Carlos Escoto Carranza#14601

Carlos Escoto Carranza

Partner, Galicia Abogados
Carlos co-leads the Environmental practice and is the coordinator of the Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) practice at Galicia. He is an expert in environmental law and brings sophisticated regulatory and sustainability insight to the most complex transactions and projects in his country. With over 22 years of experience, he is a recognized specialist in the development of infrastructure, renewable energies, carbon markets and nature-based solution projects, oil & gas, mining, manufacturing industries, and tourism projects.

Carlos obtained his Law degree in 2007 from the Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM) and holds an MSc in Environment and Sustainable Development by University College London (UCL, 2009), where he studied as a British Chevening Scholar. In addition, he is a LEAD Fellow, after completing his specialisation studies at the Colegio de Mexico (COLMEX) as part of the XVIth cohort of this international program in 2011.

When his two small children allow it, Carlos likes to go scuba diving in the cenotes and caves of Mexico and likes to listen to old Beta Band records. 

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ESG in Mexico
ESG in Mexico
Practice Notes

Executive narrativeMexico’s formal environmental, social and governance (ESG) regime (understood as a mandatory framework for measuring and reporting ESG indicators and performance) had been a long time coming, before being officially rolled out by the Federal Government through:•the issuance of Mexico’s Sustainable Taxonomy (issued on March 16, 2023)•an amendment to the Securities Market Law (on December 28, 2023) setting forth that general provisions should be issued in the areas of sustainable and responsible development, as well as gender equity, and•the amendments to the General Provisions Applicable to Issuers of Securities and Other Participants of the Securities Market (CUE, issued on January 28, 2025), providing the obligation for securities issuers to submit a sustainability information report prepared in accordance with the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB)/International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) Sustainability Disclosure Standards (IFRS S1 and S2)Furthermore, on 13 May 2024, the Mexican Council of Financial and Sustainability Information Standards (CINIF) published the Sustainability Information Standards (NIS), which govern the sustainability performance information that must be disclosed

Qualified Year

  • 2007

Experience

  • Vera & Carvajal (2005 - 2013)
  • IMPI (2004 - 2005)
  • Solorzano, Carvajal, Gonzalez & Perez-Correa (2003 - 2004)
  • Basurto, Santillana & Arguijo (2000 - 2001)

Qualifications

  • ESG & Sustainable Capitalism Diploma (2022)
  • LEAD Fellow (2011)
  • MSc Environment and Sustainable Development (2009)
  • Licenciado en Derecho (JD) (2007)

Education

  • UC Berkeley (2022)
  • Colegio de Mexico (COLMEX) (2011)
  • University College London (UCL) (2009)
  • Instituto Tecnologico Autonomo de Mexico (ITAM) (2007)

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