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Responsible water management Water is an essential resource that we care for across our production process.
Our commitment
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Water is an essential ingredient in our products and food preparation methods, which is why we adhere to the strictest supply quality criteria, always promoting compliance with our hygiene and safety standards. At our operation sites we use water in our production processes and for cleaning equipment.
In 2020, we implemented initiatives to make water consumption increasingly efficient across our operations. We expanded water treatment and storage infrastructure, which enables us to reclaim more water at the end of the production cycle for use in secondary processes, including in condensers, irrigation of green areas, vehicle washing, and restroom facilities.
We are committed to investing in new technologies, preventive maintenance processes, and treatment systems to reach our 2025 goal to reduce water consumption by 20% per ton of food produced (in relation to water consumption in the plants that were operating at year-end 2018).
We have invested more than US$3.5 million since 2018 in the improvement and construction of water treatment plants. When we are able to repurpose water, we employ our treatment systems to manage it adequately and discharge it in accordance with established regulations.
COVID-19 hygiene protocols Sigma'sSustainabilityReport2020
Due to the challenges of the pandemic, in addition to robust hygiene protocols under which our plants operate, we added measures for personal sanitation as well as for equipment and work areas in the effort to eliminate the risk of contagion from COVID-19 within our facilities. While the implementation of these measures allowed us to face the challenges of the pandemic, we had an atypical water consumption in our operations.
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