The second Bosque Vivo network park; construction begins on CMPC Lastarria Park
The groundbreaking ceremony at Loncoche’s Lastarria Park marks the expansion of CMPC’s Bosque Vivo [Living Forest] program. It seeks to open up its forests to the residents of the La Araucanía districts in south-central Chile. The new space will complement the Pumalal Park of Temuco inaugurated in January of this year.
Initiatives that impact the lives of millions: “Ruta Carahue Navegable” was recognized by El Mercurio and Caja Los Andes
Seventy innovative and sustainable projects in Chile were highlighted for their role in improving the lives of people domestically and even abroad. CMPC has a role in three of the ten recognized initiatives, two of which are in the “Collaboration and Partnerships” category with one in the “Future Generation” category.
After receiving CMPC’s donation: Desafío Levantemos Chile reaches its campaign goal of helping victims of forest fires.
The company has donated 500 million Chilean pesos to the campaign launched by the NGO, which seeks to help the thousands of people affected by the forest fires that have recently occurred in south-central Chile.
CMPC CEO on rural fires, “We can make a lot of progress with preventive measures, but we require joint assessment to do so, and that is where we’re coming up short.”
Under the framework of the National Business Conference (Enade in Spanish) 2023 that happens in Chile, Francisco Ruiz-Tagle underscored relationships of trust and a shared appraisal of situations as two central elements for public-private collaboration for handling emergencies like the summer fires.
CMPC Foundation held its third version of School for Parents
The Acompañamiento a Escuelas Program provides families with concrete tools to support them in their children’s socio-emotional development.
CMPC’s second Local Supplier Development Program trained 100 companies from 7 regions of Chile
In order to promote local development in the various regions of Chile, CMPC created the Local Supplier Development program, an initiative that uses training and personalized mentoring to enable the growth and consolidation of companies of various sizes.
262 families of pre-schoolers participate in the first cycle of workshops of the Criando y Creciendo program
The CMPC Foundation project aiming to promote the socio-emotional and language development of children by strengthening parenting skills has begun a cycle of workshops to share concrete strategies with parents and caregivers to use with their children.
Softys, a CMPC subsidiary, acquires Ontex’s operations in Mexico, strengthening its position in the Latin American market
Softys, a company dedicated to the manufacture and commercialization of tissue and personal care products, took a significant step in its strategy toward consolidating its position in the Mexican market by closing an agreement to acquire the operations of the Belgian company Ontex, located in the State of Puebla, southeast of Mexico City.
CMPC and Cruzados Alliance: Chile’s first sustainable stadium is here
With the capacity to host 20,000 people, the new stadium of the Universidad Católica in Santiago de Chile will have timber as its main construction material. This is thanks to Niuform, a paper company specializing in buildings made from it. This positions the venue as one of the most ambitious projects of its kind in Latin America.
Chile’s largest biological corridor will be erected between the Biobío and La Araucanía Regions
The “green highway” – which is part of the reforestation and ecological restoration plan that CMPC is implementing in the areas affected by the fires that happened in south-central Chile – will seek to conserve and recover different species of flora and fauna, such as the pitao, an endemic tree that grows from the Maule Region to the south.
CMPC CEO on rural fires, “We can make a lot of progress with preventive measures, but we require joint assessment to do so, and that is where we’re coming up short.”
Under the framework of the National Business Conference (Enade in Spanish) 2023 that happens in Chile, Francisco Ruiz-Tagle underscored relationships of trust and a shared appraisal of situations as two central elements for public-private collaboration for handling emergencies like the summer fires.
CMPC CEO on the forest fires: “The emergency is not over.”
As a result of the fires in south-central Chile in the summer of 2023, Francisco Ruiz-Tagle said, “There is another emergency that is less visible but very important, which we have referred to as an environmental emergency.”
