Prince Charles Meets Barclays’ Eagle Lab Innovators
HRH Prince Charles took time out to meet leading social entrepreneurs at a Barclays Eagle Lab in London.
His Royal Highness visited the incubator in Notting Hill – one of a network of such hubs across the country – in his role as Patron of the University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL).
During his time at the Lab, which is housed in Barclays’ former cheque processing centre, he spoke to founders and staff from firms harnessing technology to tackle global sustainability challenges.
They included Yagro, a platform to help farmers achieve financial sustainability; Desolenator, a social enterprise behind solar powered water purification technology; and Budi Pay, a payment app for rural towns in India. Everledger, the developers of a ‘digital ledger’ that tracks and protects diamonds and other valuable assets to ensure ethical trade, said on Twitter: “Pleasure to talk trust, transparency, and the benefits of blockchain today with HRH the Prince of Wales…”
