Pillars

FROM SOURCE TO MARKET

Pillars

Looking After Our People

Pillars

Sustainable Governance

  • From Source to Market
  • Looking After Our People
  • Sustainable Governance

Efforts to reduce environmental impacts.

We are committed to reducing our environmental impacts through innovative solutions in energy, waste, water, sourcing and packaging of our products.

Great sources create
greater products

Integrate environmental criteria during the internal and external procurement processes.

Emissions and
climate change

Reduce emissions generated by our operations and improve our resiliency to climate changes.

Waster
stewardship

Improve the management of water resources and ensure the safe discharge of wastewater.

Waste
management

Reduce waste losses and increase efficiency to lessen the stress on natural resources.

New factories with energy
efficient designs aimed
to reduce consumption.

100% of wastewater treated
in Mexican facilities.

New factories designed
with upgraded water
reusing features.

Agave fibers converted
into bio-based products.

Production of biogas
from vinasse treatment to
replace fossil fuels.

We transform 100% of our bagasse into a valuable soil-plant enhancer known as compost

We operate 2 state-of-the-art water plants for the biological treatment of effluents.

On-going practices

Biodiversity
  • Internal environmental policy.

  • No deforestation practices.

  • Cartography software to map location.

Carbon footprint
  • Emissions calculated at sites.

Climate change
  • Software that analyses the vulnerability of our plantations

Energy efficiency
  • Energy consumption monitoring by type of tequila.

Sustainable agriculture
  • Early detection of plague.

  • Begasse as compost.

  • Plant spacing and orientation.

WASTE MANAGEMENT
  • Circular economy practices (bagasse to fertilizer, vinasse to biogas).

  • Zero waste to landfill.

WATER STEWARDSHIP
  • Water consumption monitoring.

  • Water treatment plants.

This pillar focused on creating a positive impact in the life of our employees and communities.

Through several initiatives in responsible marketing and drinking, community development, occupational health and safety, training, among others.

Integral management
of human capital

Create a work culture and conditions that foment the integral well-being and success of our employees to achieve greater engagement, compromise, efficiency and productivity.

RESPONSIBLE consumption OF
OUR PRODUCT

Design and implement initiatives to responsibly advertise our products and to educate society about the harmful consequences of excessive alcohol consumption.

Improving our
communities

Integrate actions that guarantee the economic and social development of our surrounding communities through job opportunities, education and infrastructure.

On-going practices

PRODUCT SAFETY AND QUALITY
  • Laboratory testing throughout the production process.

  • Established quality standards.

Human rights
  • Human rights protection commitment in the code of conduct.

Training and development
  • 6-week paid training for jimadores.

  • Possibility to move up from jimador to plantation manager.

  • Apprenticeship programs.

TALENT ATTRACTION AND RETENTION
  • Flexible working hours for jimadors.

  • Employee engagement surveys.

  • Succession plans.

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
  • Beckmann school for at risk children.

  • Sustainable house (Eco technique).

  • Infrastructure donations.

OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY
  • Accident monitoring.

  • Strict safety standards.

  • Safety training before working alone.

LABOUR MANAGEMENT AND WORKING CONDITIONS
  • Collective bargaining agreement.

  • Water consumption targets.

  • Employee support programs (flexible working hours, home office, paternity leave).

Firm commitment to establishing a system where sustainability is embedded in the Company’s decision-making processes.

Focus on strengthening the trust of external stakeholders.

SUSTAINABILITY GOVERNANCE

Define the correct purpose, values and system to allow sustainability to be embedded in the decision-making processes of BECLE and to truly create accountability.

OPENNESS IN OUR PRACTICES

Build trust with internal and external stakeholders through a culture of openness and transparency about our ESG management systems.

On-going practices

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
  • Board with relevant industry experience.

BUSINESS ETHICS AND COMPLIANCE
  • Robust code of conduct.

  • Ethics committee.

  • Hotline to report breaches.

  • Breaches escalation process.

Tax
  • Tax strategy in Proximo UK.

Risk management
  • Risk are identified and assessed.

  • Established risk management framework.

SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT
  • Top tier suppliers identified.

  • Sustainability survey.

  • Code of conduct of suppliers.

  • Strict collaboration standards.

Business innovation
  • New processes and innovations in the 1800 distillery.

  • Department of New Products. (DNP)