The Environment

As a group we understand that our daily operations must be accompanied by sustainable actions, making indispensable the launching of programs that allow us to positively impact the environment.

With this propose, we have developed a series of initiatives in order to contribute to the conservation of our country’s biodiversity.

1. Ecological Restoration Program for our Tropical Dry Forest

Since 2014, and within the framework of our Ecological Restoration Program, we launched a proof of concept plan to restore tropical dry forests, which promotes the conservation of 11,079 hectares in the Department of Huila for 20 years. In the first four years, we have managed to perform ecological studies, identify native plant species and propose optimal sowing strategies, and based on the foregoing we will restore the proposed number of hectares.

As part of this Ecological Restoration Program we created the First Center for Practical Research of the Tropical Dry Forest, where 13 scientific research theses have been conducted, and 20 researchers have been able to use this ecosystem as their thesis subject of research.

In addition to this, during the execution of the Proof of Concept Plan we discovered a unique plant species in the whole world, Pitcairnia huilensis, named after the region of Huila.

2. Fish and Fisheries Program

Within the framework of commissioning the El Quimbo Hydroelectric Plant, we developed and put into operation in the region of Huila, the first fishery station in Colombia with the help of the Surcolombiana University, where we researched and induced the reproduction of threatened species native to the Magdalena river.

The objective of the Surcolombian Experimental Station for Hydrobiological Resources, is to reproduce more than 2.5 million fingerlings in the first two years of operation, the first fish to repopulate El Quimbo.