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[^3]\n\nSystem B Colombia's latest Collective Impact Report states that certified companies mobilized US$25.637 billion in social impact and 17,814 hours of corporate volunteering. [^4]\n\nColombia enacted Law 2468 of 2025 to establish specific conditions for light electric vehicles and differentiate their treatment from standard automobiles and motorcycles. [^5]\n\nDrivers of electric personal vehicles weighing less than 60 kilograms are not required to possess a driver's license under the new Colombian legislation. [^6]\n\nVerónica Vásquez Echeverri, CEO of Colombia-based circular economy company Ecomujeres, argues in an essay that the industrial sector needs women not merely in photographs representing the future but actually building it in offices, plants, laboratories, and boardrooms. [^7]\n\nPopulated centers and dispersed rural areas contributed 238,000 new jobs to the employment increase. [^8]\n\nThe article states that if oil and gas exploration and production are not reactivated, Colombia could lose enormous resources in royalties and energy supply. [^9]\n\nFemale representation in leadership roles within System B companies is 47.7%, while representation of ethnic minorities in leadership positions is only 3%. [^10]\n\nSystem B Colombia reported that 99.2% of surveyed organizations have legally incorporated their impact purpose into their corporate bylaws. [^11]\n\nThe report indicates that Colombia currently has more than 130 organizations certified under the System B management model. 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