Social responsibility of the Herdez company as part of its strategic planning

Abstract

One of the important events in the history of corporate social responsibility was the Industrial Revolution, where corporate responsibility did not include the term social, however, this issue is not current since since the 18th century it was considered by classical economists like Smith, Marx, Owen among others and has evolved by the global social environmental situation, pressure by interest groups and corporate philanthropy. In Mexico, the origins of Social Responsibility are located towards the middle of the 20th century at the insistence of COPARMEX and AC (USEM), in addition, it is a new way of doing business that generates value and prestige to companies.

Some of the projects that Herdez develops as a socially responsible company are: generation of wind energy for its processes, waste management, saving water, fuel-saving installations in boilers to avoid the generation of CO2, use of natural gas. Other activities are the use of clean technologies to avoid damage to the environment.

In addition to the above, it has social programs for the benefit of the inhabitants of the region where it is installed, such as nutritional education programs, it competes, among others.