Ecodato: Colombia has 1.414 green and sustainable businesses Minambiente and verified by Car.

The only fair in Colombia where supply and demand for green goods and services the country is, Bioexpo, in its eighth version the city of Yumbo took, Valle del Cauca from the 17 the 20 October receiving thousands of national and international visitors.

A fair promoted by the Ministry of Environment, Housing and Territorial Development, the Regional Autonomous Corporation of Valle del Cauca and the continued support of the European Union. Joint provided free of charge to attendees an agenda of trade show, academic events, business conference, panels and cultural events solutions.

This scenario the possibility of identifying sustainable business options offered internationally, national and regional contribute to improving environmental quality in the country. Además, the exchange of experiences is encouraged among entrepreneurs, buyers and citizenship in order to promote green business and position in Colombia.

Regional Autonomous Corporation of La Guajira - CORPORGUAJIRA, He participated with 4 Business of Green 323 who were present at the fair, with its accompaniment to the strengthening of these productive units in goods and services it represented the department, contributing to the conservation of the environment as natural capital that supports the development of the territory.

During the day the President of the Republic, Ivan Duque Márquez, He toured the stands of the fair with a brief pause in the spaces guajiros producers, and assessing the participation of:

Soaps Oly

Skin care being environmentally friendly

Development of natural soaps by hand, having familiar formula for the manufacture of a product of the highest quality and sustainability, using natural ingredients that provide the skin soft and moisturized. It is a biodegradable product, so it does not dry the skin and protects the environment.

Asoreagro

Committed to environmental sustainability

Reforestation and the Association of Agricultural Producers of the Caribbean Highway - Asoreagro- guajira is a company that produces food and provides services in different areas, mainly grown vegetables, tubers, cereals, fruits and seedlings. Additionally sells fertilizers and seeds.

The association has totally friendly farming practices environmentally, with a production system employing organic fertilizers, fungicides and insecticides organic, guiding the work to customer satisfaction.

Guardians of the Environment and Peace DMI Rancheria River Delta

A paradise for bird watching

An organization dedicated to bird watching activity in the delta of the River Rancheria (Riohacha, La Guajira). They offer tourists the chance to see beautiful scenery, endemics, semi-endemic and migratory, own these protected areas.

Their commitment to biodiversity conservation also led them to promote educational activities and ecological responsibility with environmental stewardship, thus contributing to the promotion of their natural resources.

being Solar

clean energy everywhere

Solar being is a company created in 2011, to provide alternative energy solutions through design, installation, maintenance, marketing and advisory generation systems Electica, for electricity solutions, Water, inter alia, in order to mitigate basic needs through rural solutions, urban and public.

Its main feature is the social transformation that provides communities through their products, solutions and the quality of facilities performing.

Corpoguajira, the date advises and strengthens 21 green and sustainable businesses aiming to fulfill the 12 criteria established by the program Minambiente, and will be allowed to continue in the accompaniment of entrepreneurs guajiros different spaces or platforms that contribute to the strategic relationship of their products as a business opportunity.