Awards

• Greener Package “Innovator of the Year” award for non-FDA regulated packaging, 2011
• Picnic Green Challenge, 2011
• World Economic Forum Technology Pioneer, 2011
• Dupont Packaging Innovation Award, top diamond winner, 2011
• BusinessWeek’s “America’s Most Promising Social Entrepreneurs”, 2011
• Albany Business Review’s “Most Promising Newcomer”, 2011
• Named one of Fast Company’s “10 Wild Materials That Could Help Save the Earth”, 2010
• Material ConneXion “Material of the Year” honorable mention, 2010
• National Renewable Energy Lab (NREL) “best venture” award for clean energy ventures, 2009
• PopTech “Social Innovation Fellow”, 2009
• Popular Science “Best of What’s New”, 2009
• “Rising Star Award” from the Center for Economic Growth in New York, 2009
• Winner of the PICNIC Green Challenge, a €500,000 prize for combating climate change, 2008