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Sustainability

For Ismael Olmedo, CEO of Captoplastic, seeing clean, vibrant waterways is priceless —a value he cherishes more with age. He finds his company’s work particularly gratifying; they have developed technology to capture microplastics as small as one micron (0.001 mm), which are otherwise elusive and harmful to nature and health. We spoke with Olmedo to learn how this technology cancleanse ecosystems of these tiny pollutants and protect the environment.

Cleantech Way: download the BBVA and Ethic publication

Helios was established over six years ago as a project to produce oxygen on the Moon, but in its first steps it discovered by chance a responsible way to obtain iron as a by-product. It all started with a question. Jonathan Geifman —CEO of this Israeli tech company— and friends wanted to know why human beings had not returned to the Moon since the Apollo 17 mission in December 1972.

Cleantech Way: download the BBVA and Ethic publication