Visit of Vietnamese delegation

Last week GC received a delegation of 16 Vietnamese people from NATEC (National Agency for Technology Entrepreneurship and Commercialization Development). Jointly, we visited our partners IHC (dredging and wet mining), Nijhuis industries, the FoodValley and the WFC presenting showcases of Dutch successes. The agency works in Vietnam on various integrated issues, including sustainable food production. As a follow-up, GC is going to Vietnam in early June to find out how we can apply our expertise on a number of issues.

Waste to wealth

Next week we and Nijhuis Industries are invited to present our Ganges Basin Concept to a special delegation from India and the Netherlands. The presentation will take place in New Delhi and is part of the trade mission of Prime Minister Mark Rutte. We are focusing on two projects of a significant scale. Dumpsites will be cleared, waste collection in cities improved, waste water cleaned. Out of all the waste flows we create value: Clean Water, Clean Air, Clean Cities, Think of dumpsite turning in biodiversity parks. We will create healthy living environments. With sale of products such as electricity, compost and a lot more we make the projects bankable. We Design, Build, Finance, Maintain and Operate our projects within our joint venture, partnerships with Indian and Dutch businesses and governments. We will be settling in India for decades to come, creating new opportunities and jobs for the involved communities.

Future of Ganga river basin starts at school!

During an intensive trip deep into the Ganges river basin we officially started our first on the ground pilot of our Ganges river concept. This moment was celebrated in presence of our very own Dutch government, Mrs. Ellen van Langert of the Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment and with Mr. Arthur van Leeuwen of “de Werkplaats”, a supportive platform for accelerating the transfer of Dutch knowledge and technology, initiated by the Netherlands Enterprise Agency RVO. We opened the first water cleaning facility during a ceremony organized by the Chairman of the town. Then we all went to school and that’s the place where a clean and healthy future for India actually starts. Step by step we will now work on a successful approach for cleaning Ganga.

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Help of Ghanaian locals

For weeks Ghanaian locals are helping us to clear the location for our Waste to Value project site. With their machetes they are cutting our site clean. The locals came up with the offer themselves, having special interest in the palm trees, out of which they will produce palm wine that they can bring to the market. We’re working on a warm and steady relationship with our new neighbours.

Ganges river basin trip

Last week GC, IB Land and 2030 Water Resources Group (launched by World Economic Forum Davos 2008) again visited stakeholders from government, industry and civil society in the Ganges river basin. Our resource recoveryconcept gives a powerful impulse to the execution of the multi-stakeholder Hindon rejuvenation program initiated by the state government. We already see options to accelerate the process of upscaling our waste-to-value Ganges river concept. But first things first: securing the pilot project and setting up a joint venture with local entrepreneurs are our next steps.

Stakeholders engagement

Last week we had a stakeholders engagement, meetings with people from the surroundings of the location for acceptance and update, at two locations where toilet blocks will be build as part of our Waste to Value project (TST) in Ghana.

In addition to wishing you happy holidays, we would also like to update you on the developments of our company through this newsletter. We have experienced a lot of special things in the last few months.

We wish you a lot of reading pleasure and all the best for 2018 on behalf of our entire team!

Team GC

Workshop Hindon River Basin

Currently we are setting the next steps for our Hindon River Basin Concept in India. We were invited by 2030 Water Resource Group and National Mission Clean Ganga monday for a workshop in New Delhi. GC Colleague Martijn Rauwers explained GC’s working approach for a selected group of entrepeneurs, government and institution representatives. With special thanks to Annelieke Laninga IFC and Nitin Verma of 2030 Water Resources Group. Today we will meet future stakeholder candidates.

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The dynamic world of GC!

Last week we have presented our first concepts for Brahmaputra river at a meeting with ministers in London. The wish for the river is to bring back trade on the river, to work on flood prevention and water conservation, land reclamation in a cost effective way. And just yesterday we made a boat trip on wild Brahmaputra, together with the engineers of the responsible ministry. The dynamic world of GC