LSBD Green Strategy is to be a Carbon Negative Company.

 

This will be accomplished by building both the Energy Farm and the Refinery with an unyielding focus on Green Technology.  In addition we will minimize the use of petroleum based products in the planting, harvesting, refining and delivery of Jatropha based Biodiesel and Biodiesel by products.

 

  Carbon Negative Strategy

 

By working with the regional government of San Martin and local farmers LSBDH has focused its business and production model on minimizing the impact of the processing plant on the community and the environment while maximizing the impact of the energy farm on the land, the economy and the environment.

  • LSBDH will purchase and or lease reclaimed deforested land in the Amazon that has been destroyed by cutting the trees and allowing the fertile top soil to be washed away by erosion

 

  • LSBDH will generate its own electricity utilizing generators run by its own biodiesel.

 

  • Expectations are that all motorized farm equipment and trucks the carry LSBDH oil will be powered by Biodiesel.

 

  • LSBDH will minimize the impact of the farm on the local ecosystem by primarily using rainwater as the only means of irrigation for the farm.

 

  • LSBDH's Jatropha energy farms and refining operations will have a negative carbon foot print that will have a positive impact on the ecology of the region.

 

 

 Zero Waste Farming:

  

  • LSBDH energy farm will practice “Zero Waste Farming."

 

  •  The Energy Farm will use all of the byproducts of the Jatropha tree to reconstitute the soil and provide energy to the local inhabitants.

 

  • The excess fruit cake, shells and leaves will be used for fertilizer.

 

  • The cuttings from pruning activities when not used to plant additional trees will be used to make charcoal for the local inhabitants.

 

  • The refined Biodiesel will be used to power all the energy needs of the farm.

 

 Zero Waste Refining

 

  • The Refining Company will produce no waste that will pollute the rivers and land of the region.

 

  •  Glycerol a byproduct of the refining process will be sold and the waste water will be sterilized and put back into the energy farm to water the trees.

 

  • There is no solid waste produced by the plant that will pollute the land and rivers of the region.

 

  • Peruvian law also promotes the production and use of biofuels. Supreme Decree 021-2007, Regulation of Biofuels Commercialization, provides for periodic increases in mandatory use of blends and biodiesel.

 

  • LSBDH business and operational model will comply and most cases exceed Peruvian guidelines on Biodiesel production.