Benchmarking Brazil Program
Description
The main motivation of the Benchmarking Brazil Program has always been to identify, select and share the best practices and sustainability projects to show that sustainability is feasible and competitive. Sharing the excellence of these projects and practices, elevates the level of the debate in society, and accelerates the managerial technical development of organizations in relation to green innovations and social responsibility.
The Benchmarking Brazil Program was designed to be plural and develop itself through partnerships. It has 5 modalities and reaches different audiences. It counts on the support and partnership of universities, technical vocational schools, representative and governmental institutions. The participation is spontaneous through knowledge and agreement with the registration regulations by the participant. Entries are made online at the benchmarking site filling out form with 11 questions to describe the cases, projects and applications. Following this, a specialized team of the Program makes a filter to verify that the enrolled content met the requirements, and after this filter sends for evaluation of a multidisciplinary technical committee. This Technical Commission is renewed annually and includes the voluntary (unpaid) participation of experts and activists from different countries to ensure a global vision. They evaluate the scores by giving scores from 0 to 10 (likert scale) in the restricted space of the internet on a platform specially developed for this purpose (an automated program that integrates the notes of all the evaluators, and defines the score of the case, projects or application Evaluated). Those cases, projects and applications that achieve technical index (score equal to or greater than 7.1) are selected to be included in the Benchmarking Ranking of the edition, are Benchmarking certificates, and are shared in books, magazines, digital banks and sustainability forums.
The program has innumerable activities with the aim of enabling and transferring technology. Events, videos, books and magazines are fruits of the Benchmarking Program. The sharing calendar of the practices, projects, and applications selected in the program includes itinerant sustainability forums, books and magazines in printed and electronic versions, and didactic videos linking the projects and practices with the SDGs. All free.<br />
SUSTAINABILITY FORUMS: Technical meetings for the presentation of cases, projects and APPs certified by the Benchmarking Program, and in line with the UN's SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals) agenda. The first meetings were held from 2000 bringing together experts, scientists, activists, and leaders to exchange visions, reflections and sustainable solutions. It has been continuously improved, and today they are itinerant and in partnership with universities, vocational schools, and representative entities. They have coverage of specialized journalists and have moments transmitted live by the Facebook Live of MAIS Institute. Free participation with the issuance of a certificate to those who attend. Online registration.<br />
PUBLICATIONS: A book series (BENCHMAIS) with 3 volumes already published and one magazine (BENCHMARKING) with 13 edited editions.<br />
BENCHMAIS: Is a didactic work of management and technical reference that publishes the cases and projects selected by the Benchmarking Program. It brings together interest content from experts, activists, leaders, researchers and managers and entrepreneurs working in the socio-environmental area. It is distributed free of charge to university libraries, vocational schools and representative partner organizations of the program, and Benchmarking companies that have had certified practices. The series has 3 books published.<br />
BENCHMARKING MAGAZINE: A management magazine that shares sustainability content. There are 2,000 printed copies that we post for professionals working in the areas of environment, social responsibility, institutional and governmental relations and sustainability of Brazilian organizations. The electronic version is available on the internet<br />
DIGITAL BANK: A platform of collective intelligence in sustainability produced by hundreds of organizations and their experts, universities and their researchers and students, artists and personalities from the socioenvironmental area in Brazil and other countries. A rich collection at the disposal of society, giving transparency in relations, as well as education and culture of sustainability for all.<br />
VIDEOS: Short programs with managers and idealizers of projects, cases and Benchmarking applications, to share their sustainable solutions and in connection with the SDGs.<br />
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A team of people with specialization in environmental management and sustainability develop the annual planning and from then on, the operationalization of the necessary measures to carry out all the activities that make up the Benchmarking Program in each of its editions. The organization is a consulting microenterprise that works in partnership with other organizations in the three sectors of the economy. The selection of the projects, cases and applications is performed using established evaluation criteria of a technical committee renewed annually. The cases, projects and APPs must reach a certain score to be considered Benchmarking. From this selection, they are shared in books, magazines, portals, videos and events.<br />
Five modalities make up the program, only the senior modality pay for its participation after having approved its practice by the evaluating bank. In the selection phase, the bank does not have access to the name of the organization, and if it does not reach technical index for its approval, in addition to maintaining total confidentiality, no amount is charged. Only the practices that achieve technical index are recognized with the Benchmarking seal and pay for their participations. The other four modalities (for students, artists and people) dont pay nothing. This was the financial engineering for the feasibility of the initiative. The 5 modalities of the Program are:<br />
- Benchmarking Senior: Cases and practices from companies and institutions of the 3 sectors of the economy<br />
- Benchmarking Junior: Projects of green innovations from students of vocational technical schools<br />
- Hackathon: Sustainability applications for students from Information technology courses at universities and vocational technical schools<br />
- Benchmarking Arts: Works (sculptures, paintings and crafts) of independent artists and artisans with recycled material<br />
- Benchmarking People: Activism of people in defense of the natural and social environment<br />
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- Envolverde
- Pensamento Verde
- Acionista
- Papo Reto
- Abraps
- Ciclo Vivo
- Filantropia
- Senai
- Paulo Sousa Center
- Uninove University
- Mackenzie University
- Anhembi Morumbi University
- ESPM University
SDGS & Targets
Goal 17
Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalize the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development
17.1
Strengthen domestic resource mobilization, including through international support to developing countries, to improve domestic capacity for tax and other revenue collection
17.1.1
17.1.2
17.2
Developed countries to implement fully their official development assistance commitments, including the commitment by many developed countries to achieve the target of 0.7 per cent of ODA/GNI to developing countries and 0.15 to 0.20 per cent of ODA/GNI to least developed countries; ODA providers are encouraged to consider setting a target to provide at least 0.20 per cent of ODA/GNI to least developed countries
17.2.1
17.3
Mobilize additional financial resources for developing countries from multiple sources
17.3.1
Additional financial resources mobilized for developing countries from multiple sources
17.3.2
17.4
Assist developing countries in attaining long-term debt sustainability through coordinated policies aimed at fostering debt financing, debt relief and debt restructuring, as appropriate, and address the external debt of highly indebted poor countries to reduce debt distress
17.4.1
17.5
Adopt and implement investment promotion regimes for least developed countries
17.5.1
Number of countries that adopt and implement investment promotion regimes for developing countries, including the least developed countries
17.6
Enhance North-South, South-South and triangular regional and international cooperation on and access to science, technology and innovation and enhance knowledge sharing on mutually agreed terms, including through improved coordination among existing mechanisms, in particular at the United Nations level, and through a global technology facilitation mechanism
17.6.1
Fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 inhabitants, by speed
17.7
Promote the development, transfer, dissemination and diffusion of environmentally sound technologies to developing countries on favourable terms, including on concessional and preferential terms, as mutually agreed
17.7.1
Total amount of funding for developing countries to promote the development, transfer, dissemination and diffusion of environmentally sound technologies
17.8
Fully operationalize the technology bank and science, technology and innovation capacity-building mechanism for least developed countries by 2017 and enhance the use of enabling technology, in particular information and communications technology
17.8.1
17.9
Enhance international support for implementing effective and targeted capacity-building in developing countries to support national plans to implement all the Sustainable Development Goals, including through North-South, South-South and triangular cooperation
17.9.1
Dollar value of financial and technical assistance (including through North-South, South‑South and triangular cooperation) committed to developing countries
17.10
Promote a universal, rules-based, open, non-discriminatory and equitable multilateral trading system under the World Trade Organization, including through the conclusion of negotiations under its Doha Development Agenda
17.10.1
17.11
Significantly increase the exports of developing countries, in particular with a view to doubling the least developed countries’ share of global exports by 2020
17.11.1
Developing countries’ and least developed countries’ share of global exports
17.12
Realize timely implementation of duty-free and quota-free market access on a lasting basis for all least developed countries, consistent with World Trade Organization decisions, including by ensuring that preferential rules of origin applicable to imports from least developed countries are transparent and simple, and contribute to facilitating market access
17.12.1
Weighted average tariffs faced by developing countries, least developed countries and small island developing States
17.13
Enhance global macroeconomic stability, including through policy coordination and policy coherence
17.13.1
17.14
Enhance policy coherence for sustainable development
17.14.1
17.15
Respect each country’s policy space and leadership to establish and implement policies for poverty eradication and sustainable development
17.15.1
17.16
Enhance the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development, complemented by multi-stakeholder partnerships that mobilize and share knowledge, expertise, technology and financial resources, to support the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals in all countries, in particular developing countries
17.16.1
Number of countries reporting progress in multi-stakeholder development effectiveness monitoring frameworks that support the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals
17.17
Encourage and promote effective public, public-private and civil society partnerships, building on the experience and resourcing strategies of partnerships
17.17.1
Amount in United States dollars committed to public-private partnerships for infrastructure
17.18
By 2020, enhance capacity-building support to developing countries, including for least developed countries and small island developing States, to increase significantly the availability of high-quality, timely and reliable data disaggregated by income, gender, age, race, ethnicity, migratory status, disability, geographic location and other characteristics relevant in national contexts
17.18.1
Statistical capacity indicators
17.18.2
17.18.3
Number of countries with a national statistical plan that is fully funded and under implementation, by source of funding
17.19
By 2030, build on existing initiatives to develop measurements of progress on sustainable development that complement gross domestic product, and support statistical capacity-building in developing countries
17.19.1
17.19.2
Proportion of countries that (a) have conducted at least one population and housing census in the last 10 years; and (b) have achieved 100 per cent birth registration and 80 per cent death registration
Goal 12
Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns
12.1
Implement the 10-Year Framework of Programmes on Sustainable Consumption and Production Patterns, all countries taking action, with developed countries taking the lead, taking into account the development and capabilities of developing countries
12.1.1
Number of countries developing, adopting or implementing policy instruments aimed at supporting the shift to sustainable consumption and production
12.2
By 2030, achieve the sustainable management and efficient use of natural resources
12.2.1
Material footprint, material footprint per capita, and material footprint per GDP
12.2.2
Domestic material consumption, domestic material consumption per capita, and domestic material consumption per GDP
12.3
By 2030, halve per capita global food waste at the retail and consumer levels and reduce food losses along production and supply chains, including post-harvest losses
12.3.1
(a) Food loss index and (b) food waste index
12.4
By 2020, achieve the environmentally sound management of chemicals and all wastes throughout their life cycle, in accordance with agreed international frameworks, and significantly reduce their release to air, water and soil in order to minimize their adverse impacts on human health and the environment
12.4.1
12.4.2
(a) Hazardous waste generated per capita; and (b) proportion of hazardous waste treated, by type of treatment
12.5
By 2030, substantially reduce waste generation through prevention, reduction, recycling and reuse
12.5.1
National recycling rate, tons of material recycled
12.6
Encourage companies, especially large and transnational companies, to adopt sustainable practices and to integrate sustainability information into their reporting cycle
12.6.1
12.7
Promote public procurement practices that are sustainable, in accordance with national policies and priorities
12.7.1
Number of countries implementing sustainable public procurement policies and action plans
12.8
By 2030, ensure that people everywhere have the relevant information and awareness for sustainable development and lifestyles in harmony with nature
12.8.1
Extent to which (i) global citizenship education and (ii) education for sustainable development are mainstreamed in (a) national education policies; (b) curricula; (c) teacher education; and (d) student assessment
12.a
Support developing countries to strengthen their scientific and technological capacity to move towards more sustainable patterns of consumption and production
12.a.1
Installed renewable energy-generating capacity in developing and developed countries (in watts per capita)
12.b
Develop and implement tools to monitor sustainable development impacts for sustainable tourism that creates jobs and promotes local culture and products
12.b.1
Implementation of standard accounting tools to monitor the economic and environmental aspects of tourism sustainability
12.c
Rationalize inefficient fossil-fuel subsidies that encourage wasteful consumption by removing market distortions, in accordance with national circumstances, including by restructuring taxation and phasing out those harmful subsidies, where they exist, to reflect their environmental impacts, taking fully into account the specific needs and conditions of developing countries and minimizing the possible adverse impacts on their development in a manner that protects the poor and the affected communities
12.c.1
Amount of fossil-fuel subsidies (production and consumption) per unit of GDP
SDG 14 targets covered
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| 17.14 | Enhance policy coherence for sustainable development |
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Marilena Lavorato, Benchmarking Brazil Program