Sao Paulo, September 17, 2018 – Last Monday, (10), JBS was awarded the “Company that Best Communicates with Journalists” plaque in the Livestock category. Organized by the Communications Study Center (Cecom) and the Negócios da Comunicação magazine, the award acknowledges the quality of companies’ relationships with journalists and the wider market. It also focuses on the treatment companies dispense to media professionals in terms of access, availability and ease of checking business, industry and general information.
Every year, Cecom sends out a questionnaire to 25 thousand journalists across the country and they each choose three companies in 30 categories with whom they have a good media relationship. The goal of the initiative is to encourage good relationships between companies and the media and help provide better quality information and greater transparency in communications.
This is JBS’s seventh award in eight years. The award ceremony was held at the Company-School Integration Center Theater (CIEE) in Sao Paulo.
About JBS
JBS is one of the world’s leading food industry companies with approximately 230 thousand employees in over 20 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 350,000 customers of more than 150 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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