Sustainability Summary

This is an unclaimed profile. Alcagüete S.A.S has not joined Sustainability Tracker to verify their sustainability credentials. We gathered what we could from public sources.

Alcagüete S.A.S Sustainability Profile

Sustainability Summary

This is an unclaimed profile. Alcagüete S.A.S has not joined Sustainability Tracker to verify their sustainability credentials. We gathered what we could from public sources.

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Alcagüete S.A.S. is a food company based in Funza, Cundinamarca, focused on the creation and development of delicious and healthy foods and snacks. Its stated purpose is to help combat malnutrition in a profitable and sustainable manner. The company has been associated with a 1x1 cause-market model, under which each product sold contributes to a social organization working to combat childhood malnutrition in Colombia. It was founded as a small business and later expanded its social and commercial model through alliances and product development.

About Alcagüete S.A.S

Status
Unverified

Website
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Employees
5 - 25

Country
Colombia

Alcagüete S.A.S Sustainability Actions

Founded in 2013

Alcagüete was founded in 2013 as a small business that sold home-made products direct to consumers and at events. Word of mouth was its main communications strategy.

Healthy snacks and malnutrition

Alcagüete produced and sold healthy snacks. A fundamental pillar of the business was its social value proposition of combating childhood malnutrition.

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1x1 cause-market model

This was reflected in the brand and its 1×1 cause-market strategy under which for each product sold, a contribution was made to a social organization working to combat childhood malnutrition in Colombia.

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B Corporation certification

This strategy allowed Alcagüete to become a certified B Corporation® and receive domestic recognition and awards for the social work that was a mainstay of its positioning and differentiation strategy.

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Alliances with charities

To develop its social proposal, it formed alliances with charities working to combat childhood malnutrition, such as: Aeiotú, SoyDoy and Fundación Éxito.

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