What Indeleble Social does

Indeleble Social is a privately-held Colombian social enterprise founded in 2014 by five women entrepreneurs and headquartered in Medellín. The firm designs and executes professional consulting engagements centered on corporate volunteering, human development, territorial development, strategic stakeholder engagement, and impact communication — packaged as five core service lines. Its underlying technology consists of proprietary experiential learning methodologies, a four-component Participatory Territorial Diagnostic aligned with the UN SDGs and the 5P framework (People, Planet, Prosperity, Peace, Partnerships), and a Portable Experiential Laboratory used for community education. There is no software product or AI component; delivery is consultant-led.

The company serves primarily large Colombian corporate foundations and CSR departments — including Nutresa, Fundación Postobón, Fundación SURA, Comfama, Grupo Argos, and Proantioquia — alongside international development organizations such as GAIN. Indeleble operates across all 32 Colombian departments and has extended its footprint to 9 countries (Peru, Chile, Brazil, Uruguay, Mexico, Guatemala, Dominican Republic, Panama, and South Africa), with South Africa added in 2024 via the Ella Exporta África program. Revenue is generated through quote-based professional services fees for tailored engagements; no public pricing exists. Distribution is enterprise field sales augmented by foundation partnerships, international development contracts, and a thought-leadership content channel (the Huellas Indelebles podcast). Customer-reported satisfaction stands at 93% and beneficiary satisfaction at 96%. The firm is B Corp certified and has been recognized by B Lab as one of the best environmental practices in Latin America and one of the best companies for the world.

Name

Indeleble Social

Legal name

Indeleble Social

Website

https://indeleblesocial.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2014

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Indeleble Social is a Colombian social enterprise founded in 2014 that designs and executes corporate volunteering, sustainability, territorial development, and impact communication consulting for large corporations, foundations, and international organizations across Latin America and South Africa.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Social Impact Consulting

NAICS

Educational Services (611), Public Relations Agencies (541820)

SIC

Services-Engineering, Accounting, Research, Management (8700)

akta.pro primary industry

Workforce Development & Inclusive Employment (Job Training, Placement) (BPAGALAB)

akta.pro secondary industry

Nonprofit & Cause Communications (BPAFADAK)

Keywords

• Social impact consulting
• Corporate volunteering services
• Sustainability advisory
• Territorial development consulting
• Triple impact strategy

Headquarters

HQ city

Medellín

HQ country

Colombia

HQ region

Latin America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Professional Consulting Services: Fees charged for designing and executing corporate volunteering programs, sustainability strategies, territorial development, and impact measurement services for corporations and foundations.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Indeleble Social is a Colombian social enterprise that designs and executes professional consulting services in corporate volunteering, human development, strategic management, territorial development, and impact communication for corporations, corporate foundations, philanthropic organizations, and international bodies. The firm applies proprietary experiential learning and participatory territorial diagnostic methodologies, grounded in a triple-impact (social, environmental, economic) framework, to deliver multi-country programs that strengthen organizational sustainability strategy and stakeholder engagement.

Product overview

Indeleble Social is a Colombian social enterprise offering a portfolio of five interconnected professional services centered on corporate volunteering, human development, strategic management, territorial development, and impact communication. The company operates as a unified service offering rather than a software platform, delivering consulting and program execution across Latin America and Africa. The company also produces Huellas Indelebles, a micro video podcast as a content and thought leadership vehicle.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Corporate Volunteering (Voluntariado corporativo) Design and execution of corporate volunteering strategies that benefit communities while strengthening volunteer capabilities and promoting personal and professional development of employees. Targeted at corporations and their foundations across Latin America.
• Human Development and Training (Formación y desarrollo humano) Holistic human development through formative experiential learning experiences designed to expand human potential, enable reflection, experimentation, and deep personal transformation. Delivered for organizations seeking leadership and capability development programs.
• Strategic Management (Gestión estratégica) Design and execution of interaction and collaboration strategies with communities that drive collective development and inclusive growth, connecting private companies with their stakeholders under a collective vision of sustainability and wellbeing.
• Territorial Development (Desarrollo territorial) Support for organizations in designing, formulating, and executing sustainability strategies that strengthen accountability and market competitiveness, integrating sustainability into stakeholder relationships through a participatory approach to generate shared value.
• Impact Communication (Comunicación de impacto) Design of transformative content and experiences that connect company stakeholders around meaningful topics, with strategic messaging, clarity, and cultural relevance for corporations and foundations.
• Huellas Indelebles Podcast Micro video podcast featuring conversations on social impact and sustainability, produced by Indeleble Social and distributed on Spotify.

Named customers13 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Twelve partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Fundación SURAcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024Strategic partner for Sumando Voluntades corporate volunteering program. Indeleble Social coordinated simultaneous volunteering across 8 countries and 17 cities, impacting 1,796 people. SURA Foundation selected Indeleble as their strategic ally for program design, execution, and impact measurement.
• GAIN (Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024Partnership for SPOON project implementing Behavior Change Communication (BCC) strategy across Colombia, Guatemala, and Mexico. Indeleble developed orientation sessions and materials for preventing chronic malnutrition and reducing obesity risk in children 0-23 months.
• Ella Exporta África ProgramminorGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 January 2024Selected by Colombia's Vice Presidency for exploratory mission to South Africa. Held validation meetings with local innovation, strategic communication, and social development actors including The Craft and Design Institute, Hashtag South Africa, Botlhale Media, and others.
• B Lab AfricaminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024Participated as event partners and co-facilitators at B Lab Africa Summit 2024. Connected with over 100 African leaders across sectors and strengthened collaboration network in sustainability and social impact.
• Fundación PostobóncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMulti-year partnership for Dejando Huella corporate volunteering program (3 consecutive years). Executed 48 volunteering jornadas across 8 Colombian departments, achieving 99.5% satisfaction rate. Also partnered for rural women empowerment (Mujer Rural Hit Social).
• ComfamacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLong-term operator of Inspiración Comfama program since 2019, reaching 3,837 people. Also partnered for Liderazgo Joven Empresarial program and corporate volunteering coordination.
• ProantioquiacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for territorial governance projects including Taparales governance model (improving cooperative performance from 61% to 73%), and Rutas Antioquia Sostenible for Cartama Province and Western Subregion.
• Universidad JaverianaminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration on University Mission program designing strategic internship for Unisinos Brazil students focused on innovation and social leadership in Medellín.
• FOLU (Food and Land Use Coalition)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for InnoLab 2024 youth leadership school for food systems regeneration, with 42 young participants in San Carlos and San Rafael, Antioquia.
• Fundación Grupo ArgoscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerStrategic volunteering planning and implementation partnership including PEC de Corazón and strategic volunteering coordination programs.
• Fundación NutresacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for corporate volunteering programs including 'El poder de mil' initiative, reaching multiple communities through volunteer activities.
• Fundación Grupo BIOSminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCommunity impact mapping project for Cartagena territories, generating diagnostic information about localities and stakeholder database.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Regional players

• Fundación Corona: Colombian corporate foundation executing social investment programs in workforce development and territorial development. Comparable as a fellow Colombian foundation-sector actor working on youth leadership and inclusive employment — overlapping target beneficiary populations with Indeleble's programs.
• Sistema B: Latin American B Corp movement organization that certifies and supports impact businesses. Comparable because it operates in the same B Corp ecosystem that gives Indeleble Social its differentiation and serves overlapping corporate/foundation clients across LATAM seeking impact credentials.

Emerging players

• Root Capital: Nonprofit social enterprise supporting rural enterprises in LATAM and Africa with financing and capacity building. Comparable because both organizations work on rural women empowerment and territorial development across overlapping geographies, though Root Capital focuses on agricultural value chains.

Broad incumbents

• Points of Light: Global nonprofit focused on volunteer service and civic engagement. Comparable because it operates in the corporate volunteering space that is Indeleble's largest service line, though it operates at much larger scale and primarily in the US.
• EY Ellipse (Ernst & Young Impact practice): Big Four professional services firm with a global sustainability and impact consulting practice. Comparable as a competitor in the corporate sustainability/ESG strategy space, though it offers a much broader portfolio of services and competes at the enterprise level Indeleble is targeting.
• GSG Impact (Global Steering Group for Impact Investment): International organization promoting impact measurement and impact investing standards. Comparable because both organizations work on impact measurement methodology and SDG alignment, though GSG operates at a policy/standards level rather than execution.

Direct peers

• Forus (formerly Socialab): LATAM-based social enterprise and impact consulting firm operating in Mexico, Colombia, and other Latin American markets. Directly comparable because it provides corporate sustainability and social innovation services with similar methodology-driven approaches to CSR execution.
• Impact Hub: Global network of social enterprise incubators and impact-focused co-working spaces. Comparable as a peer in the social enterprise/impact services space with operations across LATAM, though its model emphasizes ecosystem building rather than CSR program execution.
• Fundación Avina: Latin American philanthropic foundation coordinating sustainability and social impact programs across multiple countries. Directly comparable because both organizations design and execute multi-country impact programs for corporate foundations using participatory territorial methodologies, though Avina operates as a funder rather than consultant.

Others

• B Lab Global: Global nonprofit certifying B Corporations and convening the B Corp movement. Comparable as a partner and ecosystem player that has recognized Indeleble's certifications (Best Environmental Practices, Great Promise), but operates as a standards body rather than a direct competitor.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance2 records

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Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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