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Transforming the future with Green Businesses in Latin America

Bolivia
Green cities
31.10.2024
Green businesses offer Latin America a pathway to sustainable development by combining economic profitability with environmental and social responsibility. These businesses not only promote natural resource conservation and climate change mitigation, but also foster innovation, create quality jobs and strengthen the region's economic resilience. By adopting more sustainable business practices and accessing international finance and markets, green businesses in Latin America can significantly contribute to inclusive economic growth and to building a more prosperous and equitable future for all.

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How Swisscontact supports the transition to green employment
The climate crisis affects everyone and is forcing the global economy to shift towards activities with less negative impact on the environment and greater conservation of natural resources. This shift is known as the 'green transition' and requires 'green employment', also known as 'green skills and jobs'.
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2023 - 2028
Colombia, Bolivia, Switzerland
Green cities
Circular Cities – Colombia, Bolivia 
This project aims to improve the integrated and inclusive solid waste management system of Santa Cruz de la Sierra in Bolivia and Santiago de Cali in Colombia following a circular economy vision. 
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2019 - 2024
Bolivia
Green cities
Markets for Recycling: Waste Management in the Transportation Sector
Population growth coupled with increasing consumerism are factors that have negative impacts on the environment, such as the increased generation of non-recycled solid waste and the growing contamination of bodies of water, soil and air. A linear economy, based on exploiting, making and discarding, wastes natural resources and generates great...
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2020 - 2026
Bolivia
Green cities
Zero Waste Project
The project seeks to contribute to the reduction of greenhouse gases in the waste sub-sector and the preservation of ecosystems through the promotion of management models with a circular economy approach. It will boost the dissemination of circular solid waste management models, formulating public initiatives at local and national level, as well as private initiatives.
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