Green Businesses Are Innovators
Green businesses are being led by some of the most daring and innovative minds in the business world. These businesses are reinventing whole industries and creating new ones along the way. These innovators range from those that simply build a better mousetrap to mad scientist types leading the charge into tomorrow.
Shriti Pandey
Shriti Pandey, the founder of Strawcture Eco, is redefining the future of sustainable construction by transforming agricultural waste into durable, high-performance building materials. Since 2018, her company has developed AgriBioPanels, a groundbreaking alternative to carbon-intensive materials like cement and wood fiber. By upcycling unavoidable straw waste into fire-resistant, moisture-proof, and highly insulating panels, Pandey and Strawcture Eco exemplify the power of green businesses in driving innovation and disrupting the status quo. Cost-effective, scalable solutions like theirs advance circular economy principles, reduce waste, and promote healthier indoor environments.
AutoDesk
Autodesk provides innovative software solutions that are helping the whole world design more sustainably, and they walk the talk, embracing sustainable business practices within their own walls. Autodesk has implemented systems to reduce power usage at their data centers, and has committed to a goal of 100% clean energy usage. 32% of their offices are LEED certified, with more certifications on the horizon. Autodesk encourages sustainability with solutions such as AutoCASE, a triple bottom line analysis, and the company has a “design-led revolution manifesto” that seeks to change the world through sustainable design.
Pure Water Industries
Pure Water Industries (formerly Pool Services Technologies) is a small business that is big on innovation. This company looked at the problem of people needing to drain their pools every two years, wasting tons of water. The company found an innovative solution by creating mobile trailers equipped with a cutting-edge reverse osmosis filter system. This system allows the company to clean the existing pool water, rather than drain it away, saving 85% or more of the water in the pool. They even found uses for their mobile water purification services beyond pool maintenance, including disaster relief.
