UpLink Annual Impact Report 2025

Figure 1 Overview of Top Innovators’ impact In 2025, UpLink will continue to strengthen its Innovation Ecosystem by facilitating strategic collaboration and ensuring that impact-driven innovators continue to receive the resources, guidance and connections necessary to succeed. The organization is also committed to continuously improving its impact measurement framework in alignment with objectives. UpLink’s impact measurement and management framework UpLink’s impact measurement and management framework employs a mixed methodology for data collection, combining qualitative and quantitative approaches to ensure a comprehensive understanding of progress towards the SDGs. This framework is explained in detail in Appendix: A1.Between 2023 and 2024, UpLink innovators’ solutions have contributed to: 28 million tonnes Waste tracked and traced through digital platforms 140 million hectares (ha) Aquatic or terrestrial area protected or actively managed for protection 142,400 tonnes CO2 emissions avoided through clean electricity, sustainable agriculture, manufacturing and other processes 2.5 billion litres Wastewater, including hazardous wastewater, treated Uplink Annual Impact Report March 2025 5