Alicorp has been recognized within the Top 10 of the Merco Ranking Social Responsibility and Corporate Governance 2019, the outstanding list of referred companies of excellence in Sustainability, Sustainability and Circular Economy prepared by the Corporate Corporate Reputation Monitor (Merco).
The reflected recognition of the results of the initiatives the company has implemented through the guidelines of its sustainable development strategy: promoting wellness, care of the environment and development of the value chain, which cut across all areas of the business.
"In Alicorp manage our business with a focus on sustainability, seeking to create value in society. This recognition reinforces our commitment to continue feeding NDO r a Better Place tomorrow", said Keren Trapunsky, corporate manager for Sustainable Development Alicorp's.
During 2019, Alicorp joined the efforts of the State in the fight against anemia, through various initiatives such as the implementation of its program Ponle Punche, Ponle Hierro to combat anemia. This program started sensitizing Alicorp workers and offering free screening for their children. Also in partnership with El Comercio, the program managed to generate more than 200 contained in the various communication platforms medium and achieved a potential reach of 4 million people. At the same time, and n partnership with the NGO Viva Live Values, trained more than 9,000 parents in the districts of Ate and Carmen de la Legua, through the "Loncheras Iron" project to give them practical ideas for include iron - rich foods at home and school snacks.
Alicorp, also joined the foodtrucks "Sazon de Hierro". This initiative of the Ministry of Health led a caravan of January 2 trucks for the 9 districts of Lima and Callao with higher incidence of anemia, and through demonstrative cooking and tasting, reached more than 1 0 0 000 people and distributed more than 5 0 thousand servings of foods rich in iron.
"Our commitment for 2020 is to continue working as an articulator, reaching many more Peruvians to deal with the problem of anemia in the country , " noted Trapunsky.
In its commitment to the development of future citizens during the 2019 Alicorp began an alliance with the Minedu and Cultural Association D1 to realize the reveal program, to intervene 18 months seeks to promote the comprehensive development of young second and third high school, through the practice of artistic expressions such as dance, singing and painting, among others. The initiative enables teachers 3 0 Lima schools, impacting 4,000 students.
Other initiatives include the continued support of the Food Bank, an institution that articulates receiving food since 2014, receiving an average of 57 tons per year to make 250,000 food rations. Also, d ince 9 years, the company promotes the employability of 1,900 young people who participated in the Youth Job Training School (CLJ) NDO provides operator training as food plants. Also, since its B2B business, Alicorp Solutions, committed to the constant training of its customers through business management workshops that have impacted 14 thousand people from about 6,700 businesses. In addition, e n Callao implement the Healthy Living program, through training for principals and teachers of primary education to promote healthy lifestyles, with a total of 27,070 beneficiaries.
Notably Merco includes analysis of more than 2,000 surveys and 11 different perspectives reputational different panels: CSR experts; financial analysts; Economic Journalists, Government; NGOs; unions; consumer associations and opinion leaders, and whose information is processed with the support of Datum and the Institute for Analysis and Research.