World Environment Day - 300 Women Entrepreneurs Working to Help our Planet

Women and Climate Change

Man-made climate change has brought about an increase in extreme weather events and conditions across the world, with some regions on the brink of collapse due to consecutive droughts coinciding with severe storms, cyclones, and hurricanes.
Women are more affected by climate change than men, and yet greentech is currently a male-dominated field; in Canada, only 1 in 10 greentech business founders are women  and only 19% of greentech startups have at least one female founder. When it comes to creating climate-friendly more sustainable solutions for our planet, the women’s perspective is sorely lacking.

Despite women being more susceptible to the impacts of climate change, their perspectives, experiences, and voices are largely absent from the conversation about how best to tackle climate change. For example, EU parliamentary committees that make decisions about environmental policy issues and scrutinise government action on climate change, only have 29% women at the table. In the Energy sector, women represent 6% of all technical positions and less than 1% of top management positions and only 16% of board members of the world’s largest power companies. We still have a long way to go.

A Change is coming - thanks to Women Entrepreneurs

The good news is that things are starting to change, with more and more women showing remarkable resilience, leadership, and innovation around the world. This recent report from the Women’s Forum is a good resource about promoting women’s entrepreneurship in the Green Economy to help build a more sustainable world and stronger economy.

​This World Environment Day, we showcase women entrepreneurs dedicated to providing innovative solutions to tackle climate change, from energy and food to the fashion industry and finance.
We feature over 300 women-founded companies on Our InvestHer Directory

300 Women-founded companies working to help our planet

​Check out 300 women founded companies from all over the world working on one of the following sectors to help the planet/environment:

• Agriculture/Agtech
• Sustainability
• Sustainable Fashion, Sustainable Construction
• Renewable Energy / Utilities
• Waste Management/Water
• Circular Economy / Sharing Economy
• Cleantech
• Climate Action / Environment
• Green/Bio
• Recycling
• Ride Sharing
• Smart Cities
• Transportation, Automotive

​Want to learn more about them? Just click on the link below and click on ‘Filter’ to search the companies by keyword.

Here are 2 great examples:

B2B:  AQUACYCL - Water Waste Management

Aquacycl provides technologies for safe, reliable and cost-effective wastewater treatment. They offer the only technology to rapidly treat high-strength wastewater  and recover energy as direct electricity 
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Website: https://www.aquacycl.com
​Founder: Orianna Bretschger
More info on InvestHer Directory

B2C: Echostore - Sustainable Lifestyle Store  

ECHOstore, is a sustainable lifestyle store carrying green, fair trade products created by marginalised community groups from all over the Philippines.

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Website: https://echostore.ph
​Founder: Chit Juan
More info on InvestHer Directory

How you can help:

Recommend a woman-founded company:
​Know a great woman-founded company working on one of the green challenges for the plant we should feature, or you are one yourself? Then please invite them to apply by sharing this link below: http://bit.ly/InvestHerDirectoryFounderApplication

Buy from the featured women-founded companies on our Directory!
​The best form of funding for a woman entrepreneur is a paying customer! Whether you are business or conscious consumer, check out these great companies from our Directory here and become part of our global community supporting women entrepreneurs!
You can and do make a difference!

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