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World Environment Day
We also celebrate World Environment Day. The celebration in
2019 consisted of an internal communication campaign on the
theme "Air Pollution". Additionally, it provided the space for
dialogue on the Zero Waste movement; Carlos Viesca, who
is part of the consultancy Rinters (specialized in sustainability
issues), led this talk.
The celebration of 2020 took place digitally, so we sent out a
statement to remind people of the importance of this day and to
offer recommendations regarding the care of our environment.
b. Meeting Smart
As a legal services Firm, meetings are a fundamental aspect
of our work culture; they are especially important in
maintaining the relationship with our clients and other
stakeholders. Nonetheless, we are aware of the environmental
impact they entail and therefore take steps to reduce
the repercussions.
This module seeks to incorporate environmental sustainability
into the planning of the events that we carry out as a Firm. For
this reason, we have developed a guide for suppliers that will be
published in FY21. This reference material includes the guidelines
that must be followed to participate in a Firm event.
The next step will be to set out general guidelines specifying
the characteristics and considerations to be met when organizing
an event. This guide will be directed to the areas and persons
belonging to the Firm that usually organize both internal and
external events. It will also include topics related to food, waste,
energy, transportation, headquarters, materials, among
others that are relevant.
c. Travel Smart
Aviation is one of the most polluting industries. Despite this, the
professional services we offer require us to carry out recurrent
business trips by plane; these are an integral and unavoidable
aspect of carrying out our operations.
Business air travel is our main source of emissions, so we will
avoid making non-essential trips and continue to invest in the
technology that allows us to hold good quality video conferences.
Additionally, we will redesign meetings and events to make
virtual attendance more frequent.
The following table shows the carbon footprint of business travel.
FY17
FY18
FY19
FY20
tCO2
1,200
1,209
702
363
Variation Against
Previous Year
1%
-42%
-48%
The pandemic that has occurred during 2020 has required us
to carefully evaluate the travel we have undertaken in past years;
through this task, we hope to accurately determine the travel
that is considered essential and necessary for the operation
of the business.
d. Pro Bono: Environmental Consultancy
Through pro bono legal advice, we collaborated with
entrepreneurs whose business model is related to products
or services that have a positive impact on the environment.
SARAR Transformación, Futz, Golgi Technology, Polybion,
and Lup Colombia exemplify some of these collaborations.
In addition to the above, we also gave a talk on Environmental
Law as part of our partnership with Appleseed for Grupo
Mexico's CSOs.View entire presentation