DESTINATION OF ROYALTIES FROM THE ECOCREST© CERTIFICATION PROGRAMME

As established by the rules of ECOCREST©, certification, all royalties paid by certified enterprises are entirely destined to jointly chosen research, conservation and educational programmes. The certified enterprise may use the programme or activity chosen for the destination of funds, in agreement with the Genoa Aquarium Foundation, for its own advertising actions.

Certified Company, Country and Year Year of Payment
Royalty (Euro)  Destination of funds
Blue Sear Pearling (Australia, 2006)  2007  3186.70  Protection and reintroduction of the European Pond Turtle(Emys orbicularis ingauna
Clipper Pearls (Australia, 2006)  2007  1846.87  Protection and reintroduction of the European Pond Turtle(Emys orbicularis ingauna
Blue Sear Pearling (Australia, 2007)  2008  2148.13  Protection and reintroduction of the European Pond Turtle(Emys orbicularis ingauna 
Clipper Pearls (Australia, 2007)  2008  1846.87  Protection and reintroduction of the European Pond Turtle(Emys orbicularis ingauna
BerBrand srl (Italia, 2007)  2008  1245.14  Protection and reintroduction of the European Pond Turtle(Emys orbicularis ingauna
Blue Sear Pearling (Australia, 2008)  2008  1764.02  Protection and reintroduction of the European Pond Turtle(Emys orbicularis ingauna
BerBrand srl (Italy, 2008) + Superlativa  2009  3549,57  Protection and reintroduction of the European Pond Turtle(Emys orbicularis ingauna
Carloforte Tonnare PIAM srl (Italy, 2009)  2009  5000.00  Protection and reintroduction of the European Pond Turtle(Emys orbicularis ingauna
PT Autore Pearl Culture (Indonesia, 2021)  2021  7185.08  Special programme to protect the poor in fishing villages located in the pearl-factories area in Indonesia, affected by the Covid19 pandemic (paid directly by the company to the villages)
Carloforte Tonnare PIAM srl (Italy, 2021)  2021  5000.00  Research programme “Metropolitan Dolphins” (boats reparation and maintenance)
Carloforte Tonnare PIAM srl (Italy, 2022)  2022  4000.00  Experimental biorestoration of waters and sediments of the ancient harbour in Genova, including a PhD.
Carloforte Tonnare PIAM srl (Italy, 2022)  2022  1000.00  Research programme Metropolitan Dolphins
Carloforte Tonnare PIAM srl (Italy, 2023)  2022  6600.00  eDNA monitoring of the distribution of the Mediterranean Monk Seal in the NW Mediterranean
PT Autore Pearl Culture (Indonesia, 2023)  2023  24760.00  Special programme for assisting the fishers’ villages communities in the areas of pearls farms in Indonesia (managed directly by the Company)
PT Autore Pearl Culture (Indonesia, 2023)  2023  13650.00  Preliminary contribution for a new project on recovery and recycling of used fishing nets (Pandu Laut Indonesia Net Initiative – Net Free Seas) (provided directly by the Company)
PT Autore Pearl Culture (Indonesia, 2023)  2023  3814.00  Programmes for beach cleaning, coral restoration and mangroves restoration in Indonesia (managed directly by the Company)
BerBrand srl (mother-of-pearl manufacture 1 in Vietnam under confidentiality agreement, 2023)  2023  2600.00  Experimental biorestoration of waters and sediments of the ancient harbour in Genova, including a PhD.
Superlativa srl (mother-of-pearl manufacture 2 in Vietnam under confidentiality agreement, 2023)  2023  450.00  Experimental biorestoration of waters and sediments of the ancient harbour in Genova, including a PhD.
PT Dafin Mutiara (Nusantara Pearl Group, Indonesia, 2023) 2023  28231.00  Support to education in Surabaya, Tual, Ohoiwa, Ambon (provided directly by the Company)
PT Dafin Mutiara (Nusantara Pearl Group, Indonesia, 2023) 2023  12491.00  Support to social programmes and vaccines in the fishers’ villages in DM Dullah, DM Nam, Amboina, DM Dobo, DM Ow, Nam Indah (managed directly by the Company)
PT Dafin Mutiara (Nusantara Pearl Group, Indonesia, 2023) 2023  38086.00  Support to infrastructures and alternative economic acttivities in the fishers’ villages in DM Nam, Ambon, DM Ow, Misool e altre località (managed directly by the Company)
PT Dafin Mutiara (Nusantara Pearl Group, Indonesia, 2023) 2023  21110.00  Programmes for beach cleaning and coral restoration in 5 places in Morotai and Tual (managed directly by the Company)
PT Dafin Mutiara (Nusantara Pearl Group, Indonesia, 2023) 2023  2500.00  Artistic design of a dedicated comics in Indonesian for an educational campaign on plastics (printing, transport and distribution of the comics in the fishers’ villages will be managed directly by the Company)
BerBrand srl (Italy, 2023) 2023  3800.00  eDNA monitoring of the distribution of the Mediterranean Monk Seal in the NW Mediterranean
Superlativa srl (Italy, 2023) 2023  2050.00  eDNA monitoring of the distribution of the Mediterranean Monk Seal in the NW Mediterranean
ArteCad SA (Switzerland, 2023) 2023  4523.00  eDNA monitoring of the distribution of the Mediterranean Monk Seal in the NW Mediterranean