Info for Climate Products & Projects

Climate Economy Sectors

  1. Energy & Energy Components

    • Renewable (Wind, Solar, Geothermal)

    • Energy Efficiency Analytics & Consulting

    • Industrial HVAC Products & Services

    • Technology

  2. Agriculture Food & Waste

    • Reducing food waste

    • Sustainable diets & meat alternatives

    • Energy Efficiency

    • Waste Mgmt, Recycling, Circular Economy

    • Residuals/Waste Reuse

    • Marketplace for reusable materials

    • Petroleum alternatives / Plastic recycling

  3. Transportation/Shipping

    • Electric Vehicles

    • Batteries, Charging, EV infrastructure

    • Shared transportation (public, etc)

    • Non-motorized transport

    • Warehousing & Ecommerce, Packaging

    • Technology to facilitate buying local

  4. Buildings & Community Design

    • Green building materials & concrete alternatives

    • Infrastructure for lower energy consumption

    • Self-sustaining community design (to reduce driving)

  5. Protect & Restore Green Ecosystems

    • Halting deforestation

    • Lawncare / Permaculture

  6. Carbon Management

    • Carbon Credit Marketplace

    • Certifying Carbon Reduction

    • Technology

  7. Sustainability Marketing, Consumer Choice & Employee Engagement

    • Sustainability and ESG strategy and marketing

    • Tools that prevent greenwashing (accountability & verification)



How Do Your Products & Services Score?

Will your business grow or will it be disrupted by market pressure to offer lower C02 products and services?

We’ve developed a 9-question assessment to score your company’s position relative to changing market demand.

 

Check out these inspiring examples of Sustainability Startups


From manufacturers & food producers to tech companies & energy providers, there’s a plethora of new ventures that are winning with products and services designed for the climate economy. These businesses will get your creative wheels turning as you consider what your business could offer that addresses demand for energy efficiency and greener alternatives.
Learn more.

Gather & Connect with Peers

Carbon Neutral Coffee Meetups

There’s a lot to learn about all of the opportunities to grow new products and services for the climate economy. Whether you are leading the sustainability program for your business, or you’re responsible for revenue growth and innovation, you’ll find people, resources and conversation that will help you move your agenda forward.

Align teamed up with RegenAll, a Lancaster-based non-profit that develops climate action plans and facilitates community climate projects to establish a network and gathering for business leaders working on sustainability projects.

Learn more and attend a monthly Carbon Neutral Coffee Meetup in Lancaster.

Research Sources: 

McKinsey & Company - Playing offense to create value in the net-zero transition

UN Environment Programme - Roadmap to Carbon-Free Future

World Economic Forum - Winning in Green Markets 

Breakthrough Energy - The Five Grand Challenges

Boston Consulting Group - Growing Green Market Demand

McKinsey & Company - Unlocking Opportunities from Industrial Electrification