incorporate green materials into their inventions with exercises from the Tools for Design and Sustainability. The post Inspiring Sustainable Design: Green Materials—How To Build Better appeared first on VentureWell.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 29, 2020

Focus on Growth and Innovation. For the future, focus on business model innovation. If your business has taken a beating given the sector that you are in, is it possible to innovate out of this crisis? Primarily, there are three levels of innovation: incremental, sustaining and disruptive.

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Venture Well

JULY 29, 2021

Lauren Choi of The New Norm is protecting the environment by transforming plastic Solo cups into an innovative wearable fabric for the fashion industry. The post weaving sustainability into fashion: q&a with Lauren Choi of The New Norm appeared first on VentureWell.

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Impact Hub

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

Circularity in action: Sustainable innovations in Amsterdam Reflower and Dik & Schil emerge as two pioneering businesses in Amsterdam to advance the circular economy through innovative solutions. Reflower Reflower is an innovative venture operating in the floral industry.

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Venture Well

DECEMBER 10, 2019

Jeremy Faludi's Tools for Design and Sustainability includes a guide to teaching green principles in innovation and entrepreneurship courses. The post Teaching Green: Integrating Sustainability Principles into I&E Curriculum appeared first on VentureWell.

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Paul G. Silva

AUGUST 9, 2023

Alexander Osterwalder and the team at Strategizer published a small eBook chock-full of best practices on corporate innovation called From Innovation Theater to Growth Engine. Strategizer is likely one of the top innovation consultants out there. So too with innovation.

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Venture Well

OCTOBER 12, 2021

Through sustainable sports product design, Dr. Susan Sokolowski helps students create innovations that can protect the environment and transform the sports industry. The post infusing sustainability into sports product design: a q&a with Dr. Susan Sokolowski of University of Oregon appeared first on VentureWell.

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American Entrepreneurship

MAY 31, 2024

American innovator addresses hygienic sanitation for those living in poverty Seven years ago, Fundación MAPFRE, a global non-profit created by MAPFRE, launched the inaugural Social Innovation Awards in partnership with IE University. This year’s competition held in Madrid Spain yielded U.S.-based The post U.S.-based

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners

OCTOBER 4, 2024

This innovative product marks the latest step in the region’s leadership in progressive energy solutions, offering businesses a versatile, mobile charging option designed to meet the evolving demands of the modern world.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 6, 2020

At the start of 2020, Chelle Neff is wrapping up a decade of considerable success, growth and innovation. Green Circle Salons provide the world’s first sustainable salon solution to recover and repurpose beauty waste. Describe where the beauty industry as a whole is regarding sustainability and environmental concerns.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

AUGUST 25, 2020

Beleaf is a sustainable fashion company that uses scraps to “upcycle” and create new clothing and accessories. Through years of production and education, the community has begun to reflect sustainable values by creating their own clothes through upcycling old materials. What is Beleaf? Tackling challenges: COVID-19 and beyond.

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Source Link

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

How can your programming be sustainable and live beyond this grant cycle? This approach has resulted in sustainable success for IASourceLink. Building collaborations can spark, spur, and sustain economic growth. SourceLink has demonstrated success helping communities build and grow sustainable entrepreneurial ecosystems.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

OCTOBER 28, 2020

The NYC Fintech Innovation Lab is a program which accepts fintech entrepreneurs to develop their businesses with the assistance of senior execs at the leading NYC banks and insurance companies. If you are building a fintech company and are focused on one or more of these areas, you should consider applying.

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Paul G. Silva

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Cascades explains Greg’s observations on what it takes for innovation of all kinds (political movements, cultural change, startups, re-orgs, etc.) Here are the key takeaways that I believe relate to startup / intrepreneurial innovators. 5 Reasons People Will Oppose You We innovators already believe. It doesn’t.

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Venture Well

APRIL 5, 2023

Sylvia Robles from the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley was named our 2023 Sustainable Practice Impact Award winner. The post Celebrating Sylvia Robles, Our 2023 Sustainable Practice Impact Awardee appeared first on VentureWell.

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Venture Well

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

Faculty can use biomimicry to teach sustainable design principles to students who are looking to solve the challenges of the climate crisis. The post Inspiring Sustainable Design: Biomimicry—Using Nature’s Blueprints appeared first on VentureWell.

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Paul G. Silva

JUNE 2, 2022

My role is co-founder of the new Corporate Innovation division where we help mature, services-based businesses increase their valuations and impact by 5x through digital innovation. I am excited and honored by the opportunity to build out this new division of PixelEdge and help more companies embrace the power of innovation.

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AsiaTechDaily

DECEMBER 27, 2023

TNGlobal (formerly TechNode Global) announces the fourth edition of its ORIGIN Innovation Awards with the theme “Leading the Path to a Sustainable and Responsible Future.”

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Impact Hub

APRIL 5, 2024

A just transition: Integrating sustainability and inclusion Our environmental efforts centre around the concept of a just transition, ensuring that we don’t leave anyone behind as we move towards sustainability. How are we integrating sustainability and inclusion?

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Venture Well

JULY 7, 2020

Taryn Mead of Western Colorado University teaches students entrepreneurship concepts through an environmental innovation lens, helping them envision their contribution to a more sustainable future.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

The Copenhagen-based startup announced the acquisition of fellow Danish fintech Gaia Investments this week with plans to integrate the trading platform, which focuses on investing in companies with sustainability goals, into its app. “As the talks progressed, it became more and more clear it was a great move for us.”

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American Entrepreneurship

APRIL 18, 2024

Climate Tech Startup introduces sustainability product to accelerate move away from fossil fuels Addressing the 20% of U.S. global warming emissions rising from homes, climate tech startup Quilt is launching in May an innovation that will make the management of the home environment significantly more efficient.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Techstars , a network of startup accelerators and an investment company, is launching a new accelerator in Paris called Techstars Sustainability Paris. With this sustainability-focused accelerator, Techstars is hitting the reboot button. Every year, Techstars Sustainability Paris plans to accept 24 startups across two batches.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 12, 2023

The increasing need to reduce carbon emissions drives many industries, including airlines and transportation, to seek sustainable alternatives to meet emission reduction targets and fulfill corporate social responsibility commitments.

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Founders Coop

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

The GFC kicked off the most sustained period of fiscal and monetary stimulus in modern times. The money fountain is sputtering just as the first real innovation in a decade roars into view. For years after the dotcom bubble burst, being a founder was weird and hard. The tide will keep going out. What’s the plot twist in this story?

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners

DECEMBER 12, 2023

The funding provided by Ben Franklin is a catalyst for rapid growth and innovation. Offering this type of innovative and relevant work schedule leads to faster job fill rates, lower attrition and a workforce model that can sustain the high/low demand cycles often experienced in manufacturing. first appeared on BFTP/CNP.

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Venture Well

MAY 27, 2021

Iconic Air has developed an air quality monitoring device and software platform that gathers and analyzes the vital sustainability metrics that oil and gas companies need to reach their environmental goals.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

It has now become a materials innovation company disrupting how clothes are made. The company is driving change in the industry through the open sourcing of materials for others to benefit, and in doing so, is becoming the industry’s standard bearer on sustainability practices. The fashion industry alone dumps 2.1

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American Entrepreneurship

MAY 13, 2024

A broad movement of developers led to a 10x year over year revenue increase The AI race is in full throttle, with entrepreneurs innovating to join this new highly competitive tech arena. That’s resulted in overwhelmingly positive sentiment from the community and impressive, sustained user growth.”

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Impact Hub

MAY 23, 2024

Rethread Africa: Transforming agricultural waste into sustainable fashion solutions Rethread Africa is a sustainable materials startup dedicated to transforming the fashion industry by converting agricultural waste from smallholder farmers into carbon-neutral biomaterials. The goal is to create 300 new jobs within five years.

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Impact Hub

MAY 23, 2024

Pearl Jars: Crafting sustainable solutions in Lisbon's entrepreneurial hub Lukas Boettger, Director of Pearl Jars, has found a home for his innovative lifestyle brand within the vibrant community of Impact Hub Lisbon.

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Paul G. Silva

MAY 10, 2021

Three years later, we still consider ourselves privileged and honored to help other entrepreneurs create jobs, innovations, and prosperity. At Launch413, we deeply believe our tools should be sustainable and our advisors should be impactful. ApprentiScope, a Launch413 Portfolio Company.

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