Medical Cannabis Value Chain.

Medical Cannabis

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Medical Cannabis Value Chain.
SectorMost major industry classification systems use sources of revenue as their basis for classifying companies into specific sectors, subsectors and industries. In order to group like companies based on their sustainability-related risks and opportunities, SASB created the Sustainable Industry Classification System® (SICS®) and the classification of sectors, subsectors and industries in the SDG Investor Platform is based on SICS.
Health Care
Biotechnology and Pharmaceuticals
Business Model Description

Growing cannabis for medicinal purposes and processing its flower harvest to obtain oil to be used in the treatment of illnesses. Thus achieving agro-industrial growth, technological investment and the development of new sources of employment.

Indicative ReturnDescribes the rate of growth an investment is expected to generate within the IOA. The indicative return is identified for the IOA by establishing its Internal Rate of Return (IRR), Return of Investment (ROI) or Gross Profit Margin (GPM).
5% - 10% (in IRR)
Investment TimeframeDescribes the time period in which the IOA will pay-back the invested resources. The estimate is based on asset expected lifetime as the IOA will start generating accumulated positive cash-flows.
Medium Term (5–10 years)
Market SizeDescribes the value of potential addressable market of the IOA. The market size is identified for the IOA by establishing the value in USD, identifying the Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) or providing a numeric unit critical to the IOA.
USD 100 million - USD 1 billion
Average Ticket Size (USD)Describes the USD amount for a typical investment required in the IOA.
USD 500,000 - USD 1 million
Direct ImpactDescribes the primary SDG(s) the IOA addresses.
Good health and well-being (SDG 3) Decent Work and Economic Growth (SDG 8)
Indirect ImpactDescribes the secondary SDG(s) the IOA addresses.
Responsible Consumption and Production (SDG 12) Climate Action (SDG 13) Life on Land (SDG 15)
Sector Sources
  • 1) Document: Argentina - Programme for the integration of the Argentinean health system. conditional credit line for investment projects - IDB 2) Strategic Plan of the Province of San Juan - 2019 3) www.canmesanjuan.com.ar
IOA Sources
  • 4) www.greenhealth.ar 5) According to analysis year 2021 based on number of cases according to prevalence - "Cannabis and Argentina" state of play, industry and trade projection - Cámara Argentina de Cannabis. 6) First National Survey of people who use cannabis in Argentina 2022- Centro de Estudios de la cultura cannábica - Universidad de Quilmes - THC Magazine 7) INDEC Technical Report, Vol. 6, No. 237. Third Quarter 2022 8) Source INDEC report 1st quarter 2022.