Growing Sustainable Business

GSB in Serbia

Launched in January 2006, the GSB Delivery Mechanism in Serbia and Montenegro is actively facilitating innovative and pro-poor business ventures in various sectors.

GSB Projects

Recycling Value Chain
Lead Companies: Ball Packaging Recan, Pan Paper, Brzan Plast and GreenTech/GreenFiber

An innovative business model is under dicussion in Serbia with several key regional players in recycling, each with a core business interest in sourcing a particluar secondary raw material (scrap paper/cardboard, aluminum and PET/plastics) from more effective waste collection and management system, that will also allow individual collectors - predominantly members of the Roma community - to form cooperatives and small businesses and formalise their activity through partnerships with local government, public waste collection companies and thereby attract investment into the sector by reputable lead companies. A pilot joint invstment is being evaluated by the lead companies into transport and processing equipment for collectors' cooperatives in three municipalities in Serbia (out of some 170 municipalities in total). Download the project document

Dairy Milk Value Chain
Lead Company: Lura Somboled (www.lura.hr/english)
Work with Lura Somboled (Croatian company Lura recently acquired a processor in Serbia) to facilitate investment into cooling tanks, automated milking equipment, remote collection centers, access to credit for farmers wanting to specialize in milk production, etc. to consolidate and expand the collection network and equip farmers with knowledge and equipment.