Investing in people to drive change.
We believe that a socially responsible company has the ability to listen to and take into account the interests of the multiple parties involved in a business (shareholders, employees, suppliers, consumers, the community, the government and the environment) and incorporate them into the planning of its activities.
With the conviction that the best investment a company can make is to support projects designed by specialists, since 2003, we have established collaboration agreements and alliances with universities, civil society organizations, business entities, and public institutions under the Private Social Investment and Promotion of Social Responsibility framework.
In line with aligning our Sustainability Policy with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), our investment is focused on projects that contribute to eradicating poverty (SDG 1), promoting health and well-being (SDG 3), ensuring quality education (SDG 4), fostering job creation and economic growth (SDG 8), promoting responsible production and consumption (SDG 12), measuring carbon footprint and implementing corresponding reduction and offset plans (SDG 13), and promoting scientific research for marine ecosystem conservation (SDG 14). Additionally, from a methodological perspective, our commitment to working in partnership with others, aligning actions among the public sector, civil society, and the private sector, has always been a driving force for sustainable development (SDG 17).
The two pillars of our strategy:
Private social investment
Investing time, talent and material and economic resources in order to build a future with opportunities for all.
Promotion of social responsibility
With the conviction that the best results are achieved when working as a team and collaborating with others, Glaciar Pesquera has always sought to develop synergies with other companies for the promotion of good business practices, training its employees in social responsibility and holding meetings for sharing and debating successful and unsuccessful social responsibility experiences.
FortaleceRSE: a group that promotes Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in Mar del Plata
Since 2012, Glaciar Pesquera has driven the creation of an entrepreneurial group promoting CSR in Mar del Plata. The group is made up of companies from Mar del Plata and the rest of the country, with a strong presence in the city. FortaleceRSE sought to foster good practices in sustainability, provide updated information on trends and develop local knowledge on CSR and sustainable development. In 2017, it merged with a similar business group and, since 2018, it has operated as the FortaleceRSE Mar del Plata Chamber of Social Responsibility (Cámara de la Responsabilidad Social FortaleceRSE Mar del Plata).
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http://fortalecersemdp.org/
https://www.facebook.com/fortalecersemardelplata/?modal=composer
Social Ecumenical Forum (Foro Ecuménico Social)
This organization brings together business executives, NGO leaders, and representatives of different religions to share experiences and points of view on intercultural dialogue, sustainable development and business ethics. Glaciar Pesquera has been an active member since 2006 and is a member of the Board of Directors. The company has participated not only as a speaker and moderator of conferences and open classes, but also as a judge for awarding its Solidarity Entrepreneur Award (Premio al Emprendedor Solidario) and the Latin American CSR Award (Premio Latinoamericano de RSE).
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Cámara de Comercio Argentino-Canadiense (Argentine-Canadian Chamber of Commerce)
Since 2014, Glaciar Pesquera has been on the Chamber’s Board of Directors and coordinates the CSR Working Group, with the aim of sharing good practices and promoting business management aimed at sustainable development.
More information:
http://argcancham.com.ar/
Argentine Institute of Corporate Social Responsibility (Instituto Argentino de Responsabilidad Social Empresaria, IARSE)
From 2006 until 2019, Glaciar Pesquera was a member of IARSE, an organization that promotes and fosters the concept and practice of Corporate Social Responsibility in order to drive the sustainable development of Argentina.
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www.iarse.org/
Subsistence Farming Program (Programa de Autoproducción de Alimentos), together with the School of Agricultural Sciences of the UNMdP-INTA (Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias de la UNMdP-INTA) and the NGO Red Sureste 2004-2020 (meets SDGs 1, 3 and 8).
This project began as a program run by teachers and students of agricultural sciences and aimed at unemployed persons in Mar del Plata and consisted of agroecological subsistence farming in community gardens and farms. The growth of the project allowed for the creation of the Green Fair, a space where entrepreneurs sell agroecological and processed or related products, such as garden tools, sprouts, natural cosmetics, plants and seedlings, sweets and pickles, honey, eggs and baked goods.
More information:
https://www.facebook.com/feriaverdemdp/
https://www.facebook.com/RED-Agroecol%C3%B3gica-MDP-560817354037778/
Sport Schools Program (Programa de Escuelas Deportivas), 2009-2020 (meets SDGs 3, 4 and 8)
Created by the Center for Social Studies and Action (Centro de Estudios y Acción Social, CEAS) in collaboration with Club Atlético Estrada, its main goal is creating social inclusion opportunities for children and teenagers from the Mar del Plata surroundings. The program provides education and healthcare, a place to learn and play sports, recreational activities, and personal development and labor access training.
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“Por amor a los niños” Philanthropic Association (2005-2017) and Victorio Tetamanti Maternal and Children's Hospital Foundation (Fundación Hospital Materno Infantil Victorio Tetamanti) (2017) (meets SDG 1 and 3)
These organizations promote the health and well-being of children and their families. The articulation of actions with both organizations was suggested by company employees.
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2020 Covid-19 Pandemic Campaign (meets SDG 1 and 3)
Under the sanitary and social crisis caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, investment was focused on public hospitals in Ushuaia and Mar del Plata, where the company operates, fostering public-private coordination. In addition, we joined the Red Covid-19 Group of Mar del Plata Companies (Grupo de Empresas Marplatenses Red Covid-19) to articulate donations based on specific demands from the Municipality of General Pueyrredon for the health and social development areas.
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