Polestar is the electric performance car brand jointly owned by Volvo Car Group and Zhejiang Geely Holding.Polestar enjoys specific technological and engineering synergies with Volvo Cars, which facilitates the successful design, development and production of separately-branded, electric performance cars. Polestar launched Polestar 1 –an Electric Performance Hybrid GT with 609 hp, 1,000 Nm and an electric-only range of 124 km (WLTP) –the longest of any hybrid car in the world. Polestar 2 was revealed as the company’s first full electric premium car.

NIO Inc. is a pioneer in China’s premium electric vehicle market. Founded in November 2014, NIO’s mission is to shape a joyful lifestyle by offering premium smart electric vehicles and being the best user enterprise. NIO designs, jointly manufactures, and sells smart and connected premium electric vehicles, driving innovations in next-generation technologies in connectivity, autonomous driving and artificial intelligence. Redefining the user experience, NIO provides users with comprehensive, convenient and innovative charging solutions and other user-centric services.

AUDI AG is one of the most successful manufacturers of premium cars. The brand stands for progressive design and highest quality standards together with modern technologies and connectivity – for “Vorsprung durch Technik.”
 
Vorsprung also means thinking beyond. Audi strives for progress along the entire value chain and attaches importance to the forward-thinking and economical use of resources and environmentally friendly production of our cars. Our vision is to shape individual and sustainable premium mobility solutions for our customers and offering mobility solutions that match their individual wishes precisely. Every contribution counts towards creating the decisive change.

Plastic Bank® helps reduce ocean plastic and improves the lives of its collectors by building ethical recycling ecosystems in coastal communities all over the world. Collectors receive a premium for their plastic, helping provide for necessities such as groceries, fuel, tuition and healthcare. Plastic Bank provides real-time data, enabling transparency, traceability and rapid scalability. Collected material is reborn as Social Plastic® and reprocessed for the global manufacturing supply chain.

The Drivery opened in March 2019 as a marketplace for mobility innovators to provide the modern infrastructure needed for rapid innovation and as a meeting place for the European mobility community. Now, The Drivery is home to almost 100 start-ups focused entirely on mobility within the European tech ecosystem. Located in Berlin with a space of over 10,000 m² (and growing), The Drivery includes high-tech prototyping maker garages, a GPU farm that provides excessive processing power for AI development, and co-working, office and event spaces.

Berlin: The Place for New Mobility

Berlin is a hotspot for innovative ideas and projects, not least in the field of new mobility. The Berlin Agency for Electromobility Berlin Partner / eMO is connecting the players and pushes the topic forward. As part of Berlin Partner, the economic development agency of the State of Berlin, and with significant support from the Senate Department for Economics, Energy and Public Enterprises, we present a selection of partners, projects and support programs of the State of Berlin: topics include automated public transport, sustainable city logistics, mobility as a service and intelligent charging infrastructure.

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Shell has been a reliable energy partner for well over a century. We are moving in step with society to address the energy transition with more and cleaner energy. Since March 2019, the sonnen Group is a wholly owned subsidiary of Shell within its New Energies division. With headquarters in Germany, sonnen is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of smart energy storage systems and a pioneer in shaping the future of energy which is clean, distributed, networked and affordable. sonnen offers new and highly innovative products and services for network operators, energy companies and homeowners.

Founded in 2019 nu-in grew from a desire to create a sustainable clothing brand, both fashion forward and affordable. nu-in is born out of necessity and with responsibility to protect our planet and its inhabitants. Having the lowest possible impact on the environment underpins every decision made. It’s simply a given.
Fashion. Sustainably Driven.
Founders:
Mike, Poppy, Marcus and Stefanie

125 years after the company’s foundation, car manufacturer ŠKODA is entering a new era: the ENYAQ iV – celebrating its German premiere at the GTF EXHIBITION – is the first model the brand has developed as an all-electric car. ŠKODA has consistently pursued its vision of making its products and the company as sustainable as possible. This includes electric and hybrid drive options, for example ŠKODA OCTAVIA iV, the use of recycled materials and CO2-neutral production, which has already been implemented in one plant.

Hyundai Motor Europe currently sells cars in 41 European countries. 75 percent of the vehicles Hyundai sold in the region are models designed, engineered, tested and built in Europe to meet the needs of European customers, served by the company’s extensive European infrastructure. This includes two factories in the Czech Republic and Turkey. By end of 2020, Hyundai will offer one of the youngest product ranges with almost all models younger than 1 ½ years old. Also by then, over 75% of Hyundai’s line-up in Europe will be available as an electrified version.

The world’s leading premium manufacturer of automobiles and motorcycles incl. financial and mobility services. The production comprises 31 facilities in 15 countries with a global sales network in 140+ countries. 2019 the company sold over 2.5m vehicles worldwide with a workforce of 126,016 employees. Its success has always been based on responsible action. The BMW Group established ecological, social sustainability throughout the value chain, comprehensive product responsibility and clear commitment to conserving resources as integral part of its strategy.

Volocopter aims to become the leading Urban Air Mobility service provider worldwide. With our innovative technology, products, and services we will support cities in sustainably transforming their mobility concepts. Volocopter saves time, is extremely safe, emission-free, and quiet. At Volocopter we are developing the complete ecosystem including aircraft, take-off and landing infrastructure, and integration into air traffic management systems. We bring Urban Air Mobility to life.

Ströer is a leading German out-of-home advertiser and offers advertising customers individualized and fully integrated, end-to-end solutions along the entire marketing & sales value chain. Ströer is focusing on the strength of the OOH business, supported by the Digital OOH & Content and Direct Media segments. Being partner of the cities, STRÖER is an expert in shaping innovative partnership networks – e.g. with world market leader MANN+HUMMEL with an eye on Outdoor Air Filtration.

Everyone at Deutsche Bahn is dedicated to an ambitious climate protection goal: Being climate-neutral by 2050. To reach this, the DB has established successive stages: By 2030 it wants its CO2 emissions to be at least 50 percent lower than the 2006 figure and by 2038, all of the energy in the traction current mix will come from renewable sources. With its Strong Rail strategy and its Green Transformation, DB is strengthening Germany’s rail system – for the climate, for people, for the economy, and for Europe. This way, Deutsche Bahn can deliver on its promise to make the mobility transition a success, both in Germany and throughout Europe. That’s what This is green. represents – it stands for the environmental strategy and more than 150 measures of Deutsche Bahn.

Founded in 1987, Huawei is a leading global provider of information and communications technology (ICT) infrastructure and smart devices. We have more than 194,000 employees, and we operate in more than 170 countries and regions, serving more than three billion people around the world. We are committed to bringing digital to every person, home and organization for a fully connected, intelligent world.

Camnexus provides efficient water management and environmental monitoring solution with IoT platform based on low-carbon emission sensing technologies.

Wise Bartender is a growing family business launched in 2017, nestled in the heart of the Somerset in the UK! The aim is simple to make alcohol-free drinks as accessible as possible! We now stock the UKs widest range of alcohol free drinks, over 250! As well as being alcohol free many are either vegan, gluten free, low sugar or even isotonic! Our range includes various beers, ciders, spirits, wines and even a Prosecco!

Our distilled non-alcoholic spirit is made using traditional distillation techniques. We extract the flavours from each of our natural botanicals, then the alcohol is gently removed. At the first sip, aromatic juniper and bitter grapefruit give a clean crisp taste. Then comes the sweetness and spice of blood orange and coriander. Our distinctively fresh coastal notes and Devon character are supplied by the wild seaside herbs of sugar kelp and samphire. Cardamon ensures a balanced warm finish.

In 2016, a group of entrepreneurs witnessed restaurant staff throwing away fresh food. The food’s problem? It hadn’t sold in time, and no one was around to take it off their hands. The group pioneered a seamless solution: an app that lists businesses’ unsold food so local diners can find, buy and enjoy it.
Now, thousands of Magic Bags are rescued from food businesses every day. This success powers Too Good To Go’s wider efforts to drive a food waste movement, working to build a planet-friendly food system.

Our unique honeys are all 100% raw, Hand spun honey out of its comb. Thanks to our loved and cared-for bees, we extract only the honey they can spare.We bundle our busy bees into our Bee-Mobile and travel across the North East of England, Scotland – and often further afield – setting up apiaries next to the widest variety of flowers and trees. In our constant search for exciting new flavours, we’ll even source from Europe and beyond. Let the bees take you on a journey of taste and well-being.

The UK is home to a plethora of sustainable companies that offer innovative technologies. Recently, the UK completed a 67- day long run without coal power, marking the longest period without coal power since the Industrial Revolution. UK law sets out that by 2050 the country must achieve net-zero greenhouse emissions, and that by 2040 all new cars sold will be zero emissions. The UK Pavilion will host a number of sustainable British companies from food & drink to technology.

Savyll have crafted an elegant range of ready-to-serve, alcohol-free cocktails that recreate the familiarity, complexity and sense of occasion of the world’s most popular cocktails.

Drop Bear Beer Co. is the UK’s top rated specialist brewer of alcohol free craft beers. Traditionally brewed with only the finest natural ingredients, Drop Bear’s entire range of award winning alcohol free beers is vegan and gluten free.

Vegware is the global specialist in plant-based compostable foodservice packaging.
Our extensive range of more than 300 plant-based catering disposables is all designed to be commercially composted with food waste, where accepted. Our cutlery, tableware, hot and cold drinks cups and takeaway packaging are all made from plants using renewable, lower carbon, recycled or reclaimed materials. Established in Edinburgh in 2006, Vegware has operational bases on 4 continents and global distribution.

Zeigo is a technology platform accelerating the transition to renewables by making the process of buying clean energy directly from generation more transparent and efficient. The platform hosts over 300 projects totalling 18GW and clients include CBRE and Network Rail. With partners such as DLA Piper and S&P Global Platts, Zeigo is set for global expansion in 2020 and has won Business Green’s Best Renewable Technology of the Year as well as the Solar Impulse Efficient Solution Label.

vendi is a peer-to-peer marketplace to buy and sell verified second hand electronic items. The uniqueness in their model relies on a verification service for each product traded between private individuals. By combining proprietary software together with an existing network of electronic shops, vendi aims to restore trust in online second-hand electronics shopping by reducing scams and inefficiencies in a peer-to-peer market where 90% of users are in risk. vendi’s goal is to build a trusted and fair circular economy for everyone.

nuw is a clothes sharing and swapping app. It is our mission to empower people to reduce the environmental impact of fashion by giving new life to the beautiful clothes that already exist in our communities. We believe sustainable fashion solutions should be accessible and affordable for all, that’s why we share and swap the clothes we already have in our wardrobes.

Nix & Kix are a multi-award winning soft drinks company founded by Kerstin Robinson and Julia Kessler. The drinks are naturally low in calories, don’t contain any added sugars (the Nix) and instead feature a subtle hint of cayenne for a natural pick-me-up (the Kix). The brand has sold more than 4m units through over 6,000 distribution points across Europe since 2017. The range is available in 250ml cans, 330ml and 750ml glass bottles being sold mainly in restaurant chains, retail chains and food service in the UK, Europe and the Middle East.

Halo Coffee produces fully home compostable, Nespresso compatible coffee capsules. Our capsules are made from waste sugarcane bagasse and will degrade in as little as 28 days in a home composting environment. In addition, Halo pods are filled with nothing but the highest quality specialty grade coffee beans to provide our discerning customers with “The World’s Best Coffees, In a Way That’s Best For The World.”

The Ørsted vision is a world that runs entirely on green energy. Ørsted develops, constructs and operates offshore and onshore wind farms, solar farms, energy storage facilities, and bioenergy plants, and provides energy products to its customers. Globally, Ørsted is the market leader in offshore wind and it is constructing the world’s biggest offshore wind farms off the East Coast of the UK. Its UK offshore wind farms generate enough clean electricity for over three million UK homes.

Notpla is an innovative sustainable packaging start-up based in London. We are a team of designers, chemists, engineers, and entrepreneurs – all with a mission to make packaging disappear. We are pioneering the use of natural materials, such as seaweed, to create plastic packaging alternatives. Our products include Ooho sachets for liquids, the Liner for coatings and Films for solids – all are made from our Notpla material and are 100% home compostable and biodegradable.

Kind Bag creates beautiful reusable bags 100% made from recycled plastic bottles to combat plastic waste and help replace single-use plastic bags. We donate 10% of our profits to Just One Ocean charity to help clean the sea.

Love Cocoa makes delicious chocolate in a way that is loved by you, the planet, and its people. This year we are planting 500k trees in Cameroon to help combat the climate crisis. Our chocolate bars are plastic-free and made with sustainably sourced single-origin cacao.

CoGo is a free-to-use app designed to make ethical living easy. Powered by Open Banking technology, the ethical recommendation engine helps consumers to lower their Carbon Footprint and spend with businesses that match their ethical values to create a better world for both people and the planet.
CoGo makes sustainable and ethical choices a seamless part of users’ everyday lives by empowering them to put their money where their heart is and track their real-time Carbon Footprint.

Xampla makes next generation alternatives to microplastics and plastics, from entirely natural plant protein.

Cambridge Cleantech connects innovators, corporates, academics, SMEs and investors for a smarter, more sustainable future. As a leading membership organisation, we are a powerful catalyst in the cleantech sector responding to global sustainability challenges. Today we operate as a global hub for cleantech innovation and are linked to some of the most highly innovative centres both in the UK and internationally through our global cluster partners.

Oxfordshire Greentech is the business network super-charging the low carbon economy in Oxfordshire.

Alex Smith started Alara in 1975 with just £2. He is a pioneer of natural and organic food in the UK and has been actively involved in many organisations and projects promoting sustainability. In 1975, Alex created the first recipe for muesli without added sugar. In 1988, Alara was the first cereal company in the world to be certified Organic. In 2008, we became the first food company in the UK with Zero Waste, nothing goes to landfill from our factory.

Ottobahn believes in green cities without traffic jams, no delayed, overcrowded trains, no people killed in traffic, no CO2 or micro plastics emissions from transportation. We are engineering an autonomous transportation system for people and goods, point-to-point with up to 240km/h. We are combining proven railway technology with individualized gondolas, 100% green energy powered. Our solution will give soil back to nature & people. Let’s make the world a better place!

Sustainable Ventures develops, invests in and provides support services to Europe’s leading sustainable start-ups. Over the last 10 years they have founded 8 companies, invested in 25, and supported over 200 in pursuit of their vision of a world in which climate change and resource scarcity are addressed by commercial solutions.

Fathom provides flood hazard data from the cutting edge of academic research. It is unique in harnessing world-leading modelling techniques and data sets. Fathom’s models and data cover the entire planet and are used across a wide range of sectors including insurance, supply-chain risk, disaster response, conservation and international development.

ENIAN is a London-based technology company. They build data-driven software solutions for renewable energy professionals worldwide. They are a dedicated team of technologists with many years of energy sector experience. Their flagship product is a project management platform, is the first of its kind for the renewable energy industry. Their Mission: to fix our broken energy system with data and software and create a world where energy decisions are driven by concrete analysis.

GOVECS is the leading manufacturer of electric scooters in Europe. The German company relies on high-quality “Made in Europe” products for international sharing platforms, develops tailor-made concepts for the fast-growing delivery industry and offers a motivating corporate leasing model. With ZOOM SHARING, GOVECS is not only active in Stuttgart as a sharing operator, but also offers the sharing model as a partner-sharing concept for towns and small cities. The company offers electric scooters and accessories for individual purchase via the online shop www.govecs-scooter.com. The GOVECS product portfolio currently includes the e-scooters ELMOTO KICK, ELMOTO LOOP and GOVECS FLEX, as well as the E-Schwalbe.

act GREEN was created to unite experts and leaders of sustainable action across industries. Together we foster an extensive network built on interdisciplinary collaboration with a common goal: to help brands empower sustainability. We create experiences that impact people and our world. Our fields of activity:

• Concept & strategy with a strong focus on positive change and transformation
• Educational journeys & workshops
• Implementation & execution of sustainable measures & events

SOMWR’s first approach is apparel focused. We need to reach beyond sports equipment and into everyone’s daily life. With grassroots mass movements, we make the change. We spoke about our internal tax so, when people get on board with Somwr, we plant mangroves absorbing C02 from the atmosphere and protecting coastal areas from strong waves and weathering. We make beaches plastic-free, educate not only children but adults too, all the way from universities to the private sector and governments.

Organic Garden AG bundles its expertise and experience in energy production, IT, industry, finance and project management in a convincing digitalized cycle concept that integrates Smart Farming and Industry 4.0 – for resource-saving food production, valuable soil improvement and regenerative energy supply.
– Organic Garden

In view of the urgent need to protect our planet, nutritional awareness plays a more important role than ever before.
– Holger Stromberg

Motivated by their 1969 heritage, KnowledgeCotton Apparel makes clothes that take a stand. Their mission is to provide the conscious consumer with sustainable fashion choices, without having to make any compromises when it comes to style, comfort or quality. From the very beginning, sustainability has been at the core of the business. Designing for tomorrow, the brand makes timeless, long-lasting products and promotes clothing that is as clean and as natural as possible. All garments are produced by certified manufacturing partners using sustainable methods and materials. It’s fundamental.

Gain knowledge. Take action. Show respect.

knowledgecottonapparel.com

Inspired by Vertical Farming, Max Lössl and Philipp Wagner founded Agrilution in 2013. The vision: to harvest fresh salads, herbs and microgreens at home – without pesticides and long transport routes. Packed full of nutrients and vitamins, as close and fresh as possible to the place of consumption.

Allianz is amongst the world’s leading insurers and asset managers with more than 100 million customers in over 70 countries. We aim to be one of the most trusted financial service providers and believe that building a sustainable business means increasing transparency and contributing to solve societal and environmental challenges.
With embedding sustainability in our business activities we actively manage risks and opportunities posed by climate change and foster a more inclusive society.

Chargery is Europe’s No. 1 for intelligent shared mobility operations. By combining innovative software technology, professional services and a smart infrastructure solutions Chargery enables its customers to operate their fleets more efficiently and cost-effectively. Started 2017 in Berlin, Chargery is now enabling the future mobility all over Europe.

Headquartered in London with a second base in Berlin, Circulor is using blockchain, image recognition and AI to bring transparency to raw materials supply chains. The Circulor platform tracks raw materials from source to finished product, helping manufacturers and their suppliers build a sustainable future. Circulor’s clients’ raw materials concerns range from cobalt, mica to nickel. Raw materials are given a dynamic identity which is the basis for a complete chain of custody, even as their composition changes during refining and amalgamation. CO2 mapping and proven Code of Conduct compliances can be attributed along the way.

Sustainable design solutions from new eco-materials: Biomyc designs and produces sustainable design solutions for the automotive and packaging industry. We specialize in mushroom material – a new biodegradable eco-composite made of agricultural waste and the root structure of mushrooms. A serious Styrofoam alternative that is 100% backyard compostable and thermally insulative. Let’s work together and create cutting-edge products that are good for business and great for the environment.

Lavazza is an Italian family company with its roots in Turin, Italy. Lavazza’s story begins in 1895, when the company’s founder Luigi Lavazza set up a small grocery inventing the art of coffee blending. Lavazza has always had a personal concern for ethics and sustainability: Under the guidance of the Lavazza Foundation, the ¡Tierra! Project was launched in 2002 to improve the living conditions, social development and economic growth of coffee farmers while respecting the environment.

Innovations in mobility and e-mobility move people in all areas of life – from the daily way to work to the individual vacation trip to a whole sustainable way of life. FOCUS especially has been illuminating the world on two wheels since 2016 with the FOCUS E-BIKE Specials as a booklet-in-booklet in the FOCUS news magazine and with high-quality FOCUS E-BIKE magazines, but is also consistently dedicated to “E-Mobility”-Specials on the mega topic of mobility of the future from different perspectives. In addition, FOCUS E-BIKE tests around 80 e-bikes every year in Germany’s largest e-bike test. The results and much more can be found at www.focus-ebike.de

Always committed to blending innovation and design into green and sustainable projects, Italdesign is a state-of-the-art customer-centric, method- and fact-based company headquartered in Moncalieri, Turin, Italy, with over 1,000 employees working in Italy and abroad. Its services of styling, engineering, prototyping and production in the automotive, product and transportation design sectors are offered to international organizations and new players to explore future scenarios. www.italdesign.it

Founded in 2019, Modmo is an e-mobility startup based in Saigon that focuses on design, versatility and superior user experiences through seamless integration of technology. Driven by the desire to create the bike that will replace your car, Modmo launched the Saigon in 2020 – the world’s first-ever fully modular bicycle, adding a whole new level of utility to your ride. Saigon stands out from the crowd with its 17.5Ah Panasonic lithium-ion battery allowing up to 200 km of pedal-assisted cycling per charge. (www.modmo.io)

As a completely new mobility concept, the Bio-Hybrid closes the gap between bicycles and cars – an ideal mix of both worlds: agile, space-saving, four wheels, a roof and electrically assisted. A new bicycle class with two versions: One is a new form of personal mobility, the other a solution for emission-free transport of goods, both connected to the digital world. The Bio-Hybrid was designed and engineered by a German tech start up that aims to shape tomorrow’s mobility more sustainably.

We are riders – that fact has guided our every decision since 1974. When quality tires weren’t around, we strove to make the best. When people wanted to ride cruisers in the dirt, we made the first production mountain bike. When roadies wanted to go faster, we doubled-down on carbon and built our own wind tunnel. And when we saw kids struggling to focus in school, we started the Specialized Foundation to help them through cycling.
 
Specialized. Made for riders, by riders.

We make original, organic, simply good basics. Our origin is the authentic way of making unique fabrics on 100-year-old original loop wheelers in Germany. We make garments for all, who appreciate reliable products to feel calm and peace every day. We believe that good, timeless products can endure decades and will bring people joy and ease for a long time.

We connect the good of the past with the demands of the present while acting responsibly for a good future.

Merz b. Schwanen – the good basic.

STARTUP AUTOBAHN powered by Plug and Play is an open innovation platform that provides an interface between innovative tech companies and industry-leading corporations. The basis of the program is the partnership that develops between startups and the corporate business units. The two entities hold an equal footing from the get-go: together they evaluate the potential for a joint venture, move forward to pilot the technology, and work to achieve the ultimate goal– a successful production-ready implementation – mostly focusing on the topics mobility, production, enterprise and sustainability. Designed with the intention to exceed startup acceleration, STARTUP AUTOBAHN powered by Plug and Play moderates a community for collaboration with a focus on implementable results.

We’re excited to welcome the following start-ups to GTF 2020: Circulor, a platform to bring transparency to raw materials in supply chains; Biomyc, sustainable design solutions from new eco-materials; and Chargery, Europe’s no.1 for intelligent shared mobility operations.

“We want to clean rivers and protect the sea from plastic waste through technological innovation and ecological inspiration. Clean-up platforms are supported by garbage boats to efficiently collect plastic in the waters around the world. In addition, artificial intelligence is used to detect garbage accumulations and their composition. The data collected then allows conclusions about the quantity, type and polluter of the waste. This will significantly change the way we talk about water pollution!”

Home Power Solutions (HPS) develops and produces systems for storing and using solar energy in single and two-family homes. The first HPS system, picea, puts the power of nature in your hands. By transforming solar energy into solar hydrogen, it is possible to store the power of the sun for months and use it anytime you need it. Light, heat and air are made available by this intelligent power supply system specifically designed for your home. 100% emission-free, all season and transparent.

Veganz strives to facilitate a plant-based, environmentally conscious lifestyle for everyone by making vegan products more accessible. This aim is expressed in the company motto is “Good for you, better for everyone”.

Veganz is one of the few companies worldwide that offer a full range of vegan products and regularly introduces innovative plant-based alternatives. Their assortment includes sweets, meat-, fish- and cheese alternatives, protein products, breakfast items, chilled goods and frozen food. All products are strictly plant-based and a large part is certified organic.

Ursa Robotics is building autonomous electric vehicles for waste collection.

Our aim is to revolutionise the waste collection industry and set cities free from the slow, noisy and smelly garbage collection trucks. We are replacing communal bins with fully self-driving containers. Waste is transported to the recycling centre automatically, which makes the whole process significantly cheaper. The new, smart, high-tech containers do not pollute the air, do not cause traffic jams and improve the overall image of the city. But most importantly, dirty work is no longer done by human beings.

Since 2018, Tyrolean start-up Bobsla GmbH has developed e-motion on snow on the basis of patented steering. The invention allows creating electric snowmobiles lighter than others, with less energy consumption and a unique feeling of speed. Entering the market, Bobsla focused on niche of snow races – similar to go-karts but on snow without noise and pollution. In 2019, Bobsla vehicles featured in races on Gurgl Ski Resort, Tirol; in 2020 they come to Swiss resorts, too. An e-vehicle for transportation is being planned for the near future.

The NET biomaterials of the carbonauten immediately and permanently generate CO2 sinks and avoid aggressive climate gases methane and nitrous oxide. They are cheap and replace and supplement petroleum-based plastics and environmentally critical building materials. For this purpose, biocarbons are produced CO2-neutrally from woody biomass residues and combined with binders. One ton of biocarbon stores up to 3.67 tons of CO2. The NET biomaterials are first quality recyclable or biodegradable.

Plan Shop is an affiliate of Plan International – the leading organization for private sponsors supporting children in need. Plan Shop distributes high-quality products made by artisans from developing countries, providing them with a sustainable income. For more and more families – especially women and their children – Plan Shop projects have become the path to overcome poverty and getting access to education. This spirit is summed up in the slogan “Trade for Peace”.

Mono Tee is a freshly brewed, all-natural product. We consciously avoid any sugars or
sweeteners and make sure all our teas are sustainably produced and bottled in Germany and Austria. All tea leaves and herbs, which originate from controlled organic farming, are bottled
in environmental friendly packaging. No preservatives, artificial flavours or tea extracts are
added. Mono Tee is an invigorating alternative to water.

Bracenet is a start-up with the mission to save the seas. The Hamburg-based project rescues marine life and preserves ecosystems by recovering ghost nets, upcycling them into products such as bracelets (the Bracenets) or dog leashes by hand, and donating 10% to their partner organisation Healthy Seas. Further, Bracenet develops preventive solutions with NGOs, businesses, universities and authorities; and advises, for instance, Lufthansa and Werder Bremen on becoming more sustainable.

With the sale of every Ocean Bottle, 11.4kg of ocean-bound plastic, equivalent to 1000 plastic bottles is collected before it enters the ocean and social mobility improved at the same time. Plastic collectors exchange plastic waste for money or credit via blockchain to access tuition, tech goods, health care, and micro-finance.
The award-winning bottles are fitted with an NFC smart chip. In the future people will be rewarded with ocean impact and other perks when refilling at partner cafes, gyms, offices, and campuses.
www.oceanbottle.co
Contact: partnerships@oceanbottle.co

Mute-labs is a Berlin based manufacturer of soundproof phone booths for office spaces. Driven by the desire to develop a well designed phone booth that is both affordable yet well designed and manufactured sustainably, mute-labs set out to reinvent the product category. Only one year after launch, mute-labs has shipped its booths to DAX-30 companies, universities, unicorns and of course countless small start-ups. Fun fact: For every booth mute-labs sells, the team plants a tree. Themselves!