The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), linked to UN Environment, held the '‘Workshop Capacity Building for Policymakers and Other Stakeholders – Improving Capacities to Manage Corporate Sustainability Reporting Information in Latin American Countries’ in Santiago, Chile. CEBDS participated in the event and gave a presentation on the panel “Corporate Sustainability Reporting: Private Sector Perspective”.
In addition to CEBDS, the event included participation from the Ministry of the Environment, the National Service for Industrial Training (SENAI), Gestão Origami, representatives from the UN, and countries such as Argentina, Chile, and Colombia. The main objective of the event was to mobilize support for the implementation of Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) number 12.6, which aims to encourage companies to adopt sustainable practices and integrate sustainability information into their reporting cycle. Furthermore, the workshop sought to raise awareness among decision-makers in Latin American countries about the usefulness and potential of sustainability reporting for the formulation of public policies, among other actions.
Tatiana Araujo, technical advisor for Institutional Projects at CEBDS, spoke about the results identified by the "Reporting Matters" report in sustainability reports in Latin America, and about how the business sector can incorporate the SDGs into its activities with the help of... “SDG Guide for Businesses” and regarding the platform recently launched by the WBCSD, “"Reporting Exchange"”, which assists companies in finding mandatory and voluntary regulatory requirements for specific countries, sectors or issues, as well as resources for preparing non-financial reports. Tatiana Araujo also highlighted the initiative of the Brazilian stock exchange B3 called “Report or Explain” [link], an effort to encourage listed companies to publish sustainability reports or integrated reports, including SDG criteria.
During the workshop, an action plan was developed outlining the next steps, which includes the creation of a commission in each country and the launch of a National Committee for the implementation of SDG 12.6.
