(3BL Media) Mexico, DF - May 8, 2012 - In a global context where it grows the importance of sustainability and, specifically, quantification and monitoring of emissions of greenhouse gases, reporting and climate managementhave become key factors for businesses in terms of competitiveness and access to new markets.
Therefore, the British NGO Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP), along with Green Plus, a partner in Mexico of CDP,and Banorte-Ixe, as a signatory for Latin America and the only Mexican private bank to participate in the project,carried out this day the workshop “The Impact of Climate Change in the Business”, with the participation of various specialists and entrepreneurs.
Participants in the symposium, held at the corporate offices of Grupo Financiero Banorte in this capital, andstreamed video to Monterrey, stressed that disseminate information and manage the climate change issue is related to better stock market performance companies, as well as their participation in the Carbon IndexPerformance Leadership Index (FPIC) and Carbon Disclosure Leadership Index (CDLI). They noted that companies with an eye toward climate change offered approximately 2 times more financial returns to investors in the periodJanuary 2005 to May 2011.
Fernando Figueiredo, CDP Executive Director for South America, said in his speech that, although the so-calledgreenhouse gases are good for the planet, ”the issue that we are generating through diversasfuentes energy are beyond what is necessary, since the total global emissions, carbon occupies 77 percent. ” Continue reading
