At the time of the ceremony, emphasis was placed on the need to promote sustainability in the seafood industry.
This week, the award ceremony and closing of the second edition of ACME Chile Award for Climate Change, an initiative that seeks to identify, support with funding and make visible innovative and sustainable solutions that contribute to the reduction of the carbon footprint in the fishing and aquaculture.
In this second version, a total of 22 proposals, which were subjected to a rigorous evaluation process where three key aspects were analyzed: innovation, implementation and impact. Innovation was measured by the introduction of novel elements in the marine industries. The implementation considered the feasibility and scalability of the solutionincluding the use of resources, deadlines and replicability. Finally, the impact focused on the reduction of the expected carbon footprint and the measurement methodologies used.
The winner of the first place, Mussel flours of high nutritional value de Dryer Chile, seeks to solve the problem of waste generation that exists in the mining industry, in particular meat of mussel (better known as chorito in the national market) which is discarded, without being marketed, and ends up in landfills, meaning a cost (economic) for industry and the environment. It is therefore sought to give value to this organic residue through the generation of high nutritional value floursapplying the circular economy.
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While second place, "Baukatech Fungal buoys" of the startup Biokeikruk, aims to address the serious problem of pollution by plastics in the oceans, incorporating the Fungi kingdom to the marine products industry through the design and use of biodegradable buoys in cultivation centres and other facilities.
"We are convinced that the two projects selected will have a significant impact the reduction of carbon footprints in marine products industries. They will also make an important contribution to the combating the effects of climate change. This milestone is just the beginning of our continued commitment to the sustainability and innovationthe general manager of the ACME Chile, Franco Adam.
For his part, the operations manager of Dryer Chile, Rodrigo Rubilar"We are grateful to be recognized with the 'ACME Chile Climate Change Award'. Initiatives like this award are a example for other companies to support companies that are looking to innovate with a focus on value aggregation in different productive sectors, especially in such important areas as sustainability, climate change and the circular economy.
While the CEO (CEO) of Biokeikruk, Lorenza Zanoni, he said in the award that what they seek is to displace the traditional buoys they generate pollution in the environment. "The microplastics of these buoys pollute the food, while ours, being 100% organic, do not contaminate or cause problems in the food chain“It is,” he said.
Award delivery and conversation panel
The event was attended by the organizing team of ACME Chile and the representatives of the awarded projects. On the one hand, Rodrigo RubilarDryer's operations manager, and Boris Sepúlveda, Director of Research and Development (R & D) of the same company. In addition, he was present Lorenza Zanoni, CEO of Biokeikruk, who attended Gustavo Torres, coordinator of Recycling and Environmental Management.
The ceremony included the award ceremony, followed by a discussion panel moderated by Franco Adam. During this space, it was deepened in the award-winning initiatives and explored possible ways of collaboration and future development, highlighting the commitment towards the innovation and the sustainability in industry.
*Photo credits: courtesy of ACME Chile.
