To mark St. Patrick’s Day and the positive impact that Irish businesses are delivering across the world, Enterprise Ireland, the Irish Government’s trade and innovation agency will host over 50 virtual trade events across the world to engage international partners and support the growth of Irish enterprise internationally. Enterprise Ireland today also launched an international campaign ‘Ready for a Green Future’ promoting Irish green innovators who are delivering sustainable and low carbon solutions to tackle climate challenge.
Taoiseach, Micheál Martin, An Tánaiste, Leo Varadkar and the Minister for Trade Promotion, Robert Troy will be participating in the virtual events series with Enterprise Ireland clients and international partners across the US, Europe, UK, IMEA and Asia Pacific regions over the St Patricks Day period, including:
- USA – CEO Roundtable event with the Taoiseach
- USA – Events with Lt Governor of the State of California and Lt Governor of Washington State with An Tánaiste
- Germany & France – Ready for a Green Future event with An Tánaiste
- UK – ‘Nua’ – A celebration of Irish innovation in the UK with An Tánaiste
- Australia – Ireland Re-visited Business Event with An Tánaiste
- Belgium – Belgian/ Ireland Trade Opportunities Post Brexit with Minister Troy
- Nordics – Sustainability in a Digital World with Minister Troy
- South East Asia – Indonesia St Patricks Day Event with Minister Troy
- Australia – St Patricks Day Advisory Panel Event with Minister Troy
Enterprise Ireland’s international green innovation campaign ‘Ready for a Green Future’ focuses on the climate agenda, and as the world emerges from Covid-19 there is a need to build back better, prioritising sustainability and tackling the many environmental challenges that we face to deliver a green recovery.
The campaign showcases many world-leading Irish green innovators who are solving complex technical challenges and delivering sustainable and low carbon solutions to make renewable energy viable; reduce energy waste in our cities with smart technology; reduce agricultural waste and make construction cleaner.
Ready for a Green Future Campaign Video: https://youtu.be/2bfGAtoVsHI
Some of the Irish companies featured in the campaign include:
- Keenan’s innovative diet feeder technology is paving the way for farms of all sizes to become part of a circular economy as they maximise efficiency, eliminate waste, and significantly reduce emissions.
- CitySwift is combating the climate crisis by using data to strategically improve public transport, making the most sustainable modes of transport more efficient and user-friendly.
- Ecocem is addressing one of the world’s largest carbon culprits, cement, by manufacturing a greener cement alternative with reduced carbon emissions.
- Ocean Energy is capturing and converting the power of waves into electricity having developed the world’s largest capacity floating wave energy device.
Launching the international campaign today, Leo Varadkar, Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment said: “St Patrick’s Day is the day the world turns green as we come together to celebrate our national holiday. It’s also a great opportunity to showcase Ireland’s green innovators and the positive contribution they are making to industries across the world.
“Moving away from fossil fuels and decoupling emissions from economic progress is the biggest challenge facing this generation. Ireland is fully committed to playing its part in the global effort. We are committed to reducing emissions by 7% on average by 2030 and to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050. Enterprise Ireland’s Ready for a Green Future campaign highlights some of the Irish companies who are the early movers, the trail blazers who have sustainability at the core of their business. This St. Patrick’s Day is the perfect time to showcase these green innovators and the positive contribution they are making to industries across the world.”
Ireland has been ranked 5th in the (MIT Technology Review) Green Future Index 2021, an index of 76 countries on their progress and commitment towards building a low carbon future. It measures the degree to which their economies are turning towards clean energy industry, agriculture and society through investment in renewables, innovation and green finance.
The 10 Irish green innovators featured in the Ready for the Green Future campaign are:
- Abbey Machinery is supporting reduced carbon emissions with innovative farming technologies.
- Keenan is promoting sustainability in farming with advanced, efficient diet feeders.
- CitySwift is combating the climate crisis by using data to strategically improve public transit.
- Cygnum is offering savings in the embodied energy of new builds with automated timber frame construction methods.
- Davra is partnering with companies to use data for improved efficiency and environmental safety.
- Ecocem is improving and promoting the use of a greener cement alternative.
- GridBeyond is enabling cost-effective decarbonisation through advanced energy intelligence.
- Hanley Energy is providing customized, efficient energy solutions to the world’s most power heavy industries.
- Ocean Energy is capturing and converting the power of waves into electricity through unique technology.
- XOCEAN is operating an uncrewed, carbon-friendly vehicle to collect marine data with 1,000 x fewer emissions than an ordinary vessel.
For more visit: Ireland: Ready for a Green Future – The Irish Advantage
