Business as usual simply cannot continue. Governments and companies around the world are looking for alternative approaches to drive future growth. The circular economy is one of the few viable and scalable growth models that can radically improve resource productivity to reverse these trends. And, in the process, drive greater innovation and job creation. Better yet, it promises to transform the dynamics of competitiveness and bestow real competitive advantage to early movers.
In this new environment, the unit cost of resources becomes less of a factor because instead of using additional resources to manufacture new goods, companies and customers use what’s already in the market. Focus shifts from producing things from virgin resources to transferring existing products between users and transforming used products into new ones. Good news for you: Costa Rica holds 6% of the Earth's biodiversity and is starting to gain traction towards sustainable business models and making the world a better, greener, long-lasting place.
The Costa Rican biotechnology company, Speratum, researchs and develops targeted molecular therapies for the treatment of cancer, synthesizing new polymers for drug delivery.
The innovative Costa Rican company CRN.life is dedicated to developing nutritional products focused on improving the quality of life, establishing ingredient safety and product power with natural ingredients such as moringa, the vitamin and mineral loaded plant well known for diseases prevention and cure.
The B Certified Costa Rican company, Aromas, uses natural, organic, vegan, and as far as possible national raw materials to develop therapeutic and cosmetic one-of -kind products.
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Costa Rica has the ideal conditions and human capital needed for getting the most out of the current technological convergence taking place in multiple sectors across industries, generating major investment opportunities here.
EXPLORE MORE CAPABILITIESBramé (Reu-Piña) is a Costa Rican startup focused on the development of enzymes from pineapple waist, called bromelain. Through biorefining, it produces proteasa (bromelain), Crystalline micro cellulose and Fiber Pack (Sustainable Building Sheets) which is used in the acceleration of industrial processes.
Yellow Pallete is a Dutch company which exemplifies what circular economy is all about. It uses banana-based inputs to manufacture transportation pallets or pallet-blocks which it provides to factories, maintenance, resins offering a much more cost-effective and sustainable alternative to wood. Yellow Pallet’s invention is a combination of the shape of the pallet, the resin composition, the recipe and the pallet-press. The shape of the pallet and the mold will be unique and patented.
Tomattisimo the Costa Rican company, pioneering the cultivation of tomatoes in high-tech greenhouses in the country, a leading company in the sector.
You can feel the live force in everything and everywhere. Its energy can be felt in this wild shrub blooming-green coffee, encapsulating a power that doesn't exist elsewhere. It's something special. Some call it a mystery, but it's just life. Maybe that's why people here live longer.
