Our 15th BritCham Sustainability Awards were a great success!
As part of the BritCham Sustainability Awards we welcomed international leaders, such as Catalina García, Global Director of Corporate Affairs at AB InBev; Carlos Mauricio Torres, Director of Circular Economy at Esenttia; Margarita Casas, Sustainability and Climate Change Partner at PwC; and Camilo Salcedo, Business Development Manager at Aggreko, who gave incredible and inspiring speeches about sustainability, circular economy, energy transition and purposeful branding.
The awards ceremony took place afterwards, with the prizes being given out by the British Ambassador to Colombia, George Hodgson; the President of BritCham´s Board of Directors, Jaime González Moore, the Executive Director of BritCham, Santiago Uribe, and other members of the British Embassy and BritCham.
The winners of each division were:
Environmental Management Division:
Winner – Large Enterprises: Amarilo S.A.S., with their project: “Recuperación del Bosque Seco Tropical, por medio del plan de compensación del Proyecto Alameda del Río.”
Finalists: Banco de Occidente, Bioagrícola del Llano, Empresa de Telecomunicaciones de Bogotá, Esenttia S.A., Falabella de Colombia and Helados POPSY.
Winner – Small and Medium-sized Enterprises: Corporación Punto Azul, with their project: “Programa Posconsumo de Medicamentos Humanos”, the only one to meet 100% of the regulatory requirements and to consolidate initiatives that go above and beyond.
Finalists: Biocomercio Sostenible, Biofix Consultoría, Ecoplanet Soluciones Integrales, Empresa de Energía de Pereira and Hotel Sofitel Bogotá Victoria Regia.
Community Management Division:
Winner – Large Enterprises: Luker, with their project: “El Sueño de Chocolate”.
Finalists: Amarilo, AstraZeneca, Cerro Matoso, Gases del Llano and Sodimac Colombia.
Winner – Small and Medium-sized Enterprises: Save The Children Colombia, with their project: “Programa de Salud y Nutrición Save The Children Colombia.”
Finalists: Biofix Consultoría, Empresa de Energía de Pereira, Grupo Tob Socarras Yani, La Catira Industria Láctea and Somos Martina.
Talent Management Division:
Winner – Large Enterprises: Cerro Matoso, with their project: “Inclusión y diversidad, una apuesta de Cerro Matoso con sus vecinos.”
Finalists: Banco de Bogotá, Mercado Libre and PwC Colombia.
Winner – Small and Medium-sized Enterprises: Gestión Integral de proyectos GIP S.A.S., with their project: “GIP Acompaña el desarrollo del País en Familia.”
Finalists: Blue Apple Beach House, Constructora del Toro and Institución Educativa Patio Bonito.
Academic or Applied Research Division:
Winner – Organisations: Compañía Nacional de Chocolates, with their project: “Desarrollo de nuevos materiales vegetales de cacao, para la sostenibilidad y competitividad de la cadena de valor en Colombia.”
Finalists: Sitt y CIA., Universidad EAFIT, Universidad Externado – Skáld Advisory Group and Universidad Tecnológica de Bolívar.
Best Digital Sustainability Content Division:
Winner – Natural People: Sara Samaniego – Marce la Recicladora, with her project: “Marce la Recicladora – Influencer ambiental”.
Finalists: Daniela Murcia, John Montenegro, Sara Samaniego (Marce La Recicladora) and Victoria Castro.
Winner – Organisations: Organización para la Educación y Protección Ambiental – OpEPA, with their project: “Camino Hacia Carbono Neutral”.
Finalists: ALLCOT COLOMBIA, Esenttia and Universidad Tecnológica de Bolívar.
Post-Conflict Practices Division:
Winner – Organisations: Asociación de Cacaoteros de Valdivia ‘ASOCAVAL’, with their project: “El Cacao y la Asociatividad como una apuesta de cambio y dignificación de la labor campesina, en una zona de conflicto armado y presencia de cultivos de uso ilícito.”
Finalists: Compañía Nacional de Chocolates, Gases del Llano and Organización para la Educación y Protección Ambiental-OpEPA.
Governance Practices Division:
Winner – Large Enterprises: Racafé & CIA SCA, with their project: “Estándar de Sostenibilidad CRECER”.
Finalists: Bogotá Cómo Vamos, Corficolombiana and Metro Cómo Vamos.
Winner – Small and Medium-sized Enterprises: Biocomercio Sostenible, with their project: “Reactivación económica mediante la implementación de Circuitos Cortos de Comercialización.2
Finalists: Biofix Consultoría, Gestión Integral de Proyectos GIP, Organización para la Educación and Protección Ambiental-OpEPA y SumaSach’a.
Sustainable Products and Services Division:
Winner – Large Enterprises: Falabella de Colombia S.A., with their project: “+Verde – Economía Circular.”
Finalists: Bioagrícola del Llano, Compañía Nacional de Chocolates, Empresa de Telecomunicaciones de Bogotá and Racafé,
Sustainable Products
Winner – Small and Medium-sized Enterprises: Somos Martina, with their project: Somos Martina.
Finalists: Grün Management, Grupo TOB Socarrás Yani, Jessica María Parra Benjumea, José Mauricio Cossio Gómez and SumaSach’a.
Sustainable Services
Winner – Small and Medium-sized Enterprises: SUNCOLOMBIA S.A.S., with their project: “Sistema de potabilización de agua lluvia con energía solar.”
Finalists: Empresa de Energía de Pereira, Fundación Green Apple, Hotel Sofitel Bogotá Victoria Regia, Novatio and Organización para la Educación y Protección Ambiental-OpEPA.
After the prizegiving, a cocktail celebration took place in a large networking space, where some of BritCham´s partners had prepared trade shows for the more than 130 attendees.
An event that highlights, promotes and recognises efforts in support of sustainability should be sustainable. For that reason, from BritCham Colombia, we promise that the #BritChamSustainabilityAwards, were completely carbon neutral. With the support of Acción Verde, we calculated the carbon footprint of the event and we promise to plant more than 15 native trees to compensate for the effect on the environment.
Relive the best moments from #BritChamSustainabilityAwards through these photos!
