Paula Peláez is the head of SMEs (small and medium-sized enterprises) and sustainable businesses at IDB Invest. She has been head of Business Call To Action (BCtA), a UNDP platform to encourage innovative business models among private sector companies that incorporate return on investment with an impact on development. She has been a program manager at CARE Canada and manager of advisory services at the consulting firm BSR (Business for Social Responsibility) in San Francisco, California. She has a master's degree in environmental studies and sustainable development from York University and a degree in industrial engineering from Universidad de Los Andes.
For MSMEs, the response to COVID-19 requires not only ensuring their survival in the short term, it also requires evaluating possible scenarios to align recovery efforts. For this, it is essential to strengthen their resilience.
Circular economy (CE) presents an opportunity for an inclusive and resource-smart future. It is also a chance for Latin America and the Caribbean to depart from an incremental into a transformative change.
After IDB Invest’s Sustainability Week 2019 in June, we distilled some key takeaways for the private sector on the Sustainable Development Goals. Here’s what we found.
Tech Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) have a significant role to play in the IoT value chain by designing, integrating and adapting IoT solutions that respond to the realities, ecosystem and needs of the region.