Tag «Colombia»

Colombia Launches Partnership to Protect Amazon Rainforest from Deforestation

Colombia is working with the Tropical Forest Alliance 2020 to convene a multistakeholder platform of buyers, producers, international donors, NGOs and civil society organizations to protect the Amazon rainforest The platform will initially cover palm oil and is expected to extend to other major commodity-driven causes of deforestation, including beef, dairy and timber The government …

Colombia hosts World Free Zones Organization’s third meeting

As the largest interactive platform for free zone professionals & experts UAE, April 26, 2017 – The international free zone community will converge in Colombia’s iconic Cartagena de Indias Convention Centre this May 3 to 5, 2017 for the World Free Zones Organization’s 3rd annual meeting where stakeholders will collaborate on shaping the free zones …

Panama Diamond Exchange back on the road again

Panama Diamond Exchange back on the road again, visiting Bogotá, Colombia, July 6 to 8 Bogotá, Colombia PANAMA: JULY 2, 2015: PANAMA: JULY 1, 2015: The Panama Diamond Exchange will be heading out into the Latin America jewelry market once again this month, with a roadshow scheduled for the Colombian capital of Bogotá from July …

Community Development takes center stage at World Tourism Day 2014

The tourism sector’s contribution to communities’ empowerment as one of the pillars of sustainable development was at the heart of this year’s World Tourism Day celebrations. The President of Mexico, Enrique Peña Nieto, opened the official celebrations of World Tourism Day held in Guadalajara, Mexico (27 September 2014). World Tourism Day (WTD) was celebrated this …

foodpanda launches next generation mobile food delivery application

Berlin, July 1st: foodpanda/hellofood becomes a truly mobile company with its revolutionarily upgraded app in a brand-new overall design. The most global online food delivery marketplace released the new generation of its mobile app, offering easy access to the menus of more than 30,000 restaurants in more than 40 countries across four continents. The new …

ICTSI AND PSA SIGN AGREEMENT TO JOINTLY DEVELOP AGUADULCE PORT

On 18 September 2013, International Container Terminal Services, Inc. (“ICTSI”) and PSA International Pte. Ltd. (“PSA”), through their respective wholly-owned subsidiaries, signed an agreement which will enable them to jointly develop, construct and operate the container port terminal and ancillary facilities located in the Peninsula of Aguadulce, Buenaventura, Valle del Cauca, Colombia (the “Aguadulce Port …

Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Invests USD 70 Million in Latin America’s Dafiti Group

Leading Fashion Online Retailer Receives Largest Funding since its Foundation in Brazil São Paulo, September 17, 2013 – The Dafiti Group, Latin America’s leading fashion e-commerce, today announced its largest funding worth USD 70 million from the Toronto-based Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan (Teachers’), one of the world’s leading funds Since its launch 2 years ago, …