CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
GRI: 102-16, 102-17, 103-1, 205-2
When all is said and done, our corporate governance is what has made us one of the most reliable companies in Mexico.
Proof of this is that in 2019 we were named by MERCO as one of the 100 companies with the best Social Responsibility and Corporate Governance in Mexico; the fifth-best in the food sector.
This acknowledgment is an additional incentive for us to continue to work as we have for the last 105 years, with dedication, consciousness, and with economic growth always in mind, bringing the best of Mexican food to every family.
ORGANIZATIONAL PHILOSOPHY
Our Mission
To place quality foods, beverages, and products with ever-increasing prestige and value-added brands within the reach of the consumer.
Our Values
Honesty, Focus on Results, Teamwork, and Confidence.
Our Vision
Grupo Herdez aims to consolidate, grow and position itself as a leading company in the food, beverages and wellbeing industry, recognized for the quality of its products and for the effectiveness of its efforts, oriented toward ensuring the satisfaction of the needs and expectations of our clients and consumers within a framework of competitive service under strict criteria of profitability, strategic potential, and sustainability.
The Board of Directors
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(If this was a cooking contest, they would be the jury)
GRI: 102-18, 102-22, 405-1
The Board of Directors is our highest governing body, which represents the company legally and has all the faculties necessary for acting on the operations related to the corporate purpose of the Company.
It is composed of nine members, including Mr. Héctor Hernández-Pons Torres, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board.
BOARD MEMBERS
Héctor Hernández-Pons Torres | Chairman, [M] 1991
Enrique Hernández-Pons Torres | Vicepresident, [M] 1991
Flora Hernández-Pons de Merino | [M] 2005
INDEPENDENT BOARD MEMBERS
Anasofía Sánchez Juárez Cardoze | [M] 2019
Michael Bernhard Jost | [M] 2019
Enrique Castillo Sánchez-Mejorada | [M] 1992
Eduardo Ortiz Tirado Serrano | [M] 2003
Responsible for labor practices
José Roberto Danel Díaz | [FE][M] 2003
Chairman of the Corporate Practices and Audit Committees
Luis Rebollar Corona | [M] 2004
Responsible for environmental practices
[M] Member since [FE] Financial Expert
The committees that form the Company’s Corporate Governance are:
- Audit Committee
- Corporate Practices Committee
- Risk Management Committee
- Energy Committee
- Ethics Subcommittee
| Governance Entities | Women | Men | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Less than 30 years old | 30 to 50 years old | More than 50 years old | Less than 30 years old | 30 to 50 years old | More than 50 years old | Total members | |
| Board of Directors | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 7 | 9 |
| Auditing Committee | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 3 (100% independents) |
| Corporate Practices Committee | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 4 (50% independents) |
| Risks Management Committee | - | 2 | - | - | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| Energy Committee | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 8 | 10 |
| Ethics Sub-committee | - | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | 4 |
Senior Management
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(THE PROFESSIONALS IN CHARGE OF THE RECIPE PREPARATION)
Héctor Hernández-Pons Torres | Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer
Enrique Hernández-Pons Torres | Vicepresident of the Board of Directors and Deputy Chief Executive Officer
Gerardo Canavati Miguel | Chief Financial Officer
Andrea Francesco del Rizzo | Commercial Director
Pedro Gracia-Medrano Murrieta | Human Resources Director
Enrique Hernández-Pons Méndez | Aires de Campo Director
Estuardo Lárraga Martínez | Supply Chain Director
Sergio Zardoni Galarza | Planning and Associated Companies Unit Director
Juan Rodríguez Del Collado | Food Service Director
We have several codes and policies in economic, social and environmental matters, in which we have established the guidelines for our employees as well as suppliers, in order to ensure their ethical behavior within and outside our facilities.
We constantly update and stress the awareness of the policies by which we are ruled as a company through training, bulletins and meetings.
In 2019, 7,269 collaborators were informed of the policies and procedures of the organization regarding fight against corruption.
Among those collaborators, a total de 3,444 received specific training in that subject. The nine members of the Board of Directors were also informed in regard to the policies and procedures in the fight against corruption.
We also carried out the following actions:
The Code of Ethics was updated and revised, and training was carried out:
- 201 training sessions were held for 2,452 employees, for a total of 2,963.5 hours of training.
- We launched the “Non-Negotiable” campaign, in which specific guidelines of the Code of Ethics were discussed every 15 days, and repeated with videos on the dining room screens of our facilities.
- We modified the guideline related to “Illegal payments/Anti-bribery” and sent it to all our collaborators by email, and posted it on boards in 16 facilities.
We implemented the Culture of Legality program:
We delivered 7,932 hours of training in Culture of Legality to our collaborators, of which 62% (1) of these hours were endorsed by the Mexico United Against Crime Association (México Unido Contra la Delincuencia).
We updated and communicated the Illegal Payments and “No to Bribery” Policy:
- The policy is now identified as “Illegal Payments and Anti-bribery Policy”. This change was notified to our collaborators, and it was disseminated through the Company’s email system.
- We stressed the new content of this policy to our collaborators with infograms through the Company’s email system.
We took the “General Law of the National Anticorruption System and General Law of Administrative Responsibilities” course:
- It was delivered by the firm Protiviti and was attended by seven employees from the Internal Auditing Department.
We attended an investigation workshop on harassment claims:
- It was carried out by the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (Asociación de Examinadores de Fraude Certificados) and attended by one of our collaborators from the Internal Auditing Department.
We attended the “Ethics and Professional Responsibility” course:
- We were represented by two collaborators from the Internal Auditing Department and it was carried out by the Mexican Institute of Fiscal and Business Development (Instituto Mexicano de Expansión Fiscal y de Negocios).
Additionally, we have an anonymous complaint system available 24/7. This is monitored by an external provider and evaluated by the Internal Auditing team and the Department of Human Resources. All this is for the purpose of avoiding any type of behavior that is in violation of our codes and policies.
- 01 800 toll-free number (01 800 CONFIANZA – 01 800 266342692).
- E-mail (confianza@herdez.com).
- Suggestions boxes.
During 2019, we received 22 complaints and 153 reports:
- 45% of these were realized through the 01800 CONFIANZA toll-free number
- 95% of them have been processed and the remaining 5% are in the process of being evaluated, since they were received during the last quarter of the year.