Sustainability
The world is changing at an ever greater pace. Industry and innovators are responding, working together to create the products, services and businesses of the future. Innovate UK Business Connect is here to help.
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We make the full range of diverse connections required to shape a more positive future: technology, design, supply chains, business models, behaviour change, systems change. We are committed to driving innovation that is sustainable – responsible, resilient and even regenerative.
Innovate UK Business Connect helps drive innovation that can reduce industry’s environmental footprint and improve resource efficiency, and also create benefits such as competitive advantage and enhanced value-add for the customer. By making the right connections – for instance to cutting edge knowledge & research, the best solution providers, and testing facilities.
We help innovators navigate the journey to market fruition. We make connections to the multitude of skills and assets required to bring any product or service to market. And of course the funding and finance that might be required.
Innovate UK Business Connect works extensively with stakeholders – from national and regional government to national and regional government, Catapults, clusters, trade associations, learned institutions, expert consultancies, think tanks and charities. We connect seemingly disparate stakeholders to shape a better innovation landscape, and multiply the impact that any one of these organisations could have alone. To help drive positive change.
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Related Opportunities
Industrial Energy Transformation Fund (IETF) Phase 3: Spring 2024
Opens: 29/01/2024 Closes: 19/04/2024
Grant funding for feasibility and engineering studies, and for the deployment of industrial energy efficiency and deep decarbonisation projects.
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Horizon Europe: Clean and competitive solutions for all transport modes
Opens: 07/12/2023 Closes: 18/04/2024
Research and innovation across all transport modes sought, for the EU to reach net-zero greenhouse gas emissions and reduce air pollution by 2050
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Global Cement and Concrete Association: Innovandi Open Challenge 2024
Opens: 19/02/2024 Closes: 15/04/2024
GCCA are looking for start-ups working on Carbon Capture Use and Storage for low carbon concrete.
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Call for Innovation – Spring Accelerator 3
Opens: 07/03/2024 Closes: 09/04/2024
The Spring Accelerator aims to identify innovative solutions that help address a significant need in the UK and Ireland water sector.
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Net Zero Catalyst Fund
Opens: 07/03/2024 Closes: 20/03/2024
Innovation Exchange are looking for SMEs with Net Zero technical innovation challenges, and offering up to £25k funding per challenge partnership.
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Made Smarter accelerator: sustainability through innovation
Opens: 21/02/2024 Closes: 01/04/2024
Enabling UK manufacturers to fast forward their adoption of digital solutions: solve challenges from BAE, HS2 and Creagh Concrete and win up to £175,000.
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Related Events and Recordings
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Industrial Energy Transformation Fund Phase 3 Spring 2024 Competition Clinics
10.00 - 11.00 | Online