Featured Projects

Environmental & Social Solutions across Colombia

Sectors served

• Environmental Impact Assessments (EIA)
• Environmental licenses for multi-well platforms, access roads, and flowlines.
• Environmental Compliance Reports (ICA) submitted to ANLA and regional environmental authorities.
• Mandatory environmental investment of no less than 1%.
• Environmental Compensation Plans.
• Contingency Plans for hydrocarbon spills and the management of hazardous substances.
• Community Benefit Programs (PBC) in the direct area of influence.
• Prior consultation processes with the Ministry of the Interior and ethnic communities.

Hydrocarbons Sector

• Studies for the removal of areas from forest reserves before environmental authorities.
• Environmental Impact Assessments (EIA).
• Environmental licenses.
• Studies on the occupation of watercourses and water abstraction, including permit application procedures.
• Wastewater discharge studies and comprehensive environmental permit management.
• Prior consultation processes with the Ministry of the Interior and ethnic communities.

Industrial, Urban Development, Ecotourism and Agro-industry

• Non-conventional renewable photovoltaic energy projects: Environmental Alternatives Assessment (DAA) and Environmental Impact Assessments (EIA).
• Studies for the removal of areas from the Forest Reserve established under Law 2 of 1959 for run-of-river hydroelectric projects and transmission lines.
• Water balance and hydrological regime studies for water concessions.
• Environmental and social consulting to ensure project feasibility and manage community conflicts.

Energy Sector

• Environmental licenses for deep-water maritime ports: Environmental Alternatives Assessment (DAA), Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA), prior consultation, and environmental licensing before ANLA. Environmental Impact Assessment for urban development projects in coastal areas.
• Environmental and social consulting, support for EOT amendments, land acquisition management, and port concession procedures.

Infrastructure Sector

Featured Success Stories

A selection of our most impactful projects demonstrating a proven track record throughout Colombia 
 

Central & Amazon Region

2022 – 2023 · Tolima

Stakeholder engagement in Piedras & Coello

Strategic community, institutional and interest groups engagement to build consensus and a positive social climate for hydrocarbon development beneficial to the region.

2020 – 2021 · National

Lecra Project: Multi-sector environmental, Social & Gender Assessment

Developed for CAF and the Bioversity International–CIAT Alliance.
This comprehensive sustainability and gender equity evaluation spanned eight key Colombian agricultural value chains: rice, coffee, cocoa, sugarcane, corn, potato, oil palm, and livestock.

2014 – 2020 · Leticia, Amazonas

Intercultural Co-Design for Premier Ecotourism

Facilitating participatory design and traditional knowledge-sharing dialogues. We guided the collaborative process, bridging the gap between project leaders, traditional indigenous Yagua and Arara authorities, and community knowledge-holders to ensure a sustainable, culturally respectful development strategy.

2017 · Soacha, Cundinamarca

Socio-environmental Risk Management - Soacha

Designing and executing a proactive socio-environmental conflict prevention strategy to harmonize relations between local industry and neighboring communities. We provided strategic facilitation to build a unified, shared vision across eleven neighborhoods, successfully aligning environmental authorities, municipal government bodies, and industrial leaders.

2005 – 2010 · Ciudad Bolívar, Bogotá

Industrial-Community Partnership - Ciudad Bolívar

Co-designing and launching the First School of New Community Leadership through a landmark industrial-community coalition. Duration & Scale: 5-year initiative empowering 700+ social leaders. Core Pillars: "Train-the-trainer" methodology, digital literacy, and community entrepreneurship. Impact: Established a lasting, self-sustaining framework for community governance.

Pacific Region

2022 · Cali, Valle del Cauca

Cali Eco-neighborhoods Transition

Partnering with DAGMA to implement sustainable urban innovations and eco-technologies across five key boroughs in Cali.This initiative serves as a core pillar of the city’s municipal climate change adaptation and mitigation strategy, driving community-led ecological transitions in high-density urban areas.

2021 – 2022 · Upper Atrato River

Landmark Environmental Compliance – Upper Atrato River

Leading participatory community monitoring of soil, sediment, and water quality within mining-impacted ecosystems to fulfill the historic Constitutional Court Ruling T-622 of 2016. In collaboration with national and international experts, we developed a comprehensive environmental remediation protocol, actively engaging Afro-descendant communities across La Soledad, San Isidro, Cértegui, Cantón de San Pablo, Villa Conto, Paimadó, and Unión Panamericana in Chocó.

2019 · Juradó & Cupica, Chocó

Territory Alignment & Community Governance - Pacific Coast

Facilitating collective governance and local development strategies for the Community Councils of Los Delfines, Juradó, and Cupica. We guided these ethno-territorial authorities in building a long-term, shared vision for their territories, creating a robust framework to coordinate local development goals with public institutions and private sector project developers.

2007 · Cali, Valle del Cauca

Socioeconomic Transition Plan: Navarro Landfill, Cali

Leading the participatory design of the landmark Social Management Plan for 686 informal waste pickers operating within the closed Navarro Landfill. Commissioned by the National Superintendency of Public Services (Superservicios) and executed in direct partnership with the National Recyclers Association (ANR), this project established a structured framework for labor formalization, social inclusion, and regulatory compliance.

Caribbean Region

2022 · Barranquilla, Atlántico

LAIF Cities & Climate Change Initiative – Ciénaga de Mallorquín

Designing community-centric social strategies for high-impact urban wetland restoration.
The Framework: Formulating the social management component for the Cities and Climate Change initiative under the European LAIF program.
The Partners: Executed in coordination with the French Development Agency (AFD), CAF and City of Barranquilla.
The Local Impact: Driving environmental shoreline management and community alignment across the coastal neighborhoods of Las Flores and La Playa.

2017 · Barú Peninsula, Cartagena

Multi-Stakeholders Alliances – Barú Peninsula

Structuring collaborative development frameworks to harmonize relations between private developers and traditional coastal communities. We led extensive capacity-building programs focused on leadership and strategic negotiation for four prominent Afro-descendant community councils. This project successfully bridged the gap between local island authorities, corporate investors, and municipal agencies to secure a shared, sustainable regional future.lding.

2015 – 2016 · Magdalena

Ecosystem Restoration & Livelihood Transitions - Isla de Salamanca National Park

Designing and executing community-led environmental mitigation strategies within a critical national park buffer zone.
Sustainable Farming: Facilitating a transition to eco-friendly agricultural practices for 35 local farmers to halt agrochemical pollution.
Economic Substitution: Supporting traditional clam-extracting communities in shifting to sustainable alternative livelihoods, successfully reducing anthropomorphic pressure on endangered coastal Polymesoda Solida relics.

2011 – 2014 · Cartagena de Indias

Prior Consultation & Licensing - Serena del Mar

Facilitating the successful Prior Consultation and Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) for the Serena del Mar macro-development in collaboration with the VillaGloria Afro-descendant community. Our team provided the strategic mediation necessary to resolve long-standing socio-environmental disputes, culminating in a comprehensive sustainable development plan and securing the critical environmental license required for project execution.