Structure with purpose.

Every decision-making layer is designed to protect the mission, not dilute it.

GOVERNANCE

Legal Structure.

Plastic Odyssey Factories (SAS) is a French company with local subsidiaries in Senegal, Philippines, and Indonesia.

Shareholders: 3 co-founders (majority), Climate Club (80 business angels), individual investors selected for finance, impact business, and emerging market expertise.

Plastic Odyssey Academy (endowment fund): separate legal entity receiving 10% of pre-tax profits. Funds training, awareness, and community projects. Written into the articles of incorporation. Operates through its own local entities or partnerships with established local organizations.

Governance Bodies

Who decides, and how?

Two bodies, one goal: keeping growth accountable to the mission.

Strategic Board

Co-founders, key shareholders, sector experts. Meets quarterly. Validates strategy, arbitrates investments, ensures alignment between growth and mission.

Pierre Rousseau

Former top-executive in banking and green finance

Xavier L'Orphelin

VC - Founder of Senera Capital

Magali Anderson

Former Chief Sustainability & Innovation officer

@ Holcim

Simon Bernard & Alexandre Dechelotte

Co-founders Plastic Odyssey

Damien Tixier

Entrepreneur, Investor & Advisor

Stéphane Honig

Senior Finance Executive

Mission & Ethics Committee

Independent body attached to the Academy, not to the SAS. Reports to the mission, not to shareholders.

Role:

Validate sensitive partnerships (grey-zone corporates, complex geographies)
Issue binding opinions on high-stakes ethical decisions
Oversee the 10% profit allocation to the Academy

Members:

Maïté Abos

Director, Plastic Odyssey Foundation

Isadora Bigourdan

AFD

Mariam Aidara Ba

Social Entrepreneur, Senegal

Ethics & Compliance

Partnership Screening.

Level 1: Internal screening: history, sector, controversies, values alignment. Most partnerships validated or rejected here.
Level 2: Mission Committee consultation for grey-zone cases.

Operational Standards.

QHSE: Standardized safety protocols in every factory. Incident tracking via TRIR.
Formal employment only: 10 to 30 declared jobs per factory, with social protection. 2 to 3 times as many indirect jobs created or reinforced.
Blockchain traceability: Every kg of plastic recycled traced via Inclusiv app.
B Corp: Certification in progress.

ethics and compliance in plastic recycling