The initiative seeks to create a voluntary instrument to recognize companies and organizations that reduce emissions and adapt to climate risks.
The design of the provincial Climate Seal in La Pampa was the focus of a multisectoral workday held at the National University of La Pampa (UNLPam) on October 24. Coinciding with the International Day of Climate Change Action, the meeting brought together representatives from the provincial government, the productive sector, academics, students, and members of civil society.
This initiative is part of the province’s Climate Change Response Plan, which is already validated at the national level. La Pampa is one of only three jurisdictions in the country with such a tool, being the first to obtain such validation.
This plan, which acts as a provincial guide, defines 30 priority actions to manage critical territorial risks, such as floods, rural fires, and more prolonged heatwaves. The implementation of these measures is supported by the Sustainability Without Borders Foundation.
The workshop focused on the co-creation of this Climate Seal, conceived as a voluntary instrument. Its main objective is twofold: on one hand, to support Pampean organizations in their efforts of adaptation and emission reduction; on the other, to publicly recognize these efforts.
It seeks to stimulate the adoption of practices such as energy efficiency, adaptation to new risks, sustainable purchasing, and the implementation of continuous improvement. Entities that demonstrate verifiable progress will receive an official badge issued by the Government of La Pampa accrediting their environmental commitment.
Sustainability Without Borders provides technical support for the methodological design of the tool. The scheme is designed so that companies and value chains have concrete mechanisms that allow them to demonstrate auditable results, both to the provincial government and within their own supply chains.
The development process of the provincial Climate Seal in La Pampa has included previous technical meetings with key actors such as the Industrial Union of La Pampa, the Rural Society, CARBAP, and the Faculty of Agronomy of the UNLPam.
Additionally, a specific workshop was held with agricultural producers and companies to ensure that the instrument is practically applicable, reflects local productive realities, and does not become a bureaucratic barrier.
The workday on October 24 included technical worktables on financing, regulations, adaptation, and climate risk. It was attended by the provincial Secretariat of Environment and Climate Change, government technicians, UNLPam, business chambers, and producers.
In this ecosystem, the role of Sustainability Without Borders is to serve as a link between the public and private sectors, helping to translate climate commitments into verifiable processes and ensuring that the data generated by the productive sector feeds back into the monitoring of the provincial plan.
According to the foundation, the model implemented by La Pampa establishes a new standard in subnational climate governance in the region. The provincial climate policy transcends the merely normative to become an operational public policy, co-designed with the productive sector.
This approach includes clear criteria for measuring carbon footprint, adaptation and mitigation goals, and verifiable traceability annually. This model is considered to offer a tangible way to keep the climate agenda active, even in contexts where the issue is denied or downplayed at the national level.
