Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock awards companies and cooperatives that act with social responsibility
The award ceremony occurred within the Apex-Brasil auditorium and counted with the participation of the president of Apex-Brasil, Jorge Viana; the Minister of the Comptroller Basic of the Union (CGU), Vinicius de Carvalho; the Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture, André de Paula; the president of the OCB System, Márcio Lopes; the president of the Agricultural Parliamentary Entrance (FPA), federal deputy Pedro Lupion; and the chief secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock, Irajá Lacerda, who represented the Minister of the Ministry, Carlos Fávaro.
Throughout the ceremony, the president of Apex-Brasil, Jorge Viana, acknowledged that there’s a nice want from varied sectors to work on packages such because the Extra Integrity Seal. “It is a demand from the market, it’s a demand from shoppers on the time of buy to determine standards for taking the product house. That is rising on the planet”. He additionally evaluated that the certificates is one thing particular within the lifetime of corporations and Brazil. “I can think about the satisfaction of the businesses represented right here, to achieve and move this sieve, move this rigorous technical criterion. It’s an award that’s troublesome for corporations to win and this underscores the significance of every firm being honored”, identified the president of Apex-Brasil.
In accordance with the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, the awarded corporations have quite a few advantages, together with: achieve in picture and constructive publicity amongst residents and direct competitors with using the model on product packaging, billboards and media; recognition of doable worldwide companions; motivational improve of the crew and repair suppliers; and higher threat classification in credit score operations with official monetary establishments. It additionally permits, based on the portfolio, “larger engagement with different nationwide companies that relate to the worldwide market and have to show the follow of ESG by stakeholders”.
Throughout the award ceremony, the representatives of the awarded corporations additionally signed Pacts for Integrity that signal a public dedication to take care of good practices. “The success of the Extra Integrity Seal is obvious when one notices not solely what number of corporations within the agro sector have taken the initiative to use for the primary time, but additionally, above all, the curiosity in sustaining and persevering with this recognition. By way of for instance the yellow model of the certificates. Nor can we fail to say the wonderful proposals we acquired on the event of the awards for good practices within the classes of moral integrity, social duties and environmental sustainability”, highlighted Alice Guimarães, director of the Alliance for Integrity.
For the primary time, the Extra Integrity Seal was awarded to cooperatives within the agribusiness sector. For the president of the OCB System, Márcio Lopes de Freitas, an increasing number of organizations need to evolve within the transparency course of. “This seal of integrity that Mapa has developed is crucial to create this atmosphere, this tradition of transparency, of integrity throughout the Brazilian agro, throughout the largest Brazilian trade that’s the agro trade”.
Tips on how to get the Extra Integrity Seal?
All corporations within the agribusiness chain can take part, together with enterprise teams and dairy merchandise, except organizations devoted completely to logistics, storage, processing, laboratories and know-how. However to obtain the seal, the corporate or cooperative should show the follow of necessities, similar to having a compliance program; code of ethics and conduct; efficient reporting channels, actions centered on social duty and environmental sustainability, and selling coaching to enhance the organizational tradition.
“Moreover, it’s essential to be updated with labor obligations; no fines associated to the subject within the final two years; not having instances of adulteration or falsification of processes and merchandise inspected by the Ministry’s Agricultural Protection Secretariat; to have actions of fine agricultural practices framed within the targets of Sustainable Growth of the United Nations; and never having dedicated environmental crimes within the final 24 months”, explains the ministry, informing that it’s as much as a administration committee to investigate the documentation of candidate organizations.
Try the award-winning organizations
inexperienced seal
- Agrobiológica Soluções Naturais Ltda (Agrobiológica Soluções)
- Agrobiológica Sustentabilidade SA (Agrobiológica Sustentabilidade)
- Cerrado Agricultural Alliance SA (Cerrado Agricultural Alliance – Sodrugestvo)
- Basf S.A. (Basf)
- Castrolanda – Cooperativa Agroindustrial Ltda
- Copacol – Cooperativa Agroindustrial Consolata
- Girassol Agricola Ltda (Grupo Girassol Agrícola)
- Laticínios Bela Vista Ltda (Piracanjuba)
- Ouro Fino Química SA (Ourofino Agroscience)
- Sinagro Agricultural Merchandise SA (Sinagro Group)
- Suinco – Cooperativa De Suinocultores Ltda
Yellow Seal
- Agricola Xingu SA (Xinguagri)
- Agrifirm do Brasil Nutrição Animal Ltda (Agrifirm Do Brasil)
- Baldoni Pure Merchandise Commerce and Business (Baldoni Agroindústria)
- Bsbios Industria e Comercio De Biodiesel Sul Brasil SA (Bsbios – Renewable Power)
- Brazilian Nitro Chemical Firm (Nitro)
- Eireli Salt Fridge (Frescatto Firm)
- Icl America do Sul S.A.
- Iharabras S/A Chemical Industries (Ihara)
- Industria e Comercio de Alimentos Supremo Ltda (Supreme Meat)
- Marfrig World Meals S.A.
- Mig Plus Agroindustrial Ltda
- Ouro Fino Saúde Animal Ltda
- Ouro Fino Agribusiness Ltd.
- Solubio Agricultural Applied sciences Ltd.
- Tres Corações Alimentos SA
- Três Tentos Agroindustrial SA (Three Tentos)
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