Carbon Mate
Sustainability should not be boring it should be rewarding and healthy
Muhammad ajmal
zuyd university of applied science maastricht
international business
Over het initiatief / About the initiative
In welke fase zit jouw initiatief? / In what stage is your initiative?
Startupfase
Heb je jouw initiatief al gevalideerd? / Did you validate your initiative?
yes we have tested inside university with good outcome
Meer informatie over jouw initiatief / More info about your initiative
During the university i have came accross a lot of talks about sustainability but only on paper and people and students they are sustainability but are they really are do they have something to track that or show or do they even get rewards out of being environmental friendly the answers were no they are not so i came up with idea of carbon mate an app available on play store and appstore now which scans bar codes of nearly 1 billion plus products whatever purchase you make scan and you will get points and track your carbon foot print as well same time we have more ideas but we are stuck with currently funding and right partners for rewards cash
Wat is er anders/nieuw aan jouw idee/oplossing t.o.v. bestaande oplossingen? / What is different/new about your idea/solution compared to existing solutions??
There isnt any solution which are doing the thing we are doing i think there are hardly one from UN which SDG app but they dont reward or give anything away
Wat zijn jouw volgende stappen om het verder te ontwikkelen? / What are your next steps to develop the initiative?
our next steps are to develop partnerships with stake holders in retail industry or someone with good presence whom we can collaborate and reward people for there environmental efforts like companies like albert hejin jumbo plus so on or smaller retailers just get people on board and make them feel its not boring its rewarding and fun
Wat heb je nodig om (nog meer) impact te maken met dit initiatief? / What do you need to make (more) impact with this initiative?
Partnerships and bit of funding as currently i am running this project out of my personal money from more then year and the project wont survive if i had issues with finances i am really looking for some serious partnerships as this can be turned into great image builder for our partners and great money maker as well