Sustainability
Disinfecting water with sunshine
An easy-to-use measuring device indicates when contaminated water has been sufficiently exposed to the sun’s UV rays for water-borne pathogens to be eliminated.
Innovation and the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals
The Sustainable Development Goals or SDGs are a collection of 17 interlinked global goals designed to be a “blueprint to achieve a better and more sustainable future for all”. The SDGs were set up in 2015 by the United Nations General Assembly and are intended to be achieved by 2030.
This Springwise series showcases the innovative technology and solutions that will help us to get there.
Read our latest SDG Focus features below
SDG 2: Zero hunger
For decades, humanity made progress on hunger and malnutrition. But the COVID-19 pandemic has reversed this trend. And going forward there is a simple equation: the world will need to produce about 70 per cent more food by 2050 to feed an estimated 9 billion people
SDG 13: Climate action
The world is on course for warming of around 2.7 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels. Scientists warn that this level of warming will cause massive social, economic, and environmental damage. Urgent action is needed now to limit the effects of climate change – effects that are already being seen around the world
SDG 3: Good health and wellbeing
Dramatic improvements in life expectancy have been a major success story of the past three centuries. But the current COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the vulnerability of these gains, while exposing persistent health inequalities between different parts of the world
Discover more in our innovation library
Retail
100 per cent recycled and recyclable haircare packaging
A haircare brand offers products in recycled and recyclable HDPE bottles with a first-of-its-kind recycled cap that does not need to be separated before recycling.
Sustainability
The world’s largest real-time monitoring network for environmental disasters
The network collects and delivers vital data that has improved local agriculture, utilities and forest industries, as well as emergency responses to fires and floods.
Sustainability
Bringing desalination to off-grid areas
A Berlin-based desalination company has developed a versatile system that can be adapted for a variety of off-grid uses.
Fashion & Beauty
Smart threads make it easy to disassemble and recycle clothes
A startup has developed dissolvable threads and a thermal disassembly system for recycling clothes.
Sustainability
Making supply chains leaner and greener
The Lean and Green programme encourages companies to develop a plan of action for reducing transport and supply chain emissions.