Greener is Better
The route has become green! From plant-based plastic bottles to milk-based dresses, we humans, have come a good way to repair the damages of the past. Although, green tech is not new per se, and it still attracts enormous amounts of investment capital. Going back, such environmental actions have been around since the industrial revolution. Since history, companies have tried to reduce environmental impact or at least moved around production to have zero-to-none waste. With that being said, green tech or its investment philosophy did not really develop until the 90s.
A 2018 report released by the United Nations in renewable energy and green processes states that the global investments surpassed $200 million in 2017, while $2.9 trillion has been invested in sources like solar and wind power since 2004. These figures are enough to tell us that recent years have seen the greatest breakthroughs in the world of business through green tech. The major carriers for this contribution are products not being harmful to the environment and the whole environment awareness thing.
To give you a live example, according to Starbucks, the company invested in wind and solar energy in 2018, where the company bought a 140,000-acre solar farm. The farm provides enough clean energy to power up 600 Starbucks outlets.
The global green tech has evolved around our surroundings in categories technology, applications, and region-wise. In terms of technology, it is separated among Security, Internet of Things, Cloud Computing, Artificial Intelligence, Analytics, Digital Twins, Blockchains, etc.
In applications, we have green construction, pollution monitoring, carbon footprint management, air and sustainable mining, and many more. And region-wise, the global green technology, and sustainability market is a wide range to North America, India, U.S., Canada, Europe, UK, Mexico, Germany, Italy, Spain, Asia Pacific, Japan, China, Australia, Latin America, Brazil, Middle East & Africa, Middle East & Africa, France, and South Africa.
The above-presented scenario just paints the picture of how we humans bring innovation in our creations, benefitting not only the industries but taking a step forward towards sustainable human development.
Insights Success celebrates such innovations by presenting The10 Most Innovative Companies to Watch in 2020, showcasing the best of innovators striving to change the world.
We kick-start things off from our Cover Story, TheExecutive Centre; Asia’s third-largest flexible workspace business, providing flexible workspaces to a diverse corporate membership, with over 135 centers in 32 cities and 14 countries for the past 25 years. The company provides the highest quality Enterprise Solutions, private, virtual, and coworking spaces, each equipped with meeting facilities, video conferencing, and a broad range of business concierge services.
Other than that, we have, ChampionIron, the largest publicly traded pure-play producer of high-grade iron ore in the world; Citrus Informatics, an (ICT) company that uses best practices and innovative thinking to develop breakthrough solutions that leverage emerging technologies to achieve the business goals; GlobalArt, an organization which is inculcating its motto of ‘Think Creative’ in its children with innovative approach and curriculum; KnowMeNow, a simple, secure and reusable KYC solution that provides frictionless onboarding for users and merchants using a decentralized digital identity app; ObserveTechnologies, pioneering artificial intelligence platform to help aquaculture farmers decide, how best to manage their farms; Seceon, providing a comprehensive cybersecurity platform for evolving threats.
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Now, without further ado, let’s start!