Green To Compete
CarIbbean Hub

The GreenToCompete Hub Caribbean is hosted by Caribbean Export and it offers Caribbean small businesses to benefit from various green programmes, tools, and networking opportunities.

Our offerings

RESOURCE EFFICIENT AND CIRCULAR PRODUCTION PROCESS (RECP)

This coaching programme builds MSMEs’ capacity on how to enhance energy consumption, save water, reduce and reuse waste and lower carbon emissions, thereby cut production costs, increase productivity, and boost innovation to develop and commercialise circular products and services.

VOLUNTARY SUSTAINABILITY STANDARDS (VSS)

This customized coaching programme prepares MSMEs to go through audits and certification against a selected voluntary sustainability standard (VSS) and helps companies to access international markets and increase sales while complying with environmental, social, labour, quality-management and ethics related criteria.

Access TO Green Finance

This programme supports MSMEs improving their financial management and raising external finance through financial diagnostic, direct coaching to address gaps, and support to connect them with financiers and develop bankable business plans and investor pitch decks.

Timeline:
Since 2021

Sectors:
Agro-processing, natural cosmetics, light manufacturing

Project location:
Barbados, Guyana, Saint Lucia

Host:

RESULTS

of MSMEs coached under Caribbean Hub

MSMEs and institutions were trained by business experts

Featured MSMEs from the Caribbean

Hummingbird Soap Studio

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Harris Paints

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The Hub Host Organization

Caribbean Export Development Agency has been selected as a host of the GreenToCompete Hub Caribbean after a competitive selection process. Caribbean Export is the regional trade and investment promotion agency focused on building a resilient Caribbean by providing cutting-edge and high-impact support to the private sector.