LINKIES. Management Consulting NEWSLETTER III / 09

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LINKIES. Unternehmensberatung GmbH No III / 2009 ‐ September 09
LINKIES. NEWS
EMCS 1 Services ı News 2 Global Reach 3
Environmental Marketing LINKIES. combines business LINKIES. helps customers in
& Compliance Services – success with social needs many continents. Find an
now is the time to make and environmental introduction to our
the right choice. responsibility. representation in Latin
America
News from
LINKIES. Management Consulting
Daniel Mutz, Partner
Environmental Marketing & Compliance Services
Welcome to the third edition of LINKIES. global experience since 1995. international agents, representatives,
News in 2009. Environmentally friendly energy and financial experts and scientific advisors
production solutions need international around the world assist customers with
Environmental Compliance and Social
co‐operation to make an impact on our bridging the gap between continents,
Responsibility go hand in hand with
CO2 footprints. Environmental business partners, and governments.
proper risk management and financial
compliance effects your business and LINKIES. management consultants help
success for municipalities, regions,
our planet. LINKIES. Management to establish a solid environmental risk
organizations, and enterprises. Our
Consulting assists organizations and management system throughout your
service portfolio for Environmental
metropolitan regions to cope with the entire company or municipality. We
Marketing & Compliance Services
challenges ahead. We advise on legal connect you to the right partner, in any
(EMCS) covers a wide range of business
implications for non‐compliance and act part of the world. LINKIES. is strongly
consulting on environmental protection
as agency for interested parties. Our committed to Corporate Social
and corporate conservation like products
consultants provide environmental Responsibility (CSR), and we translate
and marketing services, emissions
information on a national and environmental engagement and
trading and environmental policies,
international scale (Aarhus Convention), investments into commercial success
renewable and clean energy technology
and organize substantial stakeholders and higher company valuations in a
exchange, compliance consulting and
for commercial and environmental specific industry sector.
eco‐patent services. In this area, LINKIES.
projects. Especially our network of
Management Consulting can rely on its Make the right choice.

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Environmental Compliance ‐
Addressing new problems
LINKIES. is taking care of the environment.
Our corporations are at risk, and our planet is at risk, too. Partner Update
LINKIES. provides information and services that are required in
today’s challenging business and global climate. We offer LINKIES. Management Consulting and Deny All are now
services to strengthen our customer’s compliance and Business Partners. Deny All is one of the leading providers for
responsibility footprint as well as turning investments and web application security. As Firewall Pioneer our partner has
activities in this area into business and commercial success. unique experience with more than 10 years in securing web
services and applications that are constantly evolving and
Consulting Services for Environmental Compliance
changing. Founded in 2001 as a spin‐off from Société
Générale, Deny All immediately became the leader in the
• Environmental Compliance Assessments and Advisory
Application Firewall market with solutions combining high
(Aarhus Convention, REACH Compliance, Recycling
levels of security with advanced Infrastructure optimisation
Administration, Risk Evaluation)
• Environmental Information Services (Environmental for web application deployments. The Deny All partner
Information Act) programme includes technology alliances, such as the Global
• Environmental Agency Services (Emission Certificates Security Alliance for SAP Partners (IA4SP), MSP collaboration
Trading, Kyoto Protocol, International Project Delivery) with the main hosting companies, and value added
• Environmental Product Marketing (International partnerships with leading security integrators, audit and
Representation, Environmental Patent Services) consultancy firms. We at LINKIES. Management Consulting are
• Investment and Financial Agency Services for strengthening our consulting and services capabilities by
International Green Energy Projects (GEP) adding the tools and security solutions of Deny All to our
• Environmental Risk Management Consulting (Product
solution portfolio. Please check www.denyall.com or our
Lifecycle Management, Corporate Risk Management)
website for more information on Deny All and the partnership.
• Environmental Risk Management Systems Evaluation,
Consulting and Implementation Services (SAP®
Environment, Health & Safety / SAP® Environmental
Compliance, SAP® Risk Management)
• Environmental Law Advisory (Continuous Information
Updates) The Evolution of Quality.
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LINKIES. Unternehmensberatung GmbH No III / 2009 ‐ September 09
Jose Estrada
Montevideo, Uruguay
A Trip to Montevideo on the shores of Río de la Plata. Uruguay bachelors degrees. Ironically, Uruguay
also has a small minority of African actually suffers from a brain‐drain. Many
In our last newsletter we introduced descendants as well a significant Jewish citizens, upon receiving their university
Leipzig, the city of our headquarters. We population. As a result of this history, degree, seek residence and employment
abroad—generally either in Argentina,
now present Montevideo, our Montevideo’s ethnic make‐up is very
the US, or Spain. The 2001 peso crash in
representation and consulting base in similar to Buenos Aires.
Argentina had drastic effects on the
South and Central America. Uruguayan economy and sent many
During World War II, a famous incident people packing off to distant cities.
Montevideo (the Spanish pronounciation involving the German pocket battleship While not as cosmopolitan as Buenos
is [monteβiˈðeo]) is the largest city, the Admiral Graf Spee took place in Punta Aires, Montevideo does have a wealth of
capital and chief port of Uruguay. del Este, 200 kilometers from culture and history to offer to the visitor.
Montevideo. After the Battle of the River Montevideo has a very rich architectural
Montevideo is the only city in the
Plate with the Royal Navy and Royal New heritage and an impressive number of
country with a population over
Zealand Navy on December 13, 1939, writers, artists, and musicians.
1,000,000. According to Mercer Human the Graf Spee retreated to Montevideo's Uruguayan tango is a unique form of
Resource Consulting, Montevideo port, which was considered neutral at dance that originated in the
provides the highest quality of life in the time. To avoid risking the crew in neighbourhoods of Montevideo towards
Latin America. Founded as a port city by what he thought would be a losing the end of the 1800s. Tango, candombe
the Spanish in 1724, the natural port battle, Captain Hans Langsdorff scuttled and murga are the three main styles of
formed by Montevideo's bay retains its the ship on December 17. Langsdorff music in this city.
original calling as a merchant marina to committed suicide two days later.
this day. Montevideo became the capital Uruguay is essentially a city‐state. The LINKIES. Management Consulting will
population of its capital city makes up
of an independent country in 1828 as serve the Latin American market out of
for more than half of the country’s
part of a treaty proposed by the British. Uruguay.
entire population. Almost all of the
The Treaty of Montevideo ended the nation’s universities are located in
500 years' war between Argentina and Montevideo, lending to a continuing Please contact: jose.estrada@linkies.eu
Brazil; Uruguay became a buffer state trend of urban migration. In 2006,
wedged between two giants, though it however, the state launched an initiative
had fought on the side of Argentina to expand the public university in
during the war. Up until then, Maldonado, hoping to increase regional
Montevideo remained under Spanish development and expand public access
Colonial rule, though the city was to higher education. On account of this,
however, Montevideo is an extremely
occupied by British forces for eight
literate city. Uruguay as a whole
months in 1807.
maintains a literacy rate of 93%. A high
number of Montevideanos are
During both World War I and the university‐educated. Many have taken
Spanish Civil War, swarms of Italians and advantage of state‐funded education
Spaniards crossed the Atlantic to resettle
and received not just one, but two
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