1000+ Solutions for Qualitative Growth
To address sustainability challenges while enabling economic growth, Bertrand Piccard and the Solar Impulse Foundation have identified 1000+ clean and profitable solutions.
Explorer for sustainability
Bertrand dedicates his life to demonstrate the opportunities lying in sustainable development and to raise interest in profitable solutions to protect the environment.
Pioneering vision
As a pioneer, he understood that fighting climate change with clean and efficient technologies is opening-up new industrial markets and offering a unique and profitable opportunity for economic growth.
Educations cornerfor children, students and families
Solar Impulse was not built to carry passengers, but to carry a message. It provides a powerful educational platform for schools and universities students.
Endorsing the World Alliance
The World Alliance has entered in close and impactful collaboration with several international institutions, states and cities around the world to facilitate the selection, funding and implementation of the #1000solutions.
Supporting the World Alliance
World Alliance is working with like-minded incubators, accelerators and organizations to create a worldwide network to source 1000 clean, efficient and profitable solutions.
A shared vision for a clean future
The Solar Impulse Foundation and its Partners share a strong long-term vision: we want to promote clean and profitable solutions that tackle climate change and future-proof our societies.
A team is most of all a spirit
The Solar Impulse Foundation spirit is the cement that brings the team together. Professionals from all backgrounds, they know that the future can be written in renewable energy and clean processes.
Support Us
The foundation is a Swiss non profit organization that receives donations from our partners, public entities and individuals. With those donations, we support solutions that create jobs and generate profit while also reducing pollution and preserving natural resources.
Press
In this section, you can find all nine industries portraying each, 4-5 ready to download cleantech solutions. Content includes founder’s quote and journey, HD video, HD pictures, case studies, and more details which can be reviewed in the Solution Explorers website.
The search-engine for climate action
The Explorer is a one-of-a-kind search engine that showcases profitable climate solutions from all over the world which are part of an ever-growing, curated, and publicly-accessible database.
A label focused on both environment and profitability
Assessed by independent experts, the Solar Impulse Efficient Solution label, serves as a credible marker of quality to decision-makers in business and governments.
Submit your Efficient Solution
For the first time a label assesses the economic profitability of solutions that protect the environment.Sign up to become a Member of the World Alliance for Efficient Solutions and submit it now!
What is the Experts’ role in evaluating the Solutions?
The Experts are key in the labelling process, using their technical and professional expertise to assess and critique Solutions seeking the Solar Impulse Efficient Solution Label.
How to become an Expert?
If you have more than five years technical experience in one of our target SDGS (6, 7, 9, 11, 12), the Expert role may be for you! You will be assigned Solutions fitting your expertise to review and assess.
Guiding users to implement efficient solutions in cities
This guide looks at the challenges that cities face to become more sustainable, suggesting solutions that help decision makers to harness the economic opportunities of the ecological transition.
The Solutions for Cities Initiative
Proposing solutions to help decision makers harness the economic opportunities of the ecological transition whilst reducing their environmental footprint.
The topics we focus on
Advocating for global action
The Foundation engages with the stakeholders of the ecological transition using the 1000+ Solutions Explorer as a mean to support this effort.
Engaging at international fora
Pushing for the adoption of effective modern regulations with businesses and governments.
Bringing solutions to cities and regions
Cities and regions have a crucial role to play in the race to decarbonise our economies.
COP27 - 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference
At COP 27, countries come together to take action towards achieving the world’s collective climate goals as agreed under the Paris Agreement and the Convention.
‘Prêt à Voter’ Switzerland25+ ‘Prêt à Voter’ proposals
Discover the initiative, which takes clean technologies as a starting point to guide the modernisation of the Swiss legal and regulatory framework.
‘Prêt à Voter’ France50 ‘Prêt à Voter’ legislative proposals
Discover the initiative, which takes clean technologies as a starting point to guide the modernisation of the French legal and regulatory framework.
The world alliance, an ever-expanding network
The World Alliance for Efficient Solutions brings together the main actors in the field of clean technologies to create synergies, facilitate matchmaking between solution providers and investors.
Innovators
Providing clean and profitable solutions that have the potential to address today’s environmental challenges.
Investors
Looking for clean and profitable investments opportunities.
Adopters
Identify and adopt Solutions to solve your environmental challenges.
Promoters
Boost the adoption of cleantech together with us.
Are you an innovator developing an efficient solution?
Get a neutral and rigorous evaluation of your solution by leading experts in your field and gain visibility as part of the Solutions Explorer.
A credible marker of quality to decision-makers in business and governments
The Solar Impulse Foundation will assess and label the solutions submitted by the World Alliance Members and bring support to members in the labelling process in order to help them being part of the Solutions Explorer.
Do you invest in clean and profitable technologies?
Get access to sustainable innovations and identify cutting-edge clean solutions for profitable investments.
An ever-expanding network
Search through our members database to find innovators, investors, adopters or solution promoters that you can interact with and find opportunities for collaboration.
Are you looking to promote solutions?
Get a credible tool to facilitate the solutions sourcing to reach environmental commitments.
The Efficient Solutions portfolio
A «pool» of solutions, ready to be promoted among decision-makers by bringing to decision-makers 1000+ clean and profitable solutions.
Are you looking to implement solutions?
Identify and implement clean, economically viable solutions from our portfolio of 1500+ entities to achieve your environmental objectives.
Search through our members database to find innovators, investors or solution promoters that you can interact with and find opportunities for collaboration.
The World Alliance Charter
This Charter lays out the principles and values which guide the World Alliance and all of its Members.
Upcoming events and opportunities
Read about the events and activities which will be part of the Solar Impulse Foundation - or Bertrand Piccard - schedule.
Sapiologie web app
A web app that measures and simulates the environmental, social and economical impacts of a company's product ranges
ECOTHOR®-EOx PFAS Destruction Solution
A low-cost, highly effective onsite PFAS destruction for municipalities and industry
#tide ocean material®
A material resource made from upcycled ocean-bound plastic to help free the oceans from plastic waste
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Interviews
Expert of the Year 2022: Dr. Henry Hunt-Grubbe!
January 10, 2023
1000+ Solutions for Cities - Exhibition in Grenoble
January 18, 2022
The Craft of Tailoring the Law
September 04, 2023
September's Expert of the Month: Dr. Rex Donahey!
September 01, 2023
Long-term Thinking through Youth Empowerment
August 16, 2023
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News - March 7, 2022
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Welcome our Ambassadors for 2022!
News - February 28, 2022
Written by Sophie de Blonay - 3 min read
Partnerships with world leaders, decarbonized aviation and improved efficiency for the built environment - February Solutions' Update
News - February 17, 2022
Written by Thomas Nichols - 2 min read
Holcim ACCELERATOR season 3
News - February 16, 2022
Written by Lea Andersson - 3 min read
Fondation Solar Impulse x Region Ile-de-France : Business Meetings de la Transition Verte*
News - February 11, 2022
Written by Thomas Nichols - 3 min read
LVMH INNOVATION AWARD
News - February 8, 2022
Written by Jamie Wylie - 5 min read
Solar Impulse Experts recognised in Expert of the Year Awards
Interviews - February 3, 2022
February's Expert of the Month: Nadja Lavanga!
News - February 2, 2022
Adeo Positive Home Challenge 2022
News - January 30, 2022
Written by Sophie de Blonay - 5 min read
Behind the Label - MAN ETES to decarbonize the heat supply
News - January 27, 2022
Written by Sophie de Blonay - 4 min read
Collaborations and funding for a Circular Economy and more - January Solutions' Update
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