APRONAD Sent report to UN Global Compact

The Association for the Promotion of New Development Alternatives has sent its Communication on Engagement, Coe, to the UN Global Compact, of which it is a party.

In the UN Global Compact, is the Corporate Sustainability Initiative Bigger Planet. It is basically a call for companies to align strategies and operations with the universal principles of human rights, work, the environment and the fight against corruption, and to act to advance the objectives Social.

Those of us who are part of the UN Global Compact are obliged to send a biennial report called "Communication on involvement", where we reaffirm our support for its ten principles in the areas of human rights, labor standards, Environment and anti-corruption.

In this communication on involvement, we describe the measures taken by our Organization to support its principles.

Prior to the breakdown of activities and results, we conducted a contextualization exercise with the Tittle Of The environment and the challenges of the Global Compact in Panama “

"Despite being considered a country in transition, with macroeconomic stability and comparatively high growth rates, Panama has high indices of poverty and social exclusion, which has placed it as one of the countries with the greatest inequality in the World According to the Gini index applied to income. Poverty and social exclusion are geographically and socially well-located: women, children, the disabled, the indigenous, the poor peasants and the inhabitants of the urban-marginal areas are the most vulnerable groups, not only In economic terms but also environmental.

Despite the efforts made by the corporate leadership with the support of the Global Compact and other international entities, the conditions of inequality and exclusion in which large sections of the population live have undergone few changes.

A Panamanian NGO, Apronad, has raised a course of action that seeks to approximate non-traditional business sectors to the ten principles of the UN Global Compact, so that the movement acquires new protagonists and new alliances.

Principle Eight: The environment offers great potential for unifying the efforts of the business sector, communities, indigenous peoples and civil and environmental society.

Part of the implementation of principle 8, it has focused activities in the forestry sector by designing and developing the "Panama Forest Conservation Project – Reduction of GHG emissions from deforestation and forest degradation", the Strategic objective is raised in terms of integrating forests into all policies to advance the objectives of sustainable development.

It has selected the scope of action in the platform for "roads to low carbon and resilient development".

For those interested in getting to know the detail of our Coe You can download it at the following link (in spanish): Communication on ENGAGEMENT (COE) – APRONAD.

The PRO CARBONO Association Panama is a non - profit association, of character and private law, based in the city of Panama. It associates landowners with important forest resources, indigenous organizations, and Grassroots Community Organizations (CBO) who are concerned about conserving forests and obtaining economic benefits through different forms of economic compensation for environmental services.

Meeting with forest owners in Bocas del Toro and Chiriqui

The organization was created to ensure its member's economic support, technical assistance, training, and marketing support, in their task of conservation of forest resources and obtaining economic benefits through the sale of carbon credits, mainly in the Voluntary Market of Carbon (VMC).

Presentation of carbon inventory results in Los Santos and Veraguas

The participation of the associates will facilitate that the country has an organized social force, committed to the conservation of forests, at a time when deforestation threatens to cause desertification in different regions of the national territory. The members of the PRO - CARBONO Panama Association have extensive experience in the conservation of forest resources.

The women's participation also participates in the estimates of the
WTP of the trees. Palmas Bellas Arriba, Panama east.

APROCARBONO expects to offer 3 million carbon credits to the International Financial Agencies that participate in the Green Climate Fund. Foundations and International Non-Governmental Organizations. Mainly, foreign national and foreign companies interested in exercising environmental leadership, participating in the fight against climate change. In short, companies would add value to the brand by committing to offset the emission of Greenhouse Gases (GHG) through the purchase of carbon credits. With the purchase of carbon credits, companies want to effectively communicate with to their final public the contribution they are making to save the planet.

By boat to the forest that will be inventoried

With the emergence of the Isthmus of Panama, three million years ago, Panama became a road that allowed the migration of many species of animals and plants from North America to South America, and vice versa. The bridge made it easier for animals and plants to migrate between the two continents. This event is known as Great American Exchange.

Therefore, with the purchase of carbon credits from Aprocarbono, not only does it help to avoid the emission of GHG emissions. We work so that private forest owners and communities can conserve a unique biodiversity on the planet.

Towards the mountain: owners and technical staff in
 La Pintada, Coclé.

Benefits for buyers of APROCARBONO bonds:

• They avoid GHG emissions, contributing to position themselves as environmental leaders in the scope of Panama and Latin America.

• They will contribute to improving the socioeconomic conditions of poor rural communities located in the environment of primary and secondary forests. With the income generated by the sale of carbon, owners can offer employment in the tasks of conservation and sustainable management of forests (Corporate Social Responsibility CSR).

• The income generated from the sale of carbon credits will allow forest owners and nearby communities to develop initiatives for the conservation of local species and ecosystems, such as zoo breeding and nurseries of forest varieties with species in danger of extinction are found with some degree of threat or in danger of extinction.

• The purchase of bonds will also help finance the conservation of water resources through the conservation of forests.

To contact us you can write to apronad2@gmail.com