Urapi envisions a future where sustainable land use practices and community agroforestry projects thrive, contributing to the mitigation of climate change and the improvement of the environment.
Vision
participants involved
13K
hectares reforested
40K
hectares under conservation
850K
Jobs created
250
Urapi's unique investment strategy enhances transparency and traceability in coffee and cocoa production, contributing to the fight against climate change and the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals.
ESG Impacts Targets
participants involved
3 976
hectares reforested
282
hectares included in REDD+ projects
58 586
Jobs created
35
URAPI's Progress Until 2022
About Urapi
The distinctive bottom-up investment approach of the Urapi fund enhances the capabilities of small-scale coffee, honey and cocoa producer groups, intermediaries, and consumers. It achieves this by bolstering transparency, traceability, and the availability of certified products.
Provide long-term financing (debt and equity) to projects that meet strict environmental and social standards and contribute to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Investors and clients have access to a proprietary integrated impact tracking and reporting solution.
Invest directly in community-based sustainable agroforestry projects in Latin America, offering private equity-like returns and significant positive social and environmental impacts.
Addresse climate change through two of the difficult and underestimated problems: deforestation and land degradation.
Our Focus
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Investments for the transition from unsustainable land use to sustainable forestry or agroforestry activities
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Technical Assistance (quality improvement and yield increase)
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Processing and warehousing infrastructure
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Agricultural inputs production and commercialization
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Development of commodity sales with added-value
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Quality control of commodities
Sustainable land use change & Value-chain
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Integration of climate finance to monetize projects' positive environmental impacts
Climate finance
02
Investment Strategy
Investments
Peru - Café Selva Norte
Café Selva Norte, Urapi's inaugural venture, collaborates with 10 northern Peruvian cooperatives to combat land degradation. We provide financial backing for farm renovation and agroforestry, operate a cutting-edge mill co-owned by cooperatives, and generate carbon credits through VCS-certified projects, enhancing value for both cooperatives and members.
Colombia - RioSierra
RioSierra, situated in Colombia's Sierra Nevada National Park buffer zone, promotes sustainable practices in coffee, cocoa, and honey production. With diverse partners, it prioritizes environmental stewardship, community empowerment, and economic resilience. Through innovative approaches, RioSierra advances rural development in Colombia, ensuring a prosperous future for all stakeholders.
Honduras - Aromas Café & Miel
The Honduras Aroma Café & Miel Project, a strategic alliance between Urapi and 12 cooperatives in Honduras, is dedicated to advancing sustainable development in coffee and honey value chains. Focused on financing agroforestry initiatives, enhancing processing capabilities, and facilitating direct market access, the project strives for holistic and impactful growth.
Peru - Kuska
The Kuska Project is organized around an alliance between Urapi and the COCLA Cooperative Central in Quillabamba Province, Cusco, Peru. COCLA groups more than 1000 coffee, cocoa, and honey producers with excellent growth potential. In 2012 COCLA counted more than 6000 producers among its members. Since 2012, COCLA has been experiencing a financial crisis that has weakened its operations without affecting its potential strength as a social organization.
Ecosystem
Revolving around Urapi are Ecotierra and ElevaFinca, both entities playing pivotal roles in achieving shared objectives.
Ecotierra is a unique, holistic, sustainable agroforestry project developer and operator.
ElevaFinca represents commodities produced from an alliance of cooperatives participating in agroforestry projects launched and financed by Urapi Sustainable Land Use Fund a private equity fund.
Senior Investment Advisor at Fondaction
Philippe Crête
It is companies like Ecotierra and Urapi that embody the change we want to achieve and transform the economy in which we want to live.
Director Land Degradation Neutrality Fund Project Mirova
Gautier Quéru
The Café Selva Norte project of Urapi Sustainable Land Use is the perfect example of a profitable project allowing private investment to achieve the goals of the three UN conventions on desertification, climate change and biodiversity.
General Manager at Filaction.
Milder Villegas
We are more than proud to be partners with Ecotierra and Urapi from the beginning. We need more companies like these.
Testimonials
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