A Reference Model for Responsible SEZ Development
Consistent with the Bougainville Blue & Green Policy, SEIFH adopts a Blue-Green Development Framework that goes beyond conventional industrial-zone practice.
Eight Elements, One Framework
Consistent with the Bougainville Blue & Green Policy, SEIFH adopts a Blue-Green Development Framework that goes beyond conventional industrial-zone practice, incorporating the following elements.
Renewable energy generation and storage
Marine conservation measures
Sustainable forestry practice
Circular-economy principles
Low-carbon development pathways
Participation in carbon markets
Climate resilience planning
Environmental protection safeguards
Part of a Wider Bougainville-Wide Commitment
Bougainville Green-Blue Economy Policy Vision
"Smart, resilient society through increased sustainable, innovative and inclusive low carbon growth, while promoting efficient ecosystem services, safeguarding community rights, reducing environment risks and ecological scarcities."
Soraken's Blue-Green Framework sits within this island-wide policy, endorsed by the Bougainville Executive Council (BEC Decision 94 of 2024) and administered by the ABG Department of Lands, Physical Planning, Environment, Conservation and Climate Change. The GBE Policy is guided by seven key principles that Soraken's own framework reflects directly.
This framework is intended to exceed the sustainability aspirations set out in the PNG SEZ Foundation Policy, and to position SEIFH as a reference model for environmentally responsible SEZ development in Papua New Guinea and the Pacific.