Santa Priscila launches its Biodiversity Strategy with support from the eco.business Fund

Luxembourg / Guayaquil, July 09, 2025 – In a step toward nature-positive business, Industrial Pesquera Santa Priscila (IPSP) has launched its 2030 Biodiversity Strategy, developed with the support of the eco.business Fund. This initiative underscores IPSP’s commitment to sustainable innovation and biodiversity conservation across Ecuador’s aquaculture sector.

Through this collaboration, IPSP has established one of the country’s first comprehensive Biodiversity Management Programs, positioning itself at the forefront of environmental stewardship in the industry. The initiative includes the establishment of an Executive Biodiversity Committee, the development of a theory of change, the identification and management of nature-related risks and opportunities, and the implementation of tools to effectively monitor and manage the company’s biodiversity impacts. The strategy also emphasizes collaborative engagement with partners and stakeholders to advance conservation efforts and generate shared value.

By defining and implementing our biodiversity strategy, we reaffirm our commitment to conservation, recognizing that biodiversity and the ecosystems in which we operate are essential to the sustainability of our business and to the well-being and progress of our employees and neighboring communities.” Alejandra Conrado R., IPSP  Social & Environmental Manager.

As part of the launch of this initiative, IPSP —in coordination with the Churute Mangroves Ecological Reserve and Ecuador’s Ministry of Environment, Water and Ecological Transition— conducted a training session for its employees and biodiversity brigades. The session focused on species identification and monitoring, as well as the implementation of practical conservation measures aimed at protecting the nearly 250 species of flora and fauna present in its areas of influence.

With global biodiversity loss and climate change accelerating, initiatives like IPSP’s 2030 Biodiversity Strategy highlight the vital role the private sector can play in advancing meaningful environmental stewardship. Furthermore, this initiative sets a powerful example for the aquaculture industry and beyond. It marks a significant step toward building a resilient, inclusive, and sustainable future, one where nature and business thrive together.

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About Industrial Pesquera Santa Priscila

“Industrial Pesquera Santa Priscila S.A. has been producing and exporting shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei) since 1976. Operating across 18,000 hectares dedicated to shrimp farming, the company produces over 230.000  tons annually, which are exported to China, the rest of Asia, Europe, the United States, and Latin America. Santa Priscila is a fully integrated company, managing every stage of the process—from production farms and six hatcheries for larval production to seven processing and packaging plants. A significant portion of its production is certified under the standards of the Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC), Global Seafood Alliance/Best Aquaculture Practices (GSA/BAP/SPS), and Marine Stewardship Council (MSC)”.

For more information, please visit: https://santa-priscila.com/ .  
 

About the eco.business Fund

The eco.business Fund aims to promote business and consumption practices that contribute to biodiversity conservation, to the sustainable use of natural resources, and to mitigate climate change and adapt to its impacts in Latin America, the Caribbean, and sub-Saharan Africa. By providing financing for business practices that conserve nature and foster biodiversity, the fund seeks investments with both environmental and financial returns. The eco.business Fund provides financing through three avenues: local financial institutions that are committed to the fund’s mission and which have the capacity to reach its target group; directly to its target group (i.e. companies and producers); and in the case of sub-Saharan Africa, to real sector intermediaries. The fund supports sustainable operations in the sectors of agriculture, fishery (including aquaculture), forestry and tourism. Target beneficiaries are those that hold an eligible sustainability certification or those taking out a loan to make eligible sustainable investments in their operations.
Operating together with each of the two sub-funds, are two development facilities that provide high-impact technical assistance to investment partners and final borrowers.
An impact investment fund advised by Finance in Motion, the eco.business Fund was initiated by Germany’s KfW Development Bank and Conservation International with financial support from the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ).

The sub-fund for sub-Saharan Africa was formally launched in 2020 with initial funding from BMZ.

The sub-fund for Latin America and the Caribbean has received funding from the European Commission as well as from numerous other prestigious development finance institutions and institutional investors.
For more information please visit www.ecobusiness.fund

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