Soil & More International 3.93

Soil & More International B.V is a young, ambitious Dutch company which was founded in 2007 on the principle that economy and ecology are inextricably linked. Soil & More’s team is made up of enthusiastic people from different countries and backgrounds, each member bringing a particular field of expertise into the company. We are currently active in Africa, Asia, Central and South America and Europe.

Our core business is the development and management of composting projects as well as the delivery of sustainability and grower development services worldwide.

elow a brief summary of our core activities:

Composting
• Development of Composting Projects
• Crop Residue Management
• GHG Emission Reduction − Generating Carbon Credits (VERs)
• Land Reclamation
• (Remote) Technical Assistance
• Workshops and training

Sustainability Solutions
• Water Footprinting (products, events, companies)
• Carbon Footprinting (products, events, companies)
• Assistance in development and implementation of sustainability strategies
• Sustainable carbon credits
• Workshops and training (e.g. awareness raising, carbon and water footprinting, composting, sustainable agricultural practises, link between climate change, water scarcity and soil/food security)

Grower Development
• Improvement of the overall sustainability performance, efficiency and profitability of farming systems
• Carbon Credits for (small scale) farmers – using the “SALM” methodology under VSC program
• Workshops and training, especially developed for (small scale) farmers (e.g. on sustainable agricultural practices, compost production, local compost extract production and application, grower development, awareness raising, climate change)

Research & Development
• Soil Science
• Sustainability
• Food Security

Strategic Cooperation
As an innovative company, we cooperate with various parties dedicated to the topic of soil science, composting, emissions reductions, sustainability and carbon/water/sustainability footprinting (among others Rainforest Alliance, Oxfam, Fairtrade, Sustainable Food Lab, Wageningen UR, University of Aberdeen)

IT Solutions
We offer IT solutions for the integration of carbon footprinting into existing management tools.

References
Since 2007, we have set up 9 composting facilities in developing countries and have produced approximately 294,072 tons of compost. Moreover, we carried out about 110 product carbon footprints, 115 company carbon footprints, 22 event carbon footprints, and 12 product water footprints. We have conducted several workshops in among others China, Egypt, Ethiopia, India and Kenya. All different parties we work for and cooperate with can be found on our website (partners & alliances).