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8. Decent Work and Economic Growth
Fishot
CLEAN_WATER_AND_SANITATION + 3 OthersWater supply; sewerage, waste management

Fishot

FiShot is a biomimetic robotic fish that provides comprehensive aquatic plastic removal through innovative dual-depth operation.

Nyabihu, Western, Rwanda

Thermassa – Sustainable Thermal Biocomposite from Construction Waste
CLIMATE_ACTION + 5 OthersManufacturing + 3 Others

Thermassa – Sustainable Thermal Biocomposite from Construction Waste

Thermassa is a bio-composite under development using construction waste and sugarcane fibers. It aims to reduce improper disposal and create a low-cost passive thermal solution for public schools and vulnerable community

Limeira, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Drowsiness Alert Device For Industrial Workers
GOOD_HEALTH_AND_WELL_BEING + 2 OthersManufacturing

Drowsiness Alert Device For Industrial Workers

Industrial fatigue causes accidents that endanger workers and the environment. This low cost drowsiness alert system uses eye blink detection to warn workers in real time, helping prevent accidents and improve safety.

Kisumu, Nyanza, Kenya

From Waste to Worth: Date Pits as a Sustainable Resource
RESPONSIBLE_CONSUMPTION_AND_PRODUCTION + 4 OthersAgriculture, forestry and fishing + 1 Others

From Waste to Worth: Date Pits as a Sustainable Resource

This project transforms discarded date pits into sustainable resources for soil improvement, water purification, and waste reduction, supporting a circular economy and climate action using a locally abundant material.

Qatar

Regenerative Commons Fund
NO_POVERTY + 4 OthersHuman health and social work + 4 Others

Regenerative Commons Fund

A prototype for redistributing wealth and power – transforming intergenerational assets into youth-led regeneration.

Stockholm, Sweden

European Ethical Bank: the first ethical, growth-agnostic, fully compliant banking model
NO_POVERTY + 10 OthersAgriculture, forestry and fishing + 12 Others

European Ethical Bank: the first ethical, growth-agnostic, fully compliant banking model

European non-profit, scalable, replicable, growth-agnostic banking institution in cooperative stewardship able to provide full-fledge digital banking services to communities across EEA. Applies endogenous money concept.

Europe

The Life Capital Circulator
REDUCED_INEQUALITIES + 3 OthersProfessional, scientific and technical + 2 Others

The Life Capital Circulator

A redistributive insight system enabling measuring and mirroring of wealth flow across 9 forms of capital.

Switzerland

A Regenerative Investment Engine
CLIMATE_ACTION + 3 OthersAgriculture, forestry and fishing + 1 Others

A Regenerative Investment Engine

Prototyping a catalytic, evergreen, steward-owned investment engine that orchestrates capital into Africa’s regenerative food economy to fund the root systems that align wealth with ecological and social renewal.

Western Cape, South Africa

Sovereign Community Finance
DECENT_WORK_AND_ECONOMIC_GROWTH + 5 OthersFinancial and insurance activities + 3 Others

Sovereign Community Finance

Sovereign community finance: Human‑validated identities bringing capital to projects united in purpose while assets stay in your wallet and idle reserves earn. Lets re-write the rules of investment and money!

Berlin, Germany

The Collective - People - Power - Planet
PEACE_JUSTICE_AND_STRONG_INSTITUTIONS + 5 OthersInformation and communication + 1 Others

The Collective - People - Power - Planet

A global movement uniting changemakers to build fair, sustainable systems tackling climate and inequality through shared power, collective action, and a new fund that directs resources to grassroots communities.

United Kingdom

Redistributing Tourism Wealth through First-of-its-Kind Digital Infrastructure
NO_POVERTY + 7 OthersInformation and communication + 1 Others

Redistributing Tourism Wealth through First-of-its-Kind Digital Infrastructure

Equera is a digital wealth-redistribution platform connecting global travelers directly with community-owned tourism organizations - unlocking tourism’s $11T potential to build just and equitable local economies.

Uganda

Addressing entrepreneurship finance gap and wealth inequality using Alt-SFT method
DECENT_WORK_AND_ECONOMIC_GROWTH + 3 OthersFinancial and insurance activities

Addressing entrepreneurship finance gap and wealth inequality using Alt-SFT method

My hack harnesses AI technology to advance artificial liquidity by executing an alternative securities financing transaction (Alt-SFT) mechanism. This transaction integrates barter-style trade and SFT-style trade.

United Kingdom

Hack the DAF: Redirecting billions from idle capital to ownership investing
DECENT_WORK_AND_ECONOMIC_GROWTH + 1 OthersAgriculture, forestry and fishing + 13 Others

Hack the DAF: Redirecting billions from idle capital to ownership investing

Cracking open the donor-advised fund system to unleash trapped charitable billions into the Ownership Economy through an applied systems hack powered by graduate interns from top business and professional schools.

United States

FLIT Financial Literacy
NO_POVERTY + 10 OthersAgriculture, forestry and fishing + 6 Others

FLIT Financial Literacy

Financial LITeracy training for women and families in our ever-digitized personal finance world. AI-enabled to alert clients about potential entitlements, benefits or supports - based to their lifestage and dependents

Ireland

VilCap Ventures US Fund
NO_POVERTY + 6 OthersAgriculture, forestry and fishing + 3 Others

VilCap Ventures US Fund

Provides purpose-suited capital to advance health equity, economic mobility & climate resilience in low-income communities—scaling impact while delivering financial returns.

United States

From Scarcity to Solidarity: Scaling Money Consciousness in the Spanish-Speaking World
DECENT_WORK_AND_ECONOMIC_GROWTH + 2 OthersEducation

From Scarcity to Solidarity: Scaling Money Consciousness in the Spanish-Speaking World

We will translate and adapt ConsciousU’s transformative CU*money programme into Spanish, breaking down linguistic and cultural barriers to financial empowerment.

Berlin, Germany

EaseOnTrack Prototype
DECENT_WORK_AND_ECONOMIC_GROWTH + 3 OthersInformation and communication + 4 Others

EaseOnTrack Prototype

A digital finance and compliance platform empowering refugee and migrant entrepreneurs to access funding, automate bookkeeping, and expand their businesses across SADC borders.

Zambia

The Cockpit - Research tool for money and behavior
NO_POVERTY + 3 OthersFinancial and insurance activities + 3 Others

The Cockpit - Research tool for money and behavior

Cockpit is an interdisciplinary research engine enabling scientists to do quantitative research on monetary system characteristics and sustainability related outcomes.

Leuven, Vlaams-Brabant, Belgium

Power to the People: Cooperative Energy Ownership for Shared Wealth
AFFORDABLE_AND_CLEAN_ENERGY + 3 OthersAgriculture, forestry and fishing + 4 Others

Power to the People: Cooperative Energy Ownership for Shared Wealth

Ecovolt empowers rural Zambian communities to co-own solar mini-grids, earning income and sharing profits through a digital cooperative energy ownership model.

Zambia

Womens Paradise
AFFORDABLE_AND_CLEAN_ENERGY + 2 OthersAgriculture, forestry and fishing + 2 Others

Womens Paradise

Women’s Paradise empowers GBV survivors in Zambia through AI-powered irrigation and digital finance, transforming a safe-haven farm into a tech-driven, income-generating cooperative.

Senanga, Western, Zambia

carbon wealth
CLIMATE_ACTION + 3 OthersAgriculture, forestry and fishing

carbon wealth

Empowering rural youth to build wealth through carbon justice—training, reforestation, and digital carbon monitoring for equitable participation in climate finance and green job creation.

Senanga, Western, Zambia

Idle Billions to Wellsprings: Turning Dormant Dollars into Regenerative Capital Systems
DECENT_WORK_AND_ECONOMIC_GROWTH + 3 OthersFinancial and insurance activities + 4 Others

Idle Billions to Wellsprings: Turning Dormant Dollars into Regenerative Capital Systems

A hack convening to unlock $250B in dormant DAF capital, transforming idle philanthropy into regenerative investments that build community ownership and advance SDG-aligned economic renewal.

Atlanta, GA, USA

Zomia SPC
NO_POVERTY + 4 OthersFinancial and insurance activities

Zomia SPC

Zomia provides student loans to talented students from marginalized communities in Southeast Asia.

South East Asia

Zimbamart
NO_POVERTY + 3 OthersWholesale and retail trade

Zimbamart

Zimba Mart is an online e-commerce platform that is intended to support female-oriented Small Medium Enterprises in Uganda by exposing them to a huge local and international online market.

Uganda