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To help address the climate crisis, these companies are pursuing innovative internal strategies to create more sustainable processes and products.
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Kohler
Kohler, Wisconsin
Since its launch in 2011 by a small group of associates, the company’s Innovation for Good program—which emphasizes socially and environmentally conscious innovation—has spawned the Relief Showering Trailer, used during the pandemic by healthcare professionals; Intelligent Power, which provides clean water to refugee camps; and the I-Prize, an annual Shark Tank-style competition that since 2018 has generated scores of sustainability ideas, many of which have received a total of nearly $1 million in funding for further development.
