Latin America

SBTN’s regional initiative in Latin America is led by UN Global Compact Mexico, which serves as the regional incubator for SBTi and SBTN. The initiative includes 32 partner organisations across 12 countries – Brazil, Mexico, Ecuador, Chile, Guatemala, Bolivia, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Honduras, Costa Rica, Panama, and the Dominican Republic – and its core priorities are to train local organisations and consultancies in the SBTN methodology and to provide resources and training opportunities for Latin American companies in Spanish. 

Initiative Background (2023-2025)

The regional initiative was established in 2023 with 70 participants from 36 organisations, with an initial focus on building awareness and strengthening the capacity of regional NGOs and partner organisations. Five sessions were held during this founding phase, covering regional engagement strategies for nature.

In 2024, the initiative expanded its reach through two complementary activities: a second edition of the Ciclo de Charlas Empresariales webinar series and a regional survey assessing the state of corporate knowledge on nature across Latin America and the Caribbean. The 2024 webinar series was organized in collaboration with the Business for Nature LATAM Partners Group, a coalition of 13 organizations from eight countries – Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Guatemala, Ecuador, Mexico, and Peru – and drew participation from more than 750 companies across 16 countries. The series comprised four webinars structured around the steps of the ACT-D framework (Assess, Commit, Transform, Disclose), providing comprehensive guidance to participants on integrating nature into their corporate strategies. Topics ranged from identifying nature-related dependencies, impacts, risks, and opportunities to setting science-based targets, taking transformative action, and reporting on progress.

In 2025, the initiative moved into hands-on technical capacity building, delivering virtual workshops on Steps 1 and 2 of the SBTN framework, reaching 62 attendees.

The Latin America regional initiative has helped create the following key resources:

Webinar series on nature and biodiversity for Latin American companies

The 2024 edition was organized in collaboration with the Business for Nature LATAM Partners Group, a coalition of 13 organizations from eight countries: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Guatemala, Ecuador, Mexico and Peru. More than 750 companies from 16 countries participated in the entire series. 

The series consisted of four webinars structured around the steps of the ACT-D framework – Assess, Engage, Transform and Disseminate – with the aim of providing comprehensive guidance to participants on how to integrate nature into their corporate strategies. Topics covered ranged from identifying nature-related dependencies, impacts, risks and opportunities, setting science based targets, taking transformative actions and reporting on progress:

• Webinar 1 EVALUATE – Action for Nature: Assessing Private Sector Dependencies and Impacts
• Webinar 2 COMMIT – Setting SBTs for Nature
• Webinar 3 TRANSFORM – How to integrate nature into your business model and corporate strategy?
• Webinar 4: DISCLOSURE – Reporting and dissemination of information. Results of COP16    

Survey to identify the level of knowledge on impacts and dependencies on nature of companies in Latin America 

To better understand the corporate level of progress on nature in the region was conducted in 2024 for companies operating in Latin America and the Caribbean. The survey received 153 answers from 142 organizations in 13 countries and 17 different sectors. 60% of the respondents had more than 100 employees, 19% had between 30 and 100 employees, and 21% had less than 30 employees. 

Highlights:

• 60% of companies consider nature conservation a priority issue for their business
• 47% have assessed their impacts on nature and 24% have assessed their dependencies on nature
• 51% publicly disclose their environmental impact 
• 36% are aware of the Science Based Targets Network

Webinar: Nature Sector Information Disclosure and Goal Setting (19 July 2024)

A public webinar covering nature-related information disclosure and target-setting. Overview (Japanese)

Materials:

• CDP questionnaire and the latest trends in nature-related initiatives (Slides – Japanese)
• Overview of Nature SBTs Guidance (Slides – Japanese)
• Information from the Ministry of the Environment (Slides – Japanese)
• Recording
• Q&A

Webinar: Nature SBTs Goal Setting (6 December 2024)

A public webinar focused on setting science-based targets for nature using the SBTN methodology. Overview (Japanese)

Materials:

• Webinar presentation slides (Japanese)
• Explanation of the revised Nature SBTs Guidance – Yachiyo Engineering Co., Ltd. (Japanese)
• Nature SBTs Case Study – WWF France (Slides – English)
• Full recording: Original language / Japanese translation

Seminar: CDP Water x Ministry of the Environment Water Project Seminar FY2024 (17 February 2025)

Speakers from various sectors discussed best practices for water-related information disclosure in line with the TNFD framework and setting science-based targets for nature. At the session “Towards Water-Positive by Setting SBTs for Nature,” Suntory Holdings shared their experience implementing the SBTN methods, alongside collaborator Kumamoto Groundwater Institute. Over 200 attended in person and approximately 1,000 registered online. Find seminar outputs here.

Seminar: CDP and Ministry of the Environment Water Project Seminar FY2025 (9 February 2026)

Co-hosted by CDP Worldwide-Japan and the Ministry of the Environment, this hybrid seminar focused on the theme “Leveraging Water Data to Balance Business Growth and Water Conservation.” The programme featured advanced case studies on water data utilisation by companies, municipalities, and financial institutions, as well as science-based target-setting for nature through the SBTN methods. Find recordings and materials here.

• Emilio García: emilio.garcia@pactoglobal.org.mx
• Diana Herrera Orozco: diana.herrera@pactoglobal.org.mx