Partnerships to Achieve the MDGs: How to Realize a Holistic Approach?

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1 Partnerships to Achieve the MDGs: How to Realize a Holistic Approach? FEMSA Foundation Partnership Model Vidal Garza, PhD, Director of FEMSA Foundation Chair: Dr. Krista Singleton-Cambage, Senior Advisor, Global Development WB/IMF Annual Meeting 2010 Washington, D.C.

2 Business units: Coca-Cola FEMSA: 2nd largest bottler in the world and1st in LAC. About FEMSA We are a leading consumer company in Latin America, serving more than 215 million people across 9 different countries daily. FEMSA Comercio: OXXO, the largest and fastest-growing convenience store chain in LAC. FEMSA Strategic Procurement: supports with packaging, refrigeration and logistics services. Beer Investment in Heineken Brewery: 20% Ownership as the second largest investor. Operations in more than 70 countries.

3 FEMSA Foundation is a social investment instrument that supports the conservation and sustainable use of water resources and the improvement of quality of life in our communities through applied education, science, and technology. How we generate sustainable results Focus on Returns Our relevant motivation today is social investment: we seek to extract certain identifiable returns for its strategic, environmental and social spend. The projects we support must deliver long-term, sustainable and replicable benefits.

4 FEMSA Foundation is a social investment instrument that supports the conservation and sustainable use of water resources and the improvement of quality of life in our communities through applied education, science, and technology. How we generate sustainable results Focus on Alliances We go beyond stakeholder dialogues upon building strategic partnerships that provide a better platform for success. Our partnerships are built upon common goals, open feedback, flexibility and compromise in order to add value and maximize rewards.

5 Strategic Areas Sustainable Development of Water Resources Focus: Conservation and Sustainable Use of Water Resources We support projects that focus on solutions that will allow the efficient use of water resources while protecting the ecosystems of our region today and for future generations. Through three main areas of action: Training & Water Centers Watershed Conservation Access to Safe Water and Sanitation

6 Why we do it? We face huge challenges in Latin America

7 66 Million people in Latin America and the Caribbean lack access to safe water UNICEF, 2010

8 66% of global forest cover loss from 2000 to 2005 occurred in Latin America GEO-4, 2007

9 Andean glaciers have lost 30% of their total mass in the last 30 years IDB, 2010

10 80 Million people in the region depend on the water supply from these glaciers IDB, 2010

11 38 million people in Latin America and the Caribbean do not have access to improved water supply WHO/UNICEF, 2010

12 117 million people in Latin America and the Caribbean do not have access to improved sanitation WHO/UNICEF, 2010

13 There is not a single entity that can face all of these alone

14 In FEMSA Foundation we build partnerships to increase value, Make Partnerships generate sustainable and replicable results in projects that otherwise would not had happened

15 We only partner with someone that will add signficant value Make Partnerships to the particular project. Defined partnership roles are strategic elements of success

16 Access to Safe water & Sanitation Initiative 256 thousand projected beneficiaries 5.6 Investment Multiplication Factor Sustainable infrastructure projects to promote safe access to water and sanitation in rural communities with current inefficient sources, that ultimately seek to increase quality of life in the community. Projects since Classification Green Technologies Water treatment plants Emergency response water treatment vehicle Countries Mexico Colombia Nicaragua Partnerships State Government Water Utility Miox Corporation

17 To establish a platform which offers training and dissemination of knowledge for the management and sustainable use of water resources in Latin America and the Caribbean. To establish formal or informal training programs which respond to the necessities of the region in the water sector, To establish research programs in subjects related to the use and manage of water in the hemisphere, To create a platform to integrate information from Latin America regarding to water. Areas of Interest Water Supply and Sanitation In Latin America 15% of the population lacks safe water and 51% still uses latrines and septic tanks. Integrated Management of Water Resources Traditionally, the efforts of water resource management are oriented to the sector and consider only one discipline. Water Security and Risk Management Climate change poses threats for water, energy, and food safety through a great diversity in rain events.

18 Objective To establish formal or informal training programs which respond to the necessities of the region in the water sector, To establish research programs in subjects related to the use and manage of water in the hemisphere, To create a platform to integrate information from Latin America regarding to water. Areas of Interest Water Supply and Sanitation In Latin America 15% of the population lacks safe water and 51% still uses latrines and septic tanks. Integrated Management of Water Resources Traditionally, the efforts of water resource management are oriented to the sector and consider only one discipline. Water Security and Risk Management Climate change poses threats for water, energy, and food safety through a great diversity in rain events.

19 Promote responsible use of freshwater so that it is socially beneficial and environmentally sustainable. Multi-stakeholder, multi-regional, cross-sectoral, comprehensive and harmonized global water stewardship system. Parterships The Alliance aims to establish a global water certification business that will recognize and reward responsible water managers and users by creating opportunities for enhanced community standing and competitive advantage.

20 Because after all.. Achieving The Millennium Development Goals is about Partnerships Doing Building Hope Commitment Acting now Relationships & trust Us Humanity Opening Possibilities for Everyone

21 Thank you. Let us hear from you, how we can make a better future together. vidal.garza@femsa.com.mx