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Short descriptions of Dragons’ Den Pitches

GIIN Investor Forum 7-8 December 2016

www.momo4climate.org

Version: 6 December 2016

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Carbon footprint management Results-Based Financing for BoP Impact

ZigZagSolar for Cities Bio-based alternative to wood charcoal Franchise model of Aqgriponics system Water hyacinth waste for a healthy blooming community Sustainable Beef Amazon at scale Sustainable upscaling of seaweed farming in Indonesia SFI Tanzania sisal waste water biogas production

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CRBON FOOTPRINT

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What impact is intended? The project involves the development of a web-based platform that aims to empower Small and Medium sized Enterprises (SMEs) in developing countries to manage their carbon footprint. In the

Netherlands we started four years ago with the online platform www.klimaatplein.com. The platform inspires and activates SMEs to reduce their carbon footprint and up to now more than 350,000 people have visited the website. Together with our 60 partners we show that making a good profit and combating climate change go hand in hand. The platform in the Netherlands finances itself, because our sponsoring partners pay us a yearly fee with which we can invest, develop and communicate with our target audience. They pay us this fee

because we generate interesting leads (350,000 visitors!) for their products and services. And that’s also the idea for the platforms in developing countries. When you make the right online platform it will activate SMEs to reduce their footprint and you will get financial support from commercial parties because they see business. Besides our national platform, we also created local ‘Klimaatpleinen’ for the cities Den Bosch and Tilburg, these cities supported us financially to create and update their online platforms.

What financial leverage can be realised? The platform will focus on SMEs in developing countries. The idea is to start with 3 pilots, one in Asia, one in Africa and one in South America. When the pilot is successful, it can be copied to other countries. Because every country speaks a different language and has its own cultural way of communicating business, it is very important to work together with local partners to make it a

success. That’s why we like to get in contact with local ‘MVO Nederland’ or ‘De Groene Zaak’ look-a-likes in developing countries.

Name: Rob van der Rijt

Position: Founder & facilitator

Company/organisation: Klimaatplein.com

Contact: [email protected]

Telephone: +31 0618842189

Other team members:

In collaboration with WBCSD

Carbon Footprint Management

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What are the strengths of this platform?

We were nominated as the most sustainable initiative in the Netherlands in 2013 and this year we have the honor to be nominated for the national Climate-medal. We think that when this works in the Netherlands, this might also work in countries that suffer most from a changing climate. That’s why we want to empower SMEs in developing countries with managing their carbon footprint. Also by showing them the possibilities and partners to gain from measures taken against a further changing

climate. To do this, we already initiated the website www.carbonfootprintmanagement.com. This is the English version of the Dutch equivalent. To be successful, this platform needs a strong international network of business and government partners that are willing to support this tool. The World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) already started with communicating this tool to all its members. Every developing country can copy or use the tool for free.

What input is requested?

The requested input is:

• Access to MVO Nederland or de Groene Zaak look-a-likes’ in developing countries. • Financial support to guide the responsible people in making the platform a success. Share

with them how we build the platform and network in the Netherlands, how we used (social) media to get in contact with SMEs and how we made the platform interesting for our 60 supporting partners.

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Name: Jeroen Blüm

Position: Managing Director

Company/organisation: BIX Capital

Contact details: [email protected]

Telephone: +44 7403725557

Other team members:

Joost Zuidberg - Voorzitter RvC / CEO Cardano

Development

Claudia Doets – Directeur Impact & investment

Ingwell Kuil – VP Impact Reporting Cardano Development

What impact is intended?

Nearly three billion people still depend on open fire as their primary source of cooking and lack access to clean water and sanitation and/or power and light. These conditions severely reduce the quality of life and lead to levels of household-air-pollution, which causes 4 million deaths annually.

BIX Capital is a social enterprise that provides results-based pre-finance for enterprises working within value chains for essential household appliances. BIX recognises that a working capital barrier is

preventing many enterprises from scaling or improving their service. Their solution is to provide result-based pre-finance to these firms, leveraging forecasted incomes from the sale of results

incentives as collateral against its loans.

The sector focus is on essential households’ products and services for the BoP: Clean air: clean and efficient cook stoves, domestic biogas and clean fuels(pellets, ethanol)

Clean energy: household solutions including lanterns, domestic solar etc. Clean water: filtration, chlorination, dispensers and “water as service”(for example kiosks)

What financial leverage can be realised?

BIX Capital provides results-based pre-finance that grows markets for products designed to improve lives at the base of the pyramid. The fund is supported by the Shell Foundation and Cardano Development and represents a unique opportunity for potential partners to obtain finance up to USD

3 million, based upon the ability to obtain payments for results, and without compromising their cash flow. It’s first close will be at USD 15 million (besides SF we have attracted investments from FMO, Anthos and Calvert Foundation).

With the USD 15 million capital we will be able to catalyze investment into 5-7 partners, and expect to reach approximately 1.1 million households (thus improving the lives of about 5.5 million people at the BoP). At USD 3 per individual we believe we demonstrate a high level of effectiveness and efficiency in outreach.

Results-Based Financing for BoP Impact

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What are the strengths of this instrument?

BIX’s goal is to use the targeted provision of debt finance to unlock suppressed demand and will:

Develop markets for products that improve the lives in the BOP Achieve a competitive return on investment for investors

Catalyse markets for monetised social impacts BIX provides impact-based pre-finance to select actors in the value chains delivering products to the BoP. It is very relevant for climate and for developing BoP markets.

What input is requested?

In order to achieve the objectives of BIX Capital, we seek the following key inputs:

Expertise / Exposure: establishing a TA facility in support of the three key aspects of business

model development beyond the core activity of investing in succinct social enterprise SMEs: a) to provide BDA (business development assistance) to such SMEs, b) develop additional result-based mechanisms for socio-economic impacts (gender-, educational- and health-) and c) define and implement strategy for the marketing of aforementioned socio-economic and climate impacts (i.e. how to engage sovereign- and corporate buyers)

Finance: Seed funding for aforementioned TA facility (USD 500-1,000k) and joint fundraising

with other donors

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Name: Wim van de Wall

Position: CEO

Organisation: Wallvision BV

Email: [email protected]

Telephone: +31 640208002

Other partners:

What impact is intended?

ZigZagSolar aims to install solar energy in high buildings with little roof area and large facades. This technology offers the highest electrical yields from solar panels on facades and balconies and the architecture looks great. The ZigZagSolar technology is simple, robust, cost effective, light weight and fits in any building, new or refurbished, commercial or residential. Wallvision BV has developed and patented the technology and has built several larger scale projects in the Netherlands. We are now looking to expand our business internationally and introduce this technology in big cities with high

buildings, starting in Mumbai and possibly also in Chongqing, Theran, Shanghai, Being, Delhi, Tianjin, Istanbul and Guangzhou. This will contribute to the government policy to increase the share of renewable energy and reduce the cost of electricity.

What financial leverage can be realised?

We intend to use the franchise agreement where we grant a license to a local partner and together on a shared-risk-basis introduce the ZigZag Solar technology in the country. A detailed feasibility study and a solid business plan need to be prepared before the actual introduction of the technology can start. The potential market for the ZigZagSolar technology is big. For example, in Mumbai the TAM market is approximately 200,000 m2. At a license fee of EUR 15/m2 this would result in EUR 3 million annually. In terms of full turnkey installation of the façade at EUR 250/m2 this would result in a total turnover of

EUR 50 million per year.

What are the strengths of this technology?

The ZigZagSolar technology harvests approximately 70 % more energy from solar panels than traditional solar facades. The technology is provided along with special parts, use of Intellectual property (IP), training, support, joint marketing, guidance for the first projects, use of Wallvision’s networks and regular updates of the technology. In countries with a subtropical climate like Iran, India

and China the solar radiation is about 100 times higher compared to the Netherlands which makes the ZigZagSolar technology very well suited for these countries.

ZigZagSolar for Cities

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What input is requested?

We are looking for the following input:

Guidance and coaching in commercial, legal and IP aspects of doing business internationally.

Introduction to businesses in India, China and Iran. Guidance in setting up production facility together with local partner: production, assembly,

packaging, transportation, handling, installing, electrical, logistics, quality management. Grants and assistance for travelling, feasibility study, IP, business planning and

demonstration projects.

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Name: Peter Delahaije

Position: Chairman

Organisation: OPIN foundation

Email: [email protected]

Telephone: +31649109879

Other proponents:

-Martin Nyefene kwabena

-Erika Boeing

-Maastricht Centre for Entrepreneurship

What impact is intended?

In Ghana 80 % of the households are dependent on wood-based fuels for cooking. This leads to massive deforestation of 45,000 hectares per year for cooking fuels alone (about a third of all deforestation in Ghana). Once these forests are cut down, they are often not replanted or restored, contributing both to climate change and loss of natural resources in Ghana. This situation is common in other African countries as well.

Our objective is to prevent this deforestation in Ghana by creating a product ecosystem around an alternative cooking fuel that can grow in arid regions that are less-suitable for other plants. Furthermore, our alternative is ready for harvest in 5-12 months, which provides economic incentives for the land to be maintained and re-planted each year.

As a result of creating a profitable product ecosystem, we also solve several other problems. First, the

purchase of charcoal is expensive, about 4% of income for a median Ghanaian salary. Our product aims to be 30 % cheaper than existing charcoal. Second, we will increase employment of women in Ghana, since farming will be largely done by women. Finally, as the product evolves, we would like to reduce the pollution caused by the product. Across the world there are millions of deaths every year from inhaling unhealthy smoke from cooking fuels. We believe there are opportunities to develop our product to cause reduced emissions.

What financial leverage can be realised?

According to UNDP (United Nations Development Programme, NAMA study) an average Ghanaian household of 5 people uses 2 kg charcoal daily (EUR 228 / year). With 1.8 million households using charcoal, this is EUR 410 million spent annually on charcoal. If we capture even 5 % of the charcoal

market, we will have EUR 20.5 million in revenue each year. Furthermore, the market for charcoal in Ghana is growing from what it is today. Prices of charcoal in Ghana rise by 20 % each year due to

increasing demand. We estimate that we can provide our product for 30 % cheaper than the current price of charcoal. Since Ghana is a low income country, we expect customers to be very price sensitive. In the first year we expect to produce and sell an equivalent of 1,000 bags of charcoal, fulfilling the yearly need for charcoal of 67 households. The first year generates EUR 11,190 turnover. After

successful production we expect to increase production to minimum of 2,000 bags of alternative charcoal (possibly 5,000 or more). We believe to be able to get to a capacity of 10,000 to 20,000 bags of charcoal per year minimum per farm / processing plant, resembling a value between EUR 111,900 and EUR 223,800. This will require an estimated 200 acres of land.

Bio-based alternative to wood charcoal

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What are the strengths of this alternative cooking fuel?

While we aren’t currently releasing the plant name for IP reasons, we have a working prototype that has been empirically tested in Ghana and shown promising results. The prototype is being used by

potential customers without problems. The OPIN Foundation has experience setting up projects in Africa with over EUR 1 million in funding, and when combined with our founder’s understanding of Ghanaian culture will create a set of skills which gear the project for success. Our testing is currently taking place from a pilot farm, 400 km north of Accra, Ghana.

What input is requested?

The requested inputs include:

Connections to other experts on biomass in Africa Exposure in media/environmental organisations/policy makers/government (organisations) Access to labs and funding for health assessment and testing of energy content Starting finances

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Franchise model of Aqgriponics system

What are the strengths of this instrument?

A technology integrating Vermicomposting and Aquaponics in one system to maximise

resources use efficiency and production per m2.

It integrates an integrated hydroponics and vermicomposting system to generate Vermicompost, Worms, Compost tea, Fish, and Vegetables as end-products.

It 90 % less water than soil agriculture, as it is a closed-loop system. It recycles organic waste to produce Vermicompost and compost tea in which their

application improves soil fertility that reduces crop water demand and improves soil ability

to uptake carbon for climate adaptation and mitigation in agriculture, respectively.

It produces food under controlled environment, thus less vulnerable to climate variability

and with very high production per sq-m, contributing to reduced land use pressure and

related CO2-eq. emissions. It produces 40 tons of food per hectare. while grass-fed beef

produces 84 kg/ha).

What input is requested?

AQGRI+ is looking for the following inputs to implement the Aqgriponics innovation:

Access to climate finance: To run the R&D activities of Aqgriponics system in the Netherlands; to conduct intensive market research in India.

Network: To gain network in the field of climate financing, sustainable agriculture, and sustainable waste management in India (or potentially other countries).

Exposure: To obtain visibility for AQGRI+ innovation globally

Name: Priska Prasetya

Position: Co-Founder and Financial Manager

Company/organisation: AQGRI+

Email: [email protected]

Other team members: Bharathwaj Sridhar,

(Co-Founder and Operations Manager)

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What impact is intended?

Climate change has alarming consequences for agricultural sector & food security. Developing

countries such as India face fivethe following problems:

More than 55% of the population practice agriculture in climate sensitive areas.

53% of the area suffers from serious soil degradation. 30 million hectares experience reductions in water availability per person. Agriculture is dependent on rainfall. Farmers mostly produce one product to sell.

AQGRI+ offers a Business-in-a-Box franchise package for entrepreneurs that includes:

Development of several economic products to diversify income (vermi-compost, worms, compost tea, fish, vegetables).

Resource-efficient & production methods for optimised output per m2. A solution that is buffered against climate variability.

What financial leverage can be realised?

AQGRI+ franchise model, as a replication & expansion strategy:

AQGRI+ Netherlands is the core for innovation & development of Business-in-a-Box. It receives income from annual licenses fees, a fraction from the Box fees & franchise income.

Local AQGRI+ offices are responsible to select & train agro-entrepreneurs (Franchisees). They receive income from sales of Boxes & franchise income from franchisees.

Standardisation is a key to scalability & profitability when working with the BoP markets.

Building on the knowledge that AQGRI+ has in the Netherlands, will set up a pilot to India. It will

develop a business model for the system, packaged into a standardised ‘Business in a Box’

format. Under the franchise model, local offices such as AQGRI+ India Ltd will select, train and

support Franchisees (agro-entrepreneurs). It will then continue to champion the franchise

model, introduce the Box to other countries, fine-tune the model, and coordinate best practices

among countries.

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What impact is intended?

The water hyacinth is Africa’s most invasive water weed. More than half of the surface of Lake Victoria is covered by this plant. The lake’s ecosystem has been severely affected by the invasion, which in turn has had a negative effect on local livelihoods. The objective of this ‘Water Hyacinths for a healthy Blooming Community project’ is to provide Kenyan entrepreneurs, authorities and communities with alternative, sustainable and cost-effective techniques in order to enhance local production of green energy and nutritious food, based on the removal of pest weed water hyacinth.

We will develop a sound business model for scaling up this intervention.

The project will start in Kisumu, a port city in Kisumu County, Kenya, with a population of approximately 420,000. Here, Deltares and KORCE Aquatic Weed Harvesting already proved to be able to set up a viable business model around the use of water hyacinth.

What financial leverage can be realised?

This consortium has built a strong business case rooted in the local context and based on technologically proven solutions.

The direct impacts on health, environmental, social and economic aspects will generate exposure of this project. The consortium of Dutch partners – including KORCE Aquatic Weed Harvesting and Greenergia on the ground- have the required expertise and contacts to roll out this project.

After these first costs are covered, the proposal could achieve considerable scale and economic, social and

environmental impact. Because the lake’s surface area is about 68,800 km2 and because around 40 million people live around the lake there, there is considerable potential for scaling up. The same technology also has potential in other regions around the globe.

Name: Marnix van Holland

Position: Programme Development Manager

Company/organisation: Hivos

Contact details: [email protected]

Other team members:

TNO: - Mathilde Miedema - Peter Geerding Deltares:

- Victor Langenberg

Water hyacinth waste for a healthy blooming community

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What are the strengths of this instrument?

The proposal is simple, appealing and feasible. It addresses an issue that causes great environment and social problems in many places

around the world and which are aggravated through climate change. The use of techniques of using the nutritional value of water hyacinth for improved food, feed,

and energy - while cleaning the lake and improving its quality - is a visually strong concept

that is now becoming economically viable. It provides a unique business model where the use the water hyacinth for multiple purposes

is linked to cleaning up the lake. This consortium has built a strong business case rooted in local context and using

technologically proven solutions.

What input is requested?

Grant finance for initial investments in machinery and social development activities. The initial investment in the machinery is a vital first investment, and this investment is relatively high. It could be considered a bottleneck.

Find ways to fund the social development activities - connecting with local communities. Support is needed to build the two business plans and know what they will exactly look like. It

is important to know whether the Government of Tanzania will allow it because water Hyacinth is an un-wanted material.

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Name: David Barley

Position: Investment Director

Company/organization: Althelia Climate Fund

Contact details: [email protected]

Other team members Althelia Climate Fund:

Sylvain Goupille, Edit Kiss

Gerhard Mulder (IUCN NL)

What impact is intended?

1. Expansion of cattle ranching continues to play a significant role in the destruction and degradation of the Amazon. Degraded pastures and soil means ranch productivity is low and the output is falling short of the market’s expectations. Large swathes of the Amazon are therefore caught in a low investment, low technology and poor performance trap. The result has been rolling forest clearance and associated loss of biodiversity and ecosystems that

underpin rural economies, as well as significant emissions of greenhouse gases. 2. The Novo Campo program intends to break this trap by providing ranchers in the Amazon with

access to capital and technical expertise at reasonable costs in exchange for profit sharing (results-based payment). Degraded lands are restored through sustainable intensification (no feedlots) and product quality is improved through better animal nutrition and health, considerably increasing the economic, social and environmental performance of farms. For

ranchers this boosts profitability significantly. Crucially, in terms of environmental impact every

hectare of ranch land reformed avoids indirect deforestation of up to four hectares of remaining standing Amazon forest.

3. In 2015 Althelia helped Novo Campo transform from a grant-based venture to a commercial offering. We provided EUR 11.5 million to Novo Campo to reform 10,000 ha. of pastures and prove the model at a commercial scale. Today we are looking for investment to take the program to ten times that scale. It will be one of the first landscape restoration and avoided

deforestation program producing traceable deforestation free beef globally. 4. We are creating innovation into two main areas: First we have secured support from public

financers to provide first loss capital to catalyse private side investment. The Amazon Production Protection Fund (with support of IDH and the Norwegian Climate and Forestry Initiative) will provide subordinated debt and reduce financial risk for private investors.

5. Second, Althelia and the Government of Mato Grosso are developing the structure for a possible Feed-in-Tariff to help accelerate the program by enhancing the up-side return to investors.

Through this structure, public finance furthers the project return and helps leverage additional private sector investment. For each 1 USD put through the structure, it can attract 2-3 x that

level in private investment. 6. In summary: To stay below 2 degree Celsius global warming, urgent action is needed to scale

such innovative landscape programs: the forest and land use sector currently contributes to 20 % of global emissions but if we act quickly, it can actually be a net sink, securing 1/3 of the required near term emission reductions for a 2 degree future.

Sustainable Beef Amazon at scale

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What financial leverage can be realised?

Using USD 50 million public funding put in our Novo Campo Amazon Sustainable Beef Fund

would be able to catalyse 150 million USD private sector investment – this money could be used through either mechanism described above.

This will result in 150 Mt CO2 avoided, 100,000 ha restored pasture, 400,000 ha forest preserved and over 1000 jobs created.

What are the strengths of the proposal?

A strong model whereby ODA can leverage private sector finance. Contributing to climate change adaptation, mitigation in developing countries and the

fulfilment of the national climate ambitions of these countries. Contributing to the fulfillment of the commitment of the Dutch Government to contribute to

climate finance with 1.2 billion per year by 2020. Creating a link between climate finance and the financing of the SDGs. Addressing tropical deforestation and contributing to solid benefits for indigenous and local

communities as well as biodiversity conservation.

Help companies fulfill their zero-deforestation commitments in their value chains. Requested input:

What we need from the MoMo team is access to finance that would provide additional funding for such a feed-in-tariff system.

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Name: Bernardete Castro

Position: Project Manager R&D

Organisation: Royal IHC

Email: [email protected]

What impact is intended?

We propose a sustainable business model for upscaling seaweed farming where mechanisation is introduced to improve the economics and quality, strengthening the sector and maintaining social cohesion. Farming should also be done in an environmentally sustainable way. Local seaweed species will be used, and fertilisers will be avoided to ensure environmental sustainability. Universities and

local NGOs can cooperate in advising on sustainable cultivation processes. Scaling up production is a challenge for small scale producers in Indonesia. Sufficient investment is difficult to find by a single farmer. In cooperation with local authorities and NGOs, so-called “Centers of production” can be organised where producers group together and get access to financing, training and support for the further expansion of their business. Through the introduction of cultivation machines and use of modern cultivation techniques, yield and quality can be improved.

IHC will lead setting up a pilot farm in a strategic location (e.g. poor areas where seaweed cultivation exists, or where upscaling is the next step) engaging partners with adequate competences; local seaweed farmers and fishermen communities and local authorities. The advantages of modern cultivation techniques will be experienced, while improving the welfare of local communities. Royal IHC is currently developing seaweed harvesting mechanisation, which already proved numerous

advantages for cultivation of seaweed in European farms even at a prototype stage. Reduction of harvesting costs by about 50 % is possible and harvesting time by 90 % are feasible (what contributes to a higher quality of the seaweed). This pilot would allow IHC to set her seaweed harvester in the Indonesian market and also learn practical aspects from experienced farmers. IHC’s partner would also have the chance to build expertise in this area. This pilot means also good publicity for all partners, as we become involved in a sustainable project that aims at fighting climate change and poverty.

What financial leverage can be realised?

A business case will be possible. For setting up a 10 hectares seaweed farm, one harvester has to be purchased. Two

harvesting seasons are possible. The seaweed produced (2667 tones/year) is harvested and processed into food products, that

are sold directly on the market.

Market value of the local seaweed-based food product is estimated at € 4000/ton (based on an FAO report). Current assumptions are that the seaweed product is worth at least € 2000/ton.

After costs, tax and depreciation, the owners have a net profit of € 150.000 This includes the full ownership of the farm and one harvester with a depreciation of 10 years.

Sustainable upscaling of seaweed farming in Indonesia

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What are the strengths of this instrument?

It is concrete, actionable A clear business case is expected It contributes to climate adaptation, and indirectly to reduced land use change and associated

emissions.

Requested input:

The input we request is: • Input on business case details and implementation approach;

• Scan of local strategic partners to join the pilot on the side of seaweed processing; • Suggestion on suitable financing partners; • Assistance in selecting the right location and permits; • Assistance on the environmental side of the impact of (scaling up) seaweed harvesting.

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Name: Rik Sools

Position: Deputy Director

Company/organisation: Form International

Telephone: +31 38 444 8990

Email: [email protected]

Other team members:

Martijn Vriethoff (A.Hak Renewable Energy); Jan v.d. Sijde (Form International), Andries Polinder (Form International), Thys Greeff (SFI Tanzania)

What impact is intended?

SFI Tanzania Ltd. Kwaraguru Estate in Tanzania, a typical example of traditional sisal industry, produces an estimated total volume of 425 m3 solid waste and 2000 m3 of waste water every week. This is currently leading to high greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, water pollution and water loss in a drying environment, and loss of nutrients in an area with depleting soils.

Sisal waste water can be used for biogas production as part of the water treatment process through anaerobic digestion. After digestion the water can be reused in the process. The

digestion process also generates high quality sludge that can be used as fertilizer on the sisal fields, in addition to composted solid sisal waste.

An anaerobic digester is proposed as the principle step in a process of water cleaning, water recycling and nutrient recycling at SFI Tanzania.

What financial leverage can be realised?

SFI Tanzania Ltd. Kwaraguru Estate in Tanzania, a typical example of traditional sisal industry, produces an estimated total volume of 425 m3 solid waste and 2000 m3 of waste water every week. This is currently leading to high greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, water pollution and water loss in a drying environment, and loss of nutrients in an area with depleting soils.

Sisal waste water can be used for biogas production as part of the water treatment process through anaerobic digestion. After digestion the water can be reused in the process. The

digestion process also generates high quality sludge that can be used as fertilizer on the sisal fields, in addition to composted solid sisal waste.

An anaerobic digester is proposed as the principle step in a process of water cleaning, water recycling and nutrient recycling at SFI Tanzania.

SFI Tanzania sisal waste water biogas production

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What are the strengths of the instrument?

Valorize the energetic potential of waste streams contributing to climate change mitigation.

Avoid GHG emissions by converting sisal waste into biogas, which can be used by the sisal

factories and surrounding communities.

Increase water recycling capacity of sisal processing plants and reduce water pollution

impacting on livelihoods downstream.

Use composted solid waste and residual sludge as high quality fertilizer on the sisal fields.

A cost-effective sisal waste solution with the potential for a business case that can be

replicated to all sisal estates in- and outside Tanzania experiencing the same problems.

The established sisal waste management model will be shared throughout the sisal industry.

Requested input:

Expertise is needed to further develop and implement the sisal waste management model for

SFI Tanzania’s estates.

Funding is needed for a feasibility study in order to further develop the sisal waste

management model.

Considerable investments are needed for full implementation of the project.

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