CARROTS AND STICKS – PROMOTING ... - Global Reporting Initiative
CARROTS AND STICKS – PROMOTING ... - Global Reporting Initiative
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56 Carrots and Sticks - Promoting Transparency and Sustainability<br />
Country/Region Standards, Codes and Guidelines<br />
value to receive such a certificate.<br />
http://www.profepa.gob.mx/<br />
PROFEPA/AuditoriaAmbiental/<br />
ProgramaNacionaldeAuditoriaAmbiental/<br />
� Socially Responsible Company Distinction (ESR),<br />
2001. The ESR is a distinction that is awarded by<br />
the Mexican Centre for Philanthropy, an integral<br />
institution of the organisation called The Alliance<br />
for Corporate Social Responsibility in Mexico<br />
(Aliarse). The focus of the ESR is to document the<br />
activities of companies in issues of sustainability,<br />
such as ethics and corporate governance, quality of<br />
life within the organisation, link and commitment<br />
with the community and its development, and<br />
care and preservation of the environment. Since<br />
its launch to date 1,153 companies have received<br />
the ESR distinction and 349 companies received it<br />
in 2009. ESR has been adequately spread within<br />
the corporate community, albeit without a solid<br />
methodological base in the beginning, and it has<br />
been widely accepted by local companies. The<br />
demand for such a distinction has grown in recent<br />
years due to the participation of several Aliarse<br />
companies in Mexico. ESR is becoming increasingly<br />
attached (thematically and methodologically) to<br />
international standards on generating reports.<br />
Due to its flexibility and speed in evaluation,<br />
it is expected to continue to be in demand by<br />
Mexican companies until the groups of national<br />
interest require the use of international standards.<br />
http://www.cemefi.org/esr/<br />
� Inventory on Greenhouse Effects (IGEI), 2004<br />
is operated by the Environment and National<br />
Resources Secretariat of the Federal Government<br />
(SEMARNAT) together with the World Resources<br />
Institute and World Business Council for Sustainable<br />
Development. Its objective is to develop the<br />
capacity in a company to prepare inventories of GEI,<br />
such as quantifying and documenting projects on<br />
emission reduction, with the objective of positioning<br />
a company as a leader in GEI management and<br />
promoting participation in carbon offsetting. During<br />
2007, 47 companies presented their inventories<br />
and in 2008 there were 70 companies registered.
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