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Breakthrough for small producers
New digital M&E system boosts value chain analysis and facilitates market decisions
2020-12/ Computer-aided M&E systems can help small producers compare prices, finetune storage and plan investments. One such tool is pioneered in Madagascar, for green charcoal marketing and value chain analysis: Producers compile market prices and sales figures on their mobiles, to have them evaluated on the spot. The system operates on an open-source software which can be combined with other, commercial apps. "It means a breakthrough for the single producer and for project teams alike", says ECO Consult CEO Dr. Steve Sepp. "Our expertise allows us to set up apps in kind to monitor e.g. construction sites and related progress, or HCD training inputs or even a handy visualisation of global project progress over the long term." > NEWS
COMPANY NEWS
Change of legal status
ECO Consult Partnerschaft turns ECO Consult GmbH with effect of 2021
From this business year on ECO Consult Sepp & Busacker Partnerschaft is operating under the new name of ECO Consult GmbH & Co. KG. The change of legal status comes into effect this January. All our business operations and exchanges will continue in the habitual way. Existing projects will be completed under the previous company registration and name. Please note our new bank account: VR-Bankverein Bad Hersfeld-Rotenburg eG - IBAN: DE 6353 2900 0000 4511 8606 - SWIFT-BIC: GENO DE 51 BHE. ECO Consult was founded as a GbR (Gesellschaft bürgerlichen Rechts) in 1992, under the name of ECO Sozialökologische Programmberatung. It was a partnership since 2006, under the same management board up until today. > COMPANY
Spotlight on renewable energy
Investing in GMDR technology
ECO facilitates the adoption of efficient kilns
11-01/ By 2050 every second African citizen will rely on wood-based fuels. This UNEP figure draws attention to a neglected sector of CO2 emissions: those from rural charcoal producing communities in numerous LDCs. ECO Consult's pioneering work in Madagascar, in adapting and improving kiln technologies, has led us to promote the more efficient, and thus GHG saving, GMDR (Green Mad Dome Retort). Apart from avoiding the release of thousands of tons of avoidable GHG emissions, this technology is also a means for getting revenues from carbon markets and help improve local livelihoods: small green investments that pay double and save the resource base. ECO Consult experts facilitate dissemination of the technology and assist investors. > RENEWABLE ENERGY