This paper empirically examines the relationship between FDI and CO 2 emissions via a Vector Autoregressive Analysis (VAR) model for the 1970-2005 period in Colombia. This paper first presents the concept of Corporate Social Responsibility and defines Latin America’s socio-political since the 1980s, explaining the FDI’s rise in South America and how this led to the consolidation of networks Social Responsibility Networks (SRN). This paper demonstrated that there is a causal relationship in the Granger sense of the impact of FDI on the CO 2 emissions in Colombia. This paper provides insights for the region which could be explored in future comparative research amongst South American countries. authors