I met with Pratap Raju, Founding Partner at the Climate Collective, two years ago at the 2018 ClimateLaunchpad Global Grand Final in Edinburgh. That was the first year India was a participating country in the global competition, and it was a great success. India has seen massive growth in the cleantech startup scene, and Pratap is one of the leaders in the space.
The European Green Deal offers massive opportunities for green business; the region aims to be the first climate neutral bloc.
Despite the current crisis, green entrepreneurs across the globe continue to create positive climate impact and economic opportunities at ClimateLaunchpad. A record number of 3,000 startups from 56 countries entered this year’s edition of ClimateLaunchpad, the global green business ideas competition
Green Standards allows Fortune 500 companies to reduce their impact on the planet with sustainable office decommissioning. By taking gently used office furniture and upcycling, recycling, and donating to local non-profit organizations, this super green business has diverted nearly 58,000 tons of furniture waste (f-waste).
Entrepreneurs lead the charge when it comes to fixing climate change! See how companies and teams from around the world are innovating climate change solutions at the coming Climate Launchpad event, happening 14-15 November 2019 in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Clean Energy Trust, a Chicago-based nonprofit with a mission to support cleantech innovation in underserved markets, is excited to identify and help support high-potential founders of startup companies who are female or people of color working on innovative clean energy, sustainability, and environmental solutions.
For the past four years, ClimateLaunchpad has been growing their green business competition. Their 2019 season is underway, with competing countries from almost 50 countries. Each country receives applicants, hosts national level Boot Camps and competitions, and then three winners from each country head to the Global Grand Final – this year being held in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Ukraine is one of the many countries competing in ClimateLaunchpad next week in Scotland. Learn about the national winners from the Ukraine and the climate solutions their businesses can fix.
Solid cleantech ideas can arise anywhere around the world, and increasingly they are coming from talented entrepreneurs in countries, even those with economies that are focused on oil, like Nigeria, Kazakhstan, or Azerbaijan, where oil is literally pouring out of the soil. So how do these brave minds plan to succeed there, right in the middle of the fossil fuel universe?
ClimateLaunchpad is part of EIT Climate-KIC, the European Union’s leading program for climate innovation. This year marks the 5th edition of the ClimateLaunchpad competition. In the time since its inception, more than 4,000 ideas have been entered into this global competition.
