FLP
Frigorífico Las Piedras

MANAGEMENT POLICY

Uruguay, March 2025

We are a company with a strong leadership presence in the national meatpacking industry for the past 40 years. We are recognized for our quality, safety, legality, and product authenticity. Our most important pillar is the continuous improvement of our quality and safety culture throughout the company. We project ourselves globally by promoting the sustainable management of our activities, for which we are committed to environmental and social protection.

The principles on which our integrated systems management is based are the following:

  • Our people, with clear commitment and job competence in each of their responsibilities.

  • Technology, for which we invest in the latest advancements in the global industry.

  • Customer satisfaction.

  • Having reliable suppliers.

  • Clear and effective communication channels with all parties involved in our activity.

  • Providing the necessary resources to meet all legal and regulatory requirements applicable to our activity, both nationally and internationally.

  • Working on continuous improvement as a permanent element of progress.

The principles on which our management of quality, safety, legality, and product authenticity is based are the following:

  • Training our staff in proper hygienic practices to ensure handling that does not compromise product safety.

  • Maintaining active communication with customers and regulatory bodies to ensure compliance with all applicable product requirements.

  • Controlling our products and processes.

The principles on which our environmental management is based are the following:

  • Preventing the negative effects of our activities on the environment by aiming for recycling and revaluation of liquid effluents and solid waste.

  • Proper use of natural resources, monitoring water usage to achieve the highest efficiency in its use.

  • Reducing energy consumption by seeking energy efficiency in our processes.

The principles on which our social management is based are the following:

  • Our commitment and responsibility to society, through the promotion and observance of human rights and social improvement activities in the area linked to the company.

  • Promoting the well-being of our staff by ensuring safety and health care, as well as fostering inclusion and gender equity in our operations.

  • We only work with business partners whose goods are not extracted, produced, or manufactured, wholly or partially, through prohibited forms of labor such as forced labor, child labor, or prison labor.

The principles on which our logistics chain security management is based are the following:

  • Maintaining personnel management that ensures we have trustworthy staff.

  • Having reliable suppliers throughout our entire logistics chain.

  • Monitoring and taking preventive measures to avoid involvement in illegal acts such as drug trafficking, smuggling, terrorism, trafficking of counterfeit products, arms trafficking, among others.

  • Ensuring the security of our facilities by maintaining strict access control at identified vulnerable points.

The Directors of the company are responsible for ensuring compliance and execution of this policy throughout the organization

POLICY OF ANTICORRUPTION AND COMMITMENT TO THE ETHICAL CONDUCT OF BUSINESS

Uruguay, January 2023.

At Frigorifico Las Piedras we work to ensure transparency and responsibility in our business.

To achieve this, the company is opposed to any illegal act or activity and corruption, extortion and embezzlement in any of its forms are prohibited.

Any person who detects an illegal situation or who suspects an illegal situation must notify their superior immediately so that the company can manage the situation, firstly preventing it from taking place and secondly minimizing the impact it has.

Frigorifico Las Piedras promotes a culture of integrity and transparency both among its staff and among the interested parties linked to the company.

We work to ensure there is no conflict of interest both when hiring personnel and services.

Frigorifico Las Piedras is committed to treating all its staff equally. Discrimination of any kind is not allowed.

The good bond between the staff is strengthened, ensuring respectful treatment in all bonds.

The information of clients and staff is treated with adequate confidentiality, thus preventing it from reaching anyone who may make inappropriate use of it; The use of this information for purposes other than those required for the company’s activity is absolutely prohibited.

There is an adequate control of the company’s funds, ensuring cross-checks that prevent misuse of funds, and make it possible to detect any situation of bribery or corruption.

No economic contribution is supported or made to politicians or political parties.

The personnel is not allowed to make or receive gifts, recognitions, benefits or attention from our clients, suppliers or public officials of entities that regulate our activity; except business gifts received for recognized holidays (for example, end-of-year gifts).

POLICY AGAINST DISCRIMINATION

Uruguay, January 2023.

Frigorífico las Piedras respects diversity and with a constant offer of employment, we promote the reduction of social inequalities.

We are committed to promoting a work environment based on trust and mutual commitment, guaranteeing effective equality of opportunity and treatment for all workers, ensuring, without exception, the possibility of personal and professional development.

Discriminatory practices are rejected, whether distinction, exclusion or preference, that undermine the dignity of people, nullify or alter equal opportunities and treatment in all activities carried out in the company; particularly in those related to hiring, promotion, training, definition of remuneration, dismissal or retirement of personnel.

Discrimination is not accepted for any reason, including: ethnicity, color, age, sex, gender, sexual orientation, religion, nationality, social class, marital status, health status, specific circumstances such as pregnancy, organizations of belonging, having presented complaints or claims, political affiliation, cultural affiliation.

APPROVED BY THE DIRECTORS:

Sr. José González

Sr. José González

DIRECTOR

​Dr. Alberto González

​Dr. Alberto González

DIRECTOR