Many green-minded organizations make conscious efforts to curb their harmful impact on the environment. Some take a stronger approach and invest resources to raise the bar through green innovations. Learn about six game-changing businesses and how to leverage their products and services to live a more sustainable lifestyle.

1. ArcelorMittal

ArcelorMittal’s XCarb eco-friendly steel won the 2025 FEDIL Environment Award in the product category. This Luxembourg-based manufacturer uses scrap metal and 100% renewable energy in the electric arc furnace route — a modern steelmaking process. Its Guarantee of Origin certificates represent transparency, allowing anyone to verify its clean energy sources independently. As a result, its flat and long steel products have ultralow carbon dioxide emissions.

XCarb is one of the greenest steels on the market — a must for anyone’s house purposely designed to earn sustainability certifications, such as Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design. Domestic sourcing minimizes an eco-friendly construction product’s low embodied carbon even further. Fortunately, ArcelorMittal is a multinational company with a presence on all continents.

This steelmaker could have more locations in the United States. Nevertheless, it’s reasonable to expect its network to expand beyond a few states after receiving its prestigious accolade, for it should generate more interest in green builders nationwide.

2. Dow

Headquartered in Midland, Michigan, Dow has received more Edison Awards than any other organization. Ten of this materials science and chemical manufacturing company’s innovations earned recognition in the 2025 edition of the annual competition. Its TRITON™ FCX Surfactants won a gold award in the Toxin-Free & Health-First Materials category.

Dow developed the TRITON FCX-800 Surfactant as a biodegradable alternative to fluorosurfactants — a major group of forever chemicals. More people are waking up to the dangers of forever chemicals, such as increased cancer risk, developmental issues in children and reproductive health problems. They resist degradation, allowing them to last for ages. These chemicals build up in the tissues of humans and animals through exposure and can take up to eight years to exit the body.

The invention of TRITON FCX Surfactants can be instrumental in mitigating the pervasiveness of forever chemicals, which can take a long time to phase out and remove from the environment. Dow markets the TRITON FCX-800 Surfactant as a block additive in architectural coatings, so look for paints containing it to have one less hazard to worry about at home.

3. Green Spot Technologies

Green Spot Technologies bested dozens of foodtech startups worldwide to win the 2025 Kraft Heinz Innovation Challenge at the 2023 Future Food-Tech San Francisco. This French company’s Ferment’Up is the world’s first range of fermented and upcycled ingredients made from food waste. Its technology uses good microorganisms to naturally convert fruit, vegetable and cereal grain by-products into nutrient-dense powders.

This venture’s circular approach is more relevant than ever, as the amount of food wasted worldwide is more alarming than most people realize. To give you an idea, the amount of carbon emissions from food waste, on one Thanksgiving, is similar to driving 1.1 billion miles.

Green Spot’s products are suitable for various applications, such as baked goods and tomato sauce. The company is also open to collaboration, having a dedicated formulation team to support product development projects. Find out which brands are working with this food waste fermentation expert to know which supplies to stock in the pantry.

4. Armacell

Armacell is the maker of ArmaFlex® — a line of closed-cell insulation products based on elastomeric foam. Its predecessor, Armstrong, brought the world’s first flexible insulation material, preserving the ability of closed-cell foam to increase a building’s structural integrity by 300% while addressing the inherent disadvantages of rigid options.

Many heating, ventilation and air conditioning technicians and plumbers use ArmaFlex to simplify installation. Some varieties are perfect for do-it-yourself projects, which are helpful when enhancing your recreational vehicle’s energy efficiency, reducing noise and preventing condensation.

Armacell’s excellent EvoVadis ratings make its insulation solutions even more eco-friendly. Many of its manufacturing plants have received either a gold or a silver medal, demonstrating its commitment to sustainability. Contractors buy supplies from Armacell to meet their environmental, social and governance goals and satisfy the preference of eco-warriors for more sustainable products.

5. Giesecke+Devrient

G+D’s Green Banknote received the 2023 Best New Environmental Sustainability Program Currency award from the International Association of Currency Affairs. This sustainable bill consists of organic cotton and Forest Stewardship Council-certified wood pulp, which reduces carbon emissions by 63% compared to fibers derived from traditionally grown cotton. Recycled polyethylene terephthalate — the most common type of polyester — comprises security threads. It contains significantly less plastic than polymer notes overall and can last just as long.

Furthermore, this green innovation promotes eco-friendly ink. With this paper bill, G+D demonstrated for the first time how to replace certain mineral oils with vegetable-based ones.

The company’s sustainability journey doesn’t end with the Green Banknote. It aims to generate 75% of its revenue from green products by 2040 through various initiatives. For example, Louisenthal, its subsidiary, treats 40% to 58% of the wastewater from two of its largest banknote paper mills to make it safe for use once released back into circulation.

6. MycoMine

MycoMine won the inaugural The Future is Fungi Award, along with Belgian startup Novobiom, because of its ingenious use of mycelium — the root-like structure of a fungus — to decontaminate water and soil. This Swedish company has launched Bioremediation as a Service to help organizations identify the optimal microorganisms for degrading specific pollutants and design treatment plants. It employs a unique climate grading system to illustrate the impact of its biological systems in comparison to traditional methods.

The Skapa Foundation, Sweden’s innovation-prize-giving body, describes the company’s mobile treatment plant, MycoCube, as a scalable and cost-effective solution to address old environmental issues and prevent new ones.

Places with vast brownfields can particularly benefit from MycoMine. If your county has abandoned contaminated industrial sites, consider writing to your council members about signing up for the company’s service or a similar solution to restore your town’s economic potential. That would allow it to safeguard the environment in the long term.

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Breaking the mold is a risky endeavor. Reward the organizations driven enough to pour considerable time and capital into research and development to elevate industry standards and push the sustainability movement forward.