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Sistema.bio 24

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  • With an investment of EUR 180,000 Sistema will empower 450 families in Kenya and turn their small farms into sustainable businesses with a biodigester. *only for tax residents of the Netherlands*

    €180,000
    Amount
    5.50%
    Interest
    6 months
    Maturity
    6 months
    Repayments
    EUR
    Currency
    Amount€180,000
    Interest5.50%
    Maturity6 months
    Repayments6 months
    CurrencyEUR
      100%
      Fully funded in 1 hour on 19 November 2021.

      Summary

      Basic info:

      Issuer: Sistema.bio
      Currency:  EUR 
      Amount: 180,000
      Maturity: 6 months, semi-annually and linearly amortizing 
      Collateral: N.A.
       

      Documentation

      Information document issuing entity

       

      Summary

      Sistema.bio is a Mexican social enterprise that has been operating since 2010. We manufacture, sell, distribute, install, and finance high-quality biodigesters as turnkey packages for small-scale farmers. Our mission is to create value from waste all around the world: renewable energy (biogas) and organic fertilizer.

      The problem: smallholder farmers produce almost 80% of the worldwide food. However, they are also the population that faces important barriers such as climate change, soil degradation and lack of access to financial services to improve their lives. 

      The solution: biodigesters and full wrap-around service allow farmers to benefit from what used to be a problem (manure) to transform it into renewable energy. The digester also is a waste management system and contributes to eliminating pollution spots and reducing greenhouse gases. In that way, farmers can cook without smoke, avoiding pulmonary diseases, and also increase the productivity of their farms with organic fertilizer.

      Sistema.bio has a holistic approach to address poverty, food security, and climate change, we work through three axes: technology, capacity building and financing. This solution allows us to solve problems efficiently and end the circle of disadvantages that previously seemed impossible to break, to create a more sustainable, equitable and empathic world without waste. 

      The project

      Our goal is to ensure that our clients reap all the possible benefits from their Sistema.bio digester by ensuring long-term adoption and strong return on investment.

      How do we do this? Our approach consists of 6 steps: https://goo.gl/fB12nX

      With their loan, farmers can pay the system with the savings they are making in fertilizer, wood, charcoal or LP gas; allowing them to pay for the whole system and service within 9-10 months on average, maximizing their return on investment.

      With a loan of EUR 180,000 Sistema.bio will be able to manufacture and export 450 biodigesters from our manufacturing plant in Mexico to our clients in Kenia. After the half-day installation provided by Sistema.bio, farmers will start displacing fossil fuels, powering their farms with renewable energy and increase their crop production with organic fertilizer. 

      The loan addresses the gap between the moment the biodigester is produced and the moment it is installed and paid by small farmers. Each euro we´re going to receive from Lendahand community will cover the cost of manufacturing, shipping and installing biodigesters ordered by our clients. Once the biodigester is ready to be used, after an approximate 6-month cycle, our client pays it. Therefore, the euro lent by Lendahand to Sistema.bio is given back to the community.

       

      The team

      Alex Eaton

      CEO and co-founder of Sistema.bio, Alex was working on solar energy projects in Central America when he discovered the potential of biodigesters and transformed a low-quality technology into a sustainable, empathetic, profitable and global social enterprise.

      Esther Altorfer

      CFO of Sistema.bio, Esther is passionate about leveraging innovative financing structures to improve access and affordability of biodigesters to small farmers.

      Raymond Chepkwony

      Country Director for Sistema.bio Kenya, Raymond is complementing the team with his last-mile agricultural financing and operations experience to bring the Sistema.bio digester into thousands of Kenyan homes.

      Partners

      ●       BID

      ●       ENGIE

      ●       LCEF

      ●       Factor[e]

      ●       Shell Foundation

      ●       Kiva

       

      Awards

      ●       Social Business of the year, 2010 Businesses in Development (BiD Network)

      ●       Switzer Environmental Leadership Fellow

      ●       Fellow Ashoka, New Ventures Mexico

      ●       Buckminster Fuller Challenge 2017 Finalists

      ●       Endeavor entrepreneurs

      ●       B Corp

      ●       GIIRS Company

      ●       UBS Visionaries

      Company nameSistema.bio 24
      CEOAlex Eaton
      Founded2010-01-01
      LocationMexico City
      SectorAgriculture
      Turnover€4,000,000
      Employees80

      Impact

      Door uit organisch afval duurzame energie te creëren, pakt Sistema.bio armoede, voedselzekerheid en klimaatverandering aan. Met hun innovatieve biogasvergisters, waarmee mest omgezet kan worden in het duurzame biogas, zorgen zij ervoor dat boeren wereldwijd een probleem omzetten in een oplossing. Huishoudens op het platteland in opkomende markten zoals India, hebben vaak geen betrouwbare toegang tot elektriciteit en zijn afhankelijk van het gebruik van gevaarlijke brandstoffen zoals kerosine voor verlichting en brandhout om te koken. Dit is schadelijk voor hun gezondheid en het milieu. Met de biovergisters van Sistema.bio kunnen boeren hun productie vergroten terwijl ze minder afval en CO2 produceren. Het schone en gratis biogas waar de boerengezinnen dagelijks op kunnen koken zorgt voor een gezondere leefomgeving voor het hele gezin.

      SDG bijdrage

      Met dit project draag je aan de volgende VN Duurzame Ontwikkelingsdoelen:

      SDG 1 - Geen armoede

      SDG 2 - Geen honger

      SDG 7 - Betaalbare en duurzame energie

      SDG 13 - Klimaatactie

      Lees meer over de impact die Lendahand creëert en de SDG’s op onze impact pagina.

      • With this investment 450 biogas digester systems are installed
      • With this investment 2250 lives are improved

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