Esther Altorfer Managing Director – East Africa As surprising as it may sound, we had never done any management retreats at Sistema.bio in Kenya. I run monthly strategy meetings with the senior leadership, hold annual end year parties, but nothing in between. This year, I decided to change that. I ran a January management retreat, and a June mid-year retreat.
Hardly any impact can be achieved without support. At this moment in time, there are over 22,000 Sistema.bio digesters producing clean, renewable energy and organic fertilizer for small and medium farms around the world. And each one of those biodigesters is the direct result of the combined efforts of our sales agents, our technicians, our engineers, our distributors and, of
To celebrate our Sistema.bio values and culture, we launched a nomination process in which we got the input of all employees from all our hubs. The goal is to recognize employees who embody our values and express attitudes that represent who we are and who we want to be. After that, each country voted for the winners. Take a look
Atul Mittal Business development director Impact partnerships are a specific type of multi-sector partnership designed to create clear and expressive impact towards a social and environmental goal. Over the years we have learnt that these partnerships work better when we set clear results and have transparent roles & responsibilities, and we build monitoring & learning mechanisms together. As a method
By Purnima Jha A pretty serious non-conformist is how Kalie Gold, our newly appointed Chief Growth Officer describes herself. “Non-conformist, not in a disagreeable way, I just like to ask why a lot,” Kalie said in an interaction with us. She became a part of the leadership team in June. We spoke to Kalie to know more about her and
Piyush Sohani Sistema.bio India Country Director Research suggests that the first biogas plant was built in India in 1859. However, it didn’t gain popularity in India until1973, almost a century later, when oil prices reached a new high. The government started to look at renewable energy technologies as an alternative energy source. Biogas technology was considered a good solution for
Brianda Suárez Graphic Designer The world is experiencing a wave of crucial transformations. Yet these impacts affect us all in a differentiated way according to many variables, including gender. This is where Ecofeminism comes in. Why speak about “feminism” and “ecology” in the same theory and practice? Is there really a relationship between the two? I remember that at the
Jordi Manzo Finance Manager Today, June 5th, 2021, we celebrate World Environment Day. This day in particular is a moment of reflection and awareness of the damaged state our planet is in, to understand that we are in a crisis and that we are far from being able to respond as we should, designing solutions in global policies or reaching
PURNIMA JHA INDIA Communications Associate I remember being in Grade 4 when the teachers at my school started raising awareness about the environment in all our classes. We were told about the degradation of the environment across the planet because of the years of exploitation of resources by humans, deforestation, industrialization, among others. What could a bunch of fourth graders
BANGKOK – The Water and Energy for Food (WE4F) Grand Challenge South and Southeast Asia Regional Hub (S/SEA RIH) announced today the 15 winners of the first S/SEA RIH Call for Innovations. The WE4F Grand Challenge provides technical and financial assistance to companies and organizations that demonstrate scalability of innovations that impact the sectors of water and food, energy and food, or
