Question

Country: Mexico

Current state of sustainability (Today)

Goal: To identify and examine the current state of sustainability within the country

What role, if any, do stakeholders, such as the international community, national and local governments, business, and civil society, have in promoting sustainability in the country today? Be sure to examine all aspects of the triple bottom line.

You may include information on:

o Policy/regulation

o The impact of international agreements

o Incentives available through government/business

o The influence of non-governmental organizations

Select three distinct organizations in the country to profile. For example, you may choose a large domestic or multinational company, a major government enterprise/agency, and a non-profit organization.

For each organization, provide information on:

o What the organization has done to become more sustainable

o What factors motivate the organization to adopt and embed sustainability

Write about 1000 words and provide relevant references

Answer 1

In recent years Mexico has been proven to be one of the best places for businesses. Implementation of nafta and having exclusive workforce that is skilled and working for many organisation directly increased its adaptability in the respective environment where availability of opportunities for the specific country is definitely increase. For better understanding of marketing structure of Mexico we have carried out five forces analysis.

Five forces analysis on business environment of Mexico.

Political factors

From the political landscape Mexico has been a very critical location. It has faced major changes in its past as well as the changes have contributed in its current state of investment from different foreign countries. Mexico has verified availability of different businesses which requires further investment but the policy is and political instability affects the overall foreign investment in Mexico.

Economic factors

Mexico's economy is directly dependent on the America's economy this dependency on American economy has created a threat of vulnerable dependency on American economy. United States is 29% contributor of the total economy of Mexico which makes it more dependent on United States for revenue generation. Mexico is facing declining external demand which is resulting in reduced economic offence affecting the foreign direct investment in the country.

Social factors

Social demographics of Mexico has been changed a lot over the years. Mexico is not developing better education system for its citizens which is attracting new foreign investment as well as it is also creating positive impact on the external factors regarding investment in Mexico.

Technological factors

Mexico has been totally depending on United States of America for most of its technological advancements. This type of approach has reduced the overall availability of technological advancements for mexico. This is specific approach regarding technological advancement has reduced the foreign investment for Mexico and limited its foreign direct Investments.

Legal factors

Mexico has been fighting various issues in its structure. Their inequalities with America and aggressive nature of American side has been one of the hottest issues involved in the mexican society. These legal factors threaten the foreign direct investment of different countries and reduce the availability of trust as legal instability can cause huge damage on the foreign investment in Mexico.

All of the above factors provide availability of information regarding all of possible opportunities for any specific business to incorporate their services in Mexico which would increase their adaptability in the respective environment and provide adequate level of support to the business operations.