Social Innovation. Blue Growth through Cooperation and Solidarity

The Environmental Pillar: Planet Focus

With a vision for sustainable harvesting practices for all resources from the local land and sea, the Cooperative has assessed and studied local lands and waterways, identifying an extensive inventory of bio-resources that offer opportunities within the pharmaceutical, cosmetic and food industries. The Cooperative has implemented a zero-waste policy and aims to become an enterprise using 100 % of all products it is harvesting. For example when algae is harvested it is sent to the manufacturing facility and then waste is used to create compost which is then in turn used for agriculture aiding in food security creating a circular economy. We are also in the research phase of using algae residues to create bio degradable packaging.