These 6 companies show that Europe, the Middle East, and Africa are still cradles of innovation

There is apparently no problem too big for the EMEA region to solve, as the 2026 World Changing Ideas honorees clearly show. Across the European continent, companies are reckoning with the issues of our time, including curbing water waste in farming, domesticating lithium mining, and showing therapeutic activity within cancer cells in real time. Winners Bioplates , SN Portugal A major barrier steering high-end hotels away from using eco-friendly tableware has been a less-than-luxury appearance.