Creative Oxygen Labs Joins the United Nations ECOSOC 2026 Partnership Forum to Advance Clean Habitat Infrastructure and Sustainable Cities
Creative Oxygen Labs will be attending the 2026 ECOSOC Partnership Forum at the United Nations Headquarters in New York on January 27, marking an important moment for the company as it deepens its involvement in global sustainability discussions. The company will be represented by its founder, Chris Shahabi, with a clear focus on contributing to Sustainable Development Goals 9 and 11: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, and Sustainable Cities and Communities.
At the heart of Creative Oxygen Labs’ participation is a simple but increasingly urgent question: how did our built environments become so disconnected from human health? Modern cities are constructed with an unprecedented volume of synthetic materials, chemical additives, sealants, and finishes. While these materials often optimize for speed, cost, and durability, they rarely account for long-term impacts on air quality, biological exposure, or daily human wellbeing. Creative Oxygen Labs believes this imbalance has quietly become one of the defining challenges of urban living.
Under SDG 9, the company will contribute to conversations around innovation and clean technology, specifically addressing why clean habitat infrastructure must be redefined. Innovation in construction has largely focused on efficiency and scale, yet indoor environments, where people now spend nearly 90% of their time, remain chemically dense and biologically passive. Oxygen-based technologies developed by Creative Oxygen Labs are designed to transform interior surfaces from inert finishes into active contributors to cleaner air and healthier spaces. The company’s position is that true infrastructure innovation must move beyond structural performance alone and incorporate environmental and human performance as core metrics.
Equally important is the company’s alignment with SDG 11, which challenges cities to become inclusive, safe, resilient, and sustainable. Creative Oxygen Labs approaches this goal from a “back to basics” perspective. Cities were once designed around human rhythms: natural light, breathable materials, walkability, and social cohesion. Today, many major urban centers are facing a different reality rising pollution, declining indoor air quality, increased stress, and environments that feel increasingly uninhabitable despite technological advancement.
Chris Shahabi will use the ECOSOC Partnership Forum as a platform to discuss why sustainable cities cannot be achieved through energy efficiency and smart technology alone. Quality of life must be placed back at the center of urban design. This includes rethinking the materials used in homes, offices, schools, hospitals, and public spaces, and asking whether they support or undermine human health over time. When cities neglect this foundation, they risk becoming places people endure rather than places they thrive.
Creative Oxygen Labs’ participation reflects a broader call to action: sustainability must be experiential, not abstract. Clean cities are not just about emissions data or skyline aesthetics; they are about how spaces feel, how people breathe, and how communities function day to day. By engaging with policymakers, innovators, and global partners at ECOSOC 2026, the company aims to contribute practical, scalable solutions that bridge clean technology with human-centered design.
As global cities continue to grow, the conversations happening at the United Nations this January will play a role in shaping how livable those cities become. Creative Oxygen Labs enters the forum with a clear message: if we want cities that last, we must design them to support life from the inside out.
