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WEF UpLink Annual Impact Report 2025
- 25 Mar 2025
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The World Economic Forum’s (WEF) UpLink Annual Impact Report 2025 highlights the contributions of start-ups supported through WEF’s UpLink platform in driving innovation for climate action.
- Key Findings: In 2023-2024 UpLink-supported ventures have prevented 142,400 tonnes of carbon emissions.
- 140 million hectares of land and water ecosystems protected (nearly one-fifth the size of the Amazon rainforest).
- Additionally, they have treated 2.5 billion litres of hazardous wastewater, reducing environmental pollution, and tracked 28 million tonnes of waste, enhancing waste management efficiency.
- 2.7 million people gained access to improved water, sanitation, and hygiene solutions.
- Indian start-up Indra Water processed 1.2 billion litres of wastewater in 2024, a 243% increase from 2022.
- S4S (Science For Society) reduced 60,000 tonnes of food waste, enough to feed 2.7 million people for a month.
- UpLink platform: Launched by the WEF at Davos in 2020 in collaboration with Deloitte and Salesforce, UpLink is an open innovation platform that connects entrepreneurs and experts to drive the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and scale impactful solutions.
| Read more: World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2025 |
