ISA Conexión Jaguar

ISA is a company that operates throughout Latin America in the electricity, transportration, and telecommunications fields. Its mission statement, “Connections that Inspire”, on the underpins its belief that sustainability underpins good business practice.

The company currently leads a corporate sustainability program called Conexión Jaguar, in alliance with South Pole and Panthera, which helps conserve biodiversity, including the rare jaguar, mitigate climate change, and develop rural communities. The program protects and restores forests in the countries where ISA operates.

Aligned with the goals of Initiative 20x20, Conexión Jaguar has set the initial goal of supporting at least 20 projects that conserve or restore 400,000 hectares of land in Latin America and store 9 million tons of CO2 emissions. To achieve their goal, ISA is looking to cooperate with other Initiative 20x20 partners.

Projects:

Protecting the world's largest wetland for people and the climate in Brazil

Safeguarding biodiversity and farming sustainably in Peru's Amazon

Building sustainable cocoa agroforestry systems in Colombia

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