San José, Costa Rica. April 14, 2021. Awarded by the International Trade Center (ITC) as the world’s best Investment Promotion Agency for three years in a row, the Costa Rican Investment Promotion Agency (CINDE), has recently launched its new website, a digital experience for investors aimed at Industry 4.0 investments along with Costa Rica’s attraction of investment with a purpose to impact the triple bottom line: people, planet, and prosperity.

Did you know that the world produces 5 billion industrial pallets annually, 95% of which are made of wood? In Siquirres, Costa Rica, there is a company that is leading a more sustainable solution based on banana byproduct usage.

• The Wall Street Journal points out to Costa Rica as an alternative for homeschooling surrounded by the country's exuberant nature. 
• Costa Rica has been welcoming high-schoolers back for study abroad programs, tweaked for the Covid era. After Zoom classes, playtime ensues.

*Article originally published by The Wall Street Journal by Donna Bulseco: https://on.wsj.com/3oITywA 

• The Women in Engineering Projects in Community Service is led by CINDE with the Arizona State University, the United States Embassy in Costa Rica, and the Ministry of Education.
• Seventy-eight students and eight teachers were part of the pilot plan in zones like Sixaola, Nicoya, Grecia, and Turrialba.

San José, Costa Rica. January 26, 2021. By 2030, the world will have a greater demand for knowledge skills such as creativity, critical thinking, decision-making, and complex data processing; this need will increase 19% in the United States and 14% in Europe, according to a study by the McKinsey Global Institute.

• Article originally published by Investment Monitor Magazine.
• Business and investment leaders discuss how Costa Rica stands to be a primary destination for FDI that places higher value on sustainability and well-being in the wake of Covid-19.

By prompting significant focus on the environment and personal well-being, the Covid-19 pandemic has also brought into sharp relief the role of the investment community in supporting a sustainable recovery.

• Largest innovative photovoltaic generation and energy storage project opens in Costa Rica.
• The system uses solar panels to charge batteries during periods of lower energy cost and then, subsequently to deliver stored energy during the two peak periods when cost is highest.
• Swissol implemented the project, in conjunction with the English / German company, Rolls Royce Solutions.

The companies Proquinal – a member of the Spradling Group – and Swissol, accompanied by government authorities, inaugurated the largest and most innovative project for the storage of alternative energy in Costa Rica, which will help reduce the pressure on public electricity generation while also contributing to the country’s carbon neutrality strategy.

We are proud to introduce you to our new brand image, keeping in mind where we come from and looking forward to the opportunities of the future. Let´s grow smarter, better, together. Invest with purpose, invest in Costa Rica.

The pandemic has brought uncertainty in many areas, but even when the world turns gray, you can trust Costa Rica. View the 30-second video to learn why.