An Impact’s Story
Meet our journey in seek for sustainable development
A team with a circular vision
Plastic for the living
Cristina is an Electronic Engineer, and Óscar is an Architect. They are pragmatic people looking for concrete solutions. In the middle of the last decade, they decided to implement an industrial solution that would use discarded plastic as an essential input. Since then, Conceptos Plásticos has become a business group with a triple impact business model (social, environmental and economic) based on the circularity of plastic.
Yes, we have been there
2016
We lay the foundations
Impact Mission (Bogotá, CO) · Visit to recognition of inclusive recycling models (Santiago, CL)
Endeavor: Inspire Talks (Bogotá, CO) · Conecta: Innpacto Forum for Innovation (Bogotá, CO) · Creative Mornings: Global Magic (Bogotá, CO)
Podcast The FryShow· Low Carbon City: Creating collective solutions (Medellín, CO) · Frm: Sustainability Forum (San Salvador, SV) · Perestroika: Innovation Forum (Sau Paulo, BR) · Bricks & Blocks: Launch of the new construction system (Bogotá, CO) · Recognition visit to inclusive recycling models (São Paulo, BR) · Bricks & Blocks: Expansion of our production plant in Mosquera (CO)
TEDx Externado: Ideas for the future of Colombia (Bogotá, CO) · Asia Environmental Innovation Forum (Shenzhen, CN) · Acceleration (Guatemala, GT)
Endeavor: Inspire Talks (Bogotá, CO) · Conecta: Innpacto Forum for Innovation (Bogotá, CO) · Creative Mornings: Global Magic (Bogotá, CO)
Podcast The FryShow· Low Carbon City: Creating collective solutions (Medellín, CO) · Frm: Sustainability Forum (San Salvador, SV) · Perestroika: Innovation Forum (Sau Paulo, BR) · Bricks & Blocks: Launch of the new construction system (Bogotá, CO) · Recognition visit to inclusive recycling models (São Paulo, BR) · Bricks & Blocks: Expansion of our production plant in Mosquera (CO)
TEDx Externado: Ideas for the future of Colombia (Bogotá, CO) · Asia Environmental Innovation Forum (Shenzhen, CN) · Acceleration (Guatemala, GT)
2017
The world sees and hears us
Bricks & Blocks: New expansion of production capacity at the Mosquera plant (CO) · Expocasa: Alternative construction models (Medellín, CO)
Documentary on Al Jazeera ()
Construmat: Circular Economy European Summit (Barcelona, ES) · TEDx Cibeles: Youtopia (Madrid, ES)
Click Movement (Bogotá, CO) · AIM2 Flourish: Fourth Global Forum (Cleveland, US) · Recognition visit for recycling models (Baltimore, US)
IDB: Demand Solutions Forum (Santo Domingo, DO)
Documentary on Al Jazeera ()
Construmat: Circular Economy European Summit (Barcelona, ES) · TEDx Cibeles: Youtopia (Madrid, ES)
Click Movement (Bogotá, CO) · AIM2 Flourish: Fourth Global Forum (Cleveland, US) · Recognition visit for recycling models (Baltimore, US)
IDB: Demand Solutions Forum (Santo Domingo, DO)
2018
Spread the message
Recognition visit for inclusive recycling models (Abidjan, CI)
TNW2018 Forum) (Amsterdam, NL)
Día B + fiiS Forum: New Economies + SDG's (Montevideo, UY) · Launch Resilient Homes program ()
Great Big Story ()
The Economist: Sustainability Summit 2018 (Kuala Lumpur, MY)
TNW2018 Forum) (Amsterdam, NL)
Día B + fiiS Forum: New Economies + SDG's (Montevideo, UY) · Launch Resilient Homes program ()
Great Big Story ()
The Economist: Sustainability Summit 2018 (Kuala Lumpur, MY)
2019
Going global
Start of the Workshop for R&D Development (Bogotá, CO)
CITEO: Circular Challenge International (Paris, FR)
Expansion of the San Jorge production plant (CO)
Lego Serious Play ()
IFC: Sustainability Exchange 2019 (Dakar, SN)
UN: United Nations General Assembly Exposition (New York, US)
Expansion of the production capacity for the Pelletizing Line.
CITEO: Circular Challenge International (Paris, FR)
Expansion of the San Jorge production plant (CO)
Lego Serious Play ()
IFC: Sustainability Exchange 2019 (Dakar, SN)
UN: United Nations General Assembly Exposition (New York, US)
Expansion of the production capacity for the Pelletizing Line.
2020
Spread the solution
Bricks & Blocks: Inauguration of the production plant in Côte d'Ivoire (Abidjan, CI) The Way: Launch of our empowerment program in Côte d'Ivoire (Abidjan, CI)
Approval as a Transformer in the Vision 30/30 Management Plan (Bogotá, CO) · Approval as a Transformer in the Punto Azul Management Plan (Bogotá, CO)
Approval as a Transformer in the Vision 30/30 Management Plan (Bogotá, CO) · Approval as a Transformer in the Punto Azul Management Plan (Bogotá, CO)
2021
In a Post-COVID world
CAR: Registration as Transformers against Decree 1407 (Cundinamarca, CO)
African Development Bank Group: Women-Led Plastic Recycling Market in Africa (Abidjan, CI)
Faculty of Economic and Administrative Sciences, Javeriana University: VII Business Sustainability Symposium (Bogotá, CO)
Good Business Practices in Waste Management in Bogotá Region - International Environment Fair (Bogotá, CO) · ClimeCo Alliance - CP. Plastic Credits by The Way Project (US)
African Development Bank Group: Women-Led Plastic Recycling Market in Africa (Abidjan, CI)
Faculty of Economic and Administrative Sciences, Javeriana University: VII Business Sustainability Symposium (Bogotá, CO)
Good Business Practices in Waste Management in Bogotá Region - International Environment Fair (Bogotá, CO) · ClimeCo Alliance - CP. Plastic Credits by The Way Project (US)