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Founder & CEO, Earth5R

Saurabh Gupta

Saurabh is the visionary founder of Earth5R and the creator of the Earth5R Appยฉ, which was honored with the prestigious Google Play Award for Best Apps of 2023 in the ‘Best Apps for Good’ category. Prior to founding Earth5R, Saurabh served as the regional HR/EHS head at Cafe Coffee Day India, where he gained valuable insights into corporate sustainability. However, it was his inspiring journey of cycling 50,000 km across three continents that truly sparked his passion for environmental action and sustainability. This journey led him to establish Earth5R in 2014 with the goal of mobilizing citizens and communities to drive meaningful climate action.

Biography

Saurabh is the visionary founder of Earth5R and the creator of the Earth5R Appยฉ, which was honored with the prestigious Google Play Award for Best Apps of 2023 in the 'Best Apps for Good' category. Prior to founding Earth5R, Saurabh served as the regional HR/EHS head at Cafe Coffee Day India, where he gained valuable insights into corporate sustainability. However, it was his inspiring journey of cycling 50,000 km across three continents that truly sparked his passion for environmental action and sustainability. This journey led him to establish Earth5R in 2014 with the goal of mobilizing citizens and communities to drive meaningful climate action.

Initially focused on grassroots sustainability efforts across India, Earth5R quickly grew in influence, leading to a significant transformation in 2022. With a $300,000 seed funding raise, Earth5R transitioned from a grassroots initiative to a tech-driven platform. The introduction of the Earth5R App and a SaaS dashboard allowed the platform to scale and offer businesses tools to track their Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) performance, manage decarbonization projects, and improve sustainability KPIs.

Under Saurabh's leadership, Earth5R has expanded its reach to 65 countries, engaging over 60,000 active users and building a community of 1.3 million individuals committed to climate action. Through collaborative partnerships with corporations, universities, NGOs, and governments, Earth5R has successfully driven initiatives that resulted in 7.8 million volunteering hours, the offset of 954,000 tons of CO2, and the planting of 87,000 trees. Additionally, the app has documented 83,000 impact stories and sequestered 19,800 tons of CO2 through community-driven actions.

Saurabhโ€™s contributions to sustainability and climate action have earned him numerous accolades, including being named a Young Leader by French President Emmanuel Macron. His leadership and innovation were also recognized when Earth5R was awarded the Google Play Award for Best App of 2023 in the โ€˜Best Apps for Goodโ€™ category. Today, Saurabh is focused on scaling Earth5Rโ€™s impact to engage 2 billion people in the climate economy, empowering businesses and communities to reduce their carbon footprints, create green jobs, contribute to the circular economy, and drive systemic climate action.

Join us in shaping the future of circular economy solutions and redefining the possibilities of plastic recycling. Together, we can turn challenges into opportunities and create a sustainable, eco-friendly future.

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Building F2, Office B5, Noida, Sector 3, Uttar Pradesh – 201301

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