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For the fourth consecutive year, Grupo Herdez® is recognized for its good practices with a social dimension. 

Mexico City, February 12, 2025 – Grupo Herdez®, the food company with the longest history in the country, has been recognized for the fourth consecutive year in the Exceptional Companies contest of the Institute for the Promotion of Quality (IFC), in its 2024 edition. This year, the distinction of “Exceptional Practice” was awarded in the category of Contribution to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) for the service conservation project ecosystems in Ejido Topia of the Del Fuerte® brand.

Through a project linking the Ejido Topia community, located in the Sierra Madre Occidental, northwest of Durango, the aim is to preserve the capacity of local watersheds to purify and regulate water flows. This territory, of more than 7,800 hectares, is home to a group of 121 communal lands holders who contribute to the production of water, used by the community, which also reaches the tomato fields from which part of the raw material for Del Fuerte® is obtained. 

With this project, Del Fuerte®, a Grupo Herdez® brand, shows its commitment to sustainability and care for the environment. Within its sustainability strategy, the Group and the brand are aligned with the following SDGs: 6 Clean Water and Sanitation, 12 Responsible Production and Consumption, and 13 Climate Action. Through projects like this, they seek to reduce their environmental impact throughout their entire value chain.

Grupo Herdez® has been recognized as an Exceptional Company since 2021 for various practices, including:

  • Semillero Nutrisa®: Initiative to promote female entrepreneurship in Mexico and promote equal opportunities. 
  • Sustainability strategy with a focus on food security: focused on guaranteeing access to nutritious and quality food in the country. 
  • Sustainable and Regenerative Agriculture Program: project that seeks to produce high-quality raw materials and foods with the lowest environmental impact, efficiently using natural resources.
  • Digital transformation project: Supply chain optimization through predictive models with artificial intelligence. 
  • Issuance of the First Bond Linked to the Sustainability of the food industry: issuance of stock certificates linked to the commitment to reduce the company’s water consumption to 1.98 m3/Tn produced by the year 2030.

The IFC, Institute for the Promotion of Quality, is a civil association that promotes the competitiveness of Mexican organizations through the development of quality management models. It annually grants this recognition to companies from various industries that implement good practices to promote excellence and continuous improvement, thus contributing to the economic and social development of the country.

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2020

2020

  • 2020: In collaboration with La Costeña® and Sanfer®, we delivered 35,000 basic food baskets to benefit more than 175,000 Mexicans affected by the COVID-19 health contingency.

    We launched the first edition of Semillero Nutrisa®, a program to support Mexican women entrepreneurs to participate in a training and business development program.

  • 2021: We became the first consumer company in Latin America to partner with Google, a global technology giant, to accelerate our digital transformation. 

    We signed an agreement with the American company General Mills® to distribute their products in Mexico, with which we entered the categories of cereal bars and prepared dessert flours.


    We celebrated the 80th anniversary of Doña María® mole with the inauguration of Casa Doña María Pons, headquarters of Fundación Herdez® in San Luis Potosí.

    We were placed in the report “Mexican Companies for the 2030 Agenda in the Decade of Action” of the Global Compact, for the actions of the Saber Nutrir® program as a reference practice to achieve Zero Hunger, one of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals of the UN.

  • 2022: We acquired Interdeli and Deli, Dips & Snacks, expanding our capabilities to new categories such as hummus, cheeses, and dips, integrating brands such as Libanius, Flaveur, Liguria, and Señor Cactus into our portfolio.

    For the first time in our history, we brought the best of Mexican cuisine to the United Kingdom with the Herdez® brand, through a joint alliance with McCormick & Company, Inc.

    We issued the first sustainability-linked bond in the food industry in Mexico, committing to reduce our water consumption per ton produced by 2030.

    We signed the United Nations Women’s Empowerment Principles (WEPS), reaffirming our commitment to gender equality.

    We joined the UN’s CFO Coalition for the SDGs, which drives the transformation of corporate finance to achieve the goals of the 2030 Agenda.

    We joined the Pacto por la Comida of the BAMX Network, an initiative that promotes more sustainable food production and consumption systems, with the goal of reducing Food Loss and Waste in the industry.

  • 2023: We consolidated the integration of Chilim Balam® into the Impulse segment portfolio, with which we positioned ourselves in the candy and snack category in the retail model.

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