Press coverage Bluewater in the media Categories Archive 2019 2018 2020 FLOWATER RAISED $15 MILLION TO HELP ERADICATE PLASTIC WATER BOTTLES January 25, 2019 | Goodnet FloWater just achieved the milestone of the equivalent of one million plastic water bottles being removed from the marketplace since its launch eight years ago. Its mission is to eliminate one billion plastic water bottles by 2022. This goal has just become very achievable because Bluewater, a world-leader in sustainable water technologies, just partnered with FloWater with a $15 million series B investment making it FloWater’s largest investor. Read more SOUTH AFRICAN-BASED BLUEWATER AFRICA’S MOBILE TRAILERS REDUCING SINGLE-USE PLASTIC USAGE AT EVENTS January 24, 2019 | Bringo ‘Bluewater Africa Trailers’, the mobile water station service by Bluewater Africa, is offering single-use-plastic-free water supply to large-scale events in South Africa. Read more INTERVIEW WITH ANDERS JACOBSON, BLUEWATER, SIF18 January 24, 2019 | Climate Action Climate Action caught up with Anders Jacobson, President and Chief Strategy Officer of Bluewater, at the Sustainable Innovation Forum 2018. Read more BLUEWATER SETS SIGHTS ON ITS CLEAN WATER FOR EVERYONE INITIATIVES IN 2019, BUILDING ON COMPANY’S 2018 LEAP FORWARD January 8, 2019 | The Phoenix Newspaper In April 2018, Bluewater kicked off a “season of action” toward clean water solutions free from single-use plastics and contaminants. Closing out the year, the water technology leader reports progress in advancing its global clean drinking water movement, providing alternatives to single-use plastic, raising awareness on the critical water issues of our time and forging partnerships through investments in a slew of companies in the drinking water arena. Read more BLUEWATER GROUP INVESTERAR I FLOWATER January 1, 2019 | Livingstone Livingstone is pleased to announce it has advised Bluewater Group, a portfolio company of Swedish impact-focused investment company Blue, on its $15 million Series B investment into FloWater, a rapidly-growing producer and marketer of new-tech water refill stations. Read more BLUEWATER HAILS KATOWICE CLIMATE PACKAGE December 24, 2018 | Delhi Greens Bluewater, a world leader in developing innovative water purification technology and solutions, has called the UN Climate Change Agreement in Katowice, Poland, a landmark that will benefit planetary and human health. Read more ENTREPRENEURS TACKLING CLIMATE CHANGE: “LAWMAKERS AROUND THE WORLD NEED TO TARGET SINGLE USE PLASTICS” WITH BENGT RITTRI AND AMINE RAHAL December 13, 2018 | Medium Law makers around the world need to target single use plastic bottles in addition to other plastics such as plastic cups, drinking straws and the likes of cotton buds. Where alternatives are available and affordable, single-use plastic products should be banned immediately. Read more BUSINESS MUST SCALE UP EFFORTS TO AVOID ENVIRONMENTAL CALAMITY, SAYS TOP BLUEWATER EXECUTIVE AT UN CLIMATE CHANGE CONFERENCE December 10, 2018 | My Social Good News Anders Jacobson, President of Bluewater, a world leader in game-changing water technologies and solutions, today told over 600 environmental policy-makers and climate technology innovators that the business community must scale up and speed efforts to help find solutions to tackle a looming plastics calamity. Read more 23 SIMPLE WAYS TO BE MORE ECO-FRIENDLY IN THE KITCHEN November 26, 2018 | Best Company Best Company, a top US online site that reviews products and companies along with health, wellness and lifestyle editorial content, has listed its 23 ideas for how to create a healthy home environment. Bluewater was spotlighted under idea #15 as top choice for a water purifier. Read more ANDERS JACOBSON, THE MAN TRYING TO RID SPORT OF PLASTIC BOTTLES November 20, 2018 | Sport Sustainability Journal The damage plastic is doing to the ocean has become a major talking point over the past 12 months, but Anders Jacobson, the president of water purity company Bluewater, thinks he has the solution. And he wants sport to help him demonstrate. Read more 1 … 9 10 11 … 16
FLOWATER RAISED $15 MILLION TO HELP ERADICATE PLASTIC WATER BOTTLES January 25, 2019 | Goodnet FloWater just achieved the milestone of the equivalent of one million plastic water bottles being removed from the marketplace since its launch eight years ago. Its mission is to eliminate one billion plastic water bottles by 2022. This goal has just become very achievable because Bluewater, a world-leader in sustainable water technologies, just partnered with FloWater with a $15 million series B investment making it FloWater’s largest investor. Read more
SOUTH AFRICAN-BASED BLUEWATER AFRICA’S MOBILE TRAILERS REDUCING SINGLE-USE PLASTIC USAGE AT EVENTS January 24, 2019 | Bringo ‘Bluewater Africa Trailers’, the mobile water station service by Bluewater Africa, is offering single-use-plastic-free water supply to large-scale events in South Africa. Read more
INTERVIEW WITH ANDERS JACOBSON, BLUEWATER, SIF18 January 24, 2019 | Climate Action Climate Action caught up with Anders Jacobson, President and Chief Strategy Officer of Bluewater, at the Sustainable Innovation Forum 2018. Read more
BLUEWATER SETS SIGHTS ON ITS CLEAN WATER FOR EVERYONE INITIATIVES IN 2019, BUILDING ON COMPANY’S 2018 LEAP FORWARD January 8, 2019 | The Phoenix Newspaper In April 2018, Bluewater kicked off a “season of action” toward clean water solutions free from single-use plastics and contaminants. Closing out the year, the water technology leader reports progress in advancing its global clean drinking water movement, providing alternatives to single-use plastic, raising awareness on the critical water issues of our time and forging partnerships through investments in a slew of companies in the drinking water arena. Read more
BLUEWATER GROUP INVESTERAR I FLOWATER January 1, 2019 | Livingstone Livingstone is pleased to announce it has advised Bluewater Group, a portfolio company of Swedish impact-focused investment company Blue, on its $15 million Series B investment into FloWater, a rapidly-growing producer and marketer of new-tech water refill stations. Read more
BLUEWATER HAILS KATOWICE CLIMATE PACKAGE December 24, 2018 | Delhi Greens Bluewater, a world leader in developing innovative water purification technology and solutions, has called the UN Climate Change Agreement in Katowice, Poland, a landmark that will benefit planetary and human health. Read more
ENTREPRENEURS TACKLING CLIMATE CHANGE: “LAWMAKERS AROUND THE WORLD NEED TO TARGET SINGLE USE PLASTICS” WITH BENGT RITTRI AND AMINE RAHAL December 13, 2018 | Medium Law makers around the world need to target single use plastic bottles in addition to other plastics such as plastic cups, drinking straws and the likes of cotton buds. Where alternatives are available and affordable, single-use plastic products should be banned immediately. Read more
BUSINESS MUST SCALE UP EFFORTS TO AVOID ENVIRONMENTAL CALAMITY, SAYS TOP BLUEWATER EXECUTIVE AT UN CLIMATE CHANGE CONFERENCE December 10, 2018 | My Social Good News Anders Jacobson, President of Bluewater, a world leader in game-changing water technologies and solutions, today told over 600 environmental policy-makers and climate technology innovators that the business community must scale up and speed efforts to help find solutions to tackle a looming plastics calamity. Read more
23 SIMPLE WAYS TO BE MORE ECO-FRIENDLY IN THE KITCHEN November 26, 2018 | Best Company Best Company, a top US online site that reviews products and companies along with health, wellness and lifestyle editorial content, has listed its 23 ideas for how to create a healthy home environment. Bluewater was spotlighted under idea #15 as top choice for a water purifier. Read more
ANDERS JACOBSON, THE MAN TRYING TO RID SPORT OF PLASTIC BOTTLES November 20, 2018 | Sport Sustainability Journal The damage plastic is doing to the ocean has become a major talking point over the past 12 months, but Anders Jacobson, the president of water purity company Bluewater, thinks he has the solution. And he wants sport to help him demonstrate. Read more