The
INNOVA Center for Sustainable Development was created
in June 2000 as the result of a strategic alliance between
the Business Council for Sustainable Development – Latin America
(BCSD-LA), and the Monterrey Institute of Technology (ITESM),
also known as Monterrey TEC. The INNOVA Center headquarters
are located in the Sustainable Development Center (CEDES),
which operates out of the Monterrey Institute of Technology
(ITESM) in Monterrey, Mexico.
Mission
With
the direct support of BCSD-LA, the INNOVA Center for Sustainable
Development has the mission of acting as a catalyst for change
for the sustainable development of the developing world. In
order to fulfill its mission, The INNOVA Center coordinates
the entrepreneurial activities for Sustainable Development of
the BCSD-LA’s Network, with the other INNOVA NETWORKS: INNOVA
Educational, INNOVA Social and INNOVA Medical, created specifically
for this purpose. Therefore, The INNOVA Center is constituted
as the coordinator center of the organized efforts from the
entrepreneurial, educational, social and medical sectors; all
united by the common purpose of summing their efforts to the
construction of the sustainable development of their societies.
For
further information visit our INNOVA Center website: www.innovacenter.net
The
BCSD-LA is a private-sector umbrella organization, whose
mission is to promote the leadership that will advance sustainable
development in Latin America.
For
the BCSD-LA, sustainable development seeks an integral
optimization of:
- Economic
growth
- Social
responsibility
- Environmental
responsibility
BCSD-LA
engages in the study, analysis, and solution of problems related
to sustainable development in Latin America. In addition, the
BCSD-LA promotes education and training for the Latin
American business sector and is involved in implementing specific
programs and projects on sustainable development and eco-efficiency.
The
BCSD-LA networks with the public, private, and academic
sectors, non-governmental (NGOs) and intergovernmental organizations
(IGOs), and the mass media in order to promote sustainable development.
BCSD-LA’s
headquarters are located at the INNOVA Center for
Sustainable Development, which operates out of the
Monterrey Institute of Technology (ITESM) in Monterrey,
Mexico.
| Eugenio
Clariond Reyes-Retana |
México
(Chairman) |
| Stephan
Schmidheiny |
Suiza
(Honorary Chairman) |
| Arturo
Acevedo |
Argentina |
| Eliezer
Batista da Silva |
Brasil |
| Francisco
R. R. de Sola |
El
Salvador |
| Armando
J. García Segovia |
México |
| Jorge
Gerdau Johanpeter |
Brasil |
| Jorge
Gross Brown |
Paraguay |
| Chad
O. Holliday |
EE.UU. |
| Erling
Lorentzen |
Brasil |
| Roger
Medel |
EE.UU. |
| Rafael
Morice |
Costa
Rica |
| Eduardo
Prieto Sánchez-Mejorada |
México |
| Rafael
Rangel |
México |
| Nicanor
Restrepo |
Colombia
|
| Mario
Ribadeneira |
Ecuador |
| Agostino
Rocca |
Argentina |
| Manuel
Rodríguez Becerra |
Colombia |
| Federico
Sada |
México |
| Manuel
Sotomayor |
Perú |
| Alberto
Tovar |
Venezuela |
| Oscar
Vicente |
Argentina |
| Luis
Carlos Villegas Echeverri |
Colombia |
| Lorenzo
Zambrano |
México |
| Sylvia
Adriana Pinal |
México
(Executive Director)
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The BCSD-LA
NETWORK is comprised of individuals, national, sub-national,
and regional business entities that share the goal of working
together for sustainable development in Latin America. The network
brings together more than 850 individuals and companies, along
with 22 business associations and groups dedicated to the formation
of future business leaders. The BCSD-LA currently has a presence
in 15 Latin American countries: Argentina, Brazil, Colombia,
Costa Rica, Chile, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador,
Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Peru, Paraguay, Uruguay, Venezuela,
and also the United States.
The
following organizations are part of the BCSD-LA's Network:
ANDI
Asociacion
Nacional de Industrias (Colombian Federation of Industry)
CEADS
Argentinean
Business Council for Sustainable Development
CEDES-El
Salvador
Salvadorian
Business Council for Sustainable Development
CEDES-Golfo
de Mexico
Business
Council for Sustainable Development-Gulf of Mexico
CEDES-Mante
Business
Council for Sustainable Development-Mante Chapter
CEDES-Tampico
Business
Council for Sustainable Development-Tampico
CEHDES
Honduran
Business Council for Sustainable Development
CEMCODES
Costa Rican
Business Council for Sustainable Development
CESPEDES
Center for
Private Sector Studies on Sustainable Development
CEVEDES
Venezuelan
Business Council for Sustainable Development
CMP+L
Mexican Center
for Cleaner Production
CNPMLTA-Colombia
National
Centre for Cleaner Production and Environmental Technology of
Colombia
CODESARROLLO
Foundation - Colombia
Iniciativa
GEMI
Libertad
Foundation - Argentina
Moises
Bertoni Foundation - Paraguay
Sinaloa
EcoRegion Foundation - Mexico
ITESM
Monterrey
Institute of Technology
Pediatrix
- Obstetrix and NATAL International
PERU
2021
PLEDS
Business
Leadership Program for Sustainable Development
PROPEL
Promotion
of the Small Latin American Eco-Efficient Company
AIESEC
Argentina, Brazil, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Mexico, Venezuela
ITESM
is a University system with the mission of preparing people
who can be internationally competitive in their area of expertise,
and committed to the development of their communities for
improving them socially, economically and politically. It
also interacts with governments, other academic and scientific
institutions and with the business sector to encourage the
sustainable development of Latin America through education
and research.
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INNOVA
EDUCATIONAL NETWORK |
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Through
the INNOVA Center, the BCSD-LA NETWORK coordinates
private-sector participation in educational projects. The
Center has also developed a network of individuals and educational
institutions all over Latin America that share an interest
in and commitment to education and to preparing new generations
for a sustainable future. Known as the INNOVA Educational
Network, it maintains close daily contact with the BCSD-LA
NETWORK. Through the INNOVA Educational Network,
the INNOVA Center facilitates joint efforts between
the academic and private sectors to educate new generations
for the sustainable development of Latin American societies.
For
further information visit INNOVA CENTER´s website:
www.innovacenter.net
Through
the INNOVA Center for Sustainable Development, the
BCSD-LA has promoted the creation of the INNOVA
Social Network. Its purpose is to coordinate the efforts
of the business sector with organizations, foundations, individuals
whose common goal is to wipe out poverty and ignorance and
open up opportunities for all members of society. It is through
this combined effort that the BCSD-LA articulates its
contributes to real social development for Latin America.
For
more information on this program, please write to: responsabilidad@bcsdla.org
The
BCSD-LA believes that resources for protecting and
improving health should be accessible to everyone. This is
one of the essential elements for truly sustainable development.
Each day, science is contributing new solutions to health
problems, but they take several years to be disseminated within
the medical community. This delay has huge costs in social,
economic and human terms, which are particularly onerous in
developing countries. With the aim of narrowing this information
gap and improving the training of physicians and health-care
professionals, the BCSD-LA, in association with Obstetrix
Pediatrix and their International subsidiary, and through
the INNOVA Center for Sustainable Development, created
the INNOVA Medical World Network.
The
objective of the INNOVA Medical World Network is to
create an INTERNET-based communications infrastructure where
participants from different countries and cultures may offer
the required technology to other colleagues. This will allow
physicians to concentrate on providing services under the best
conditions, based on most information and experience possible.
At the same time, this program opens a communications channel
so that participating physicians can share the experiences they
had when applying information obtained through the INNOVA
Network, thus providing feedback to the system and expanding
the base of experience among its members. The INNOVA Medical
World Network has created a web site: http://www.nataldoc.com.
For
more information on this program, please write to: rimm@bcsdla.org
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