Sustainability
Solar Entrepreneurship Masterclass 12 May, 12pm GMT
On Wednesday, 12 May at 12pm GMT, Tony Tiyou, founder and CEO of Renewables in Africa, a clean energy engineering company and a media platform is presenting a workshop on how to become a solar developer and get funding.
Read the full story and register here.
The Role of Business Schools in Advancing the Sustainable Development Goals: Beyond Quality Education
In this article, Sherif Kamel describes how business schools can help advance the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), both through advocacy and through the revamping of their business and management education programs to include the study of businesses’ societal contexts. The actions that Kamel describes include redesigning curricula, revisiting pedagogical approaches (including experiential learning), creating internships and co-op programs, identifying research endeavours and their policy implications, carefully selecting business partners and affiliations, diversifying extracurricular activities, integrating innovative technologies, investing in community development, and reconfiguring executive education.
Innovation for Sustainable Food Production: Shiok Meats, Singapore
On the occasion of the WTO TRIPS Council online side event focusing on the intersection of innovation, IP and sustainability – which will take place on March 9 at 16:00 – we are re-posting some resources about IC member Shiok Meats. Shiok Meats is a Singaporean company that produces cell-based crustacean meat. Shiok Meats plans to bring healthy, nutritious, environmentally-friendly and cruelty-free crustacean meat to tables everywhere in the coming years, disrupting the global shrimp market which is worth an estimated 40b USD annually. This month marks the one-year anniversary since the Singaporean innovators introduced their first shrimp dumpling. Shrimp grown from cells has several advantages over wild caught shrimp or shrimp raised through aquaculture – notably in relation to health, environment, and labor impacts – but further innovation is required to bring down production costs. This is the goal of the team at Shiok Meats over the next 2-3 years.
Read more:
Shiok Meats Raises $4.6 Million Seed Round To Develop Cell-Based Shrimp
How artificial shrimps could change the world
Singapore’s Shiok Meats hopes to hook diners with lab-grown shrimp
Swiss sustainability benchmark: a call for Swiss businesses
The Swiss Sustainability Benchmark enables companies to understand its impact on customers, employees, suppliers, the broader community and the environment against sustainability best practices. The companies can take the Swiss Sustainability B_enchmark survey to get a snapshot of their performance based on international standards developed by B Lab and contribute to a collective and transformative process.
100% Recyclable Wind Turbine Blades
Innovative industries are working on a more sustainable way to produce energy. One example is LM Wind Power, one of the world’s largest makers of blades for wind turbines. These blades are designed to last for more than 20 years, but what happens to them when they are done spinning? In the past, they ended up in landfills, lined up like dinosaur bones. LM Wind Power wants to change that. The company, which became carbon neutral in 2018, is working with the wind industry to come up with blades that could be 100% recyclable in the future.
GM’s new electric vehicle in China
This Bloomberg article discusses the introduction of the General Motors Co. Hongguang MINI EV in China, a surprise hit that sells for less than $5,000.
WIPO’s “Women in Green” Interviews
Earlier this year, WIPO launched a new interview series – “Women in Green” – that highlights the experiences and impact of female green entrepreneurs. This interesting series features innovators from different regions, representing different types of eco-friendly solutions. The public can nominate female innovators for future interviews. This is a great way to draw attention to achievements of women on the front line of innovation.