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The company promotes drip irrigation among its agricultural suppliers, which saves up to 60% of water consumption.

Mexico City, March 22, 2024. In Mexico, 8 out of every 10 liters of concessioned water are destined for agricultural production, and 76% of the total concessioned water in the country[1] is destined for the production of food for human consumption, forage and livestock production. In this context, to commemorate World Water Day, Grupo Herdez reaffirms its commitment to sustainable water management as a leader in the food industry.

Through its sustainability strategy, the company, with 110 years of history in Mexico, contributes to the fulfillment of 7 of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) of the United Nations (UN) 2030 Agenda, among which is SDG 6 Clean Water and Sanitation.

As part of this objective, projects are implemented with the necessary measures to guarantee universal access to safe and affordable drinking water by 2030, as well as considerably increase the efficient use of water resources in all sectors.

Through its Sustainable and Regenerative Agriculture Program, Grupo Herdez and its suppliers of fresh raw materials, combine actions and strategies that benefit the generation of quality agricultural products, seeking the conservation of the environment. In terms of water use management, the program promotes the adoption of drip irrigation systems, which have more efficient performance and are more environmentally friendly. With this system, up to 60% of water consumption is saved compared to traditional systems.

Also, as part of the commitments of the 2030 Agenda, we seek to achieve universal and equitable access to drinking water. Globally, between 2015 and 2022, the proportion of the world’s population with access to safely managed drinking water services increased from 69% to 73%, according to the UN. Grupo Herdez has joined these efforts with the Saber Nutrir® program, which facilitates access to drinking water in vulnerable communities.

The scarcity and poor quality of water affect children’s nutrition, so the program has focused on providing cisterns with rainwater collection, purifying wells and bathrooms with biodigesters in the communities. In 2023, 265 stormwater cisterns, 74 hygiene and sanitation systems and 160 purifiers were installed in Chiapas, State of Mexico, Yucatán and Jalisco.

This is how Grupo Herdez promotes, from different fronts, the proper management of water resources: through its suppliers with the sustainable agriculture program, in the communities with Saber Nutrir, and with financial tools, such as the bonus linked to sustainability that issued in 2022 on the Mexican Stock Exchange. The Company’s commitment with this emission is to reduce 25.0% of its water consumption per ton produced by 2030.

In recent years, in the Mexican stock market, bonds linked to sustainability have become popular as a debt instrument that seeks to raise resources that are subsequently allocated to projects or achievements that positively impact the environment and society. Thus, the company that issues them, through an intermediary, must comply with key sustainable performance indicators. In 2023, the Mexican Stock Exchange (BMV) reached the record figure of 131,119 million pesos distributed through 40 thematic bond issues.

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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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