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Irish Post
27-05-2025
- Business
- Irish Post
Irish entrepreneur receives international award for work which ‘preserves the planet'
AN IRISH businesswoman has received a global award for her commitment to the planet. Dublin-based Tracy O'Rourke was the only Irish entrepreneur among nine international awardees to be presented with the 2025 Impact Award from the Cartier Women's Initiative. Ms O/Rourke, who is the founder and CEO of Vivid Edge, an Irish climate action impact company, received her award at a prestigious ceremony held at Expo 2025 in Osaka in Japan this week. Tracy O'Rourke received her award at a ceremony held in Osaka 'It's a huge honour for me personally and on behalf of our incredible team at Vivid Edge to have been awarded a 2025 Impact Award by the Cartier Women's Initiative,' she said. 'It is a great privilege to be included among this group of inspirational female entrepreneurs who are driving social and environmental change around the world through their companies.' She added: 'At Vivid Edge we are on a mission to make it easy and financially rewarding for large energy users to decarbonise, bringing energy expertise, delivery capability and capital. 'In terms of impact, we estimate that the projects we have delivered to date for clients have avoided over 36,000 tons of carbon emissions, equivalent to planting over 100,000 trees and saved over 119 GWh of energy. 'Vivid Edge's work is making measurable contributions to global climate goals, and we are proud to be delivering measurable impact contributing to a better future for people and the planet.' Ms O'Rourke received her award in the Preserving the Planet category, alongside Kristin Kagetsu, of Saathi in India and Kresse Wesling, of Elvis & Kresse in the UK, who were awarded in the same category. Each of the nine awardees receive a $100,000 grant to support their ongoing work. See More: Cartier Women's Initiative, Impact Award, Tracy O'Rourke
RTÉ News
26-05-2025
- Business
- RTÉ News
Vivid Edge founder wins 2025 Impact Award from Cartier Women's Initiative
Tracy O'Rourke, the founder and CEO of Vivid Edge, an Irish climate action impact company, has been presented with a 2025 Impact Award by the Cartier Women's Initiative. Vivid Edge helps medium and large organisations transition to low-carbon operations through its "efficiency-as-a-service" model. The company provides fully funded, turnkey energy upgrades, removing traditional financial and operational barriers for customers, while its approach delivers fast-track carbon reductions without upfront capital investment. Vivid Edge is headquartered at NexusUCD in Dublin and is supported by Enterprise Ireland as a client company. The Cartier Women's Initiative (CWI), founded by Cartier in 2006, is an international entrepreneurship programme that aims to drive change by empowering women impact entrepreneurs. Ms O'Rourke is one of nine international female entrepreneurs and business leaders and the only Irish entrepreneur, who were presented with their Impact Awards during an event held at Expo 2025 in Osaka in Japan. The CWI Impact Awards, presented only for the second time since 2020, are dedicated to former CWI fellows whose ventures have demonstrated "extraordinary" long-term impact aligned with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs). Tracy was one of three awardees in the Preserving the Planet category, which recognises innovations advancing climate action and environmental sustainability. Tracy O'Rourke, founder and CEO of Vivid Edge, said it was a great privilege to be included among this group of inspirational female entrepreneurs who are driving social and environmental change around the world through their companies. "At Vivid Edge we are on a mission to make it easy and financially rewarding for large energy users to decarbonise, bringing energy expertise, delivery capability and capital," she said. "In terms of impact, we estimate that the projects we have delivered to date for clients have avoided over 36,000 tons of carbon emissions, equivalent to planting over 100,000 trees and saved over 119 GWh of energy," she said. "Vivid Edge's work is making measurable contributions to global climate goals, and we are proud to be delivering measurable impact contributing to a better future for people and the planet," she added.
Irish Post
22-04-2025
- Business
- Irish Post
Irish climate action entrepreneur recognised for driving ‘meaningful social change'
AN Irish entrepreneur is one of nine women to be recognised in an international programme honouring innovators supporting positive climate action. Tracy O'Rourke, the founder and CEO of the Irish climate action impact company Vivid Edge, has been named a 2025 Impact Awardee by the Cartier Women's Initiative (CWI). The prestigious international programme recognises women entrepreneurs "driving meaningful social and environmental change". Based in Dublin, Vivid Edge works in the energy efficiency space by helping organisations transition to low-carbon operations. O'Rourke is the only Irish entrepreneur on the nine-strong list of 2025 awardees. She has been selected in the Preserving the Planet category, which recognises innovations advancing climate action and environmental sustainability. Tracy O'Rourke, Founder and CEO, Vivid Edge (Pic: Rich Davenport/Makmende Media) 'It is a huge honour for me personally, and for the team, that I have been named a 2025 Impact Awardee by the Cartier Women's Initiative,' she said this week. 'It is a privilege to be included among a group of inspiring female entrepreneurs and business leaders who are dedicated to driving social and environmental change around the world through their companies,' she added. O'Rourke's company provides fully funded, turnkey energy upgrades, removing traditional financial and operational barriers for customers. It recently relocated its headquarters from NovaUCD to NexusUCD in Dublin, where it is supported by Enterprise Ireland as a client company. 'At Vivid Edge we are on a mission to make it easy and financially rewarding for large energy users to decarbonise, bringing energy expertise, delivery capability and capital,' Ms O'Rourke explained. 'We enable organisations to act now and pay later, with energy savings funding the change,' she added. 'Our work is making measurable contributions to global climate goals, specifically the UN SDG 13: Climate Action. 'We are proud to be delivering measurable impact that contributes to a better future for people and the planet.' India-based Kristin Kagetsu, of Saathi, and Kresse Wesling, of Elvis & Kresse in the UK, have also been named alongside O'Rourke in the Preserving the Planet category. The other two award categories are Improving Lives and Creating Opportunities. The 2025 Impact Awards will be officially presented on May 22, 2025, during Expo 2025 which is taking place in Osaka, Kansai, Japan, where Cartier is hosting the Women's Pavilion. Each of the nine awardees will receive a $100k grant in support of their work.
