A culture rooted in the land
The CALIMA® brand honors the ancient Calima civilization, a pre-Columbian culture from the fertile Cauca Valley of Colombia, known for extraordinary goldsmithing and a deep reverence for nature.
The Calima Civilization
The Calima culture flourished in the mountainous Cauca Valley of western Colombia between approximately 1600 BCE and 100 CE. They are best known for their extraordinary metalwork, intricate gold artifacts that demonstrated unparalleled craftsmanship.
The Calima people were deeply connected to the natural world. They cultivated the rich, volcanic soils of the Andes foothills and understood the cycles of nature long before modern sustainability became a concept.
Today, the Cauca Valley is home to some of the world's most productive sugarcane plantations, grown in the same fertile soils that the Calima people once farmed. The connection between ancient wisdom and modern sustainability is not lost on us.
Cauca Valley
A 200km Andean microclimate. Its fertile volcanic soil creates the world’s ideal environment for sugarcane.
Biodiversity
Sugercane & Sustainability
Located at the heart of Colombia, a global biodiversity hotspot home to 10% of Earth´s species.
A CO₂ sequestering crop. We upcycle leftover bagasse (fiber) into paper, turning waste into a resource.
From ancient fields to modern paper
When we named our brand CALIMA®, we wanted to honor the land and the people who understood its value long before the modern world. The sugarcane fields of the Cauca Valley are not just a raw material source, they are a living legacy.
Every sheet of CALIMA® paper carries this story: a sustainable alternative to tree-based paper, grown in one of the world's most biodiverse regions, by a culture that revered the natural world.