Futuris Consulting

Mariela is an engineer in Occupational Safety and Environmental Hygiene and holds a master’s degree in industrial engineering. She is Director of Operations at Futuris Consulting and has 17 years of experience executing sustainability projects in Latin America. She has conducted more than 100 EHS audits, occupational health and safety risk assessments (baseline, task-based, HAZOP) and has led teams that have developed tools that facilitate the identification of regulation for different countries in Latin America.

In recent years, Mariela has worked with special emphasis with financial institutions in the design and monitoring of environmental and social risk management systems (ESMS) and in the design and execution of trainings on the implementation of EHS and ESMS, as well as the criteria of the IFC performance standards. For more than eight years, Mariela has combined consulting with teaching for several engineering programs in different universities in Costa Rica.

Jurgen has a degree in Film and TV, a Master’s Degree in Creative Documentary from the Autonomous University of Barcelona with an emphasis in Directing, and is the Communications Director of Futuris Consulting. He has more than 20 years of experience in the Costa Rican cultural environment. Some of his films have participated in the film festivals of Cannes, Havana, Washington, Clermont Ferrand, Trieste, Biarritz and Cartagena, among others. His feature films, Muñecas rusas (2014) and Abrázame como antes (2016) received the Best Director Award at the Icaro Central American Festival, in Guatemala, among other recognitions.

He has taught workshops on audiovisual theory and practice in several countries, writes articles on film in various magazines and cultural supplements and teaches at the Film and Television School of Veritas University. His work as an editor includes the CD-Rom dedicated to the Magón Awards, which he produced for the Costa Rican Ministry of Culture and Youth (2003), the weekly magazine La Cuarentena, which published 40 issues between March and December 2020, and more than a hundred texts in various sections of the newspaper La Nación, such as the cultural supplement Áncora, the magazine Viva and the opinion section Página Quince.

Jurgen directed the preventive campaign “Volvamos a cuidarnos” for the National Emergency Commission and coordinated the project for the elaboration of the “Antología sobre una Costa Rica descarbonizada al 2050” in conjunction with the IDB and the Dirección de Cambio Climático (DCC) of Costa Rica. Jurgen is the host of the podcast La Telaraña.

Carlos has a bachelor’s degree in environmental health with a master’s degree in occupational safety and environmental hygiene and is a principal consultant with Futuris Consulting. He has more than 10 years of experience and has worked as a consultant on projects in different countries such as Costa Rica, Guatemala, México, Perú, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Honduras, Panama, Dominican Republic and Trinidad and Tobago. Carlos is fluent in Spanish and English.

Carlos has extensive experience conducting several environmental and social due diligence (ESDD) and monitoring across various sectors in the region. His expertise includes diverse industries including agribusiness, fish and poultry processing facilities and construction projects. Also, he has actively contributed to the implementation of robust environmental and social risk management systems (ESMS) for financial institutions and has conducted comprehensive environmental and social audits to ensure legal compliance. Furthermore, his proficiency extends to developing and implementation of Environmental, Health, and Safety (EHS) management systems aligned with internationally recognized standards such as ISO 14001 and ISO 45001. Carlos is proficient in IFC Performance Standards.

Alise holds a degree in Occupational Safety and Environmental Hygiene Engineering and is a consultant for Futuris Consulting. She has developed occupational health programs, emergency preparedness and response plans and safe practices in the hotel and construction sector and other SMEs.

 She has been involved in the start-up of operations and in charge of the Safety, Health and Environment area in a recognized multinational medical device company. She has also collaborated with the risk assessment of multiple work areas, including office, telecommuting and operational risks in the public and private sector. He currently provides support and advice to several companies on occupational health and environmental issues. She worked for two years at the municipal field in the country in the area of territorial planning. She has certifications in brigade training, fire prevention, hot work, cardiopulmonary resuscitation, disaster management, development of performance indicators, among others.

Larissa is an environmental engineer who brings more than a decade of experience to her role in environmental and social risk management within the financial sector. She has developed, implemented and supervised environmental and social management systems (ESMS) adapted to the Paraguayan financial landscape. She is recognized for her ability to design credit policies that integrate environmental, social, and climate considerations, as well as for her competence in creating sustainable financial products with measurable impacts.

In addition, Larissa has significant experience in the development and dissemination of educational materials designed specifically for the financial sector. These materials cover essential topics such as SARAS, the implementation of the International Finance Corporation (IFC) Performance Standards, and sustainable finance and impact investing. Her ability to communicate these complex concepts clearly plays a critical role in improving understanding and promoting the adoption of sustainable financial practices.