When Mother Earth sends us a message
Mother Earth is clearly asking us to act. Nature suffers. Australia’s wildfires, the highest land heat records and the worst locust invasion in Kenya… We are now facing COVID -19, a global health pandemic with a strong link to the health of our ecosystem.
Climate change, human-induced changes in nature, as well as crimes that disrupt biodiversity, such as deforestation, land-use change, intensive crop and livestock production or the growing illegal wildlife trade, can increase contact and transmission of infectious diseases from animals to humans (zoonotic diseases).
According to UNEP (United Nations Environment Program), a new infectious disease emerges in humans every 4 months. Of these diseases, 75% come from animals.
This shows the close relationships between human, animal and environmental health.
The visible and positive impact of the virus, whether through improved air quality or reduced greenhouse gas emissions, is but temporary, as it is due to the tragic economic slowdown and human distress.
Let us remember more than ever on this International Mother Earth Day that we need a shift to a more sustainable economy that works for both people and planet. Promoting harmony with nature and the Earth
Source: https://www.un.org/es/observances/earth-day
¿And what are we at COCESNA doing?
The strategic plan of the Central American Corporation for Air Navigation Services (COCESNA) includes among its objectives:
Objective strategic objective
To promote corporate social responsibility, within the framework of the global effort to achieve sustainable development.
And more specifically,
Specific strategic objectives
Reduce COCESNA’s carbon footprint in the provision of services.
Define the policies and scope of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR).
Implement good corporate social responsibility practices.
Reduction in carbon footprint
The Central American Air Navigation Agency (ACNA), with the implementation of RNAV area navigation routes or direct routes authorized by the Central American Area Control Center (CENAMER ACC), has contributed to the reduction of thousands of tons of emissions from air operations in the Flight Information Region (FIR).
In 2019, a reduction of 19.8 thousand tons of emissions was achieved.
Corporate social responsibility policy
COCESNA’s Corporate Responsibility Policy includes objectives, principles and procedures for its application, commitments, communication channels and monitoring methods in the area of corporate social responsibility.
Scope of the corporate responsibility policy
The policy is applicable to all Agencies, Managements, Departments and Units that make up COCESNA’s administrative structure, as well as to all Personnel linked to all of them, whether they work at the main headquarters, at regional locations or at the sites where the different corporate facilities are located.
COCESNA, by considering Corporate Social Responsibility as a strategic objective within the framework of the global effort to achieve sustainable development, also reaffirms its commitment to these principles, to present the identity of our corporate model.
Implementing good corporate social responsibility practices
GEREMAC
With the creation of COCESNA’s Regional Management of Environment and Climate Change (GEREMAC), support for management in specialized activities in this area was also strengthened, as well as participation in different workshops, seminars, symposiums and regional training sessions, having achieved important agreements, plans and the corporate ideology called “green book”.
Central American Action Plan for the Reduction of Emissions from International Civil Aviation CAAPER;
Framework Agreement for Cooperation and Technical Assistance between COCESNA and CCAD (Central American Commission on Environment and Development);
COCESNA-AESA-SENASA cooperation agreement;
Participation and lecture at the CLIMATE CHANGE EXPO 2019;
COCESNA Environmental Committee;
Document on waste management under COVID-19; and
The Green Book is more than an end in itself, it is the means by which the elements that lead to the sustainability of corporate operations will be established, aligned with the specific strategic objective “To promote corporate environmental sustainability within the framework of the Sustainable Development Goals”.
Club Lions Club Tegucigalpa COCESNA
It was founded on April 30, 2015, and COCESNA employees who are the partners, are engaged in volunteering to serve mainly in five global causes, one of which is the environment.
Environment Environment
We serve to sustainably protect and restore the environment to improve the well-being of all communities.
The earth sustains human life and we have seen how stewardship of natural resources can improve quality of life and increase participation in our communities. Our environment is much more than a stage: it is our home, and we are committed to taking care of it.
We have a plan for the management and donation of trees for schools, their planting and care, including communities where COCESNA facilities are located.
Lions members worldwide have a strategic objective – to sustainably protect and restore the environment to enhance the well-being of all communities – serving to strengthen the relationship between the community and its environment. We have seen how natural resource management can improve the quality of life and increase participation in local communities. Very much in line with the objective and purpose of COCESNA’s social responsibility.