Clean technology is any process, product, or service that reduces negative environmental impacts through significant energy efficiency improvements, the sustainable use of resources, or environmental protection activities.
The goal of this list is to gather a list of awesome companies fighting climate change, as well as collecting research about the issues and solutions connected to it.
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The format for companies is the following:
- [Company Name](URL) | Based in | Founded Year
Short description.
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Droneseed | Seattle, USA | 2015
They plant native trees & vegetation using drone swarms and spray to protect them. Provide valuable insights to customers by collecting data in the field. Work with Governments, nonprofits, and private land owners as a service provider.
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Impossible Foods | California, USA | 2011
Their plant based burgers require 96% less land, 87% less water, and 89% less greenhouse emissions to produce than traditional burgers. Their mission is to produce plant based meat in order to reduce the impact of the meat industry on the environment.
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Karma | Sweden | 2016
Helps restaurants, cafes, and grocery stores selling their surplus food at a discounted price. As a result, users get food for less and businesses receive an additional revenue stream — all while reducing food waste.
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Land Life Company | Amsterdam | 2013
Their mission is to reforest the world’s 2 billion hectares of degraded land.
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Olio | UK | 2015
Mobile app for food-sharing, aiming to reduce food waste. It does this by connecting those with surplus food to those who need or wish to consume such food. The food must be edible; it can be raw or cooked, sealed or open.
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Phytoponics | UK | 2016
Produces a commercial scale hydroponic growing system, which is cheaper and easier to install and maintain than traditional hydroponic systems. The goal is to bring the benefits of hydroponics (less water and land, more consistent yields), with a lower investment up front.
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Solar Foods | Finland | 2017
Produces Solein - a single-cell protein - from water, CO2 and electricity. It doesn’t require arable land or irrigation and isn’t limited by climate conditions. The original concept of Solein was born from a NASA space programme, and was further developed in the research projects of the Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd and the Lappeenranta University of Technology (LUT).
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Too Good To Go | France | 2016
Gives the possibility for restaurants, stores, bakeries and cafés to sell unsold food at the end of the day. Since it is impossible to know in advance what will be the unsolds of the day, the users get a "surprise basket" of about 500g of food. Pretty much like Karma, but more present in France.
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Vultus | Sweden | 2016
Uses satellite imaging to save fertilizer usage up to 30%, and track crops health. This allows farmers to reduce their Nitrous Oxide emissions, a greenhouse gas that is 298 times more potent than CO2.
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Cellugy | Denmark | 2018
Offers a biomaterial produced from food and vegetable waste, that can be used for packaging as an alternative to plastic. This material is translucent, resistent, and home compostable.
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Organicbasics | Denmark | 2015
Offers underwear, essentials and activewear made consciously in Europe. The material used for their production is natural, renewable,recycled, biodegradable and or low-impact textiles only.
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The Ocean Cleanup | Netherlands | 2013
Developed a technology to passively collect ocean debris, with the goal of cleaning the oceans of 90% of their plastic waste by 2040. In 2018 they deployed their solution in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.
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Orbital Systems | Sweden | 2012
Collaborated with NASA to develop a shower system that uses 90% less water. The shower has a purification system that makes it possible to reuse the same batch of water. The company now wants to make this technology - initially developed for space - available to consumers.
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Solar Water Solutions | Finland | -
Develops a reverse osmosis technology for producing drinking water with low operating expenses and no CO2 emissions. The desalination system is fully solar, independent of external energy sources and easy-to-use and maintain.
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ElectricityMap.org | Denmark/France | 2017
A software company offering access to live and historical data of the origin of electricity and its associated carbon emissions in 90+ countries, based on open-source contributions.
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Hydrostor | Canada | 2010
Converts electrical energy to compressed air stored in accumulators under water. Once in the accumulators, the energy can be stored until required by the grid. When the energy is required, the weight of the water pushes the air back to the surface, where it is converted to electricity using a generator.
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Inspire | Philadelphia, USA | 2014
Simplifying consumer adoption of clean energy by offering an array of affordable clean energy plans to homeowners that integrate with smart home technologies.
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Marcel | France | 2011
An online taxi app like Uber that gives the possibility to use electric cars and partners with the GoodPlanet foundation to fully compensate for the carbon generated by its rides. Since 2019 it is only available in France.
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Momentum Dynamics | Pennsylvania, USA
Developing wireless charging for the automotive and transportation industry. Allows any type of vehicle or appliance to be connected to electrical power grid without the use of cables or wires.
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Nel ASA | Norway | 1927
Provides solutions for the production, storage and distribution of hydrogen from renewable energy sources.
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Open Climate Fix | London, England | 2019
Non-profit research and development lab, focused on reducing greenhouse gas emissions by solving machine learning problems. As of 2019 they are working on a forecasting system to reduce gas turbines backups on power grids that use solar energy.
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Solar City | California, USA | 2006
Current products include a solar panel roof that collects as much power as possible without looking like a solar panel, and Powerwall, a home energy storage solution.
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Tesla | California, USA | 2003
Specialized in electric car manufacturing and through, its SolarCity subsidiary, solar panel manufacturing.
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Vestas | Denmark | 1945
Manufacturer, seller, installer, and servicer of wind turbines. As of 2019 Vestas has installed over 66,000 wind turbines for a capacity of 100 GW in over 80 countries on five continents.
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Doconomy | Sweden | 2018
Fintech company promoting the reduction in consumption, by providing a credit card which uses CO2 emissions as spending limit.
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Ducky | Norway | 2014
Offers a range of products based on climate and environmental research data, where you can monitor your personal footprint in their climate calculator, learn about climate psychology, and reduce carbon emissions through friendly team competitions.
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Ecosia | Germany | 2009
Internet search engine that donates its surplus income to non-profit organizations that focus on reforestation. According to their website, as of July 2019, they have been responsible for the planting of 60 million trees.
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Unmade | England | 2013
Reduces waste in the fashion industry, by offering on-demand production of clothing at scale. Unmade was born out of a desire to re-imagine both the design and manufacturing processes within the fashion industry, so brands only make what is actually sold, resulting in minimal waste.
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Tomorrow | Denmark/France | 2018
App that calculates the climate impact of your daily choices by connecting to apps and services you already use: your personal and automated carbon tracker.
- Clean Tech Finland - Hub of Finnish clean tech companies.
- r/ClimateActionPlan - A subreddit for giving people hope when facing climate change.
- Norrsken Foundation - Swedish foundation which supports and invests in organizations that have a positive impact on society.
- Mattermore.io - Newsletter highlighting companies using AI & data science to reverse climate change; useful for discovering new initiatives/work opportunities, delivered every week.
- Environmental Protection Agency - Research on effects of climate change and solutions.
- Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change - United Nations body for assessing the science related to climate change.
- NASA climate - Vital signs of the planet, facts, and solutions.
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