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Out of 157, the Global Startup Heat Map highlights 5 Top Startups Incentivizing Sustainability
The insights of this data-driven analysis are derived from the Big Data & Artificial Intelligence (AI)-powered StartUs Insights Discovery Platform, covering 2 093 000+ startups & scaleups globally. The platform gives you an exhaustive overview of emerging technologies & relevant startups within a specific field in just a few clicks.
The Global Startup Heat Map below reveals the distribution of the 157 exemplary startups & scaleups we analyzed for this research. Further, it highlights 5 startups that we hand-picked based on criteria such as founding year, location, funding raised, and more. You get to explore the solutions of these 5 startups & scaleups in this report. For insights on the other 152 startups incentivizing sustainability, get in touch.
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Kora Sustainability enables Carbon Emission Offsetting
Founding Year: 2019
Location: Riga, Latvia
Use this solution for Investing in Carbon-Reducing Projects.
Latvian startup Kora Sustainability provides carbon emission offsetting for individuals. It partners with businesses in carbon-reducing projects and allows users to invest in them. The Kora app showcases such carbon project partners and connects them to individuals looking to neutralize their carbon footprint. Moreover, the app awards users with digital points for each sustainable action and these points are redeemable against any purchase or investment in the app’s curated carbon project partners.
Plan3t drives Carbon Footprint Reduction
Founding Year: 2020
Location: Hamburg, Germany
Partner with Plan3t for Sustainable Behavior Rewards.
Plan3t is a German startup that builds an app that tracks users’ annual carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. Based on their answers to a questionnaire, the app suggests personalized lifestyle changes to reduce carbon footprint. The app rewards Planet Coins for each climate-positive action taken by the user as well as the process is gamified, including projects, challenges, and progress sharing with friends. To promote climate-friendly behavior, the users are provided with discount vouchers and give-aways from the app’s sustainable partner brands, which also provides them low-cost advertisements to reach their target audience.
Carbon Codes rewards Sustainable Eating Behavior
Founding Year: 2019
Location: Oxford, UK
Partner with them for Promoting Responsibly-Sourced Foods.
UK-based startup Carbon Codes encourages individuals to use responsibly sourced meat and seafood as well as plant-based food. It promotes sustainable eating habits by offering price discounts to users on food ordered from its partner restaurants. The startup collaborates only with those restaurants and online vendors who conform to its food guidelines and assessments that ensure sustainability in their offerings. The startup’s solution validates the eco-friendly practices of its partner restaurants by connecting them to environmentally conscious users at no additional cost.
Mandatum promotes Eco-Friendly eCommerce
Founding Year: 2019
Location: Miami, USA
Use this solution to prioritize Sustainable Efficiencies in the eCommerce Supply Chain.
US-based startup Mandatum provides an eponymous app to incentivize eCommerce supply chain sustainability. The Mandatum app lists businesses with 30+ day shipping policies, enabling eco-friendly efficiencies in their manufacturing, inventory management, and shipping operations. Moreover, the businesses offer discounts to their users and make donations to certified ecosystem conservation projects for each order. The Mandatum app manages end-to-end operations of the discount offered to users and the donations made by the businesses, allowing both to save costs while reducing their carbon footprint.
Ecomilhas awards Clean Urban Mobility
Founding Year: 2020
Location: Campinas, Brazil
Partner with Ecomilhas for Rewarding Reduced CO2 Emissions in Mobility.
Ecomilhas is a Brazilian startup that measures greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of urban transportation modes and provides neutral mobility certification. The Ecomilhas app rewards individual and business users with tokenized urban miles for using neutral and clean mobility options such as bikes, public transport, and walking. The users choose their route and mode of travel within the app which validates the entry’s authenticity using artificial intelligence. The neutral mobility certificate is redeemable with different benefit levels against products, services, and even cash.
Discover more Sustainability Startups
Startups such as the examples highlighted in this report focus on reducing carbon emissions, sustainable sourcing practices as well as AI and tokenization. While all of these technologies play a major role in advancing sustainability, they only represent the tip of the iceberg. To explore sustainable solutions in more detail, simply let us look into your areas of interest. For a more general overview, you can download one of our free Industry Innovation Reports to save your time and improve strategic decision-making.
