This alliance seeks to restore and protect the department’s ecosystems, in addition to promoting a work agenda to position Antioquia as a sustainable region that contributes to mitigating the effects of climate change. This union of wills between the private and public sectors also includes the participation of WWF (World Wildlife Fund) as a strategic […]
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Comfama, Proantioquia, Grupo Bios, Grupo Bancolombia, Haceb and Grupo Argos top the list of companies that initially come together to contribute to the economic reactivation of women and young people without work experience. The alliance focuses on joining forces to co-create new sustainable and competitive job opportunities for these populations in the sectors of the […]
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The organization has been voluntarily adopting some SASB parameters in its management and reporting processes on environmental, social and corporate governance matters for several years. This year, for the first time, the company publishes a document aligned with the SASB methodology, in which it consolidates the holding’s indicators and figures, as well as those corresponding […]
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In the first stage, a total of 16 cultural organizations of the San Ignacio District will begin to receive mentoring sessions by volunteers from partner companies to strengthen their sustainability and the creation of plans that allow them to adapt their business models to the current situation. The accompaniment process will last six months and […]
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• Accelerate 2030 is a project of the Impact Hub innovation laboratory and the United Nations Development Program that seeks to accompany social enterprises that address solutions for the Sustainable Development Goals, offering scaling strategies that allow them to multiply their impact internationally and reach other markets. • The enterprises will be evaluated during the […]
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“Alianza Corporativa para la Reactivación del Empleo” (Corporate Alliance for Employment Reactivation) to train and connect 6,000 young people and women with job opportunities. “Sembrando Futuro” (Planting the Future) planting 1 million trees per year over and above the 8 million already planted by Grupo Empresarial Argos in Colombia. “Ambientes Saludables” (Healthy Environments) to improve […]
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In its first phase, the program received 253 applications from entrepreneurs in the city, of which 114 were interviewed and 50 were chosen to receive support and take advantage of the benefits of this community of entrepreneurs. 42% of the selected proposals correspond to small businesses, with a majority presence in the textile-fashion sector. Emprender […]
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Starting in 2021, the Grupo Argos Foundation will plant one million trees each year in the departments of Antioquia, Tolima, Sucre, Bolívar, Córdoba and Valle del Cauca. For the prioritization of the areas in which the plantings will be carried out, the Foundation took into account the deforestation indicators in order to reverse the alteration […]
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The operation modifies the existing debt conditions, so that its interest rate may decrease by up to 100 basis points if two sustainability indicators of the Business Group are met: (i) increase women’s participation in senior management and (ii) reduce greenhouse gas emissions. This type of operation represents an innovation of corporate financing and another […]
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The planting of trees of native species will take place in Río Claro and Cartama in Antioquia, and in the municipality of Tuluá, in Valle del Cauca. In the last five years, Grupo Empresarial Argos has planted nearly eight million trees, consolidating itself as the private organization that has voluntarily compensated the most in Colombia. […]
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Within the framework of the fight against climate change, Grupo Empresarial Argos has established itself as a leader in environmental compensation through the planting of nearly eight million trees in the country. During 2021 the organization will add more than four million trees in compensation and will reach a total of 12 million in six […]
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Among the beneficiaries are 500 children from six educational institutions in two villages of Río Claro in Antioquia who will be able to return to classrooms with access to drinking water, a vital and essential resource to comply with the biosafety protocols of the current situation. Additionally, the Fundación Grupo Argos and Fundación Siemens delivered two […]
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