WIPO GREEN is a World Intellectual Property Organization program 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 Innovation, 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, WIPO GREEN consists of four main elements:
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.
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. 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. 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.
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; No-till farming or conservation agriculture in Brazil; and wine production in Chile.
In October 2021, a project in Indonesia on palm oil mill effluent (POME), a by-product of palm oil production that emits Greenhouse gas 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. Technological Options for the Treatment and Valorization of Palm Oil Mill Effluent in Indonesia
Former projects took place in Cambodia, Indonesia, and the Philippines around wastewater treatment, agriculture, and water technologies.
As of 2022, WIPO GREEN has a network of over 146 partner organizations involved in green technology.
+ !List of some of WIPO Green partners !Year join !Country | ||
Asian Development Bank | 2014 | Philippines |
Ajinomoto | 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 | 2017 | Canada |
Canon Inc | 2020 | Japan |
CGIAR | 2020 | France |
Climate KIC (Switzerland) | 2015 | Switzerland |
Daicel | 2020 | Japan |
Daikin | 2020 | Japan |
Denka | 2022 | Japan |
Furukawa Electric | 2021 | Japan |
Bernice Dapaah | 2013 | Ghana |
Haier (China) | 2015 | China |
Hitachi | 2020 | Japan |
Honda | 2020 | Japan |
IBM | 2019 | Multinational |
Inovent (Turkey) | 2013 | Turkey |
International Chamber of Commerce | 2014 | France |
Japan Patent Office | 2020 | Japan |
K. A. CARE | 2017 | Saudi Arabia |
Konica Minolta | 2019 | Japan |
League of Arab States | 2013 | Egypt |
Malawi University of Science and Technology | 2020 | Malawi |
Meiji University | 2020 | Japan |
Mitsubishi Electric | 2021 | Japan |
Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO University) | 2019 | Russia |
Panasonic | 2020 | Japan |
Ricoh | 2021 | Japan |
Sabancı University (Turkey) | 2013 | Turkey |
Saudi Authority for Intellectual Property | 2020 | Saudi Arabia |
Shiseido | 2020 | Japan |
Siemens (Germany) | 2013 | Germany |
Skolkovo Foundation | 2020 | Russia |
Solar Impulse Foundation | 2019 | Switzerland |
Strathmore University, CIPIT (Kenya) | 2013 | Kenya |
Sumitomo Electric Industries | 2019 | Japan |
Swiss Federal Institute of Intellectual Property | 2019 | Switzerland |
Technology Development Foundation of Turkey | 2014 | Turkey |
Tianjin TEDA Company | 2020 | China |
Teijin | 2015 | Japan |
University of Tokyo | 2021 | Japan |
Tohoku University | 2021 | Japan |
Tokai National Higher Education and Research System | 2020 | Japan |
Toyota Industries | 2019 | Japan |
Toyota | 2020 | Japan |
Waseda Environmental Institute, Waseda University | 2014 | Japan |
Yamagata University | 2021 | Japan |
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