When people talk about the cost of an expired permit, the conversation usually starts and ends with the fine. That’s a miscalculation. The fine is the visible part, and often the cheapest part of the problem. The real cost is made up of layers, and the most expensive ones

It’s common for different legal entities to coexist within the same facility: one for manufacturing, one for logistics, one for services. And it’s one of the questions that comes up most often when talking with industrial groups in Mexico: how is compliance organized when there are multiple RFCs on the same property, or multiple plants under different legal entities.

The Internal Civil Protection Program is a key regulatory challenge in Mexico for a structural reason: although the framework is federal, the procedures and renewals are strictly local. What the authority accepts in Querétaro may not be enough in Tijuana, and Mexico City’s formats don’t apply in Nuevo León.

The inspector arrives at the front desk, identifies themselves, hands over the inspection order, and the clock starts running. What happens in the following hours depends on the level of prior documentary preparation of the operation, not on what gets improvised that day.

NAPS International es una de las shelter operators más grandes del norte de México, gestionando cumplimiento para más de 150 edificios industriales en Baja California, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo León, Guanajuato, Querétaro y San Luis Potosí. Sus clientes son fabricantes multinacionales que dependen de NAPS para mantener las operaciones funcionando sin interrupciones. Para NAPS, el cumplimiento…

Most compliance software companies start with technology and go looking for a problem. NAPSsoft EHS started with the problem — 30 years of it — and built technology because there was no other way to solve it at scale.

There are excellent EHS platforms in the global market. VelocityEHS, Intelex (now part of Fortive), Enablon (now part of Wolters Kluwer) and others have built comprehensive environmental, health and safety management systems used by thousands of companies worldwide.

Any industrial project in Mexico that may affect the environment requires authorization from SEMARNAT through an Environmental Impact Statement. This is not a routine procedure. It is a legal requirement under the General Law of Ecological Balance and Environmental Protection (LGEEPA), and operating without it when required can result in facility closure, fines, and criminal liability.

The Secretaría del Trabajo y Previsión Social (STPS) enforces 41 permanent Official Mexican Standards governing occupational safety and health across every employer in Mexico. These are not guidelines. They are mandatory standards with the force of law, and non-compliance carries fines of up to 5,000 UMAs ($566,300 MXN) per violation, with the possibility of facility shutdown for repeated or severe infractions.