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Sustainability: LABORATORIOS PHITOTHER
Levapan has planted more than 28,000 trees, contributing to Company name: Laboratorios Phitother S.A.S.
carbon sequestration and community development. In addition, its
yeast extracts plus Colombian coffee are ingredients where in the Contact:
coffee, 100% of the fruit is used and the coffee that is purchased is www.phitother.com
from families that are dedicated to this practice.
comercialcomex@phitother.com
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KAHAI
Company name: Kahai S.A.S. For 25 years, PHITOTHER Laboratories has directed its raison
d’être in the research and development of phytomolecules found in
Contact: plants and fruits grown in Colombia and other countries. Phitother
produces and markets botanical extracts, while promoting a
www.kahai.co lifestyle that celebrates and respects the richness of the planet.
kahaioil@kahai.co
The company was created in 2000.
Sustainability:
You should know that...
Phitother Laboratories sources raw materials that generate
Kahai was the first company in the world to industrialize cacay. Thanks
to its work, more than 10 new companies have been created to date positive impacts on the environment, ensuring the continuity
that benefit from this species. Kahai is the largest producer of cacay of the natural resource and the ecosystem in general. The
with its own plantation of 650 hectares. It exports its products to company has implemented an advanced water treatment
more than 20 countries including: United States, United Kingdom, system, reusing 80% of its water in its processes. In addition,
Germany, France, Korea, Japan, Australia and China. The company it transforms the solid waste generated into high-quality
was created in 2009. fertilizers to nourish the plantations. The company has reduced
the use of toxic reagents and energy use in its analyses by
Sustainability: implementing green processes.
Together with international cooperation agencies, Kahai delivers cacay
trees to rural and indigenous communities in conflict zones. Currently,
it is impacting more than 500 families in projects for reforestation,
Portfolio BIO IN Kahai has reforested 650 hectares with Cacay, on land where it is
illicit crop substitution, food security and economic development.
also conserving 350 hectares of native forest.
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