Minimising Carbon Footprints
Name & Designation: Annanya Agarwal, Co-founder and CEO
Company: Runaya
Age : 30
Sector: Manufacturing Industry
Being an ardent climate champion, Agarwal co-founded Runaya with a radical vision that is to bring leading-edge green technologies for industrial waste management to the Indian manufacturing sector.
Runaya has deployed patented technologies to transform industrial waste, such as dross (waste generated during aluminum production) into value-added products for other industries. This in turn prevents a significant amount of industrial waste from going into landfills, thereby eliminating the adverse impact it could have on communities, ecology and climate.
Going a step further, Annanya Agarwal, Co-founder and CEO, Runaya has pioneered a ground-breaking product innovation in the form of ‘Restora Ultra’. Aluminum is the second most used metal in the world today and at near-zero. Restora Ultra has been a major hit with top manufacturing companies across the world. Alongside this, Agarwal said, “I am determined to completely decarbonise Runaya’s operations by 2025, by transitioning entirely into renewable energy.”
As a sports enthusiast, Agarwal is passionate about nurturing football at the grassroots, helping thousands of underprivileged youngsters with professional football coaching.
Founded in 2017 with the vision to deploy cutting-edge technology in the manufacturing sector in India, Runaya aims to enable innovation, sustainability, and efficiency improvement in the natural resources industry with a key focus on executing projects that enable a circular economy. The company is poised to clock revenues to the tune of about USD 30 million by FY 2025.
Working actively towards the company’s major goals, Agarwal mentions, “Our customer-focused, solutions-oriented approach, enables us to become long-term partners, and foster sustainable growth for our clients.”
Runaya is in an endeavour to disrupt the resources industry. It works on the circular economy model and its patented technology ensures that we can follow the ‘Zero Waste Zero Discharge’ approach. It is also setting up a minor metal recovery complex. Runaya is investing in an ‘Innovation Centre’ at Jharsuguda in Odisha. The Innovation Centre has the vision of making India the global hub for innovation in the resources sector.
