The Solar Impulse Foundation, led by explorer and psychiatrist Bertrand Piccard, has officially passed the mark of 1000+ identified solutions to protect the environment in a financially profitable way.

By giving political and economic decision-makers the tools to adopt much more ambitious energy and environmental policies, the Foundation will help them set a roadmap to reach their carbon neutrality goals before 2050.

These solutions are technologies, products, processes, or services coming from start-ups and big companies. They cover the sectors of water, energy, construction, mobility, industry, and agriculture, and they all have one thing in common: they benefit both the environment and the economy. Each candidate has gone through a rigorous assessment process by independent experts before obtaining the Solar Impulse Efficient Solution Label. This is the only such portfolio of labelled technologies available to governments, businesses, and individuals.

The critical mass brought together with this pool of over 1000+ solutions provides a unique resource and should become an essential part of all environmental decisions, media debates and political negotiations. And because innovation never stops, the Solar Impulse Foundation will keep labelling and adding solutions to the pool.

Bertrand Piccard said: “We now have  the proof that enough solutions exist to make our world more profitable, efficient and sustainable already today. Therefore, no excuses left for inaction as decision-makers cannot pretend anymore that ecology is too expensive, hurts the economy and destroys jobs!”

These 1000+ solutions are already available to the public on the Foundation's website, but Bertrand Piccard wants to go further. As early as this summer, the Foundation will organize the Solutions under a Solutions Guide that allows individuals, businesses, and governments to find and implement concrete solutions at scale. This tool will allow everyone to find solutions to problems in specific geographical, industrial, or financial settings in just three clicks.

To illustrate this approach of solving environmental problems while staying economically competitive, the Foundation will provide different public authorities with a Cleanprint, i.e., a report providing a clear and concrete path for governments and business to move toward their climate targets in accordance with the Paris Agreement by using the solutions that we have identified. Further, it will highlight where public authorities could modernize their legal frameworks for the ambitious deployment of these solutions.

The first Cleanprint will be presented by Bertrand Piccard at the COP26 Climate Summit in November 2021 in Glasgow before initiating a new round the world journey, this time on the ground, to inspire other political and business leaders to focus on solutions rather than problems!

Bernard Arnault, Chairman and CEO of LVMH, said: “At LVMH we are making a commitment to accelerate our efforts in finding and promoting innovative, clean technologies, thus continually going further in our fight against environmental issues.”

Pierre-Etienne Bindschedler, Chairman & CEO of Soprema, said: “Over thirty years ago, Soprema decided to invest in the research and development of new responsible solutions. Today, these are not innovations any more but efficient solutions which we bring on the market. And some indicators do not deceive, things are changing, slowly, but how much time does the planet still have? Soprema is proud to embark on this commitment with Solar Impulse and its partners and call upon you to act, now. The teams at Soprema are mobilized and ready to support other companies as we are firmly convinced that all together, we can save the world.”

Jean-Laurent Bonnafé, CEO of BNP Paribas, said: “There will be no future for society without a successful, long-term energy transition. This transformation can only be undertaken collectively and requires technical, and technological, service solutions. In taking up the challenge to select 1,000 solutions which encourage environmental protection while also being profitable, the Solar Impulse Foundation is helping us to reach this goal in a very practical way and in line with the aims of the Paris Agreement.” – TradeArabia News Service