São Paulo, September 4th 2019 – Marcelo Proença, global director of Compliance at JBS, and his team will be present on September 6th, at the Lins plant, to meet more than 30 administrative leaders. The goal is to qualify leaderships, ensuring that everyone knows and practices the Company’s Code of Conduct and Ethics.
During the meeting, examples of everyday situations and the respective expected behavior will be addressed, based on the company’s internal policies. Additionally, the attendees will have the opportunity to clarify their doubts. After the qualification, the leaderships will be responsible for disseminating the knowledge acquired to more than 5,700 employees from the plant.
“In 2017, we launched the program ‘Always Do What’s Right’. Since then, we have achieved solid results from a robust communication process, new internal controls, training sessions and measures that reinforce and value ethical attitudes on the everyday life. For this reason, this round of qualification on themes from the Code is very important,” says Proença.
Transparency, solidity and reach. These are the foundations of the Compliance Program from JBS.
About JBS
JBS is one of the world’s leading food industry companies with approximately 230 thousand employees in 15 countries. The Company owns a portfolio of brands that are acknowledged for their excellence and innovation, including Friboi, Moy Park, Pilgrim’s Pride, Primo, Seara, Swift, Gold’n Plump and others, serving over 275,000 customers of more than 190 nationalities worldwide. The Company’s focus on innovation also reflects its management approach to related businesses in areas such as leather, biodiesel, collagen, personal hygiene and cleaning products, natural wrappings, solid waste management solutions, metal packaging and transportation. JBS has adopted best sustainability practices throughout its value chain and constantly monitors its suppliers using satellite imagery, georeferenced maps of supplier farms and monitors official data from government agencies. The Company also focuses on the highest possible food safety and quality standards. The success of JBS’s operations is closely tied to our Animal welfare practices, which are rigorously applied and have received an increasing share of investments to further improve the Company’s efforts in this area, in line with best practices.
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