Climate friendly menstrual hygiene management, eco-friendly alternatives to plastic, energy harnessed from the sun – the sky’s the limit when women innovate. However, statistics at WIPO reveal that only 16.5% of named patent applications come from women.
Amid growing climate concerns and energy price hikes, there is growing interest in renewables to meet out energy needs. A pioneering technology developed by Israeli company, Eco Wave Power, which harnesses the power of the waves to generate electricity, offers a promising new source of affordable, clean energy.
A group of students from Toyo University in Tokyo, Japan, embarked on an ambitious project to manufacture a new moisturizing hand serum using local products. Their success was partly due to a licensing agreement with Shiseido that allowed them to use the company’s green technology, listed in the WIPO GREEN database, to manufacture their innovation.
Meet Marta Cañada, Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of Abora Energy, an SME based in Spain that develops the most cost-effective hybrid solar panels ever created, securing a certified world record in solar efficiency.
Meet Dr. Fiona Edwards Murphy, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Co-Founder of ApisProtect – a company that uses Internet of Things (IoT) and Artificial intelligence (AI) to improve commercial beekeeping.
Meet Dr. Merve Senem Seven, a researcher and green entrepreneur behind SOYL-GEL – a product that retains water near the soil surface, close to the roots of the plants, and thus minimizes irrigation and allows for agriculture in arid regions.
Meet Marta Cañada, Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of Abora Energy, an SME based in Spain that develops the most cost-effective hybrid solar panels ever created, securing a certified world record in solar efficiency.
Prof. Merlinda A. Palencia, a researcher at Adamson University in the Philippines, invented an organic process to turn wastewater into clean water that can be used for irrigation purposes, and launched a start-up company to make the treatment accessible to everyone.
Meet Dr. Merve Senem Seven, a researcher and green entrepreneur behind SOYL-GEL – a product that retains water near the soil surface, close to the roots of the plants, and thus minimizes irrigation and allows for agriculture in arid regions.
Could you imagine your life without electricity? For many around the world, a stable connection to the electricity grid is a dream, not a reality. As the global rate of electricity consumption continues to increase, innovators like Yvonne Power, Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer of a start-up enterprise, Village Energy, are ensuring that the essential resource is not only accessible, but is also environmentally friendly.
Prof. Merlinda A. Palencia, a researcher at Adamson University in the Philippines, invented an organic process to turn wastewater into clean water that can be used for irrigation purposes, and launched a start-up company to make the treatment accessible to everyone.
As marine and land life suffer from the consequences of plastic pollution, green innovators such as Sandra Pascoe Ortiz, winner of the First National Invention Award of the Mexican Institute of Industrial Property (IMPI), develop eco-friendly alternatives to the omnipresent plastic material.
WIPO GREEN interviewed Bernice Dapaah, a multi-award winning entrepreneur and innovator in the field of smart mobility systems. Her medium-sized company, Ghana Bamboo Bikes, creates bicycles from a locally available material - bamboo - and encourages the shift toward eco-mobility and integrated transport in Africa and beyond.
WIPO GREEN interviewed Mónica Abarca, a young entrepreneur and innovator whose start-up company qAIRa focuses on addressing air pollution and is revolutionizing access to air quality information in Peru.
To celebrate International Women’s Day, WIPO GREEN interviewed Sarika Kulkarni, a female inventor and a design lead at PadCare Labs, a start-up company focusing on climate-friendly menstrual hygiene management in India.