Operational Efficiency
and Continuity
In order to ensure operational continuity without compromising the well-being of our employees, communities, and their environment, we have implemented strategies to achieve efficiency in the use of resources in our production chains, always aligned with the following:
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Code of Conduct, ensuring that the value chain operates following best environmental practices.
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Sustainability Model, aligned with the Sustainable Development Goals of the 2030 Agenda, focused on innovation for sustainable production.
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Environmental Policy, defining guidelines and commitments to operational efficiency in our operations.
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Social Responsibility Policy, developing environmentally friendly processes and promoting the sustainable development of neighboring communities.
In this way, we maintain our commitment to operate within environmental regulations and best practices through circularity initiatives, energy efficiencies and the development of carbon inventories.
Energy and Emissions
Aware of the importance of energy in production, we seek to maintain operational continuity by implementing initiatives to reduce energy consumption through actions such as:
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Implementation of natural light spaces and replacement of lighting fixtures with LEDs1 .
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Generation of electricity from biogas.
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Installation of photovoltaic panels in Maxicarne stores.
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Clean energy purchase agreements
The implementation of energy consumption initiatives allows us to make progress in our efforts to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions (Scope 1 and 2) 2 .
1. LED lights are energy efficient because they radiate very little heat, so they require much less energy to emit the same
amount of light than their conventional counterparts.
2. Heavy oil is a medium-viscosity fuel, refined from petroleum, commonly used for steam generation boilers, heaters, burners, furnaces, and as a diluent.
Biodiversity
Aware of the importance of biodiversity, in 2016 we constituted a Conservation Area, which formalizes a permanent restricted area for preservation and ecological research purposes, which has more than 800 hectares located around one of the farm complexes, located in the municipality of Maxcanú, Yucatán, Mexico. The conservation area represents a space of protection for the region's wild flora and fauna, as well as a partner in the capture of atmospheric carbon emissions thanks to the forest species in the area.
Currently, this conservation area is a space that facilitates the participation of local authorities and academics for biodiversity research in the area. A recent study, in collaboration with the Centro de Investigación Científica de Yucatán (CICY) carried out in 2022, resulted in the discovery of more than 500 species of vascular plants of high ecosystemic richness, as part of the elaboration of a floristic list in the conservation area.
All Pork Meat farms have as a guideline to use only 7% of the total area of the facilities, thus allowing the presence of endemic species of flora and fauna within the space not used for productive areas.
Smart Water Consumption
Considering the importance of efficient water management, our water-saving measures and reuse practices allow us to reduce water consumption each year.
We are constantly monitoring the most demanding processes in order to subsequently apply reduction actions. In line with this, it is important to mention our water recycling and reuse processes, which are previously treated internally based on the applicable parameters established by the National Water Commission (CONAGUA) for each operation.
CONAGUA, as environmental supervisor, authorizes and monitors water use and discharge processes, thus ensuring that our operations use water responsibly from extraction to discharge within the established parameters. It is also important to note that our operations consume all the water they extract.
40 thousand cubic meters
of water recycled or reused for irrigation of green areas in the Automotive SECTOR
1.7 thousand
cubic meters of water reused in the Consumer sector
Waste Management
One of the Company's objectives is the efficient use of inputs or materials and, consequently, the reduction of waste generation. Among the actions carried out for responsible management is the correct disposal based on applicable environmental legislation and the establishment of relationships with external value chains for the reuse or recycling of waste suitable for this purpose.
We also work on the optimization of sustainable packaging processes, ensuring the quality and integrity of the products. In the same line, we cannot fail to mention the continued use of "big bags" in our laboratories in the chemical sector, these are containers for waste that store, maintain, and transport both products generated in bulk and products that will be derived to disposal and also avoid the use of additional small packaging.
