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<h3 dir="ltr">Challenge context</h3>To address sustainability challenges while enabling economic growth, Solar Impulse Foundation, a non-profit organization, has identified 1000+ clean and profitable solutions (including technical and non-technical solutions). Solar Impulse Foundation has organized these solutions into a search-engine for climate action - the Solutions Explorer - in order to support their implementation at scale. By giving political and economic decision-makers the tools to adopt much more ambitious energy and environmental policies, the Foundation will help them to set a roadmap to reach their environmental objectives.&nbsp;<div class="HTML_Editor_LayoutContainer" style="grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr;"><div class="HTML_Editor_LayoutItem"><img src="/api/files/category/1/ca4e4c7e3455404bb5761eaee0d6ba45-1.PNG?_rs=VB4rkPrehjNv8vp0mwcrW3lYc-o1" alt="ca4e4c7e3455404bb5761eaee0d6ba45-1.PNG" width="inherit" height="inherit"></div><div class="HTML_Editor_LayoutItem"> </div></div><h3 dir="ltr">Challenge&nbsp;</h3>Solar Impulse Foundation is seeking for non-technical ideas to support sustainable development. Please provide your idea.This idea could be:<ol><li value="1">a policy&nbsp;(e.g., Incentivizing Train Travel Over Flights During Public Holidays. In 2023, SNCF, a&nbsp;French National Railway Company, offered summer discounts to promote rail travel in France. This initiative aimed to encourage sustainable transportation).</li><li value="2">a behavior-based incentive&nbsp;(e.g.,&nbsp;Prioritising Second-Hand Shopping.&nbsp;Since 2019, Oxfam's &quot;Second Hand September&quot; campaign promotes donating, reusing, rewearing, and restyling clothing for the month, urging participants to avoid buying new items for 30 days).</li><li value="3">an operational strategy&nbsp;(e.g., Embrace flexible working. Dell saved approximately $21 million in real estate expenses by implementing the Connected Workplace program and contributed to a environmental footprint by cutting down on daily commuting).</li></ol> It would be helpful if you describe&nbsp;a concrete, existing example&nbsp;of the idea, along with&nbsp;real-world use cases or implementation stories&nbsp;from companies or municipalities that have adopted them.&nbsp; <h4 dir="ltr">Solar Impulse Foundation will offer:</h4><ul><li value="1">For Individuals: Contribute to a meaningful environmental cause. You could be invited to join the Solar Impulse Foundation at annual Pioneers Forum, or enter a raffle for tickets to top cleantech events (e.g., ChangeNOW). Neoma Business School will invite participants to share their ideas during Sustainability Day on campus.</li><li value="2">For Businesses: Selected ideas will be featured in real-world “use case” on Solar Impulse Foundation website, enhancing visibility, credibility, and impact.</li></ul> <h3 dir="ltr">Objective</h3>Leverage&nbsp;crowdsourced intelligence&nbsp;to identify solutions—policy frameworks, behavioral incentives, and operational strategies—that help businesses and individuals adopt&nbsp;sustainable practices.&nbsp; For this project we are aiming at identifying concrete and existing examples of solutions as well as real use cases/implementation stories of companies/municipalities that have implemented them. We then wish to transcribe them to be part of our comprehensive catalogue of solutions (the Solution Explorer). <h4 dir="ltr">Focus Areas (Based on the Solution Explorer’s Non-Technical Solutions Portfolio):</h4><ul><li value="1">Behavioral &amp; Policy-Driven Sustainability Solutions&nbsp;– Business models, policy recommendations, and consumer behavior interventions.</li><li value="2">Scalability &amp; Impact&nbsp;– Solutions should be applicable in real-world scenarios and contribute to measurable sustainability outcomes.</li><li value="3">Key Sectors:&nbsp;Corporate Sustainability, Smart Cities, Circular Economy, Responsible Consumption, and Sustainable Mobility.</li></ul> You can find previous examples on the Foundation's website: <a href="https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fsolarimpulse.com%2Fsolutions-explorer%3Fsolutionrewrites_production%255BrefinementList%255D%255Bnature_en%255D%255B0%255D%3DBehaviours%26solutionrewrites_production%255BrefinementList%255D%255Bnature_en%255D%255B1%255D%3DPolicies&amp;data=05%7C02%7Czhixia.chen%40neoma-bs.fr%7C11304bc117984170ad9908ddafcbc039%7Cea847b31dc734e64b8e954cb237688f3%7C0%7C0%7C638860011884071978%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=fviAuYm7K2yCyij1YHXbXBATzH%2B3t4ruUZxZ%2FH%2FdXE4%3D&amp;reserved=0" title="Original URL: https://solarimpulse.com/solutions-explorer?solutionrewrites_production%5BrefinementList%5D%5Bnature_en%5D%5B0%5D=Behaviours&amp;solutionrewrites_production%5BrefinementList%5D%5Bnature_en%5D%5B1%5D=Policies. Click or tap if you trust this link.">solar impulse’s portfolio</a>&nbsp; Click on Filters, then select Behaviours and Policies, as shown below.<img src="/api/files/category/1/a1dad4a557584f678d11233530a12d1a-Capture.PNG?_rs=kGBm0I5-sxvVjNOTWYeNjyehJO01" alt="a1dad4a557584f678d11233530a12d1a-Capture.PNG" width="inherit" height="inherit">

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