Vaayu

Vaayu is the world’s first automated software empowering the retail industry to track and cut its carbon and environmental impact in real-time. By leveraging proprietary AI and machine learning technology, Vaayu calculates impacts like emissions, water and waste across product, packaging and logistics, using certified LCA methodologies to provide granular insights and inform data-driven decision-making. Vaayu has pioneered research into the climate impact potential of circular business models with Vinted and Otrium, and calculated product footprints at scale for Klarna and Redcare (previously Shop Apotheke). Other global partnerships include Veja, New Balance, ASKET, Missoma, Ace & Tate and Wunderman Thompson Commerce. Among other notable awards, Vaayu was named one of TIME’s 2022 Best Inventions, Fast Company’s 2022 Next Big Things in Tech, won the Europas 2022 Hottest Climate Tech/Sustainability Startup Award and the German Innovation Award 2023 for Excellence in B2B. In 2023, Vaayu was named a finalist for Fast Company’s Innovation by Design Award and included as one of TechRound’s SaaS66. Vaayu’s Founder and CEO Namrata Sandhu was also recognized as Reuter’s Sustainability Trailblazer as part of the Sustainable Business Awards in November 2023. For more information, visit our website.