Sustainability

Wastewater-treatment plant In San Fernando

The wastewater treatment plant allows that water used in our process can be returned to its flow in compliance to current legal regulations.

First and second APL ( acuerdos de producción limpia ) Clean production agreements, Processed food industry

Production plants in San Carlos, Chillan, San Fernando and Santiago have certifications granted by the board of cleaner production in the second APL. San Fernando Plant have certifications in first APL, this certifications are granted due compliance in different environmental aspects and sustainability requirements. Alimentos y Frutos was one of the first companies implementing such certifications.

Sustainability Policy

Alimentos y Frutos S.A, continually seeks to improve its activities evaluating the environmental issues and impacts associated with their operations, preventing pollution, protecting the environment, looking for sustainability of their processes:

– To observe legal regulations applicable and those subscribed voluntarily to environmental issues.

– To Train all members of the company and its suppliers in the care and environmental protection, climate change issues and sustainability of their processes.

– Make an efficient, rational and responsible use of natural resources, energy and water use.

– Searching and implement technological, processing and management solutions to optimize and reduce the use of energy, water and greenhouse gas emissions (GHG).

– Support and prefer the acquisition of energy and hydrically products and efficient services, committed to sustainability.

– Ensure the availability of resources and information necessary to achieve Company goals and objectives.

– Creating and managing GHG inventories for its reduction and mitigation.

Alimentos y Frutos S.A is committed to sustainable development of its operations, without compromising the needs and natural resources and for future generations.

Occupational Safety Policy

Alimentos y Frutos S.A., is concerned a 100 % of physical integrity, health, and welfare of all employees, collaborators, and others who may be compromised during the execution of their operations.

We are also concerned and conscious, on the generation of occupational accidents and diseases. To manage our policy and security of our employees, we focus among others on the following principles:

1.- Give to workers safe environmental an working conditions.

2.- Avoiding work accidents; identifying , evaluating , proposing and implementing control measures, and monitoring of all hazards and risks associated with work activities.

3.- To promote at all levels of the company, a responsible attitude in workers’ health and safety matters.

4.- Obey the Chilean regulations about the prevention of occupational hazards.

5.- Maintain a clear, timely and practicable system of communication with their employees, partners, external agencies and authorities.

Responsibility and compliance with the implementation of these principles and commitments apply to all levels in Company, helping continuously improving safety and occupational health.

Sustainability Indicators

2° Clean Production Agreement of Sustainability Indicators and clean production agreement. These indicators have the objective to show our performance on sustainability issues. Sustainability has several components within these have environmental, social and economic, which are reflected and represented in the following indicators.

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Economic Indicator: This index provides information on the variation of production annually.

Environmental Indicator: This indicator reports the generation of waste per ton of finished product.

Social Indicator: This indicator reports the number of hours of staff training.