Sustainability Stories from Iceland

A SPRINKLE OF SUSTAINABILITY FROM ICELAND
As you travel through Iceland's Westfjords, it seems as though almost every turn presents j...

Blue Lagoon - hospitality and natural products
Inspiration and innovation straight from the resource

Pure north recycling
Pure North has a clear purpose - to recycle plastic locally in an environmentally friendly proc...

Kerecis
A Westfjords company is pioneering the use of fish skin and fatty acids in wound care

Vaxa farm
Upon entering the grow room at Vaxa Farm, one has to do a double take. The lights, the rows of...

Marel is stepping up to the plate
Icelandic food processing company Marel is increasing sustainability through innovation one gra...

Land ho! The future of sustainable seafood
Matorka is transforming aquaculture into a model of sustainability and environmental considerat...

Carbon Recycling International
Greener living through chemistry
CARBFIX AND CLIMEWORKS
According to the International Energy Agency (IEA), annual global CO2 emissions in 2019 were a...

Laki Power: Transforming line monitoring for power grid operators
Laki Power is designing and building smart stations for real-time monitoring of high-power tran...

Carbfix wins two Milestone Prizes in Musk Foundation’s $100M XPRIZE
Carbfix and partners win two $1 million Milestone Prizes in highly selective XPRIZE

Feel Iceland
For those of you who are not biologically minded, collagen is the main structural protein found...

The future of agriculture and algaculture
VAXA Technologies use sustainable energy to grow pure algae with tremendous yields.

Circular Icelandic design
Circular Icelandic design with FÓLK, Flétta, and Tinna Gunnarsdóttir

Finding common ground for storing carbon underground
Iceland's Carbfix is finding long-term solutions for carbon sequestration

TABIK upcycled bags
From the high seas to the high street

GeoSilica: Minerals straight from the source
GeoSilica is the first company in the world to extract silica from geothermal waters for drinka...

ORF Genetics is growing innovation one barley plant at a time
The revolution will be green!

Ugly Potatoes turn discarded Icelandic potatoes into delicious snacks
Turning food waste into snacks with an authentic taste

A WARM WOOLCOME TO PRESIDENT GUDNI TH.
Only in Iceland – would the president show up to give a special award for innovative uses of wo...