Collaborators

Our purpose is to be a place where our collaborators can grow and develop, therefore, we are committed to respect human rights and workers’ rights as set in the Declaration of Human Rights and the Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights of the International Labor Organization -ILO- to provide our collaborators with a respectful, inclusive and dignified working environment.

We ensure that our collaborators have optimal health conditions in their workplace and access to medical services. We have medical clinics in all our operations which are run by health professionals for timely care.

To ensure a dignified and respectful treatment to its collaborators, acting in a transparent, fair, and unbiased manner and without any discrimination.

To provide decent, fair and equitable wages, benefits and other conditions of employment, based on legislation, voluntary certification standards and internal policies, for both temporary and permanent collaborators.

We also promote gender equality, we promote a safe work culture and ensure timely payment of wages and benefits according to the law, so.

• Government Minimum Wage Agreements
• Collaborator Report Temporary Women Salary by Gender
• Gender Commitment
• OHS Reports
• Training Programs

Gender Committee

For Grupo HAME it is a priority to offer opportunities for all collaborators, without any distinction, so there is a Gender Commitment that contributes to generating actions to close existing gaps.

Currently, 15% of women belong to the Board of Directors and 8.83% of women have managerial positions.

At Grupo HAME we respect Human Rights, so our Sustainability Policyis based on the “Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights” of the United Nations, the American Convention of Human Rights, international Conventions ratified by Guatemala on the subject, the Political Constitution of the Republic of Guatemala and the current legislation on labor issues.

Within these declarations, equal rights are established, without discrimination based on age, ethnicity, religion or creed, gender, disability, pregnancy, nationality or any other reason. Therefore Grupo HAME, guided by the principles of respect and equal treatment, has a Gender Commitment.

Occupational Health and Safety

Committed to the health and well-being of our collaborators we promote safe and healthy working environments, therefore we have an OHS procedure that describes the process of occupational health and safety implemented in our operations.

• OHS Procedure
• OHS Reports
• Risk Mill

With our Occupational Health and Safety practices, we seek to minimize the risks of accidents, injuries, deaths and diseases as a result of work accidents.

Furthermore, we provide necessary tools and equipment to the collaborators to perform their duties with occupational health and safety, as well as training and supervision of the appropriate application of safe work protocols.

Communities

We carry out Socio-Environmental Impact Studies (SEIS), these studeies are a participatory process that takes place over 6 months, involving thousands of the most important stakeholders of hundreds of communities in our areas of influence, including men, women and youth from the localities, with whom impacts of the operation are jointly identified and mitigation plans of those impacts are jointly generated.

• Social and Environmental Impact Studies (EISA)
• Impact identification and response per operation Procedure
• Conflict Mediation Procedure 
• Identification and Recognition of Customary Rights Procedure

As a Group we are committed to supporting efforts to contribute to food security of neighboring communities, to the generation of development opportunities, and to promote infrastructure projects for development in the areas of influence.

The community relationship plan is governed by 4 pillars that ensure a positive impact in our neighboring communities. Social management, health and nutrition, education and communication and productivity.

Learn about our initiatives:

• Guate es Tu Tierra ¡Quédate! and ECA
• Agreements 
• Banana donation to the Food Bank of Guatemala

Strategic alliances

We know the importance of having a strong network of relationships with key actors of our stakeholders, which is crucial to favor proper development of our business, and that proactively managing risks and opportunities, developing partnerships to achieve the goals (Sustainable Development Goal No. 17).

• Agreements and Initiatives

These alliances are established under a shared vision of both principles, values and goals, prioritizing people and the environment as central pillar of the productive activities that are carried out.

• AMCHAM
• Cámara del Agro
• GREPALMA
• Pacto Global Red Guatemala

The permanent communication with communities, local leaders, local government authorities, NGOs among other prioritized audiences, has favored our learning, as it has allowed us to know the perceptions and concerns of stakeholders, permitting us to improve the relationship dynamics. Additionally, the perspectives and received comments are transformed into inputs that enrich our initiatives and actions regarding sustainability.