Top 10 CTO: Business Enquirer’s Global Innovation List incl. OpenAI, Microsoft and AWS

Rare Earth Global has been named in a top 10 global innovation list alongside some of the world’s most recognised technology and business leaders, including OpenAI, Microsoft, Amazon Web Services, Lenovo and Deloitte. For a startup operating at the intersection of climate innovation, advanced materials and regenerative supply chains, the recognition marks a significant milestone and underlines the growing international relevance of its work with hemp-based technologies.

Innovation has been central to our journey from the beginning. As a team focused on disrupting established markets with novel hemp applications, the company has consistently sought to demonstrate how regenerative raw materials can unlock commercial solutions across major sectors. That commitment has already been recognised independently across aquaculture, construction and wider net zero innovation - showing that the company’s impact is being felt well beyond a single industry.

Among its recent achievements, Rare Earth Global won recognition at the Aquaculture Awards for its work on sustainable hemp seed in feed, in a category that also featured Regal Springs, the world’s largest tilapia company. The company was also identified by CapitaLand, one of the world’s leading real asset managers, as one of the top 30 innovations helping to decarbonise the construction sector through the use of hemp stalk. In addition, PwC selected Rare Earth Global as a Net Zero Future50 company, acknowledging its contribution across the wider sustainable innovation landscape.

Now, in a year when global investment in AI innovation continues to grow at extraordinary pace, Rare Earth Global has also been named in Business Enquirer’s top 10 CTO and innovation team list. The recognition places the company in exceptional company and reinforces the significance of what a focused, purpose-driven startup can achieve when innovation is linked to real-world environmental and commercial outcomes.

For us, this is more than an accolade. It is a signal that the global market is paying attention to the role hemp technologies can play in reshaping industries, reducing carbon impact and building more resilient supply chains for the future.