We are now opening our Temuco Balloon House!
The new office joins, together with Casa Balloon Cunco, a second work space in the Araucanía region that will seek to continue generating links and collaboration with the regional ecosystem. Within the framework of the inauguration of this space, the collaboration agreement was signed between Balloon Latam and the Autonomous University […]
Balloon Latam at Exponor 2024 with BHP!
This week, we were part of Exponor 2024, a key biannual event for the mining sector. Here, the latest advances and future investments are made visible and debated, with the participation of the most relevant leaders in the industry. Our head of advocacy and knowledge management, Juan Ignacio Cordero Pérez, participated in the panel «Indigenous companies […]
Together with Ceresita, we paint iconic places in Los Lagos with the participation of their communities.
In our purpose of promoting communities to be protagonists of their own development, we work hand in hand with Ceresita (Codelpa Chile SA), territorial leaders, community organizations and the municipalities of Hualaihué and Puerto Varas, to increase the sense of participation in places of meeting. Through three stages with community involvement, both in the design […]
More than 200 entrepreneurs from La Araucanía benefited from the innovative Balloon Latam program
Ratifying its high attracting power, the social company Balloon Latam successfully completed the International Balloon, held in the communities of Freire and Cunco, which adds to the socio-territorial work that it has been carrying out in the region since 2013, promoting collaboration and strengthening the social capital around rural entrepreneurship. Various entrepreneurs […]
Diario El Mercurio: Is there room for innovation even in the most conflictive places in the southern macrozone? Balloon proves yes
El Mercurio report on Balloon Latam (May 9, 2024) “The greatest inequalities in the country are in rural areas. That is why we are dedicated to these invisible territories, our projects, work and focus being the search for mechanisms to balance that balance,” says Sebastián Salinas, founder and executive director of Balloon Latam. The entrepreneurship that […]
Balloon Latam recognized as the No. 1 company in social innovation according to Merco
In the current global context, where sustainability and social responsibility are key priorities, Balloon Latam is proud to be recognized as the leading company in Social Innovation according to the Business Monitor of Corporate Reputation, Merco. This prestigious recognition adds to our continued commitment to excellence in ethical and responsible management. […]
Balloon Latam initiative raises 461 million pesos for rural municipalities
"Saca Tu Permiso Rural" successfully concludes its fourth version of the campaign, with more than four thousand five hundred circulation permits redirected to rural communities, raising more than one billion pesos with a direct impact on 20 selected municipalities. This year, the initiative was led by Balloon Latam, Communities Portal of Protected Areas […]
We were part of an important panel at the El Mercurio Sustainable Future Summit 2024
The meeting brought together more than 700 people (including authorities, former authorities, businessmen, entrepreneurs and agents linked to sustainability) and the challenges required by a true culture of sustainability for companies and the challenges they currently have to achieve social impact and environmental. Our founder and executive president, Sebastian Salinas Claro, was […]
Balloon Latam was key in generating links with actors from La Araucanía
Today, in the city of Temuco, Balloon Latam participated in the organization of the territorial return of the Ascending Social Mobility Study, work led by the Center for Conflict and Social Cohesion Studies, Dr. María Luisa Mendez Layera, as part of the project research titled “Successful Trajectories of Social Mobility in Contemporary Chile: […]
Sustainable Development: Alliances to achieve the objectives.
Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) In September 2000, the United Nations Millennium Summit was held in New York, where the leaders of 189 nations committed to the content of the Millennium Declaration, made up of the eight Millennium Development Goals. Millennium Development (MDG). The MDGs sought to address the […]
