Deadline: Ongoing
Applicants are now invited to apply for the 100+ Accelerator Program to help protect, renew, and grow the biodiversity of all ecosystems to sustain life on Earth, and maintain the foundation of their supply chains and businesses.
Subchallenges
- Biodiversity Traceability and Impact Assessment
- Biodiversity Enhancement in Agriculture and Nature-Based Projects
Top Priorities
- Biodiversity Traceability and Impact Assessment:
- Tools to assess value chain risk associated with biodiversity loss.
- Technologies to measure and track biodiversity outcomes in agriculture and nature-based solution (NbS) projects. (reliable quantification tools, adaptable in different geographies).
- Full traceability technologies for food, beverages, and packaging to ensure supply chains do not contribute to biodiversity loss or deforestation.
- Biodiversity Enhancement in Agriculture and Nature-Based Projects:
- Ecosystem services optimization tools, aimed at improving the performance and resilience of natural systems.
- Biodiversity tracking technologies for nature-based and agricultural projects — ideally using multiple methods (e.g., eDNA, acoustic sensing) and targeting a range of biodiversity types
Areas of Interest
- Biodiversity Traceability and Impact Assessment:
- Technologies to increase genetic diversity in crops or improve nutrient content in plant-based foods.
- Science-based methodologies to measure ecosystem services across terrestrial and marine environments.
- Technologies to measure and track biodiversity outcomes in agriculture and nature-based solution (NbS) projects.
- Biodiversity Enhancement in Agriculture and Nature-Based Projects:
- Alternative solution for soy lecithin with low CO2 and land use.
- Investigate substitutes for soy protein with lower impact on deforestation and carbon emissions.
- Investigate substitutes for palm-derived MCTs/Innovate processing technologies to convert co-products into MCTs.
- Technologies to measure and track biodiversity in the implementation of nature-based solutions and agriculture projects.
- Develop methods and processes to enhance traceability in complex supply chain like soy or palm derivatives
Benefits
- The 100+ Accelerator will provide support, guidance and access to potential funding through:
- Pilot customer opportunities with the six corporate partners:
- AB InBev, The Coca-Cola Company, Colgate-Palmolive, Danone, Mondelez International, and Unilever (including the potential to scale company-wide)
- Active mentorship, training, and programming in product development, go-to-market, operations, sales, and more
- Top mentor network of scientists, academics, domain experts, venture capitalists, corporate sustainability leaders, etc.
- Potential funding from Partner Companies and their networks
- Pilot customer opportunities with the six corporate partners:
Eligibility Criteria
- Open to all. Challenges were developed with input from subject matter experts from their partner companies around the world to make sure they are focused on local issues that need to be addressed. They are seeking startups from around the world to answer the challenges and are eager to identify technologies and best practices that can be shared across their businesses and beyond.
For more information, visit Anheuser-Busch InBev.
