Ecozen Solutions Private Limited (DFC-2024-ECOZENSOLUTION)

Regions
  • South Asia
Geographic location where the impacts of the investment may be experienced.
Countries
  • India
Geographic location where the impacts of the investment may be experienced.
Financial Institutions
  • US International Development Finance Corporation (DFC)
International, regional and national development finance institutions. Many of these banks have a public interest mission, such as poverty reduction.
Project Status
Active
Stage of the project cycle. Stages vary by development bank and can include: pending, approval, implementation, and closed or completed.
Bank Risk Rating
B
Environmental and social categorization assessed by the development bank as a measure of the planned project’s environmental and social impacts. A higher risk rating may require more due diligence to limit or avoid harm to people and the environment. For example, "A" or "B" are risk categories where "A" represents the highest amount of risk. Results will include projects that specifically recorded a rating, all other projects are marked ‘U’ for "Undisclosed."
Borrower
Ecozen Solutions Private Limited
A public entity (government or state-owned) provided with funds or financial support to manage and/or implement a project.
Sectors
  • Agriculture and Forestry
  • Energy
The service or industry focus of the investment. A project can have several sectors.
Loan Amount (USD)
$ 16.50 million
Value listed on project documents at time of disclosure. If necessary, this amount is converted to USD ($) on the date of disclosure. Please review updated project documents for more information.
Investment Amount (USD)
Not Disclosed
Value listed on project documents at time of disclosure. If necessary, this amount is converted to USD ($) on the date of disclosure. Please review updated project documents for more information.
Bank Documents
Primary Source

Original disclosure @ DFC website

Updated in EWS Jul 9, 2024

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Project Description
If provided by the financial institution, the Early Warning System Team writes a short summary describing the purported development objective of the project and project components. Review the complete project documentation for a detailed description.

According to DFC, the proposed project seeks to expand Ecozen’s solar powered pump controllers and off-grid cold storage businesses for farmers, helping them to increase their incomes and reduce emissions.

The Project is expected to have a positive development impact in India by increasing access to solar-power irrigation systems and on-farm cold storage for smallholder farmers, and by reducing food waste. More specifically, the Project will reduce post-harvest losses, which cost an estimated $15 billion annually in India, by extending the shelf life of horticulture products and linking farmers to farther markets. In addition, the Project will generate renewable energy and reduce reliance on dieselpowered irrigation pumps.

The Project was screened as a Category B under DFC’s ESPP because assembly, installation, and customer service of solar-powered pump controllers and solar-based cold storage equipment have a limited number of specific environmental and social impacts that are site-specific and can be mitigated to acceptable levels by following international standards.

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