The future is bright, green, and apparently shaped like a football. Soccket, an energy-generating soccer ball for the developing world, is just one of a new range of inventions promising to defy a commonly held belief: that business and ethics don't mix.
When the Virgin tycoon, Sir Richard Branson, launched a competition last year to "screw business as usual", he was looking for ideas from around the world dedicated to being a "force for good".
Receiving almost 500 entries, he has discovered that the new wave of green gadgets is anything but boring. From underwear made from waste to a property company that is warming a nearby building with commuters' heat, Branson said... read more