Turning Latin America's biodiversity into businesses that sell and attract investment.
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01About
Latin America has no shortage of science or biodiversity; what it lacks is turning them into business.
Eddie Ajalcriña is a Peruvian expert in the bioeconomy, bio-businesses and the circular economy; CEO of Redesign Lab, instructor at MIT Professional Education and co-author of the Bio Business Playbook.
Few people with aligned incentives take on that work. Eddie does it at Redesign Lab, the impact venture studio he co-founded in Lima, and has linked Amazonian value chains to Patagonia, Lacoste, Lululemon, Eileen Fisher and Hugo Boss. He treats these businesses as an investment opportunity rather than charity.
Before: sustainability at TASA (Breca Group) and at Alicorp-Vitapro across four countries; UNIDO-certified consultant.
02Results
01International cooperation
EUR 14M European Union programme
Between 2023 and 2024 he coordinated the European Union Delegation to Peru's programme that moved the circular economy and sustainable business from the public agenda into companies.
02Regenerative agriculture
1st Regenagri certification in Peru
Designed a regenerative agriculture programme in the Amazon with Conservation International and Lululemon, and helped bring the Regenagri standard to Peru. Cotton Nation became the country's first certified company.
03Biomaterials
15+ international brands interested
Co-founded Neofibers, a textile biomaterials company, with funding from the Wyss Academy for Nature and selection by the IDB for Amazon BioStartups. After its London debut in 2024, more than 15 international brands showed interest.
03Initiatives
Six initiatives, one thesis.
04Work with
05Books and ideas
Methods to design bio-businesses and bring the circular economy into companies, written with Lorenzo Ortiz. Both books are in Spanish.
↳Featured publication
A Circular Club study that models 15 illustrative business cases and reviews 132 public cases from the region to answer when the circular economy pays for itself. Open access, in Spanish.
↳Key concepts he promotes
06Stages and press
↳Key events
“Fashion can be a value proposition to regenerate the planet,”
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