The Japanese Caribbean Greenpreneurs Incubator Program, an initiative aimed toward supporting and selling sustainable enterprise ventures within the Japanese Caribbean area, is happy to announce the recipients of its prestigious US $10,000 seed grants. These grants have been awarded to 11 distinctive inexperienced companies who have been a part of the 2nd cohort of the Incubator program and have demonstrated excellent dedication and innovation within the discipline of sustainability.
The 11 inexperienced companies to obtain the US $10,000 seed grants are as follows:
Antigua and Barbuda – Down To Earth Vermicompost Farm
Down To Earth Vermicompost Farm is a recycling facility in Antigua and Barbuda that focuses on waste discount by changing meals scraps and different compostable waste into natural vermicompost and liquid fertilizer.
Dominica Eclat Nova Luxuries
Éclat Nova Luxuries is a sustainable model which makes a speciality of natural, pure, plant-based handmade skincare and eco-living merchandise for properties and company areas.
Grenada Isle Bee Well
Isle Bee Nicely is a honeybee agro-processing and wellness enterprise that’s including worth to Grenada’s Honey Business by incorporating major hive supplies (corresponding to Honey, Beeswax, Pollen and Propolis) into secondary merchandise like Private care/Cosmetics, Cosmeceuticals, Well being snacks and Handcrafts— within the context of Sustainability, Holistic Wellness and Sound Science.
Saint Lucia Narrow Way Life
Slim Method Life offers natural native produce, sustainable residing seminars, well being lectures, retreat, cooking courses, expertise coaching, and property analysis for improvement of sustainable homesteads.
St. Kitts and Nevis Organico869
Organico869 takes delight in its holistic view to round agricultural manufacturing by incorporating crop manufacturing and vermicomposting for a extra ecofriendly surroundings.
St. Kitts and Nevis WZSKN Poultry Professional
WZSKN Poultry Professional is a photo voltaic – powered egg manufacturing farm that produces fine quality eggs and sun-dried, superbly structured poultry manure pellets for the efficient development of backyard greens in a socially acutely aware surroundings.
St. Vincent & the Grenadines The Plant Doctor
The Plant Physician seeks to assist farmers safeguard regional meals safety by offering readily accessible inputs to sustainably bettering their yield and decreasing the adverse results brought on utilizing petrochemicals.
St. Vincent & the Grenadines Grenadines Gold
Grenadines Gold offers genuine island experiences and eco-friendly merchandise which are constituted of ethically grown sea moss.
St. Vincent & the Grenadines SUS-Edibles
SUS-Edibles enterprise plans to supply wholesome native dried fruits, greens and herbs through the use of photo voltaic photovoltaics (PV) panels as our inexperienced different power supply to make sure decrease manufacturing prices.
St. Vincent & the Grenadines Arubana Retreat
Arubana Retreat grows your love for nature by offering eco-friendly lodging and actions that bridges the hole between conventional tenting and the comforts of house with a contact of luxurious.
St. Vincent & the Grenadines Vermigold
Vermigold offers useful and distinctive natural and eco-friendly fertilizers for wholesome plant improvement through the use of the invasive sargassum whereas defending our seashores, ecosystem and selling a sustainable tourism business.
Every of those deserving companies has demonstrated distinctive potential of their respective fields, exhibiting a transparent dedication to sustainability and a need to make a constructive influence on the surroundings. The seed grants will present essential monetary assist to assist them additional develop their ventures and scale their operations.
“We’re thrilled to announce the recipients of the US $10,000 seed grants for the twond Cohort of the Japanese Caribbean Greenpreneurs Incubator Program. These companies have proven nice promise for driving sustainable change in our area. By way of this program, we purpose to empower them to attain even better heights, fostering a future the place inexperienced innovation thrives. We prolong our heartfelt congratulations to every of the winners and sit up for supporting their development and influence within the years to come back” commented Dr. Kristin Deason, Caribbean Consultant, GGGI.
The Japanese Caribbean Greenpreneurs Incubator program is a free, rigorously curated coaching and mentoring program designed to assist inexperienced entrepreneurs to construct sturdy and sustainable enterprise fashions, and the abilities, instruments, and confidence to implement them for achievement. This system featured a 12-week digital inexperienced enterprise coaching primarily based on the lean start-up methodology, a mentorship program 1-on-1 teaching and networking alternatives culminating within the Enterprise Plan Competitors. This system is a part of the Japanese Caribbean Greenpreneurs Initiative which was launched in 2021 and is being applied by the International Inexperienced Development Institute in collaboration with the OECS Fee with funding from the Qatar Fund for Improvement (QFFD). The initiative additionally incorporates a inexperienced enterprise Accelerator Program, which helps established inexperienced enterprise via interest-free mortgage financing and entry to a inexperienced investor community.
