Green Guide Profile: ECIJA Mexico
Multidisciplinary law firm ECIJA Mexico launched its specialised ESG consulting, human rights, and corporate social responsibility team in 2020, which provides advice on the design and incorporation of ESG standards for companies such as Bitron, PPG, Coppel Group, and more.
The firm and its clients have benefitted from the addition of environmental lawyer Carlos del Razo in February 2023, who heads up the new sustainability and environment practice. Del Razo has played a significant role in supporting the Citizen Committee of Lomas de Chapultepec which is taking legal action towards illegal uses of the legally protected Barranca de Barrilaco area; he has played a critical role in hampering the development of a specific illegal project in the canyon.
The firm has provided pro bono advice to the Academia Mexicana de Impacto Ambiental (AMIA), including the drafting of contracts and agreements with other institutions devoted to research and education in the environmental impact assessment, conservation and environmental policy. It is also a part of the global reforestation project ECIJA Forest which has resulted in the planting of more than 200 trees.