WIPO GREEN

WIPO GREEN is a World Intellectual Property Organization program[1][2][3] that supports global efforts to address climate change and food security through sharing of sustainable technology innovations . WIPO GREEN was established in 2013, it is a free online marketplace for technology exchange connecting providers and seekers of inventions and innovations in environmental technology. WIPO GREEN acts as platform for innovators, small and medium enterprises, Fortune 500 companies, and other key stakeholders to take part in green technology innovation and increase diffusion with the help of intellectual property rights through services such as the database, network, and projects. Under the management of WIPO’s Global Challenges Division,[4] WIPO GREEN consists of four main elements:

  1. The online database of sustainable technologies uploads and needs,
  2. Acceleration Projects and
  3. A publication, Green Technology Book
  4. A partners network.[5]
WIPO GREEN
OwnerWorld Intellectual Property Organization
IndustrySustainable technology
ServicesFree online database of green technologies and needs, acceleration projects, partners network
URLhttps://www3.wipo.int/wipogreen/en/
The San Gorgonio Pass wind farm in California, United States.

WIPO GREEN database

The WIPO GREEN database is the foundation of the platform. The database is a free, solutions-oriented, global innovation catalog that connects needs for solving environmental or climate change problems with sustainable solutions from prototypes to marketable products available for sale, license, collaborations, knowledge transfer, joint ventures, or collaborations.[6] Green technology innovators can promote their products, businesses, organizations, and governments looking for green technologies can explain their needs and seek collaboration with providers.[7][8]

As of July 2022, WIPO GREEN has over 120,000 technologies,  need sand experts, more than 2000 users in 110 countries, and recorded over 1000 connections made between technology providers and seekers.[3][9]

The database utilizes AI-assisted auto-matching, user uploads tracing and alerts, full-text search for solutions based on long need descriptions, and the Patent2Solution search function for finding commercial applications of a patent, which are some of the unique features of the database.[8] Free registration is required for detailed record view and uploading.

All technologies uploaded to the WIPO GREEN database remain the property of the rights holder. It is up to the right holder and the collaborating parties to structure agreements in the manner they feel is most appropriate and effective.

WIPO GREEN does not require that technologies or innovations uploaded to the database be patented or in the process of being patented. Therefore, technology providers can upload their technology while related patent applications are pending.[10] Technology providers are encouraged to upload technology solutions on the WIPO GREEN database and connect with other users to explore partnerships, technology transfers, including funding and licensing opportunities.

Acceleration Projects
Chile's vineyards on dorp land within the foothills of the Andes.

Acceleration projects work with WIPO GREEN partners and local organizations to explore local challenges and green opportunities for particular environmental needs.[11][12] These projects are organized annually in different countries or regions around and connect providers and seekers of green technologies.

For example, the Latin America Acceleration Project explores innovative new technologies in the region and facilitates green technology exchange between providers and seekers in green opportunities in intensified crop rotation, soil re-carbonization, and forest management in Argentina; zero-till or conservation agriculture in Brazil; and wine production in Chile.[13]

In October 2021, a project in Indonesia on palm oil mill effluent (POME), a by-product of palm oil production that emits greenhouse gases and reportedly harms flora and fauna in local rivers, identified viable green solutions to turn the high organic content of POME wastewater into biogas and other environmentally friendly uses. [14]

Former projects took place in Cambodia, Indonesia, and the Philippines around wastewater treatment, agriculture, and water technologies.[15]

The Green Technology Book

In November 2022 at UNFCCC COP27, WIPO introduced its new Flagship publication the Green Technology Book. This digital-first publication aims to put innovation, technology and intellectual property at the forefront in the fight against climate change. The inaugural edition of this annual publication focused on available solutions for climate-change adaptation to reduce vulnerability as well as to increase resilience to the impacts of climate change. The book was created in cooperation with the Climate Technology Center and Network (CTCN) and the Egyptian Academy of Scientific Research and Technology (ASTR). It features 200 adaptation technologies, which are also available in the WIPO GREEN database of innovative technologies and needs.[16]

Partners Network

WIPO GREEN partners are public or private institutions that wish to collaborate to advance WIPO GREEN’s mission. The network is aimed at helping the implementation and diffusion of green technology innovations around the world. [17][18][19] Partners include government institutions, intergovernmental organizations, academia, and businesses – from small and medium-sized enterprises to Fortune 500 companies.

As of 2022, WIPO GREEN has a network of over 146 partner organizations involved in green technology.[20]

List of some of WIPO Green partners Year join Country
Asian Development Bank 2014 Philippines
Ajinomoto Co., Inc. 2021 Japan
Hong Kong Trade Development Council / Asia IP Exchange (Hong Kong SAR, China) 2014 Hong Kong, China
Austria Wirtschaftsservice Gesellschaft mbH (aws) 2021 Austria
Canadian Intellectual Property Office (Canada)[21] 2017 Canada
Canon Inc.[22] 2020 Japan
CGIAR System Organization 2020 France
Climate KIC (Switzerland) 2015 Switzerland
Daicel Corporation[23] 2020 Japan
Daikin Industries Ltd. 2020 Japan
Denka Co., Ltd 2022 Japan
Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd 2021 Japan
Ghana Bamboo Bikes Initiative[24] 2013 Ghana
Haier (China) 2015 China
Hitachi Ltd.[25] 2020 Japan
Honda Motor Co., Ltd. 2020 Japan
Inovent (Turkey) 2013 Turkey
International Business Machines Corporation 2019 Multinational
International Chamber of Commerce 2014 France
Japan Patent Office[26] 2020 Japan
K. A. CARE[27] 2017 Saudi Arabia
Konica Minolta[28] 2019 Japan
League of Arab States 2013 Egypt
Malawi University of Science and Technology 2020 Malawi
Meiji University Center for Polymer Science[29] 2020 Japan
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation[30] 2021 Japan
Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO University) 2019 Russia
Panasonic Corporation[31] 2020 Japan
Ricoh Company, Ltd.[32] 2021 Japan
Sabancı University (Turkey) 2013 Turkey
Saudi Authority for Intellectual Property 2020 Saudi Arabia
Shiseido Company Limited[33] 2020 Japan
Siemens (Germany) 2013 Germany
Skolkovo Foundation[34] 2020 Russia
Solar Impulse Foundation 2019 Switzerland
Strathmore University, CIPIT (Kenya) 2013 Kenya
Sumitomo Electric Inductries Ltd[35] 2019 Japan
Swiss Federal Institute of Intellectual Property 2019 Switzerland
Technology Development Foundation of Turkey 2014 Turkey
Tianjin TEDA Energy Group Co., Ltd. 2020 China
Teijin Limited[36] 2015 Japan
The University of Tokyo 2021 Japan
Tohoku University 2021 Japan
Tokai National Higher Education and Research System[37] 2020 Japan
Toyota Industries Corporation[38] 2019 Japan
Toyota Motor Corporation 2020 Japan
Waseda Environmental Institute, Waseda University[39] 2014 Japan
Yamagata University 2021 Japan

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