In Edinburgh, the town’s 3 main universities are collaborating to help support SMEs with a low-carbon focus. 200 products and services have emerged in the last 5 years. See original article …
Values Led Startups
30 years guarantee on a t-shirt. How’s that for sustainability?
Following on from Patagonia’s lead, a number of startups are now creating clothing designed not to be thrown away every season. One brand even has a 30 year guarantee! Fantastic to see clothing sustainability. See original article …
Startup aims to cultivate legit business skills in drug dealers
This startup aims to cultivate legit business skills in drug dealers. The founder, Bashaun Brown, is an ex-con who turned his shady business skills to good and is trying to get others to do the same. Funded by a grant for social entrepreneurship, he’s latched onto the need to get sustainable funding for his enterprise. […]
Using crowdfunding to ethically bribe companies to make social changes
Interesting take on crowdfunding. If there’s a company you’d like to see make an ethical change, you promise to spend cash there if they do it. If enough people pledging enough spending join you, and the company makes the change, you then spend your pledge and reward the company for ‘doing the right thing’. Ethical […]
How A Mexican Startup is Turning Mango Scraps Into Nutritional Gold
EatLimmo is making a success of recycling Mango waste to a nutritious powder that it sells to bakeries and others. An act of food alchemy, taking waste, turning it into something nutritious, and developing a profitable company along the way. Mango is just the start – they are looking at other foodwaste. Based in Mexico, […]