Global Focus
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Latin America
As an increasingly important region in the global graphics industry, SGIA Government Affairs highlights key issues in Latin America, providing members with compliance resources and reports on economic and environmental activity.

Latin America: State of the Economy
Get a brief overview of the positive economic trends experienced in Latin America over the last few years with specific attention to the importance of exports in the graphics sector.

Register of Emissions and Transfer of Contaminants (RETC) / En Español
Learn about the new emissions reporting requirement in Mexico that applies to all fixed establishments in the territories of the State of Mexico.

Official Diary of March 31, 2005 (in Spanish)
This document contains a listing of the 104 substances that are subject to the Mexico reporting requirements.

Thinking Green: Quiplast Pollution Control Case Study
Read how one Argentine ink manufacturing company ensures that their commercial success does not come at the cost of environmental harm.

Useful Government Links

Mexico- SEMARNAT (Secretary of the Environment and Natural Resources)
Argentina- Secretaría de Ambiente y Desarrollo Sustenable (Secretary of the Environment and Sustainable Development)
Colombia- Ministerio de Ambiente, Vivienda y Desarrollo Territorial (Department of the Environment, Housing and Territorial Development)
El Salvador – MARN (Department of the Environment and Natural Resources)
Guatemala- MARN (Department of the Environment and Natural Resources)