Revision: March 2021

We have established and adopted an Environmental & Energy Policy based on:

- Optimize the production processes in order to protect the environment, prevent contamination and protect the natural resources for future generations by means of reducing the environmental impacts of their processes and products, and focusing in the responsible energy use.

- Establish and review periodically the environmental and energy goals, focused on reaching the continuous improvement in the environmental and energy performance of the organization.

- Be aware and comply with national, provincial and municipal environmental normative that apply to the organization, as well as the legal and other requirements that the organization subscribes related to the energy uses and efficiency.

- Train and make aware in all level of the organization, as well as the suppliers, about the importance of prevention of the contamination, environmental preservation, and the responsible use of energy and the energy efficiency.

We see ourselves as an organization committed to the environment, which contributes in many different ways to a better life for all the people we work with including employees, neighbors, social organizations and so on.

In this context, we have undertaken several initiatives aimed at stimulating human development. The company has invested in education, promotion of entrepreneurship and strengthening local community institutions.

Supporting the local community

When the company moved to Lanús Este in 1995 we started getting involved with local community programmes in schools, clubs and with an organization promoting local development as well as other organizations.

Due to a financial crisis that affected Argentina in 2001, schools accepted the role of providing nutritional supplements to students with the purpose of helping families. Fonseca assisted local schools and the community by supporting soup kitchens. We created a synergy between the two organizations allowing mothers to take their children to the closest dining room to their local school.

Over the years we have aligned our actions to support local institutions to build a network, which helps the local community. After many challenges today the network is fully up and running and we continue to support it.

Community

There are many abandoned factory units in the surroundings of Lanús, which became run-down and occupied by homeless people during the crisis of 2001. At this time a part of the population became marginalized caused by housing problems and poverty.
Unemployment became a serious issue and many families became reliant on social programmes. Unemployment particularly hit many young people as they were working without a proper contract or given any social security entitlements.
Fonseca worked with a number of local organizations, which promoted work experience and allowed people to expand their knowledge. There are a number issues that had to be tackled. These are some of the major problems:
a. The fragmentation of social support between different organizations.
b. An absence of community leaders’ to provide training.
c. A lack of dialogue between the various Team leaders.
d. Practices centered on social assistance intervention.