COP26: Growing innovative businesses taking the lead on climate action
As all eyes turn to Glasgow for the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26), we focus on the UK innovators driving climate action with outstanding new technologies.
Across the country, Innovate UK's business growth service Innovate UK EDGE is delivering game changing growth support to those leading the green industrial revolution, ensuring their ideas translate into tangible value.
Our COP26 series below illustrates how they are rising to the challenge with our help and delivering innovations to reduce CO2, boost biodiversity and tackle the climate crisis.
You can also learn more about Innovate UK and UKRI's activity to showcase 100 such pioneering businesses at and during COP26 here.
COP26: Innovative businesses taking the lead on climate action
Quantum technology innovator QLM Technology has raised £3.1m in seed funding, revamped its marketing and IP strategies and won a Bloomberg climate innovation award, all with support from Innovate UK EDGE.
Earthly Biochar, which captures carbon from waste wood and uses it to enhance plant growth, has revamped its investment and marketing strategies with mentoring and growth support from Innovate UK EDGE.
Innovate UK EDGE prepares Bristol clean tech company for financial investment, while helping to consolidate IP and drive sales growth.
A Cornwall-based innovator in hydrogen technologies is planning global expansion, following marketing, innovation and internationalisation support from Innovate UK EDGE.
A Cornwall-based innovator has begun re-establishing the world’s lost ocean reefs, building artificial habitats around off-shore constructions.
Renewable energy innovator finds UK and overseas partners and prepares to launch Canadian subsidiary following international support from Innovate UK EDGE.
‘Robotics-as-a-service’ innovator HydroSurv is planning a Canadian subsidiary launch after participating in a Global Business Innovation Programme (GBIP) and revamping its IP strategy, supported by Innovate UK EDGE.
Innovate UK EDGE has helped an agritech company to find development funding for technology that uses insect larvae to turn farm bio-waste into valuable protein.
