ProChile valued the participation of an Antofagasta businesswoman in COP 27
Jul 19, 2023, 17:52 PM
by
Patricio Agüero
"Rudanac Biotec" is the only company in the northern zone of Chile that was selected by ProChile to participate, representing the country, in the United Nations Conference on Climate Change, the most important instance in climate matters and in this version it is held for the first time in Egypt.
For her part, the Business Development Assistant Manager of the Antofagasta Industrial Association, Valeria Varas, highlighted that "it is a source of pride for the Antofagasta Region and the entire country that Nadac represents us at the COP to publicize Spiromet, a innovative agent in the mitigation and adaptation of climate change. We congratulate Nadac for this achievement, which adds to the first place obtained in the recent Lanza Tu Innovación, held at EXPONOR 2022”. The twenty-seventh Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), COP27, is the most important instance in climate matters and in this version it is carried out for the first time in Egypt, where the delegation of Chilean companies has technical and specialized management from ProChile's Sustainability Department and its regional office in Antofagasta, to generate commercial opportunities during the development of the convention. The prominent biotechnologist Nadac Reales and her start-up "Rudanac Biotec" is the only company from the northern zone of Chile, out of a total of 36 national companies, that was selected by ProChile to participate representing to the country, at the United Nations Conference on Climate Change in 2022, COP 27, which takes place in the resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, in Egypt, between November 6 and 18. Nadac Reales expressed that he will participate in “ the COP was a dream that I could not achieve in 2019 because it was suspended. However, I am very happy for the opportunity that has now presented itself after awarding me this quota. I knew it was a national call, but I tried anyway and I'm happy with the result," says the creator of Spiromet, a biotechnological project that purifies steel contaminated with industrial waste through microorganisms and generates a new 100% sustainable product. Nadac, this experience meant a great opportunity to publicize his solution and "contribute to climate change with a technology developed in the Antofagasta Region, in addition to establishing links with European and Asian countries that are more advanced with the commitment to carbon neutrality ”.The Regional Director of ProChile Antofagasta, Marcia Rojas, gave her support to Rudanac in a simple ceremony together with the Corporación Clúster Minero, SQM and the Corfo Antofagasta Committee, arguing that “we are happy to be able to contribute as a region with solutions to combat change climate change and that through ProChile, an entrepreneur like Nadac attends this instance where she can generate alliances and investment opportunities with a completely sustainable offer”.