NOBLE ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGIES EU
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Who is our customer
Noble Environmental Technologies Europe B.V., a subsidiary of the US based Noble Environmental Technologies Corporation. Both entities jointly market the ECOR Advanced Environmental Composites Panel.
What is our funding objective?
Under the agreement signed, FMO will make development capital available providing for 50% of the costs of a feasibility study for the deployment of ECOR Living Factories in India. The agreement stems from the INDUS Forum, that aims to make all trade and investment between India and The Netherlands sustainable. INDUS Forum is an initiative of the Dutch Embassy in New Delhi and MVO Nederland, Europe’s largest sustainable business network.
Why do we fund this investment?
Even though Indian farmers are not allowed to burn the stubble that is left on their fields after harvest, in practice, the burning of paddy straw is common practice as it is the quickest and cheapest way to prepare land for the new season. As such, it causes serious environmental and public health hazards throughout India. However, the burnt paddy straw has potential when it is instead used as feedstock by the ECOR Living Factories where the material is converted into non-toxic, biodegradable and re-usable panels that are suitable for the furniture industry, amongst others, thereby crafting a circular value chain that creates additional income for Indian farmers, reduces air pollution and combats deforestation.
What is the Environmental and Social categorization rationale?
With our development capital and our involvement, we work towards a sound environmental and social risk management in view of the operation of ECOR Living Factories (ELF) in Punjab and Haryana, India. E&S Category: B. Applicable IFC PS: 1 (assessment and management), 2 (labour conditions), 3 (pollution and resource management) and 4 (community health and safety) and 6 (biodiversity) for the supply chain are triggered. All of this will be further assessed during the project development stage.
- Region
- Asia
- Country
- India
- Sector
- Infrastructure, Manufacturing and Services
- Effective date
- 12/19/2018
- End date
- 12/22/2020
- Total FMO financing
- EUR 0.40 MLN
- Funding
- Project Development Fund