Meet the Ecopreneur
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62 world-changing companies working across five impact areas to generate positive transformation for our ocean.

OUR ECOPRENEURS

IMPACT CATEGORIES

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United States of America

North America

Pollution: Waste Reduction & Circular Use

Peter Wang Hjemdahl, Svanika Balasubramanian, Aditya Siroya*

rePurpose Global Inc

rePurpose Global is the world's leading Plastic Action Platform. We are pioneering solutions that enable organizations to take action on their plastic footprints and support waste entrepreneurs to recover plastic from nature. Through rePurpose Global’s Impact Projects, we are building waste management systems and infrastructure where they are most needed to fight plastic pollution. We are eliminating millions of pounds of plastic waste from nature every year, and do this by working with over 250 conscious brands worldwide. rePurpose Global are not just recovering verified plastic waste, but have a range of solutions that support brands to reduce their plastic footprints, and we operate at the cutting edge of plastic action by driving collaboration and action at a global scale.

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United Kingdom

Europe & United Kingdom

Pollution: Waste Reduction & Circular Use

Karen Scofield Seal, Charlie Bavington*

OCEANIUM

OCEANIUM biorefines seaweed processes seaweed into multiple end components, including plant-based food ingredients (protein and fibre), nutraceuticals for food and cosmetics, and sustainable materials (plant-based “vegan” leather, packaging).

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France

Europe & United Kingdom

Ocean Data, Literacy & Research

Yanis Souami*

SINAY

SINAY is a "plug & play" big data platform that includes an exhaustive maritime database and dedicated AI to create data-centric apps that provide actionable insights.

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United States of America

North America

Blue Foods: Fisheries, Aquaculture, & Seafood Alternatives

Michael Selden, Brian Wyrwas

Finless Foods

Our mission at Finless Foods is simple – we want to create a future for seafood where the ocean thrives. We work toward this every day by creating delicious, alternative seafood products that help you satisfy your cravings without bait or a hook. We are using ground-breaking (or rather ocean-breaking) plant and cell culture technology to revolutionize the way the world sources delicious and sustainable food. Good for us, good for the ocean.

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Norway

Europe & United Kingdom

Pollution: Waste Reduction & Circular Use

Adriana Kyvik, Guy Maurice*

B'ZEOS

B'ZEOS is a green tech company offering sustainable, home-compostable, and bio-digestible packaging solutions made from seaweed extracts to combat plastic pollution. We are based in Norway but have opened our new lab in Spain (Barcelona) and a branch in Switzerland. B’ZEOS uses kelp since it can provide a sustainable feedstock for biopolymers through both cultivation and harvesting. The manufacturing process of the material does not use harsh chemicals and does not rely on land-based crops. B’ZEOS has been part of an incubator project with Nestle. B’ZEOS has started a second collaboration for the development of the seaweed based packaging solution. We secured funds and are looking for more investments and new industrial collaborations.

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France

Europe & United Kingdom

Ecosystems and Species: Preservation & Restoration

Anne-Sophie Roux, Danielle McCaffrey*

Tēnaka

Tēnaka is a social business whose mission is to restore the blue carbon sinks of our planet by developing tailor-made corporate responsibility programs and impact measurement technologies.

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United States of America

North America

Greenhouse Gas: Blue Carbon & CO2e Removal or Avoidance

Marcus Lehmann, Daniel Petcovic, Thomas Boerner*

CalWave Power Technologies

CalWave’s mission is to unlock the vast and steady carbon-free power from ocean waves. They bring superior power and monitoring technology to market with a global reach. Their proprietary wave energy converter technology achieves high performance while surviving storms and extreme conditions operating fully submerged.

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Slovenia

Europe & United Kingdom

Pollution: Waste Reduction & Circular Use

Mojca Zupan, Miha Vrhovec*

PlanetCare

PlanetCare has designed the only purpose built microfiber filter that has been independently tested to capture over 90% of the fibers of all size ranges before they leave the drain pumps. The filter is installed as an external attachment to washing machines. As part of a closed loops system, cartridges are collected after use and reused/recycled.

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United States of America

North America

Ocean Data, Literacy & Research

Brian Glazer, Stanley Lio, Nicole Elko*

Hohonu

Working with governments, non-profits, and commercial customers, Hohonu designs, builds, and deploys IoT sensor networks along waterways, delivering data products to audiences that previously didn’t have access to such tech. The company has contracts, including SECOORA (secoora.org) across 14 states to deploy its real-time IoT sensor network in coastlines, rivers, and streams.

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