La o privire de ansamblu
Localizare: Columbia
Domenii de impact: Tehnologie accesibilă, mediu, schimbări climatice, furnizori
Oameni susținuți:
Fermieri la scară mică
S-a alăturat NESsT Portofoliu:
2024
Prezentare generală
Founded in 2017, Novatio brings clean energy solutions to the agriculture industry in Colombia, including remote farming communities where poverty rates are high and access to infrastructure and basic services is limited.
În Columbia, aproape 1,6 familii gătesc cu lemne de foc și surse de energie neregenerabile, cum ar fi cărbunele și gazul, din cauza lipsei de alternative accesibile de energie curată. Focul de lemne are efecte dăunătoare asupra mediului și prezintă, de asemenea, riscuri grave pentru sănătate. Femeile și copiii, care sunt de obicei responsabili cu gătitul și sarcinile casnice, sunt mai expuși la fum și la particule mici dăunătoare sănătății, ceea ce le expune la un risc mai mare de a dezvolta afecțiuni respiratorii.
Through its social and environmental programs, Novatio provides families in rural Colombia with technical and financial assistance to transition their farms and homes to clean energy sources. Novatio supports families to install and use biodigesters, which naturally break down organic material such as food and animal waste, to produce biogas and nutrient-rich fertilizer to grow crops. Biogas is a sustainable, green fuel that is used for cooking, reducing household pollution and protecting health.
Novatio places great emphasis on raising awareness of the health and economic benefits of using biodigesters, and ensures families have the skills to treat and repurpose their waste as a valuable resource. The 90 farming families supported by Novatio have saved up to USD $350 annually on fuel and approximately four hours of labor time normally spent weekly collecting and cutting wood.
Over six years, Novatio’s work to bring clean energy solutions to rural communities in Colombia has produced 40,000 m3 of biogas, preventing 166,000 tons of CO2 emissions and saving 150 tons of wood being cut down from protected forests.
Rezultate și impact
166,000
tone de emisii de CO2 prevenite
+1,600
persoane preconizate a fi afectate până în 2026
269
femei preconizate a fi formate până în 2025
““Novatio’s social impact programs not only seek to provide access to reliable technology, but also to improve the living conditions of all the families we benefit and support. With NESsT’s strategic support, we will focus on building solid impact indicators and creating valuable connections with organizations, funders, and partners to amplify our impact in Colombia’s rural farming communities.””
NESsT Investiții
Novatio has generated significant impact for rural communities through its social and environmental programs across Colombia. With the long-term strategic support of NESsT and IKEA Social Entrepreneurship, Novatio aims to expand this impact. By 2026, it will support more than 1,000 families in rural Colombia to transition away from fuels that are harmful to their health and the environment.
To support these efforts, Novatio will begin research to implement a carbon credit scheme aimed at companies with climate commitments. By selling carbon credits to secure funding, Novatio will finance, install, and provide maintenance support for its biodigesters, benefitting farming families on a larger scale.
By leveraging NESsT and IKEA Social Entrepreneurship’s support in social impact measurement, partnership development, and funding acquisition, Novatio aims to achieve annual impact goals that include transforming 20,000 tons of organic waste, reducing 8,000 tonnes of CO2, and reducing the consumption of firewood by 3,000 tonnes.