CleanTech World Tour

• It will take 2 planets in 2050 to meet the needs of humanity*
• 90% of patents filed worldwide expire without generating any economic value*

These figures* show that combining a viable business model while preserving resources has become indispensable.

*Reference: Utopie.com, L'innovation qui change le monde (in French)

For us, CleanTech is solutions that take into account people and the environment and have a large-scale impact.

Clean technology (clean tech) is a general term used to describe products, processes or services that reduce waste and require as few non-renewable resources as possible. The Clean Technology Trade Alliance, a global initiative to drive the expansion of clean tech, defines it as:

A broad base of processes, practices and tools, in any industry that supports a sustainable business approach, including but not limited to: pollution control, resource reduction and management, end of life strategy, waste reduction, energy efficiency, carbon mitigation and profitability.

Clean tech was popularized in large part through the work of Nick Parker and Keith Raab, founders of the Cleantech Venture Network (now Cleantech Group) from 2002 onwards. It began as a term to describe the “green and clean” technologies, especially including solar, biofuels, fuel cells, water remediation, and renewable power generation.

References: https://whatis.techtarget.com/definition/clean-technology-clean-tech & http://www.cleantech.org/what-is-cleantech/