Both Empresas Copec subsidiaries took part in “Biobío Sostenible: Innovar para transformar” (Sustainable Biobío: Innovating to Transform), a seminar organized by IRADE together with the University of Concepción. The event brought together representatives from the public, private and academic sectors, as well as specialists from Argentina, Costa Rica and Spain, to analyze the effects of climate change, water management, biodiversity and the bioeconomy in the region.

Marianne Hermmans, Chief of Pulp Environment at ARAUCO, spoke on the panel on innovation for water stewardship. She presented the forestry company’s work on water resource conservation, including the Desafío Agua (Water Challenge) program, which it carries out with rural communities, as well as research lines aimed at reducing water consumption in its operations, reusing effluents and closing internal water loops.

Nutrisco, meanwhile, was represented by its Sustainability Director, Antonia Álamos, on the panel “Desafíos de las Costas del Biobío en Contexto de Crisis Climática” (Challenges for the Biobío Coast in the Context of the Climate Crisis), alongside speakers from industry and academia. The company highlighted the need to continuously monitor natural cycles and to have information that makes it possible to anticipate climate-related risks, a task that, according to the executive, requires collaboration among companies, academia, communities and the public sector.