The Association of Banana Producer Organizations of the Canary Islands (ASPROCAN) has awarded Leopoldo Cólogan the Honorary Insignia of Plátano de Canarias in recognition and gratitude for his work in defence of the sector in his career, highlighting his position as 

· He is a founding member of the Association of European Banana Producers (APEB), where he held the presidency from its creation in 1989 until December 2015. At this time, he highlighted his role as chief negotiator before the European Communities on behalf of the Canary Islands with Guadeloupe, Martinique, and Madeira in the creation of the banana OCM in 1993 and the incorporation of the Community banana into the POSEI programme in 2007 to the present. 

· Founder of the Association of Banana Producer Organizations of the Canary Islands (ASPROCAN), where he held the presidency from 1995 to 2000. 

· President of the Coplaca Banana Producers Organization from 1992 to 1996. 

· Founding President of the fruit and vegetable marketing company Eurobanancanarias, S.A., where he held the presidency from July 1993 to September 2008. 

Leopoldo Cólogan's career has also been closely linked to the agricultural sector in general in the Canary Islands, especially highlighting the work he carried out as president of the Association of Farmers and Ranchers of the Province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife (ASAGA) from 1985 to 1992, from where he actively participated in the constitution of the first Programme of Specific Options for the Canary Islands.