Raven Indigenous Capital Partners has invested $2,500,000 in Salish Environmental Group Inc, the parent company of Salish Soils, a composting and waste recycling company located in the Sishal Nation Territory in Sechelt, British Columbia on the Sunshine Coast. Raven Indigenous Capital is an Indigenous-led impact investment fund operating in both Canada and the United States.
“The Salish Environmental Group will explore how Indigenous peoples and all communities see how economic reconciliation, modern land management and land restoration can be done while healing the land without mining. We are successfully executing a huge, radically transforming vision and we are very excited to support the next phase of Salish’s growth and influence.”
Salish Environmental Group operates a number of environmental services from its Salish Soils facility in Sechelt. Salish Soils provides residue management from collection to treatment of fish excreta, food scraps and biosolid residues, and currently operates within the territories of Shishaar, Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw, and Tla’amin Nation. doing. Salish Soils uses many processes to turn waste into value-added products such as compost, energy fuel and growing media for food production. Currently, 50% of waste that goes to Sunshine Coast landfills is diverted to Salish facilities for recycling and composting.
Raven’s investment will allow us to strengthen and expand several Salish initiatives.
- Salish retail and commercial depot restructuring
- Develop a finished reservoir of all compost and soil to increase consistency throughout the season
- Production of products in brand bags
- Improving the safety and efficiency of recycling and sales areas at Sechelt facilities
- Sustained improvement of the social and environmental well-being of the people of the Sunshine Coast and of the planet
“I am a proud Shisha Nation member and believe my role as an Indigenous entrepreneur is to create lasting social impact within our communities and pave the way for economic reconciliation.” Founder of the Salish Environmental Group. Aaron Joe started the company with the vision of creating a safe, closed-loop hood system that required quality soil, the missing element on the Sunshine His Coast. “We are very intent on building win-win partnerships that share our mission of delivering positive social and economic outcomes. Changing the way we think about waste We aim to achieve this and are grateful for Raven’s support.”
