Paris- 4th July 2022- Envirium Life Sciences compliments the Malagasy government's commitment to invest in the vanilla supply chain and to control the respect of local regulations. They send strong signals to the market with the aim to professionalise the sector, make the market of natural vanilla beans growing while securing the farmers with a decent revenue.

Both the Malagasy Minister of Industry and Commerce and the Minister of Finance made it very clear that they are determined to restore the respect of laws and regulations as several players have infringed the rules last year, both producers and importers. “In Madagascar, change is already underway, states Christian van Osselaer, Co-CEO of Envirium. This is a momentous event for the vanilla sector, ...

Kamapim Ltd’s farmers share their vanilla farming stories

Kamapim Ltd’s farmers, the Papua New Guinean subsidiary of Envirium Life Sciences, share how their partnership has improved their incomes and quality of life. Market Development Facility (MDF) funding enabled more field officers to reach 11,000 families in over 800 villages. Based on Kamapim Ltd. sustainable business model and training practices, these farmers now produce important volumes of world-class vanilla heavily in demand. In addition to SOPRAL SARL Madagascar's vanilla production in Madagascar, Envirium now can offer a second reliable source to its clients. Envirium continues to invest in the development of natural vanilla to supply the growing demand ...

Inspired by nature, empowered by people". The motto of the Belgian group Envirium Life Sciences resonates with the one chosen for World Environment Day: #OnlyOneEarth. Launched just one year ago, the group has managed to gather over 30,000 farmers in Madagascar, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Papua New Guinea. The goal is to produce sustainable and traceable high-quality cocoa, vanilla, coffee, chia, papain enzymes, spices and fruits.

Settled in Belgium, Envirium Life Sciences is present in Africa (Democratic Republic of Congo and Madagascar) and Oceania (Papua New Guinea). In just one year, our teams and our partners, the small holders, met many challenges and scored some great successes.

SUSTAINABILITY, TRACEABILITY AND HIGH-QUALITY SOURCING ...

KAMAPIM Ltd., Envirium’s subsidiary in Papua New Guinea, in partnership with Field Buzz, and Mibank have been able to deliver microloans to farmers through mobile phones. This enables remote rural farmers to access finance directly where they live; breaking down barriers to financial inclusion.

“This changes people’s life when you live in an area where there’s nothing, says Nancy Irwin, Managing Director at Kamapim. To be able to use a mobile phone, to be able to access all those facilities can transform not just an individual’s life but a whole community’s.” Watch the video and discover this amazing and life-changing project.

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Sumkar District (Province of Madang, Papua New Guinea), 22 April 22. Today’s commemoration of Earth Day will be remembered as a turning point for 20 clans of Adelbert Range Mountain. Gathering and dancing in traditional Sing-Sing celebrations, they officially mark the protection of their territories thanks to conservation deeds. To preserve the rainforest from logging and mining, they decided to partner with Kamapim Ltd. in the sustainable production of high-quality vanilla.

In the centre of the Adelbert Range, 3,775 hectares, are now protected by a conservation deed. A little further up, an additional 5,612 hectares, benefit from the same protection.

To make this happen, 20 clans agreed to create a community conservation area by signing a conservation deed, ...

🎉Beyond Chocolate is happy to welcome Envirium Life Sciences to the partnership!

The Belgian company has ensured all of its chocolate has been certified organic, RainforestAlliancé and Fairtrade. Envirium also partnered with the Virunga National Park, the World We Want Foundation and the famous Belgian chocolatier Dominique Persoone to create the first industrial chocolate factory in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Virunga Origins commits to invest all profits in the Virunga National Park and surrounding communities.

Moreover, the company implements several development projects in origin countries to tackle issues such as forest protection, ...

Account Manager B2B/B2C Life Science Markets (h/f/x)

Virunga Origins is a Belgian company branding all the products that are made in partnership with the Virunga National Park https://www.virunga.org. All products are made locally in the Democratic Republic of Congo, at the border of the Virunga Park. This includes chocolate, chia seeds, cocoa, coffee https://www.origins.virunga.org.

The daily life of our division revolves around values such as commitment to customers, trust and transparency, accountability, respect, listening, ...

COPAK JOINS DISCO, DUTCH INITIATIVE ON SUSTAINABLE COCOA

COPAK sarl, subsidiary of Envirium Life Sciences in the Democratic Republic of Congo, is proud to join DISCO, Dutch Initiative on Sustainable Cocoa. This public-private partnership works to sustainably improve the livelihoods of cocoa farming families and is fully aligned with Envirium Life Sciences' strategy and values.

“Envirium Life Sciences is proud to reinforce the suppliers’ presence in DISCO and continue developing fully sustainable supplies of cocoa, says Dimitri Moreels, co-CEO of Envirium. Supporting smallholders’ activities, financing their development, and guaranteeing them the access to good agricultural practices and to the international market”.

Thanks to our partnership with ...

COPAK sarl, filiale d’Envirium Life Sciences en République Démocratique du Congo, est fière de vous annoncer la certification BIOSUISSE ORGANIC de son cacao, café et chia , produits dans la région du Ruwenzori (Kivu Nord).

Cette certification récompense les efforts des équipes de Copak en collaboration avec la coopérative SYCOODEP (Synergie des Coopératives pour le Développement Paysan).

Ce label s’ajoute aux labels Organic USDA, Organic EU, Rainforest Alliance et confirme la stratégie d’Envirium Life Sciences : traçabilité, durabilité et protection de l’environnement

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COPAK sarl, subsidiary of Envirium Life Sciences in the Democratic Republic of Congo, is proud to announce the BIOSUISSE ORGANIC certification for its cocoa, coffee and chia produced in the ...

Envirium Life Sciences is proud to announce its participation to the COP 26. Committed to innovation, sustainable growth and biodiversity conservation, Envirium Life Sciences is pleased to take this opportunity to meet with key players to discuss the Group's priorities with them.

Envirium’s Sustainability Manager, Gaëtan Etancelin, is representing the Group with a special focus on prevention of the biodiversity loss and the development of the collaboration with many smallholders to provide decent revenues for more people.

In the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Madagascar, Tanzania and Papua New Guinea, we favor collaboration with many smallholder farmers, enabling them to achieve higher quality and productivity in the long run on a sustainable basis. This alliance gives ...

Nature is a source of inspiration for us. It is an amazing source of products and solutions. Nature is as important for our mental and physical wellbeing as it is for our society’s ability to cope with global change, health threats and disasters.

We humans are part of, and fully dependent, on nature. It gives us the food we eat, the water we drink and the air we breathe.

Despite this urgent moral, economic and environmental imperative, nature is in a state of crisis. The five main direct drivers of biodiversity loss – changes in land and sea use, overexploitation, climate change, pollution, and invasion of non-native species – are affecting nature drastically. In the last four decades, global wildlife populations fell by 60% as a result of human activities. Almost three quarters ...