Sumarse is a nonprofit association in Panama that is the local network of the United Nations Global Compact. It promotes corporate social responsibility and sustainable development in Panama by encouraging CSR practices in companies and forming partnerships between different sectors of society. Sumarse provides training programs to build capacity in CSR, generates awareness of CSR issues, and has a growing membership base of companies, NGOs, universities and other organizations in Panama committed to sustainable development.

1. PROMOTING CSR
IN PANAMA

2. ¿WHAT IS SUMARSE?

3. We aim to integrate CSR practices into
companies as a business strategy, and
form multisectoral alliances that favour the
sustainable development of Panama.
We are the meeting point for
various industries in society, facilitating
the advancement of sustainable
development in the country.
¿QUÉ ES LA SOSTENIBLIDAD?
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PROMOTING CSR IN PANAMA

4. Sumarse is a nonprofit association and the local network
of the United Nations’ Global Compact in Panama.
Sumarse promotes corporate social responsibility and
the 10 UNGC Principles in Panama, and is the platform
to create public-private partnerships to enhance the
sustainable development of the country.
Incorporating CSR in companies as
a competitive strategy and way of
doing business.
OBJECTIVES
Generating inter-sector partnerships
that foster Panama’s sustainable
development.
¿QUÉ ES SUMARSE?
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PROMOTING CSR IN PANAMA

5. ¿QUÉ ES LA SOSTENIBLIDAD?
UNITED NATIONS GLOBAL COMPACT
LOCAL NETWORK IN PANAMA

6. LÍNEAS DE TRABAJO
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VALUE PROPOSITION

7. CAPACITY-BUILDING
PROGRAM

8. CAPACITY-BUILDING PROGRAM
SOCIAL
 Courses
• Inclusion of persons with
disabilities in the
workplace
• Corporate volunteering
• Youth and CSR
• “Avancemos”: Wellbeing
of employees
COMMUNICATION ENVIRONMENTALBUSINESS
 Courses
• Designing a CSR strategy
• Creating shared value
• Supplier policy
• Customer service
management
• Social license to operate
(sustainable dialogue)
 Courses
• Responsible
communication
• Digital communication
• Internal communication
• Diploma in CSR in
journalism
 Courses
• Solid waste management

9. CAPACITY-BUILDING PROGRAM
 Workshops
• Abilities for life
• Tools for the design of
social programs and
projects
• Evaluation of monitoring of
HIV labor policies
 Workshops
• Interpretation of the ISO
26000 standard
• Best practices in human
resource management
• CSR for suppliers
• Elaboration of
sustainability reports
• Human rights in the
workplace
• Alliances for sustainable
development
 Workshops
• Creative writing for CSR
and Sustainability
• Sustainable reputation:
Crisis management in
CSR
• Sustainable branding:
How to create
communication strategies
in CSR
 Workshops
• Efficient water
management in the
workplace
SOCIAL COMUNICACIÓN AMBIENTALEMPRESARIAL

10. PARTNERSHIPS

11. UNIONS PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS
PARTNERSHIPS

12. ALIANZAS
FOUNDATIONS AND CORPORATIONSINTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
PARTNERSHIPS

13. AWARENESS

14. 2,934 311 5,419
Forums Web
Weekly newsletter Reports and guides
Inter-sector scope
Information updates
TENDENCIES
of
IN CSR
Data from Febuary 2016
Cases of media
coverage
222
in 2015
10alliances
with media
outlets
AWARENESS

15. The Corporate Social Responsibility Week es the most important CSR event in Panama, by which
Sumarse facilitates the meeting of leaders and companies in an setting of exchange, training and
promotion of global sustainability tendencies.
National and
international
speakers
Individual
attendees
(Week and fair)
Publications in
the written
press
45 900
CEO, Ministers,
Presidents, VP
y Directors
190 40
In 2015:
Our publications reached the
‘News Feed’ of
8,078people
The inauguration day
#PanamáRSE2015
was a ‘trending topic’ in
Panamá
ANNUAL CSR WEEK

16. MEMBERSHIP

17. MEMBERSHIP EVOLUTION
70 83 95 105 112 125 140
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42
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58
67
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100
150
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250
2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
Empresas ONG Gremios Universidades
104 126 145 182 190 196 222Total
Datoshastadiciembre2015.
Lacifrapuedesufrircambios.
Companies NGOs Guilds Universities

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20
40
60
80
100
120
140
160
2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
Benefactores Oro* Plata** Bronce Total
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COMPANIES

19. NATIONAL AND MULTINATIONAL COMPANIES

20. OTHER ORGANIZATIONS
UNIVERSITIESUNIONS
14
NGOs
Datos febrero de 2016

21. Sumarse has the support of a diverse group of expert consultants:
With the support of:
PARTNERS

22. OUR TEAM

23. NUESTRO EQUIPO
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OUR TEAM

24. E-LEARNING

25. ¿QUÉ ES LA SOSTENIBLIDAD?E-LEARNING Integrating CSR and ISO 26000 into your company
Platform for the continuing
education and awareness of CSR,
developed by the IntegraRSE
network.
¿What is E-Learning?
Spread general knowledge about
social responsibility to, in turn,
generate an impact on
sustainable development in
Central America.
¿What is the goal?
¿What are the benefits?
• Understand the concept of CSR and learn about its new
trends
• Responsible conduct in all activities of the company
• Expand CSR knowledge and understand sustainable
development iniciatives
• Obtain a validation certificate recognized by the
IntegraRSE network, adding value to your resume

26. ¿QUÉ ES LA SOSTENIBLIDAD?E-LEARNING Integrating CSR and ISO 26000 into your company
1. Enter the E-Learning platform with the URL
http://www.integra-rse.com
2. Click “Registro” to register and fill out the required fields
with your information
3. Select the “Curso de integración de la RSE e ISO26000
en su empresa” option from the course catalogue
4. Follow the steps and complete the course by beginning
with module one, and ending with module four.

27. THANK YOU
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