Monday, July 13, 2009

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Contest responsible companies looking for a Greener Chile


"Chile Verde: Medium Environment and Energy, the amount to multiply "is the name of a multimedia project, new and expected long-term national commitment to identify and collect the green environmental practices promoted by the government, private enterprises, social organizations and institutions education, among others.

The project aims to develop a book, exhibition and web, is in its early starting with a survey of cases, which are in execution or in some stage of implementation, and then are evaluated according to strict selection criteria to choose the best initiatives that will be contained in the book. Therefore, "Chile Verde" seeks to promote, highlight and disseminate cases contribute to the care and reservation of the environment, and the development and implementation of energy efficient - clean.

All interested parties may apply to the project by a simple sheet located on the web www.porunchileverde.cl may also request information from the mail: porunchileverde@midia.cl and contacto@porunchileverde.cl The application period ends on July 20, when starting the screening of cases. The following projects will be evaluated by an expert committee, comprising leading scholars in environmental and energy. The team, like the project, is transverse and representative of different social sectors, disciplines and production activities in the country, including the State, enterprises, NGOs, universities, foundations and even ordinary citizens, thus creating harmony between all involved.

The experts include distinguished professionals such as Ximena Abogabir of Casa de la Paz, Bernardo Reyes Ethics on Forests, WWF Ricardo Bosshard, Bronwen Golder, Paul Vidal de Acción RSE, Remade Denise Montt Chile, Javier del Río, architect, scholar and expert on Bioclimatic, Maryann Ramirez Innova CORFO, Nicola Borregaard CAMCHAL (Chilean-German Chamber Trade and Industry), Felix Maldonado, founder of the Latin American Network of UNEP-ROLAC Ecodesign, William Scallan, Avina Foundation, Alvaro Verdejo, Environmental Advisory ASIVA (Association of Region V) Heiremans Josefina, Chile Remade Communications Manager , Mark Kulka General Manager / CEO Fundación Chile, Claudio Gomez, Director National Museum of Natural History and the journalist Nicholas Luco.

The main consequence of the project is to bring the discussion to all sectors so that all generations will understand the importance of achieving good environmental practices. "The challenge is to move to touch a sensitive and difficult issue to talk and work lined up for a better future where the average citizen understands and knowingly opine," said Teresa Road MIDIA director in charge of editing the draft . At the same time, the collaboration of Ministry of Education and Dibam in the production and dissemination of its contents.

Saturday, July 11, 2009

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Economic News

After the political defeat of the ruling party in recent elections, are causing changes in the structure of the ruling cast dramatically. Amendments and waivers that will occur without interruption, and no one has fully understood the true meaning of the changes, much less their effectiveness.
The call to dialogue by the president of the nation within hours of having produced what was called, quite rightly, the castle of staff, is much like previous calls to the institutions or to the called mainstreaming. That is, if demand becomes an insignificant contribution to achieve a strongly be rejected because the Manichean absolutely disqualifying structure assumed from the beginning by the Kirchner couple has, in our humble opinion, the possibility of return. Dialogue is a normal activity in a democracy that prides itself more or less. That would have supported a government without him over 6 long years is a lot more than striking. Moreover, we must say that unfortunately these so-called dialogues remind us of the infamous calls that were de facto rulers during the military regimes.
believe, somewhat philosophically, that there are people in the world with whom dialogue is impossible in any front whatsoever. For various reasons. Closure may be ideological whim, or that simple Manichaean sense of omnipotence that makes the ruling property of ethics and patriotism. And we are convinced that among such people is, without doubt, the Kirchner couple. What else can befall the rest of the political spectrum but the diatribe, disqualification, to insult and accusation coup bastard?
A person who takes on political discourse as a kind of sermon from a pulpit from which not only tells the Argentines, but the entire world, where are the benefits and evils of human beings, and side who will have to be to become the chosen ones, is a person who is not on speaking terms. Absolutely not.
So we say this before you throw out some numbers and see some economic realities, with In order to give first players on the field and then enter the ball.
Now we introduce therefore the ball.
The de facto finance minister is, no doubt, and that worldwide, Nestor Kirchner. Therefore any change in that ministry is a revoked absurd and inconsistent that it can not but cause unease. He added that it is not not even have a finance minister or to have it and it is more or less good, more or less efficient. It is that we have a de facto finance minister who has no idea of \u200b\u200bmanaging the economy, which is like having in front of open heart surgery a carpenter or a dentist (without trying to dismiss such noble offices, or any other). Not that we have someone whose ideas do not share, but we have someone who does not know an icicle and goes and decides everything, causing the disasters it has caused so little time.
Figure Guillermo Moreno is a tangible demonstration of this pathetic caricature. Moreno is a bully unimpeachable placed in that role by the de facto finance minister and held in that position to draw rates, say guarangada, press people, displaying weapons and ensure, that stupid machismo representative more child (within a government whose president confuses sex and gender intends to use sexist language that attempts to abolish the name epicene ridiculously) that he's got bigger.
How will the country do to keep the amount of revenue to meet its obligations and maintain a GDP growth? What is the policy?
The truth is that currently do not know. There is clear evidence from what happened so far. Resolution 125 on retention, modification of the system of affiliation to the retirement system first and appropriation of funds of the administrators then generous and comprehensive money laundering and tax holidays and retirement, no tax rebates to exporters with trivial arguments and unsustainable to improve collection by morenistas tricks, etc.
happen Today all sorts of rumors about increases in reserve requirements for the government to borrow funds, transfer of Central Bank's profits, attempted to levy on certain financial transactions, and a number of etceteras such as tariff adjustments, elimination of subsidies, support of the ban on inflation adjusted balances of companies to collect tax income taxes on inflationary profits (ie, fictitious) etc.
Since some international organizations mentioned again the possibility of a default. Essentially because, although the situation is not dramatic yet, no one has very clear on where you get the funds to meet debt maturities between now and year-end mean about 13,500 million dollars.
is talk of selling the shares held by the ANSES after appropriation. Those would be some 2,500 million dollars. Also close more and more imports to generate trade surpluses at the expense of technological and industrial paralysis and finally the decline of exports, and in general, the elements discussed above: higher taxes, obligations to lend to banks, etc. And the icing on the cake, of course: the devaluation. To which it must be said he opposes a certain monetary stringency by the Central Bank. Thus not be surprising that in the short term there also have a change of guard.
This framework attempts a dialogue situation in which such offer to rejoin the agricultural entities but not to talk of withholdings. If we take this issue by way of example, we infer that any meetings with opposition politicians will do to talk about certain topics, not all. No, for example, the subject of withholding. In other words, the agent will issue the marriage ruling.
So is it a dialogue? Or is it more like those painful press conferences so afraid that they have the presidential couple that asks and no cross-examination and where the de facto president might respond to a movilero to you and sends you that De Narváez I reply?
We are at a crossroads
proportions. Argentina does not exists today almost in the world. Agro-industrial production has been falling so precipitously, by political decisions and by climatic factors. The unusual reference to El Calafate on the part of Mrs. President point to places where the ruling party won the election when it should have accepted defeat and congratulate the winners is a chilling eloquence. These people are not on speaking terms and we say with all the letters.
Neither lady nor her husband are on speaking terms with anyone. NI movilero even a television channel, unless it is a comedy show that specializes in online down shamelessly. This is the truth of a fist. So unless a miraculous kind of cloud descends from heaven and scoot a bit of sanity where there seems to have been ever, there will be no dialogue.
But we want to finish this only with the pale. Then also what we say about the near future. The presidential couple will be pressured by the situation in particular will be pressured by their own companions. PJ will themselves which require changes, fixes, sanity.
And the question will not be delayed. So that things can not begin to run a long time.
For now, Leopard tweaks can be a kind of attempt to kick forward. But the wind is against and the ball will soon stop.
We reiterate, at the crossroads of major proportions. Interpreted as a final crossroads.
Hopefully the country will take the right path. There will be plenty of time to do so.
Source: Trillo

Friday, July 10, 2009

Candy Buffet Agreements

The Economist criticizes handling health crisis in Argentina

The British weekly The Economist article published yesterday a very hard criticizing the Argentine government for its handling of the health crisis. Among the series of questions, asks why the flu causes more deaths in Argentina than in Chile.
In Argentina, 2.4% of the cases ended in death, while in Chile only 0.2% died, says the article, and explains the difference in the handling of the two countries, like Emergency services are organized and central Chile and in Argentina not "health policies and budgets are in the hands of provincial governments", which means that "officials rarely talk to each other, have different objectives and budgets. " Even in "Brazil, a federal country like Argentina, the Ministry of Health issued national guidelines," says The Economist. He also speaks of "slow response" of the government before the crisis: "Some doctors are accused of deliberately failing to act against the outbreak until after the elections on June 28." And it ensures that the Health Minister Graciela Ocana, resigned after the elections because they delayed the vote as she had requested.
addition, The Economist criticizes that Argentina has not yet been declared a national health emergency, "Chile's answer seems to be faster, better coordinated and decisive. The same day the World Health Organization raised the alert level in April, Michelle Bachelet, President of Chile, a committee of experts met to discuss the threat. "They point to the fact that the president-medical trasandina" must have helped "and made a difference.
Source: Clarín

Thursday, July 9, 2009

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First, what is the CSR?





Social Responsibility Business is: "Doing business based on ethical principles and law-abiding. The company (not the employer) has a role in society, to the environment in which it operates.



The decision to make these businesses profitable so based on ethics and legality is really strategic, and that this will generate:
􀂃 Increased productivity, through better conditions for internal customers leading to better retention of talent and thus lower turnover rates;


􀂃 Customer Loyalty: Meeting their needs, starting with providing a place where you can communicate their needs and complaints. Besides quality and price, customers begin to demand information from the conditions of production, on product certifications, among others, and


􀂃 Market access: by enforcing standards and certifications required by external actors, including consumers. 􀂃


Credibility: the company that is respectful of people, communities, environment and society as a whole projects a reputation that ensures greater sustainability over time, reducing risk by anticipating situations that may affect the company greater agility to react and adapt and building trust.




CSR is not a culture of philanthropy, not that companies are looking to become charities, as companies are made to be profitable. This implies that companies adopt a proactive and responsible stance on the impact of its operations. This culture is a way of doing business that ensures greater sustainability over time to the business and economic growth.


CSR is the role that companies have to play for Sustainable Development, ie for the balance between economic growth, social welfare and the exploitation of natural resources and the environment. This balance is vital for the operation of business. Companies must become an active part of the solution to the challenges we as a society, in their own interest to have a more stable and prosperous.


The primary objective of corporate social responsibility lies on the positive impact that these practices generated in different areas with which a company has a relationship, while contributing to competitiveness and sustainability of the company.




Companies have a responsibility to understand the environment in which they operate. Must have a clear understanding of everything around your business, not only geographical terms, but in terms of set of rules, laws governing its operation, and all activities related directly or indirectly with the company.




is important to recognize that public or actors that every company is interrelated. These are called "public interest." The public interest are all those business people who affect and are impacted by the company in a positive or negative.



The company can focus its responsible practices into the company or out of the company. In each case, whether internal or external, there various interested public to where it can focus its action.




Some audiences are the internal stakeholders of the company, such as employees, shareholders and senior management for example. At the outside of the company, find suppliers, customers and the community in general.



Define the internal and external impact that the enterprise is critical. So then, rising pyramid of corporate social responsibility. The pyramid is a tool that has been created to help companies define areas of action in terms of responsibility corporate social responsibility. It is through the pyramid that companies are criteria for prioritizing CSR policies.



In the inner area, these practices are focused on values \u200b\u200band transparency that define the actions of the company, and directly affect internal stakeholders (employees). External practices are linked to the whole production chain (suppliers, consumers / customers) They also cover issues such as respect for the environment, surrounding communities and the state.

The socially responsible company should be in principle from within because their main responsibility is to its employees, which ultimately are what make possible business.



A company not dealing with internal problems, in which its members identify with it and has a clear path in terms of enforcement, ensures greater success in the outcome of their actions and provides greater legitimacy to their practices to the external.




Once these basic requirements, the company may focus on the external dimension and have greater positive impact. This is because a company adopting ethical values, there is transparency in operations and compliance with legal requirements, transmits confidence to the external with suppliers, customers, government and society as a whole.


CSR facilitates the identification and formation of clusters ("clusters"), as this model seeks to enable the company to improve its relationship with its customer and its supplier, be looking for socially responsible production chains, so that can talk about a product or service socially responsible.




Likewise, extending the circle of influence of the company, it must act seeking to create a link with community plans, municipal plans, departmental plans, and finally plans nationwide.
If we get these practices are part of our business strategy, our way of doing business 365 days a year and that all employees of our businesses alive this new corporate culture, people will consciously with their actions contribute to the success of companies, leading companies and making them as good examples to follow.



These ideas were implemented graphically by the Committee of entrepreneurs in the Pyramid of CSR is shown in Annex 3A. The pyramid is adapted to the reality of Guatemala, as in developed countries the internal elements of the pyramid are practiced at a high percentage (although not necessarily). In the Guatemalan context your application is still in its infancy, but such actions will allow us to eradicate poverty, expand the market and create competitiveness.



Thus, we determine the relationship between poverty, market and competitiveness, as well as the retroactive effect this chain creates. If you want to get companies to be competitive, they must start by creating the right conditions of market, which implies from enforcement actions with the legal system to participation in state policy, otherwise they will fall into a vicious circle that will strengthen poverty in the country.


The Pyramid of CSR



Center has defined a CSR pyramid that defines the priorities of the incorporation of CSR. The pyramid is a tool that has been created to assist companies to define areas of action in terms of corporate social responsibility. It is through the pyramid that companies have the criteria they need on hand to design CSR policies.



As we saw earlier, CSR is able to demonstrate through the implementation of business practices that generate a positive impact both internally and external to firms that apply. The company can focus its responsible practices into the company or out of the company and in each case there are different groups to where it can focus its action.
We want to promote the implementation of these practices in two contexts: The first is internal and the second is external to the company.
This first context, involves the interaction of internal resources of the Company in accordance with their results. For this we consider two dimensions: The Fulfillment of the legal framework and the need to recognize that the company can not be socially responsible
otherwise being met, above all, with the legal system as it is the basis for any action of CSR and the foundation for the development of each of our countries. Otherwise, the shares of the company will lack legitimacy and sustainability in the long term. Remember that tax evasion and lack of transparency are not synonymous with competitiveness and that we must move from comparative advantages to competitive advantages sustainable in the long term, because cheap labor is ceasing to be the lack of technological and productivity. We need to invest in developing the skills of our people and new technologies also incorporate preservation medio ambiente.


El segundo paso de este contexto es propiciar el desarrollo de la persona dentro de la empresa. Los colaboradores son necesarios para el éxito de cualquier empresa, y en la medida en que estén más capacitados, más motivados, mejor tecnificados y con buenas condiciones laborales, la
competitividad de la empresa será mayor logrando así maximizar la productividad de las empresas. La legitimidad de una empresa socialmente responsable radica en el apego a estas dos dimensiones de carácter interno y sólo con esto, estaremos mejorando las condiciones de esa parte que nos corresponde de los 35 millones de habitantes de nuestra región para convertirnos en una región altamente competitive, and why not also recognize that consumers have more potential.



The second context is external, where relationships are developed and Company out empresasociedad forming the link. Within this context, consider three dimensions:
First, the projection of the employee's family are the people closest to our business that are outside it. Working with families of our employees strengthen the loyalty of all to the company. We can extend the benefits, train, transfer to family work performed within the company. This will also become our allies spokesmen for the company and our work.


Secondly we have the outreach to the community, which should be basically joint partnerships with local public and private organizations, in order to integrate efforts in achieving common goals and objectives of local and structural facilitate sustainable development in the area (self, plans municpales prioritized strategic actions and everything largoplacista vision of what the company has an impact on the community including the environment). All this will be good corporate neighbors.

And thirdly, the participation in the design and implementation of state policies is the participation of business people in the country's social agenda is a priority, since the productive development of a country is closely linked to the development of its people. " The formulation of national plans long term, the implementation of actions and structural changes as well as evaluating the results, are functions that the private sector must share with their leaders to ensure continuity and achievement. The practice of interaction with government decisions and design and implementation. Help create a better business climate. Also
is important to note that the external actions with society and others, but are more visible, make the company not be responsible to society if you are under CSR internally. There are two major reasons, and the first is that such actions do not directly increase the productivity of the company therefore does not contribute to long-term competitiveness and sustainability. The second, from the point of view of image, is that the effects of the external actions of the company contribute little if not backed by actions internally. In a sense it is legitimate for the company want to project out as a socially responsible company, if the internal has not fulfilled the necessary conditions.






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