Our Community

We contribute to the positive transformation of the communities in which we operate. To do so, we work every day to strengthen internal capabilities to build relationships with the community based on dialogue and collaboration, which offer people and companies greater possibilities for success and permanence.

 

We invest in social innovation programs, prioritizing dialogue and collaboration, therefore contributing to the generation of sustainable communities. Our actions have had a significant impact on the health, education, cultural life, sports promotion and the integral wellbeing of our collaborators, their families and the communities we operate in.

 

Our commitment is to support the development of communities through our priority topics of Economic Development and Sustainable Sourcing in today’s business environment, where there are complex commercial connections, today the need and convenience of developing and permeating the commitment to Sustainability before the value chain has been detected.

 

At FEMSA, we are sensitive to this and are strengthening our practices with suppliers and business partners on a daily basis.

Overall Wellbeing

We present the objective of our Overall Wellbeing priority topic, and its four focus areas.

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Objective

 

We recognize our commitment to contribute to the well-being of our communities by promoting healthy lifestyles, contributing to the safety of our surroundings, developing an environmental culture, and fostering Local Community Engagement.

Focus Areas

 

1. Promotion of Healthy Lifestyles
2. Contributing to Safety in the Environment
3. Clean Communities
4. Local community engagement

1. Promotion of Healthy Lifestyles

We have a portfolio of affordable products with nutritional and health care oriented attributes, specifically:

 

  • We give access to our products’ information (nutritional information, ingredients lists, risks, etc.) to our customers and consumers.

 

  • We have zero tolerance processes for the sale and marketing of products to restricted population groups

 

  • We promote healthy lifestyles (nutrition, physical activity, mental, and emotional well-being) in the communities, especially among children and teenagers.

 

Through our actions, we contribute with the following Sustainable Development Goals:

2. Contributing to Safety in the Environment
  • We have points of sale, facilities, and work centers that help promote safe environments in the communities where we operateWe invest in technology and develop practices, protocols, and management systems to ensure that our operation’s vehicles travel safely on public roads.

 

  • We have robust policies, structures, governance, and processes in place to ensure the protection of our clients’, consumers’ and suppliers’ information

 

  • We ensure the safety, quality, and traceability of all of our brands’ consumer products, including generic drugs, own-brand proximity, KO beverages, prepared foods, etc.

 

Through our actions, we contribute with the following Sustainable Development Goals:

3. Clean Communities
  • We contribute to urban arborization in all our businesses, when possible. We promote reforestation of terrestrial ecosystems.

 

  • In order to contribute to the cleanliness of the communities where we operate, we promote a culture of responsible waste collection and management. We foster a Circular Economy environmental culture within the communities.

 

  • Through programs and initiatives, we promote actions and foster an environmental culture to reduce emissions in communities, suppliers, and traditional channels.

 

Through our actions, we contribute with the following Sustainable Development Goals:

4. Local Community Engagement
  • We encourage our collaborators to make contributions to their communities through volunteering activities.

 

  • We facilitate and communicate the mechanisms for our customers to join in the transformation and support of their communities through rounding-off and other campaigns.

 

  • We generate social license to operate by building sustainable relationships with our neighbors by defining activities and programs that generate value to the community.

 

  • We seek to use food and medicines that are not commercialized in our businesses.

 

With our communities and through FEMSA Foundation and its strategic alliances:

 

  • We seek to open spaces for dialogue and strengthen ties between people and communities through art and Latin American culture. We have an active exhibition program, as well as the FEMSA Biennial, an artistic and cultural platform with a curatorial model through which we promote coexistence and the exchange of ideas and knowledge around art among institutions, artists, and local artisans.

 

  • We seek to enable children to achieve their full developmental potential and transform their communities through interventions to build resilient communities, as well as through improvements in public and corporate policies.

 

Through our actions, we contribute with the following Sustainable Development Goals:

Economic Development

We present the objective of our Economic Development priority topic, and its three focus areas.

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Objective

 

We recognize our commitment to contribute to the economic and social development of the communities where we operate through our actions and by supporting other developing companies.

Focus Areas

 

1. Economic, Labor, Financial and Digital Inclusion
2. SME Development and Local Procurement
3. Promote Entrepreneurship

1. Economic, Labor, Financial and Digital Inclusion
  • In line with the capabilities of each business, we contribute to Economic, Labor, Financial, and Digital Inclusion in the communities where we operate through our actions, products, and services.

 

Through our actions, we contribute with the following Sustainable Development Goals:

2. SME Development and Local Procurement
  • We promote the development and professionalization of the traditional channel / non-institutionalized segments in the industries in which we participate.

 

  • We encourage purchases from local suppliers.

 

  • We contribute to the professionalization and development of SMEs in our supply chains.

 

Through our actions, we contribute with the following Sustainable Development Goals:

3. Promote Entrepreneurship
  • We contribute to the development of the entrepreneurship ecosystem in our geographies through investments in start-ups and participation in entrepreneurship programs.

 

Through our actions, we contribute with the following Sustainable Development Goals:

Sustainable Sourcing

 

We present the objective of our Sustainable Sourcing priority topic, and its focus area.

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Objective

 

We strive to ensure that our suppliers operate with ethics and integrity, based on responsible business policies, principles, and processes that comply with applicable legislation and best sustainability practices. We also contribute to the development of the communities where we operate through our actions.

Focus Area

 

1. Sustainable Sourcing

1. Sustainable Sourcing

 

Through our actions, we contribute with the following Sustainable Development Goals: