Et is mandatory and an unavoidable mandate to renew every year and maintain the commitment that our companies have with the SDGs as well as to promote them among our stakeholders involved in the business environment. Corporate social responsibility, also known as corporate social responsibility, is the strategy that has to do with the commitment and voluntary contribution of private and public corporations to improve the social, environmental and economic conditions of their environment. "One more year, corporate social responsibility is even more present if possible because of the need and the scenario of SDG compliance" in the view of José Luis Almazán Palomino. Companies and port authorities with purposes aligned with CSR are committed to the fulfillment of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals. With a specific linkage to the objectives set out in the Agenda 2030 for sustainable development.
Corporate social responsibility does not only affect managers, it encompasses multiple opinion and interest groups that relate to companies and their social environment, such as employees, public administration, suppliers and customers.
If we add to the commitment acquired, positive events such as the fact that our country presides for the first time over the Council of the International Maritime Organization, this fact positions Spain even more to optimally direct the designs in the maritime port field.
Corporate social responsibility in the OCP environment
Ocean Capital Partners has a quality, environment and information security management system based on UNE-EN-ISO 9001 and 14001 and UNE-EN-ISO/IEC 27001 standards. Likewise, OCP has implemented a rigorous quality, environment and information security policy to maintain the required standards.
The Ocean Capital Partners group acts, on the one hand, by identifying actions and alliances that contribute to the implementation of the main SDGs. And, on the other hand, by carrying out actions within an Action Plan to develop projects in the direction of a sustainable development strategy.
During these dates is when more waste is created and can be avoided, so committing to this global need on a daily basis is a good resolution for the new year. There are companies such as Ocean Infrastructures Management, headed by José Luis Almazán Palomino that decide to carry out business initiatives to offset the CO2 emitted into the atmosphere. To make progress in this field, it is necessary to act in an aligned manner at the individual level of each company and jointly joining forces between the public sector in coordination with the private sector, at the international level, organizations such as the European Environment Agency, EEAreflects in its reports the need to promote environmentally friendly solutions.
The scope of application of CSR
Putting CSR into practice involves joining forces in the application of procedures and actions aligned with people's rights, the development of society and environmental protection within the framework of ethics and transparency.
The scope of CSR is transversal, permeating all sectors of the port industry. In this sense, corporations involved in port activities and services, committed to "provide added value when their strategic planning and actions incorporate actions, not required by law, that contribute to sustainable development", he points out. José Luis Almazán Palomino, financial asset manager and managing partner of Ocean Capital Partners.
Along these lines, some modern port laws in the Americas regulate environmental aspects and the city-port relationship linked to CSR and sustainable development. The guide to the Model Port Law for Member States of the Inter-American Committee on Ports of the Organization of American States recommends including these matters in port legislation and special regulatory treatment concerning port labor relations. This guide points to the ISO 26001 standard as a tool for defining and standardizing CSR guidelines. Hence the importance that "port authorities and companies that carry out activities and provide port services take this instrument into account", he points out. Almazán Palomino.
Sustainability through solidarity
At a strategic level, Ocean Capital Partners adapts its services to the needs and guarantees the satisfaction and excellence of its clients in each project it develops. In addition, through the Ocean Solidarity FoundationOCP contributes to social aid actions at the international level by providing children in developing countries with access to education.
Throughout the year, many companies carry out solidarity actions to help improve the level of education, as is the case of the Ocean Solidarity Foundation supported by Ocean Capital Partners. The foundation mainly promotes the educational development of children and young people. Ocean Solidarity develops projects such as the construction of a school in Myanmar, in fulfillment of its corporate social responsibility objectives in this regard, José Luis Almazán Palomino We are always looking for ways to contribute in a sustainable way to the growth of the local economy in countries in need," he says. In addition, in order to strengthen alliances, the Oceano Solidario Foundation is committed to making agreements with other foundations. In compliance with the maxim of giving back to society what society has given to us citizens.
