ECOMMESIS.

Strategic Environmental Agents

"ECOMMESIS.StrategicEnvironmentalAgentsisa companyspecializedinprovidingstrategicadvisoryservices inenvironmentalmatters.Itsultimatepurposeistocreate synergiesbetweensocioeconomicactors,toensurethat thedevelopmentofoursocietyismoresustainable, equitableandrespectfulforourplanet. ThetermECOMMESISreferstothestudyandsimulationof thebasicprinciplesofnaturalecosystems,toimprove efficiencyandreduceenvironmentalimpacts.Theimitation ofnaturalecosystemsisproposedasasolutiontoenable sustainablehumandevelopment.

Themainaims pursuedby ECOMMESISare: *Develop participative strategies,where environmental problemsare addressedwitha criticalviewand solutionswitha proactive attitude. *Increase awareness, environmental educationand communicationin oursociety. *Participateand adviseonthe preparationof studies,programs andpolicies designedbyand forsustainability.

ECOMMESISTechnicalAssistanceconsistsofteamsspecializedin differentfieldssuchas:sustainablemobility,environmentaleducation andcommunication,citizenparticipation,education,ecological economics,researchandenvironmentalmanagement.Teamsare coordinatedbyenvironmentalists. Wealsohaveprofessionalsinotherfieldssuchaslaw,journalism, engineering,designandadvertising,naturalsciences,economicsand sociology.Thisfactallowsustoaddressprojectsinareal multidisciplinarywaytheprojectstofindsolutions,sociallyand environmentallymoresustainable. FromECOMMESISweunderstandtheneedforjointforcesamongthe differentspecialistswhocancontributewiththeirvisionandwork towardsanewenvironmentalculture,respectfulandpreparedforthe changesthathappenonourplaneteveryday.

Publications Drawing Up
Contentdrawingupandpublicationdesignaboutenvironmentalornaturalissues.The thoroughnessofcontentsandtargetaudienceadaptationisalwaysamaximumfor ECOMMESIS.

Environmental Communication
Environmentalcommunicationactivitieshavebeenontheteamsinceitsbeginning. Environmentalcommunicationisaveryimportantlineofwork,becauseinformationis essentialnowadaystocommonpeople.SothatECOMMESISdevelopsprogramsandhelps localradioprograms,preparesscientificortechnicaldisseminationforuniversity publications,workinginlocalTV

Design of Learning and Teaching Material

Designofpracticallearningmaterialadaptedtothedifferentkindofgroupswiththe possibilitytobeintegratedintovarioustopics,eitherfromacademiccoursesorothersort oftraining.FromEcommesis,wealwaysoffertheopportunitytoraiseawarenessoflocal environmentalissuesandincludeenvironmentalaspectsintrainingprocesses.

Environmental Education Programs

Design,contentsdevelopment,educationprogramsdevelopmentandenvironmentaltrainingtargetedatdifferentsegmentsofthe population.Educationalprogramsaredesignedofferinganongoingtraining,withprogressivecontentsandprioritizingpeopleinvolvement anddirectapplication. Tell me and I forget; teach me and I remember; involve me and I learn. B. Franklin.

Design and development of interpretation routes.

Organizationofenvironmentalroutesthathelptounderstandandappreciatethedifferentenvironmentaltopics.Theroutescanbefocused in concrete topics such as: water, geology, vegetation, energy, flora, fauna, or landscape interpretation and its evolution. And always payingattentionforthetransportmodeandparticipantsphysicalabilities.

Events organization
Congress, symposium, workshops organization and other events about different environmental topics. ECOMMESIS always offers a personal treatment for assistants, suppliers and every agent involved in the public engagement, in order to achieve more comfort and fulfilmentforalltheparticipants.Alsowestudythelowerenvironmentalimpactoptionthroughtheevent(sortofpapers,food,goodsand differentmaterial).Theenvironmentalapproachmustbenotonlyinthecontentbutalsointheprotocol.

Courses and seminar training

Organisationanddevelopmentofcourses,workshopsandeducationalseminars.Toachievethisaimwegottheappropriatehumanteam skilledindifferentareaswithhighencouragingabilities.Theprogramisadaptedtodifferentgroupsregardingcontentandprotocol.

Awareness campaigns
Design, drawing up, development and implementation of environmental awareness programs. Taking into account different topics requiredbyourcurrentsociety,thecampaignsaredesignedfordifferentgroupsalongwithitsparticipation.Toachievethataim,different communicationstrategiesanddynamicsareused.

Environmental friendly offices and other spaces.

Every place, either open or closed, can be adapted and integrated to the environment maximizing the available resources. ECOMMESIS offers personal attention for offices and different sort of spaces. In this way the customer will find it more sustainable according with the nature of the environment.

Stakeholders perception
Societyisakeyfactorineverydecisionmakingprocessandeveryeducational campaign, communication, or environmental awareness. The studies of social perception are a very useful tool to introduce in training processes and/or decision making. ECOMMESIS propose social participation studies likeindependentprojectsorintegratedinothers.

Regional planning
Design of regional strategies plans, master plans, plans for social agreements and urban and rural territorial diagnostics. Technical assistanceandpersonalconsultingformanagers,coordinatorsandtechnicalstaff.Researchintransferableexperiences. Consultingserviceforruraldevelopmentagencies,communicationplandesign,reportingandsocialdiffusion.Interviewsdevelopmentand pollsforneedsdetection.Organizationandencouragingofconsultationcommitteesanddiscussiongroups.

Energy efficiency planning

Facilitiesinventoryandenergeticefficiencystudiesforbuildingsinordertoassessthebestalternatives.InthiswayECOMIMESISpromote thesustainablehabitstoachieveabetterenergeticconsumption.

Traffic Mobility plans

Developmentofsustainableurbanmobilityplans,workingplacemobilityplans,bicyclemobilityplans,pedestrianareasdevelopmentand redistribution of transport streams. These surveys assure the integration of several transport modes giving priority to those with lower environmentalimpact.

Social mediation and citizen participation

Technical assistance in diffusion processes and social participation, also in regional and environmental conflicts mediation, in strategic planningprocessesandmanagementsolutionsorientatedtoenvironmentgovernanceimprovement,inenvironmentconflictsanalysisand participationtechnicalimplementation.

Agenda 21 development
Design,elaborationanddevelopmentoflocalandregionalagenda21,payingspecialattentiontoregionalplanning,environmentaland socialparticipationinthewholeprocess.

Sustainable development plans

ECOMIMESIS designs, elaborates and develops regional and local SustainableDevelopmentPlans(SDP),includingProtectedNatureAreas attendingthecurrentandfutureneeds.TheseSDPmustprovide,froma shared approach, the draw up of action lines able to appreciate the currentsocialneeds.

Event technical secretariat

As a consequence of the current trend in enterprise information transparency, ECOMIMESIS promotes different kind of events for stakeholders. In this frame, ECOMIMESIS designs contents and arranges colloquiums, congresses, calls, forums, prizes, meetings and

 seminarsfordifferentenvironmentaltopics. ECOMMESISalwayspromotepersonalattentionwiththespeakers,assistants,suppliersinordertogetthebestcomfortandsatisfaction.In all the events, the best alternative options with less environmental impact are taking into account. In such a way not only the environmentwillbethetopictodealwithbutalsotheatmosphere.

Corporate voluntary work.

An option through which the companies can have relationships with the common people, beyond the own activity,isthepromotionofvoluntarycollaborationwiththeir ownstaff.Inthisway,thecompaniessupporttheethicaland moralconcernsoftheirstafftocontributetomakeamorefair andsolidaryworld. ECOMMESIS offers different alternatives for the EnvironmentalVoluntaryWork,asanothertoolforcorporate social responsibility (CSR). These alternatives are adapted to everyenterpriseandorganizationwhichdesirestoworkinthis line.

Development cooperation
AnactionlineoftheCSRistheprojectsforundevelopedareas, either in the company influence area or inotherareas. From ECOMMESIS, theaid calls arearrangedwiththeelaboration and project coordination adapted to local community. In the elaboration and project implementation, all the participants aretakenintoaccountwiththeiractiveparticipation.Thegoal is aiming and supporting the local communities to overcome theirownlimitations.

Environment corporate codes

ECOMMESIS offers the design and implementation of behavior codes and corporate ethics management SA 8000 and SGE 21:2005, as tools for the development of CSR for the enterprise. These internal behaviour codes guarantee the development of the company regularactivitieswithoutimpactingthesocialand environmental stakeholders rights. This supposes an important company approach and must be takenintoaccountinthedrawingupofthemain strategiesofthecompany.

Social perception studies

A key factor for every company is to know its social image and studying its evolution through time, basic process for every company concern aboutitssocialenvironmentandcommunity. ECOMMESIS designs and develops social perception studies which measure the expectations, opinion from society, community opinion and staff assessment. These studies also can eventually determine the perception, opinion and assessment about projects, programs and activities.

Corporate Sustainability reporting

ECOMMESIS draws up corporate sustainability reporting which allow enterprise offers objective information from an economical, social andenvironmentalpointofview.Thisincludestheresponsibleactionsintheseareasperformedbytheenterprise.Thesereportsaremade takingintoaccountthecurrentmaininternationalstandardssuchas:ISO14.000,GlobalReportingInitiative(GRI),AldamaandOlivencia, ISO9000,OSHAS18000

Stakeholder relations
The multidisciplinary dialogue and confident relationships between the stakeholders (investors, customers, staff, society, NGOs and providers)areakeyfactorforeveryenterprisewhichdesiretoachievethesustainabilityinamediumandlongterm. From ECOMMESIS the involved enterprises are guided in the different stages, actions, and tools in order to build and implement their relationshipswiththestakeholders.

Social Action Programs

CSR are developed to provide answers to the expressed needs by the stakeholders through the dialogue elements. In such a frame, ECOMMESISoffersdesign,drawingupandimplementationforSocialActionProgramsadaptedtoconcreteneeds,notonlyforcompanies alreadyinvolvedinaCSRprocessbutalsoforthosewhichdesiretostart.