GBOB Info Brochure 2021

Press.: GBOB Foundaon HASKOVO
BULGARIA
CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION
Author and design.: Johannes H.A. Cools
Illustraons.: Johannes H.A. Cools
Photos.: Johannes Cools, Kahika Sib, Joshua
Coe, Georgi Fedorov Tzigov, Markus Spiske
Desi Cools
Design assistant.: , Kr. Georgieva
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GBOB FOUNDATION
PROJECTS 2021-2027
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FOR A RESILIENT FUTURE
Dear Friends,
From the coronavirus pandemic to the growing impact of climate change and intolerance, our world and
all life is under pressure. In 2021, the world will be dealing with the aermath and siing through the
debris. The pandemic has precipitated a global economic crisis without precedent since World War II,
with an addional 150 million people being driven below the extreme poverty line. Although income
levels do not directly correlate with conflict, violence is more likely during periods of economic volality.
Next is climate change – hardly a novel phenomenon but an accelerang one with an increasingly
discernible impact on conflict. It’s true that the causal chain is circuitous, with polical responses to
extreme weather paerns oen playing a greater part than the paerns themselves. Sll, with more
frequent heat waves and extreme precipitaon, many governments are harder-pressed to deal with food
insecurity, water scarcity, migraon, and compeon for resources. Isn't it about me that we reflect on
and focus on work through friendship and work to create peace?
Strengthen the peacebuilding impact trhough to focus on innovaon in new business opportunies
shis aenon to peace. Aer all, job creaon, beer quality jobs, and beer access to jobs for the
boom 40 per cent have the potenal to increase incomes and contribute to more cohesive and
equitable sociees.
It has to be our key priority, to launch the agenda for the promoon of peaceful decent job creaon and
peaceful working on sustainable biusiness.
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This process highlighted two important challenges for raising the peacebuilding impact of employment
programmes:
• The well-established theorecal underpinnings of the relaonship between employment programmes
and peace are not yet translated into an analycal framework or consistently applied in operaons; and
CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION
FOR A CLIMATE RESILIENT FUTURE
• There is both a need and an opportunity to strengthen and extend the empirical evidence on the
linkages between employment programmes and peacebuilding.
review of the porolios of our organisaon should suggests that managers of employment programmes
in conflict-affected sengs implicitly assume three different “theories of change”. These theories
constute the logical link between the employment programmes and the goal of building peace.
GREEN TRANSPORT
GREEN BUSINESS
If conflict is driven by negave percepons among groups, employment programmes may reduce conflict
by fostering mutual understanding. By bringing people together, providing opportunies for dialogue
among social groups, and breaking down stereotypes, employment programmes may increase social
cohesion.
If conflict is driven by adverse economic circumstances (e.g. Unemployment, under-employment,
pandemic etc..), decent employment, by providing income and livelihoods, may reduce the incenve to
engage in violence as a means of improving economic circumstances. We are commied, confident and
we are persistent in seng our goals for the benefit of Bulgaria.
INNOVATION
CLIMATE
ACTION
COLLABORATION
Johannes H. A. Cools (CEO)
GREEN ENERGY
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The road to NET ZERO: how we could become carbon neutral?
GREEN ENERGY
CLIMATE ACTION
Belatedly, the world has realised it has to eliminate greenhouse gases within a
few decades. We at the GBOB Foundaon realise that this isn’t an easy task but,
but certainly possible!
In summary, the answer to these quesons is that reducing carbon emissions
sharply is feasible but the change will be expensive and requires hard
adjustments to some aspects of our lives.
It will be almost as disrupve as the first industrial revoluon. But at the end of
the decarbonizaon process, we can reasonably expect to have achieved a
much safer world and a society that is both more prosperous and more equal.
Many people assume that Bulgaria is already well on its way to zero emissions.
But the sharp reducons in greenhouse gases the country has achieved so far
are almost negligible in terms of improving the electricity supply. Wind and
solar energy are sll a negligible factor despite a number of new solar parks.
The GBOB Foundaon developed and implemented projects that are
completely carbon neutral!
Carbon-neutral society
• Wind
• Solar
• Air pump
• Ground pump “Thermo”
• Water “Hydro”
Key areas transition to
climate-neutral society
• Energy
• Environment
• Mobility and transport
• Regional policy and the
low-carbon economy
• Sustainable finance
• Industrial policy
• Trade and sustainable
development
• Internaonal cooperaon and
development
• Research and innovaon on
climate change
• Sustainable development goals
EUROPEAN GREEN DEAL
- Further cut emissions by at least 55% by 2030
- Adapng and come in acon with local policies plan
- Reduce environmental impact by instuons and industry
- Boosng energy efficiency through country energy and
climate policies
- Adapng to the impact on climate change
- Country funding on climate acon
- Internaonal collaboraon
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The GBOB project focuses on intensive research and development
acvies which will have as their result the analysis of raw material flows,
as well as idenficaon of innovave circular business models in each of
the sectors.
This aim will be achieved through the establishment of industry sector
clusters, acve and operaonal both in the manufacturing processes and in
the online environment, that would invite and bring together industrial
leadership, local and central governments, sciensts and laboratories,
consumer organisaons and environmental NGO’s in order to obtain
interdisciplinary experience and to collect knowledge and experse from
all stakeholders in the sector.
We want to go beyond minimizing the negave impact of the linear
industry - we aim to effecvely redesign it into a circular one. In order to
reach this goal the GBOB project will adopt novel concepts of coordinated
and cluster-based development of circular business models and fill the gap
between the value chain of the different industrial sectors. The benefits of
the reuse of durables are already established in the economy. We thrive to
go further and rediscover the circular model even also non-durable
products and consumer goods – such as food and beverages and their
packaging – which are short-lived and oen transformed during use.
COLLABORATION
• Sector analysis
• Detailed studies
• Resource preservaon
• Livelihood
• Research
• Technologies
• Clustering
• Eco-innovaon
GREEN BUSINESS
Bio based
• Land based ocean fish
• Land based fresh
water fish
• Medical mushrooms
• Green houses
• Bio-plascs
Green Business Concept!
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Climate change adaptaon and climate acon creates new business
opportunies for a bio-based food producon.
For example, the green EDGE building design concept makes a building
completely self-supporng with a no-waste ouit.
A few examples are the by GBOB developed Quantum Organic Sea-water
Fish Farm, where the manure is processed into ferliser and the fish waste
into fish feed. Minimal water consumpon (1%) due to rain and storm-water
harvesng.
Breeding sea-water fish in land-based RAS systems prevents us from eang
sea fish that is contaminated with micro-plascs and other polluon. An
addional advantage is that the oceans can come to rest due to over-fishing!

GREEN TRANSPORT
• Electric driven
agricultural machines
and Tractors
• Increase use of
railroad
• Local agricultural
producon and
integrated food
processing
INNOVATION
• Soil Science
• Plant Science
• Polluon and
Contaminaon control
• Plant Nursery Science
• Open Knowledge
Digital Plaorm
• Organic Composng
• Organic Ferlizers
• Organic Plant
Protecon
Innovaon is one of the driving forces in
our team that consist of academics,
researchers’ engineers, business
partners and visionaries.
Transforming and boosng organic
agriculture through digital technology is
one of our core acvies assisted by a
smart-agri-concept and searching for
the X-factor.
GBOB innovaon agenda is connecng
farmers with farming research and
development with an eye for
biodiversity threats and crop protecon.
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CLIMATE
Our planer need new design concepts to radically influence quality of life,
universally , in conjuncon with economic prosperity and yet live. in
harmony with the nature and the environment
The reasons we need to leave the linear economy model, is divers but one
is always on the corner “the winner is always part of the soluon, and the
loser is always a part of the problem“. Moving toward circular economy
decrease the impact of CO2 emissions and so on Earth’s climate.
In the past 100 years, the world populaon has been using far more raw
materials and it is sll dramacally increasing! The always growing of
world’s populaon and the significant ask for raw materials has major
consequences.
Extracng and using raw materials have a big impact on the environment
and natural capital. They also increase energy consumpon and CO2
emissions.
ENGAGE
YOUTH
CONSOLIDATE
&
REPORT
LEARN
FROM
OTHERS
FIND
YOUR
STRENGTHS
PROMOTE
LOCAL
ADAPTATION
KNOW
YOUR
VULNERABILITIES
ADOPT
TWO-EYED
SEEING
CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION GUIDELINES
The GBOB Project programming is based on an
interdisciplinary approach which means a strong
correlaon between science, universies and the
diferent sectors, leaving the linear economy toward
the circular one. The developing projects have to fit
the requirements on the EU Green Deal, Organic
Farming, Research, Innovaon and Science. In
summary, the aim is to deliver soluons to the
greatest challenges facing our planet toward the
me frame 2021 - 2030.
Climate change is one of
the biggest challenges of
our time.
Agriculture’s role is twofold: it is a sector that
contributes to climate change, yet it is also one of the
first sectors to suffer from climate change, as do the
people whose livelihoods depend on it.
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EDUCATION
The GBOB Entrepreneurs University creates an environment in which ambious and talented
students, bright academics and industry are all dedicated to bridging the gap between academic rigor
and daily business knowledge. We do this by being highly selecve and by focusing on candidates'
movaon and social skills. The GBOB University covers the spectrum from acon focused learning
through to work-integrated educaon and to educaon-integrated work.
EDUCATION AND TRAINING PROGRAMS AND SECTORS FOR
CONSULTANTS AS WELL FOR EMPLOYERS AND FARMERS IN THE
CIRCULAR ECONOMY
Reuse Reduce Recycle
CORE TOPICS
All group Small group Individual
Group educaon (max. 25
students) is available for employed
producon targets groups in the
sectors:
Group educaon (max. 10
students) is available for employed
middle management targets
groups in the sectors:
Group educaon (max. 1 student)
is available for employed execuve
management targets groups in
the sectors:
Level 1+2
Level 1+2+3+4
Level 1+2+3+4+5+6
Leisure
Leisure
Leisure
Design out waste and
polluon
Keeping products and
materials in use
Regenerate natural systems
(Eco) tourism
Organic farming
(Eco) tourism
Organic farming
(Eco) tourism
Organic farming
Organic food processing
Organic food processing
Organic food processing
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THE TECHNO-POLIS & THE AGRI-POLIS
THE HIGHEST STAGE OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL COOPERATION
BETWEEN UNIVERSITIES, BUSINESS AND (LOCAL) AUTHORITIES
Our Techno-polis is a town of science, a harmonious symbiosis of industrial area, a science town with
universies, instutes, laboratories and residenal areas with complete infrastructure for sports,
recreaon and cultural entertainment.
KNOWLEDGE IS POWER CORRELATION & SYNERGY
The Agri-polis provides all necessary conditions, both for fundamental and applied research, the
creaon and implementaon of new technologies and funding of projects, as well as for the
establishment of a community of arsc and versale people. The objecve of our Agri-polis shall be to
accelerate the dynamics, creavity and competence of European science, establishment of new
enterprises and development of exisng ones.
ORGANIC SEED DNA BANK FOR FITTING THE BULGARIAN CLIMATE ZONES
The seeds DNA bank (zero GMO), organic seeds for fing the climate zones in Bulgaria, is an iniave of
the GBOB foundaon in cooperaon with Delphy and the Joint Genomic Center. The different soil (45)
and five climate zones force us to manage our own seed bank and producon of seeds. Some of these
seeds have disturbed DNA. DNA methylaon is known to be an essenal component of the parental
imprinng mechanism. Research is needed for seed development for our specific environment.
Phenocopying the effects of extra genomes, the role of methylaon in parent of origin effects and
inference of parental imprinng.
PROTECTING REAR BREEDS AND THE LOSS IF AGRICULTURAL DIVERSITYSPERM SEXING
On the global scale the some of the livestock genecs is lost. The number of breeds has markedly
declined over the past half century. Up to 30% of global mammalian and avian livestock breeds (i.e.,
1,200 to 1,500 breeds) are currently at risk of being lost and cannot be recovered. The amount of the
rear breed "Rhodopean Short Horn Cale" is at this moment 788 and is absolute below the
recommendaon of FAO (Food and Agriculture Organisaon of the United Naons). Also the Bulgarian
Kalofer Goat, the Malachevska goat and the Bulgarian White Pig belongs to the rear breeds. To keep the
excellent condions in the balance between environment, welfare and breeding. GBOB intents to
increase the populaon of rear breed out of the danger zone. Aer reaching the secure statement, we
will help farmers to increase their livestock. To reach our goals, GBOB will use inseminaon and sperm
sexing in the field by using a mobile laboratory. Therefor we start with research on rear breeds in
Bulgaria with respect to sperm sexing for Bulgarian rear breeds.
Our aim is; -To born 80% females instead of 75% Bulls -Secure of
Calves for replacement or growth -Less difficult births -Higher
sales and growth -Faster and secure genec progress -
Prevenng inbreeding -Seng up a sperm bank for rear breeds
to combat destrucon of nave habitats of livestock breeds. 80%
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BEE PATHOLOGY
ORGANIC BEE BREEDING POLLINATION
ORGANIC HONEY PRODUCTION
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPING DISEASE RESISTANT BEES
AND BEE QUEENS
Successful combat against American foulbrood requires mely diagnosis through carrying out
regular prophylacc examinaons to be carried out both by owners of honeybee colonies and
expert examiners. Infecons as Ascosphaerosis, Aspergillosis, Melanosis, Candidiosis bacterial
diseases, and parasic diseases are a serious threats in organic bee farming. To help the
beekeeping sector it is necessary to focus on:
• Bee health • Increasing honey producon • Animal welfare • Traceability • EU reference laboratory
for bee health • Veterinary Medicines • Residues in honey • Pollinaon and biodiversity • Pescides,
inseccides, rodencides • Research • Praccal informaon for organic bee keepers • Quality measures
• Organic breeding management • New technologies management systems
In the beekeeping culture we will set new higher standards (even higher than the specific EU
regulaons) for honey producon bud also for pollinaon of crop etc. Concentraon on
weakening or mortality a new monitoring programs.
Organic farming is of imminent importance in
addressing hunger, human health, and challenges
as biodiversity, climate change, the use of
freshwater for irrigaon. But equally important is
that Organic farming makes a sustainable
contribuon to poverty reducon. Organic
farming is one of the most sustainable methods of
agriculture, livestock and aquaculture.
It is also becoming increasingly clear that our
biodiversity is under enormous pressure. Species
will disappear drascally in the coming decades if we
don't act now. More than 1 million species are in
danger of exncon within e few decades.
Insects, for example the bee, are indispensable for
sustainable crop producon. Loss of polinators
brings agriculture at risk. The use of chemicals in
convenonal agriculture is the culprit. Adding to this
is global warming, landslides, soil polluon and
excessive groundwater use for irrigaon doesn't
make it any beer.
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ZERO CARBON FOOTPRINT & CIRCULARITY
THE GBOB KEY GREEN “ORGANIC” PROJECTS
Agriculture and Aquaculture is
leading a new era of
expansion. It is therefore
important that this should have
a positive impact on the
environment. It need to be in
harmony with the
environmental goals and thus
with the EU Green Deal.
Without negatively affecting
the biodiversity! There are
rules imposed by the EU such
as environmental legislation.
We at GBOB also draw up strict
rules of our own that go even
further than the EU and national
regulations. Whether it concerns
Organic farming, water cleaning,
Green energy or hygiene, our
management techniques.
planning, risk assessments and
farming method’s are unique in
the GBOB quantum concept.
Constant research on negative
environmental impact is an
essential topic for us.
• Quantum Organic Sea water fish farms R.A.S
• Organic self-supporting greenhouses
• Organic self-supporting medicinal mushroom farm
• Organic natural bio-gradable bio-plastic manufacturing
• Boosting Organic agriculture through digital technology
• I-leam Organic Agriculture Management System
• Large scale Eco-Tourism
• Preservation of biodiversity
• Climate Change Adaptation
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THE QUANTUM ORGANIC FISH FARMS
KEY FEATURES
We think that eang fish is especially important because of the
(fish) fay acids present. Fish contains the omega-3 fay acids DHA
and EPA. Fay fish contain more EPA and DHA than lean fish. Fish
fay acids are unsaturated fay acids. The advice is to replace the
saturated fat in your diet as much as possible with unsaturated fat.
That is good for your cholesterol levels and it lowers your risk of
cardiovascular disease.
The fat content varies per fish
species. Below you can see
which fish are fat and which
are less fat.
Fay fish:
Herring
Mackerel
Eel
Sprat
Salmon
Moderately fay fish:
Anchovy
Trout
Shrimps
Halibut
Pangasius
Sardines
Plaice
Tuna
Sea bass
Sea wolf
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In principle, all types of fish are good. It does not maer how the fish is sold: fresh fish,
from the freezer or canned. For health, it is best to opt for fay fish that is not breaded
or salted. With salty fish you can think of herring, smoked salmon, smoked eel, stock
fish or anchovies. Salt is oen added to canned fish. Look at the salt content on the
package.
Risks of eang too much wild catches fish!
Fish can contain harmful substances from industry or pescides. Some facts:
Fay fish is more polluted than lean fish because harmful substances accumulate in the
fat large predator fish are more troubled by polluon than fish that eat vegetable fish
from European waters is more polluted than fish from the Pacific Ocean.
Do not eat fish from polluted rivers!Human waste and plant waste are both common
sources of pollutants in rivers, and rivers around the world are vulnerable to these
pollutants. However, there are some rivers on the planet where these pollutants are
found in larger quanes and somemes reach a crisis.
SUSTAINABILITY AND IMPACT
We have set ourselves the goal of being completely independent of the electricity grid.
Our fish farm has almost 3000 solar panels for Approximately 700.000 was 700 kWh.
For our own use we need only 350 kWh. The remaining energy goes to the adjacent
greenhouses. For the night hours we switch to our thermal pump. Therefore we do not
store the energy in baeries, as long as they cannot be produced in an environmentally
friendly way. In addion, we have an emergency generator on Propane. Propane is
basically economical and environmentally friendly energy source. Characterisc are the
parcularly pure combuson, low CO2 and sulphur emissions and minimal soot
deposits. We will therefore not use Natural Gas, all the more so, because the calorific
value of propane is almost 3 mes higher than that of natural gas.
We hope never to use it. But if we need it, because the energy system fails for whatever
reason, we know that it is extremely low in polluon for a short period of me.
A wind turbine is not possible in our case because it would disrupt the whole
environment and it has a negave impact on the wild-live and biodiversity in the region.
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THE ORGANIC NATURAL DEGRADABLE BIO-PLASTIC CONCEPT
Climate change adapon, is the basis of our concept. The development and producon of Bio
plascs goes hand in hand with energy and the use of water, not to be confused with water
consumpon. Namely water consumpon leads to waste water. The water we use and water
sources avoid the use of fresh water which is mainly a source for drinking water. It is already
bizarre that today we use drinking water to flush the toilet, wash the car and water the garden.
The Council Direcve 80/777/EEC revised 12
December 2020 which came in force on 12
January 2021. In case of an emergency by
using groundwater we fulfill the Council
Direcve.
We are commied to the climate change adaptaon concept, the European Commission Green
deal though our climate acon plan. Our rainwater and storm-water harvesng concept
guarantees fresh water savings of more than 95%. The water that we collect is treated conform
the Drinking Water Direcve on the quality of water intended for human consumpon. The
Council Direcve 98/83/EC revised 12 December 2020 which came in force on 12 January 2021.
Underground Rainwater harvesng reservoir
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LED outdoor light
Thermo ground-air pump / boiler
IR + UV Reflecng 3 double glass
IR Reflecng coang
High density 450 Wa Solar Panels
Underground Rainwater harvesng reservoir
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EVOLUTIONAIRY INNOVATION
THE MEDICINAL ORGANIC MUSHROOM FARM
The team at the GBOB foundaon is always developing on the border of the possible and
beyound. Green is not green enough is our moo! Complete out of the box thinking, has taught
us that the theme thought impossible is sll possible and achievable. We are firmly convinced
that everything is possible through open communicaon, by listening to outsiders ideas in our
team. In our opinion, looking for boundaries is not enough for groundbreaking above all, simple
soluons, which is why we step over these boundaries in the world of Eveluonary Innovaon.
All green projects are developed and designed in our team in close consultaon with our
members for the bennefit of the environment and complete in line with the climate change
acon and the European commission GreenDeal.
Climate change is already too far advanced and hopefully sll to turn for the beer. That is why
Zero Carbon Footprint and selfsupporng buildings is our standard when it comes to building
design. We do not share in projects with a lesser specificaon.
Our passion “We turn the direst polluters into a GREEN business”
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This medicinal organic mushroom farm is the first in the European
Union at large scale.
The harvest is processed into end products.
The state-of-the-art laboratory guarantees top quality end-products
THE ORGANIC GREENHOUSES
Dealing with climate limitaons in your greenhouse. Climate change has an increasing effect
on the climate limitaons inside the greenhouse. Light, temperature, heat, CO2, and
humidity all have their own effect on the producon and photosynthesis of the crop.
The new GBOB greenhouse concept counter those climate limitaons.
The hot summers of recent years are forcing many growers to face the facts. It is necessary
to look at light and heat in the greenhouse from a different perspecve.
Many vegetables and cut flowers grown in greenhouses originate from sub-tropical regions.
This means that in principle they are able to withstand high levels of light. A grower can
effecvely convert the available light into producon during a considerable part of the year.
The rule of thumb that applies here is: 1% more light = 1% higher producon. For this
reason, reducing the light too much would be a shame. The trick is to control the light
instead of simply reducing it.
HIGH TECH GREENHOUSES SUSTAIN THE FUTURE
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High-Tech and colorful Greenhouses
Showcase a Sustainable Future
Exploring more efficient and
sustainable ways to produce food in
greenhouses—using less land and a
fraction of the water to double crop
yield.
Recent innovations have taken on an
unexpectedly colorful form.
A thorough analysis is needed to bring the circumstances closer
to the ideal situaon. What exactly is the stress factor that
causes the crop to suffer most? How do you combine the tools
you have at your disposal: venlang, greenhouse coang,
closing the screen, humidifying, adjusng irrigaon?
Light supplies energy for photosynthesis, i.e. the formaon of
sugars from CO2 and water. Photosynthesis forms the basis for
all producon. When the level of photosynthesis is not ideal,
you will never achieve opmal producon. The most important
message that follows from this is: use light to its full potenal.
Crops are able to handle far more light than one might think.
However, there is a point at which it becomes too much. The
plant has a wide range of mechanisms that help avoid damage.
As the light level rises, the plant increasingly deploys these
mechanisms to protect the foliage, where photosynthesis takes
place. The result of this is that photosynthesis decreases, and
the excessive light energy is primarily used for protecve
processes.
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If condions become even more severe, the plant shuts down completely
and photosynthesis is temporarily halted. This is at the expense of
producon, more so when the shutdown is of long duraon.
When all protecve mechanisms have been exhausted, the photosynthesis
mechanism can incur actual damage. This must be avoided at all mes
because it takes a long me before the plant will have repaired this
damage. The trick is to stay below the light level that results in the
shutdown and most definitely to stay below the light level that causes
damage, but at the same me, you want to stay as close to the maximum
level as possible, because this is how you maximize producon.
All growth and development processes in the plant occur faster at higher
temperatures. A higher temperature also means faster producon. This is
an important reason for analyzing the opmal average 24-hour
temperature and using culvaon measures to harmonize this temperature
with the crop.
During the summer, when it gets too hot in the greenhouse, it is oen
thought that the crop is suffering from too much light. However, it is
important to remember that heat stress to the plant occurs well before
light would be the damaging factor.
Here too, the damage becomes progressively more severe. One of the most
vulnerable processes is pollinaon in crops like tomato, pepper and
cucumber. This is the first process to suffer from excessive temperatures
and this is clearly at the expense of producon.
CO2 is one of the two building blocks in the first step of photosynthesis.
The natural outdoor level is 400 ppm. This is sub-opmal as the plant is
capable of converng far more CO2 than this into sugars. This is the reason
why, if the means are available, addional CO2 is dosed into greenhouses.
Next, it is important to carefully control the CO2 that is present in the
greenhouse. When vents are opened to cool the greenhouse, the higher
dosed CO2 escapes to the outside without being used by the plants. There
is tremendous payback in crically assessing if there is a need for venng or
if there are other ways to keep the greenhouse cool.
Water is needed for photosynthesis, transporng minerals, providing
moisture to cells, and cooling the plant. The larger part of the water taken
up by the plant evaporates. For tomatoes, this is as high as 90%.
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Evaporaon is the engine behind the plant’s water flow and cools the
plant. There must always be enough water, because when there is not
enough water, the plant dries out. The instrument that regulates
evaporaon is the plant’s stomata. In case of drought stress, the stomata
close so that the plant conserves water. This also means that CO2 can
longer enter the plant’s leaves through the stomata. Drought stress
reduces photosynthesis.
The GBOB Foundaon is connuously doing market research concerning the latest technologies. In
addion, we also do our own research and develop tools that make organic farming sexy. One of
these tools is born out of the GBOB program “Boosng Organing Farming through Digital
Technology”.
Aside from the water supply, the crop’s rate of evaporaon also depends
on humidity. When it is very dry (during hot weather), the evaporaon rate
is too high. If the water supply is not able to keep up with this, the stomata
close. This causes the leaves to heat up even more, causes stress to the
plant and stops photosynthesis.
When the humidity is high, the plant is not able to evaporate sufficiently.
This slows down the water flow and heats up the plant’s leaves. Lower
humidity can prevent this.
The most important part of efficiency in greenhouses is dealing with the
limitaons. This is where caongs come in. Shading-, heat-reflecng- and
diffuse-coangs. We can help you to deal with it and support you with the
best soluons in the martket.
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Boosting Organic Farming
Through Digital Technology
A new way to engage
farmers leaving
convenonal
Agriculture toward
Organic Agriculture in
the circular economy.
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We believe that we cannot achieve this embracing technology development,
if we do not think extremely out of the box. To make a development as we
imagine it, you really must exceed the limits of possibilies. We believe we
will achieve extraordinary results with our I_LEAM organic farming soluon
because, we need to feed approximately 9 billion people by 2030 and with
healthy chemical-free food. We are designing the perfect tools for it.
Arficial intelligence (AI) can play an important role in enabling this systemic
shi. AI is a subset of the technologies enabling the emergent ‘Fourth
Industrial Revoluon’ era, and deals with models and systems which perform
funcons generally associated with human intelligence, such as reasoning and
learning.
Collaboravely CLOUD Based Empowered Smart & Save Organic Farming
No Chemicals
More Nutrition
CHALLENGES
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AI can complement people’s skills and expand their capabilies. It allows
humans to learn faster from feedback, deal more effecvely with complexity,
and make beer sense of abundant data. A growing number of iniaves are
exploring how AI can create new opportunies to address some of the world’s
most important challenges.
More yield
Automated organic
plant protection
Automated organic
fertilizing
Automated organic
Composting control
Rainwater harvesting
control
Automated irrigation
Save up to 60% of water
Solar and battery
Back-up
I-leam is An inniave of Tipptouch Johannes Cools & Jean-Pierre Traets

DON’T ROW INTO THE DARKNESS
SYNERGY AND DATA CORRELATION
IN THE WORLD OF HIGH TECH
ORGANIC FARMING
Aggregate
Collecng real-me
data from the field:
Humidity
Soil condion
Crop growth
Irradiaon
Weather condion
Visualize
Real-me data
visualizaon via
interacve dashboard
Analyse
Gain insights of:
Polluon Contaminaon
Bee Pollinaon
Ferlizing
Crop growth per…..
Sharing
knowledge
Connecon with digital
online plaorm
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DON’T ROW INTO THE DARKNESS
SYNERGY AND DATA CORRELATION
IN THE WORLD OF HIGH TECH
ORGANIC FARMING
Embracing Technology
Powering-up Organic Agriculture toward circular economy
Create SMART & Environment SAVE Farming
Self learning Algorithms
A.I. Drone integraon
Acve GPS and Wi-Fi wireless connecon
Intelligent interacve communicaon between farmer and system
Long life up-gradable modular system
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SAVING THE ENVIRONMENT AND BUILDING PEACE
Addressing sustainable development goals we need to understand how resulng syntheses comunicates
in how we can tackle climate change, biodiversity loss and polluon. For this we have at our disposal facts
of scienfic research from over the world. The exisng discrepancy let us now that there is a scienfic
theory and pracce. The current state of scienfic knowledge must be translated into a clear and
digesble fact-based language that people can understand and can indenfy with and follow up on. By
pung the mutual relaonships in perspecve by using intelligent and smart infographics one can get a
beer understanding of human-inducted changes in the enviroment. In this way it is feasible to develop a
blueprint for a sustainable world we need.
We have more than one crises with regard to our nature:
-Climate change
-Biodiversity loss
-Poluon
-Human Health
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Climate change
impacts in Europe’s
regions affect almost
every aspect of
human lives!
Increased intensity and frequency
of rainfall in many parts of Europe
will mean frequent and serious
flooding events. Elsewhere in
Europe, including in southern
Europe, higher temperatures and
reduced rainfall will mean that
many areas might face droughts.
Environmental peace building.
Environmental peace building is a theme that is in it’s infancy. Let say an emerging field.
Environmental peace building should learn us recognizing conflicts over environmental resources.
Creang opportunies for conflicng pares to cooperate and ulmately work towards establishing a
lasng peace.
Despite a sharp increase in the aenon and interest in the environmental peacebuilding work, the field
lacks a research framework and a scienfic basis that can link environmental peacebuilding acvies to
the stated objecves.
By creang a more cohesive research framework, the field of environmental peacebuilding can build a
knowledge base that can beer link cooperaon over natural resources to peacebuilding acvies that
address both direct and structural violence.
Environmental peace building is an excellent tool that should be intensified by both academic and
pracce communies that see environmental conflict as an opportunity to build peace rather than just a
path to violence.
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PRESERVATION OF BIODIVERSITY
Biodiversity conservaon protects plant, animal, microbial and
genec resources for food producon, agriculture, and ecosystem
funcons such as ferlizing the soil, recycling nutrients, regulang
pests and disease, controlling erosion, and pollinang crops and
trees.
European diversity is unique, but the loss of biodiversity has accelerated to an unprecedented level in
Europe and worldwide. It has been esmated that the current global exncon rate is 100 to 1000
mes higher than the natural rate. In Europe some 42% of European mammals are endangered,
together with 15% of birds and 45% of buerflies and reples. To list just a few examples, the Arcc
fox, the Iberian lynx and the red squirrel are all under serious threat.
Biological diversity, or biodiversity, is the scienfic term for the
variety of life on Earth. It refers not just to species but also to
ecosystems and differences in genes within a single species.
Everywhere on the planet, species live together and depend on
one another. Every living thing, including man, is involved in these
complex networks of interdependent relaonships, which are
called ecosystems.
Healthy ecosystems clean our water, purify our air, maintain our
soil, regulate the climate, recycle nutrients and provide us with
food. They provide raw materials and resources for medicines and
other purposes. They are at the foundaon of all civilisaon and
sustain our economies. It's that simple: we could not live without
these “ecosystem services”. They are what we call our natural
capital.
•Genec Biodiversity- The variety in the genec makeup of the species of a parcular area can be
termed up as Genec Biodiversity. This genec diversity defines the unique traits of the organisms
present on Earth.
•Species Biodiversity- The diversity on the specific variaon of a species of a region is termed as
species Biodiversity. It refers to the individual organisms of a species in populaon and their
distribuon.
•Ecosystem Biodiversity- Ecosystem biodiversity refers to the similaries and differences between all
ecosystems present on Earth.
Why Biodiversity Needs To Be Conserved?
Conservaon of biodiversity implies sustaining the diversity in the ecosystem. Speaking of today’s
context, the pace at which several species are on the verge of exncon is quite alarming.
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With the loss of several species, the ecosystem balance is
hindered hence all the species on earth are
interconnected to each other in every other way. Hence,
the loss of one species poses as a threat to the existence
of another species. The products and services obtained
from the floral and faunal species across the world are
numerous. The removal of natural vegetaon for
development is pung stress on ecosystems.
The biodiversity of a place is said to be vanishing or facing
the threat of exncon if their natural habitat is
destroyed. Exncon of another species that could be
directly affecng the species is another reason as earlier
menoned that species are interdependent on each other.
Exncon of species is also caused by several other factors
like:
•Polluon
•Natural calamies like Landslides, floods, earthquakes, volcanic erupons, etc.
•Natural compeon between species
•Hunng, poaching and illegal trade
•Overexploitaon of Wildlife species and resources for commercial use
•Large scale destrucon of forest land for urbanizaon
•Introducon of exoc species that competes with the exisng species for habitat as well for
food and nutrion
•Several anthropological acvies by humans leading to several diseases among faunal
species.
•Lack of adequate knowledge about the importance of conserving biological diversity
among the naves.
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ECO-TOURISM
The extreme beauful nature it heritage and biodiversity possesses enormous power for eco-tourism
provided that it is well addressed. Bulgaria is one of Europe's most biodiversity rich countries and Bulgaria
have a highly varied climac and geological, topographic and hydrological rich condions. Tourists who
are convinced to be a lover of nature and looking for adventure, no extreme sound polluon and a
vibrant beauful scenery with abundant BIODIVERSITY then Bulgaria is your desnaon!
The GBOB eco-tourism projects are developed knowing that you cannot save endangered species unless
you save the ecosystem, we need to save the land i.e. the habitat.
Creang the balance between human and nature and welcome to the peral of paradise!
The largest European Wilderness Park with botanic garden, establishing a design concept which can set a
precedent with which Bulgarians can with pride.
Demonstrate to the world a system of planning, cerficaon and validaon that can help to radically influence
quality of life, universally , in conjuncon with economic prosperity and yet live in harmony with the nature
and the environment , in areas that are typically only experiencing rural depopulaon.
It is our belief that the GBOB Virgin Wilderness Park can take this level of thinking into the 21st century
and incorporate the foundaon of pioneering soluons to green bio-organic food producon directly
adjacent to protected areas preserving ecosystems and habitat ( especially focussing on the livelihoods of
the insect and all other life forms ) , helping to halt rural de-populaon , avoiding the loss of tradional
knowledge of natural methods , remedies and soluon to farming problems of all kinds worldwide , recreang
employment, ( in conjuncon with increased employment opportunies in regions with high
prospects for eco-, and green bio-tourism ) , in order that the best quality food supply chain also has a
secure and guaranteed future. love the neighbor , most logically applies in this instance , as there is a an
obvious synergy between nature conservaon , Green bio-organic food producon and of course ecotourism!
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THE APPLIED UNIQUE
DESIGN STANDARDS
WILL UNDOUBTEDLY
PROVE HIGHLY
ATTRACTIVE TO THE
COMING GENERATIONS
OF PEOPLE WISHING TO
EXPERIENCE FREEDOM
IN AN ENVIRONMENT
THAT RECONNECTS
HUMANS WITH THE
NATURE! SOMETHING
THAT WE ALL SEEM TO
HAVE LOST!
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PHOTO HUNTING
BULGARIA
Making pictures of the plants and animals is richer when
unexpectedly a stranger shows up. The biodiversity in this
region is one of the largest in the world. Many strange
creatures diving suddenly out of nowhere. It does not
always to be a rollercoaster to get a shot adrenaline, our
region is exing enough to get one, but in a nice way. For
people who love spending their holiday in the nature
Virgin Wilderness Park and his colleague Virgin
WildernessT offer their guests enough variaon for their
whole stay during several weeks.
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All Eco-tourism projects are developed by the GBOB foundaon to keep the foccus on preservaon of the
nature, climate change adaptaon and migaon. Environmental sustainability has also been taken into
account in the development and design of the buildings.
That also applies to the various acvies. No roller coasters. Instead a wide variety of smulang and
educaonal programs as we call it “wondering world of veritable historical fairytales” in an interacve
concept!
WONDERING WORLD OF
VERITABLE HISTORICAL
INTERACTIVE FAIRYTALES
•Acvate and smulate kids
imaginaon
•Keep a holiday aracve for
the whole family
Educaonal:
•Keep your place clean
•Social inclusion
•Sounded vacuum extracon
waste collecng points
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Eco-tourism for
the whole family
Support of bio
food by local
producers
Environmental
frindly clean
transport
Holiday with the whole family in a world full of fantasy and educaonal themes.
Freedom is a noon that we all some when yearn for but, this feeling is not so easy to embrace in the
context of the hecc of modern life in Europe today. Mankind has mostly lost touch with the nature that
spawned them and feel themselves to be no longer part of the nature. Many people find , however,
that either alone or with friends and family lost in the nature, their “baeries” become re-charged, their
worries are reduced, their senses are heightened and the sudden acute, especially acousc , awareness
of their environment surrounding them , soothes their souls, hearts and minds. To reflect in harmony, in
the home of ORPHEUS the god of music, just how enchanng and beauful the music of a natural choir
can be”. Living here, it is easy to imagine from where ORPHEUS acquired his inspiraon.
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KEY FEATURES OF THE GBOB FOUNDATION
The one common denominator between all species and living organisms of life on Earth
as we know it , is SURVIVAL. It is our fundamental belief that if we, mankind , choose to
only maximise the resources of this planet to benefit ourselves and therein ignore the
demands of NATURE’S own natural SELF- balancing act , we will almost certainly overrun
this planet like rats , pre-programming our children's desny to disaster. All living
organisms , and their survival are, in a direct or indirect manner, interconnected or
interdependent. Nature can only re-dress itself if we OBSERVE and respect the fact that
all species require their own specific HABITAT !
Coupling economic growth with environmental impact and increasing posive
social outcomes shall lie at the heart of the corporate strategy of GBOB
Transform the linear economy into circular one through a systemic
approach, combining research educaon and development, technological
and organizaonal innovaon, and societal and behavioral transformaon.
During educaon > large-scale praccal demonstraon of the concept
of circular economy: “ recycling value rather than volume”.
Potenal of eco-innovave, sustainable and connuous growth.
Boosng organic farming through digital technology > contribute with
educaon about:
Online management system (composng, water and (organic) waste
management
Internaonal cerficaon standards
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Discipline product and service engineering.
Sasfacon end-user (consumer)
Supply chain management
Specific educaon, organizaonal performance, innovave technologies,
dynamic barriers and unpredictable changes and trust.
Technological cooperaon between universies, business and local
authories.
We mix profound knowledge with contextual intelligence and skill set
development (Head, Heart, Hands).
Shared and Pooled- R & D, innovaon -> strengthen Bulgarian’s
excellence
Increase the knowledge-base economy
Develop Agri- and Eco-Business projects, support Markeng & Finance/
Funding
Management support for implementaon (own & interim hired in)
Rural development
The GBOB Foundaon has a boom-up approach with members and partners who pay a yearly
membership and partnership fee. We can't do the job all alone and we shouldn't, because the climate is
a problem for all of us! That is why we opted for a boom-up approach. We develop 100% green
projects and offer exisng sectors and companies a complete soluon to choose the right direcon.
A good example is our quantum organic fish farm for both freshwater and seawater fish land-based in
house fish farming in combinaon with a greenhouse plant. In the graphical image on the next page, you
can see how it works. A self-supporng concept with a zero-carbon footprint, no-waste and Eco-water
management. From efficient building design to an absolute minimum of drinking water and
groundwater use. The GBOB concept take the environment into account, such as the impact on
biodiversity and preservaon of natural capital. According to the latest (09-08-2021) report “Climate
change widespread, rapid, and intensifying” from IPCC, we have unparalleled climate change.
Hundreds of sciensts from 66 countries contributed to this report. The oceans are under heavy
pressure from climate change. Not only because of air polluon, but also because of direct polluon
from shipping, micro- and nano-plascs, Wastewater dumping and over-fishing.
More than 11 million tons of plasc waste ends up in the sea every year.
The plasc that ends up in the seas does not digest. ... Because of all
those small parcles of plasc in the water, the oceans are turning into
a plasc soup. This kills millions of fish, birds, sea turtles, seals, whales
and dolphins And finally in our food chain.
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Another example of the climate change adaptaon concept this me organic farming!
The GBOB organic farming concept works in the same Eco way as the concept for the quantum organic
fish farm.
Characteriscs:
• Green energy
• No-waste
• Minimum groundwater use through Rain- and storm-water harvesng
• Organicc waste into products
• Bio natural gradable packaging
• One farm 4 task
Fing the Climate Change Adaptaon, EU Green deal, and Climate Acon is not an easy task for
farmers and this is the stage where the GBOB Foundaon is coming-in. On the next page we explain
how it works in an agricultural organic environment.
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Added to the overview on page 74, the same parameters as with the quantum organic seawater fish
farm are valid.The input that applies to organic farming also applies to the fish farm. All projects have an
INPUT but also an OUTPUT that is also important to achieve the best result with regard to:
• Source Efficiency
• Environmental impact
• Food safety and traceability form seed - fingerling ll spoon
• Correct informaon labelling
• Best yield
• Weather forecast
• Soil enrichment
• Preservaon of biodiversity
• Preservaon of natural capital
It is me to be more aware of, smart and efficient methodologies of food producon. But it should not
stop there. New concepts also create new products and markets. For example, the livestock sector has
major consequences for the greenhouse effect.
The GBOB Foundaon has sufficient knowledge and specialists to support a responsible climate policy
for entrepreneurs and farms.
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Livestock releases gases that contribute to the greenhouse effect and climate change. The most
important are carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4) and nitrous oxide (N2O). Ruminants (such as cows
and sheep) produce methane when they digest food. Methane and nitrous oxide (N2O) are released
from stored manure. The use of manure and ferliser on the land also leads to the emission of nitrous
oxide. Both nitrous oxide and methane are much stronger greenhouse gases than CO2. At least 14.5% of
all greenhouse gas emissions worldwide come from livestock farming. ... Intensive livestock farming
emits a lot of CO2 thanks to its industrial producon systems, but the emission of the stronger
greenhouse gases methane (CH4) and nitrous oxide (N2O) is even more harmful.
It would therefore have an effect of about -15% if livestock farmers switch to in-house farming of
organic fish. Direct benefits are:
-less overfishing of the lakes and oceans
-large reducon of greenhouse gases
-healthier omega 3 containing fish without polluon with micro- and nano-plasc, other marine
polluon
-beer for the climate and the environment and therefore beer for our unique earth
Climate change threatens food security, water availability and global biodiversity. Moreover, it poses a
threat to our living environment. The producon and consumpon of animal products are both major
causes of climate change.
The producon of meat, dairy and eggs is one of the main causes of environmental problems such as
climate change, soil erosion, water polluon and loss of biodiversity. According to the Food and
Agriculture Organisaon of the United Naons.
Then there is the transport, which accounts for 25% of greenhouse gas emissions. Thanks to the one
farm four tasks, we avoid the unnecessary transport of raw materials to processing because we process
it into an end product in the same place. We must also make an effort to achieve CO2-neutral mobility.
In parcular, agricultural machines that work with organic farming pollute the organic crop in the field in
the first place, and the environment in the second place. We wonder whether electric transport is the
soluon.
Suppose we succeeded in solved then? Unfortunately not. Replacing 6,000,000 cars with fuel engines
with 6,000,000 electric cars cannot completely solve the problem. Because the producon of electric
cars also emits CO2, unless the electricity is generated by wind turbines or solar panels.
So there is sll a lot to do with regard to climate change adaptaon and climate acon. Especially start
with yourself. Become aware of the fact that when all people on earth themselves deal with our daily
acvies in an aller and more efficient way, it does contribute substanally to beer climate control.
This awareness transfer actually starts all in the cradle!
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It was long awaited, now it's here: a new report from the IPCC, the United Naons' climate panel. The
report shows, among other things, that the climate is changing at an unprecedented rate and that
humans are the cause.
The conclusions
Climate change is unprecedented, greater than in thousands of years before.
It is obvious that the climate has been warmed by humans. This has already caused major changes in the
atmosphere, in the oceans, the Arcc and natural areas around the world. It has become clearer that
climate change is leading to more extreme weather. Further warming leads to even greater changes in
climate: more intense and more frequent heat waves, more heat waves in the oceans, more and more
frequent heavy rain, more
frequent drought, more severe tropical cyclones, less and less ice on the Arcc and decreasing
permafrost.
Some of the consequences of climate change are likely to be irreversible in centuries or even thousands
of years. This is especially true for changes in the oceans, ice sheets and sea level.
Climate change can show variaons in the short term and on a regional scale. This has no effect on
large-scale climate change, but it is important to take these variaons into account.
Five new 'emission scenarios' have been developed. In all scenarios, the temperature will connue to
rise unl about 2050. This century, the temperature will rise by more than 1.5 to 2 degrees, unless
greenhouse gas emissions are severely limited.
With further warming, the consequences will be greater everywhere on Earth. The consequences will be
greater at 2 degrees than at 1.5 degrees and even greater and more extensive if it warms even more.
Low probability events such as ice sheet collapse, sudden changes in ocean currents, combined weather
extremes or significantly greater warming cannot be ruled out and should be included in the risk
assessment.
If we want to limit climate change, it is at the very least necessary to emit net zero CO2.
So there is sll a lot to do with regard to climate change adaptaon and climate acon. Especially start
with yourself. Become aware of the fact that when all people on earth themselves deal with our daily
acvies in an aller and more efficient way, it does contribute substanally to beer climate control.
The GBOB Foundaon organise climate change adaptaon, climate acon, Organic farming in the
circular economy workshops seminars internaonal congresses and summits for small and medium
sized enterprises.
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DYNAMIC RESILIENT
Apply integrated analycal approaches in respect of different uses of the territory that hinge on past or
ongoing reflecons, with socially responsible forms of economical development, in harmony with the
land, people who live on it and its biodiversity.
For the GBOB Foundaon, sustainable development is a long-standing commitment. We are convinced
that our growth and compeveness are inextricably linked to the quality of living condions in the
places where we operate and that there can be no sustainable economic development without
considering the environment.
Establish an effecve model for climate change adaptaon,
organic- and circular economy
developement of BULGARIA
The world don’t change only by talking and looking at it!
We can change the world only by taking ACTION!!
For the GBOB Foundaon, a responsible corporate cizen is at the heart of our services and acvies:
from our inherent duty to protect our volunteers and workforce, and our commitment to building
transparent relaonships with stakeholders, to our interacons with the communies around us. , and
the way we design and deliver our social and environmental services and products.
We recognise that our employees and volunteers play a pivotal role in ensuring the success of our
sustainability goals: our Company Code of Ethics and Code of Conduct is instrumental in mobilising our
global workforce with their responsibilies in this regard.
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