Social Performance
In regard to sustainability, the Carlos Slim Foundation has more than 100 programs and projects in 13 different areas, among them education, employment, health, sports, the environment and culture, in which the Foundation has reached a million beneficiaries in Mexico and other Latin American countries.
With the support of the Carlos Slim Foundation, actions for health care and prevention have continued to address and minimize the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic through the 5 principal avenues of awareness, prevention, containment, supervision and continuous improvement. During 2021 a strict control was maintained over the return to the new normalcy protocol and the principal focus with its collaborators was on the promotion of vaccination, which reached 18,128 fully vaccinated persons. In the program for vaccination against the flu, 9,217 collaborators were vaccinated. In the MIDO COVID program 4,814 persons were tested; in the application of the COVID PCR and antigens test we carried out 6,589 diagnoses, and more than 72,000,000 persons were tested with the sanitary filters test. With these actions and others the requirements of various authorities were met, and safe spaces in which to carry out their work and their purchases were provided to our employees, clients, customers and providers. The training of our personnel for a safe return to their work was carried out by means of the IMSS platform, so that they could thereby serve our customers during the pandemic.
Environmental Performance
Grupo Sanborns has a low environmental impact.
Grupo Condumex
Grupo Condumex has had a Corporate Environmental Protection Policy since 1999 for its application to the Grupo Carso Company and its subsidiaries, as well as to those companies that operate in its name and whose activities during their production, construction and services operations could possibly generate an environmental impact. During 2021 the Grupo Condumex companies of the Cables and Auto parts sectors maintained a certification under the ISO 14001:2015 Standard.
Throughout the year of 2021, the work centers recorded a total consumption of energy of 147,011,946 kWh, in which the consumption of clean energy was 96,510,441 kWh and the consumption of renewable self-supplied energy from its solar panels system was 1,396,150 kWh.
As for the consumption of water in the twenty-five (25) work centers, the total consumption was 386,871m3
In the cables and auto parts work centers, the reutilization and recycling of residues has continued, with a total of 6,430,418.69 kilograms of Special Handling
Residues having been collected and recycled.
During 2021 the Company Latincasa kept a nursery in its facilities with a total of 823 specimens of 13 different species of flora.
Among the voluntary programs the Companies NACEL Vallejo and Latincasa have maintained their recognition as clean industries and the Company NACEL Guadalajara has maintained its recognition as an Environmental Leader, conferred by the Secretariat of the Environment and Territorial Development (SEMADET) of Jalisco.
In the Auto Parts and Cables sector, a reforestation program was carried out involving the participation of approximately 47 persons, in which 88 saplings of a variety of species was planted.
In the “Recycle Against Cancer” campaign carried out in 2021, 432.98 kgs. of plastic caps were collected, which were donated to the “Banco de Tapitas, A.C.” association and to the “Mexican Association for Assistance to Children with Cancer, I.A.P.” (AMANC).
Carso Infraestructura y Construcción, S. A. de C. V.
Carso Infraestructura y Construcción, S.A de C.V. and its subsidiaries are in compliance with the Corporate Protection of the Environment Policy, with personnel who are experts in all the projects involved. CICSA has received the “Socially Responsible Company” (ESR) award, conferred by the Mexican Philanthropic Center (CEMEF), for 11 consecutive years. The Infrastructure and Pipelines sectors have maintained the environmental certification of the ISO 14001:2015 International Standard since 2021, valid until December 17 of 2024 and August 02 of 2024, respectively.
The Secretariat of the Environment of the Government of the State of Mexico conferred, through its General Coordination of Ecological Conservation unit, its recognition to Carso Infraestructura y Construcción for its participation in the reforestation campaign dubbed “Planting the Future.”
Within the Residues Management Plan, 1,061,249.89 kgs. of Special Management residues and 260,972.30 kgs. of dangerous residues were withheld from being sent to landfills, in compliance with the stipulations in the General Law for the Prevention and Integral Management of Residues (LGPGIR).
The participation of personnel was maintained in the “Recycle Against
Cancer” environmental campaign, in which 147.64 kgs. of plastic caps were collected and donated to the associations “Alianza Anticancer, A.B.P”, “Banco de Tapitas” and “Ángeles en Libertad A.C”.
The “Pilotón” campaign collected 34.5 kgs of used alkaline batteries, which were disposed of by the Company Centros de Reciclaje Recupera Tacubaya S.A de C.V., duly authorized by the corresponding environmental authority.
During 2021, 11,387 specimens of flora and 338 wild animals were rescued and relocated. Among those specimens of flora and fauna, 1827 specimens of flora and 95 of fauna are listed as endangered to some degree or other, according to the NOM-059-SEMARNAT-2010 Standard.
In the Las Varas-Vallarta freeway two soil restoration projects were carried out in the vicinity of Las Lomas, Ejido Sayulita, Municipality of Bahía de Banderas, Nayarit, in which 160 plants of various species were planted. In the lMitla-Tehuantepec project, the ecosystem of 1.483 hectares of land in the vicinity of kilometer 82+600 of the project was restored.
In the infrastructure, pipelines and construction sectors, 738 talks were delivered on various environmental themes to a total of 11,171 persons during the year of 2021.
Performance in Labor, Health and Safety
Grupo Carso is the source of permanent and part-time employment for more than 80,000 persons in Mexico, Latin America and several countries in Europe. During 2021 the number of jobs in Grupo Carso increased by 5.9% over the previous year. The Group’s employees have salaries in accordance with the law, the market, their performance, and the level of responsibility in their jobs.
Training courses: Technical, operational, advancement, safety and health.
1,899 courses were delivered during the year, completed by 811,703 participants in Carso Infraestructura, Condumex, Sears, Sanborns, Promotora Musical, Dax and Saks Fifth Avenue.
Customer service programs were carried out, focused on the quality of service to our customers, based on the premise that the customer is always right, in addition to courses on product awareness, constant training in regard to updates in the inventory systems, e-commerce, and point of sale.
The development of middle management through the development of leadership skills was carried out by means of the Carso Train Yourself platform for the training of Sales Managers and Supervisors. The development of management skills of store managers was realized by means of virtual courses focused on the management of work teams. In regard to the company’s internal functions, Grupo Carso is up to date in the optimization of the inventories, e-commerce and point of sale systems, to thereby improve the control over merchandise and avoid out-of-stock situations. In addition to the above, the Company held 31 technology courses during the year and 4 courses on books and music for the iShop employees in Promotora Musical, besides the 17 courses held by Apple through its SEED platform.
Civil Protection Program
In the Civil Protection program 2,936 persons in Sears, Sanborns and Promotora Musical were trained so that they will know the actions that must be taken in the event of an emergency.
The ASUME program (Association for the Development of Mexico) attained a scope of 3,192 collaborators consisting of 108 group and 181 facilitators who completed the course in Grupo Carso companies.
In the Social Wellbeing Program 3 fundamental aspects were addressed: Learning, Health, and Culture and Recreation, which included video-conference activities on a massive scale. In 2021 events were held which benefitted 204,138 persons, including Grupo Carso collaborators and their families.
Train yourself for employment
In the “Train yourself for employment” platform of the Carlos Slim Foundation, the training of talent was continued, as well as for the attraction of talent in operational maintenance, reception and sales in Sears, reaching a total of 1,540 certifications in 2020, compared to 550 in the previous year.
With the support of the Carlos Slim Foundation healthcare and prevention actions were established for the purpose of minimizing the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. The strategy was developed in 5 stages: awareness, prevention, containment, supervision, and continuous improvement.
In 2021, The Mexican Center of Philanthropy (Cemefi) conferred the Socially Responsible Company (ESR) award to Carso Infraestructura y Construcción for the tenth consecutive year.
| Companies with the socially responsible company award: CONDUMEX : 11 consecutive years CICSA: 12 consecutive years |
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| LARGE COMPANIES 2021 | EMPRESAS PYMES 2021 |
| Concensol, S.A de C.V | Servicios Integrales GSM, S de R.L de C.V |
| Operadora Cicsa, S.A de C.V | Conticon, S.A de C.V |
| Cordaflex S.A, de C.V | Conalum, S.A de C.V |
| Carso Infraestructura y Construcción, S.A de C.V | |
| Arneses Eléctricos Automotrices, S.A de C.V | |
| Arcomex, S.A de C.V | |
| Arneses Electrónicos Arnelec, S.A de C.V |
Yammer
The principal benefits in the use of the “Yammer” tool is in the promotion of a digital transformation culture by providing fluid and spontaneous communication in real time, as well as in the integration between workers and their work places. The ethics code of Grupo Carso was disseminated to all its personnel in 2020 through the “Carso Train Yourself” platform.
Flexible Hours
During 2021 2,647 employees in Carso Infraestructura and Condumex were benefitted by the Home Office program, the same number as in the previous year.
Social Actions
In Promotora Músical’s Mixup we are thoroughly committed to helping children with hearing problems through the campaign with the slogan “Listen, you who can hear! Help educate a deaf child.” For many years we have been urging the customers in our Mixup and Mixup.com stores to make a donation, beginning with $10 pesos. Promotora Musical has also participated, and both of their contributions are delivered to the IPPLIAP Institution, where teachers and family members are trained in the use of sign language and where hearing impaired children receive primary and elementary school education.
