Sostenibilidad Banacol
Sostenibilidad Banacol
Communities

Communities

(103-1)) As part of our corporate philosophy, our purpose at Banacol is to nurture a social future and well-being for our employees, their families, and the communities in our area of influence and in other strategic communities, through our Fundación Social.

Our social investment model focuses on recognizing the family as the key to social changes, the neighborhood has a community developer, and the community as a center for social processes to consolidate our social responsibility strategy in the regions.

We are focused on four strategic and integrated pillars which deal with early childhood, adolescence and youth, adults, and the elderly, with a focus on the family, the neighborhood, and the community. Those pillars are:

Education for life

Health for family well-being

Social and competitive sports, and culture

Housing beyond the walls and community infrastructure (203-1)

In 2020 we changed from Corbanacol to FGL Fundación GreenLand, changing our brand and corporate name. This allowed us expand our scope and have a bigger impact on each of our pillars.

We consolidated our intervention model using six kinds of actions (paperwork, home visits, advising, referrals, meetings, and education) which, due to the COVID-19, required more effort to work virtually to remain close to the communities. We implemented digital mechanisms from the different pillars: training videos, social networks, videoconferencing, telephone consultations, syllabi for self-care at home, etc.

We also doubled humanitarian aid through food baskets for the most vulnerable populations in Urabá and Caldas and support for FGL employees (working from home, connectivity relief, airtime for cell phones, and continuous training. We make special note of our adaptability through technology and telecommunications, moving on with our social work in a conscious and responsible manner.

The trust placed on the Foundation by families and communities on our work to be carried out virtually and semi-virtually on most projects, following all the bio security protocols when there was physical presence with the food baskets and when delivering Bananut. This strengthened even further our pillar of education for the family, and resilience in these complex times for the country in the world.

(413-1)(103-2) Some results:

Education for life

Education for life

We designed new digital, disruptive and innovative strategies so that each pillar of FGL could go on in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. We adapted education processes to motivate families through assistance via video calls, telephone counseling, and group conferences, among others, through which we benefited 24.712 persons.

We implemented strategies such as the Sacúdete program in Nueva Colonia, with 150 youths in over 2500 indirect users, and the biosafety plan for Fusarium R4T around the 39 farms with communities, and 13 educational institutions with 2,000 students.

We carry out designs and studies for the Community Integration Center (Centro de Integración Comunitaria – CIC Integral) in Nueva Colonia, Turbo and CIC in Carepa, for 2021. with the aim of improving the education processes of the inhabitants. With the CIC that we currently have as community venues, we benefit 7,889 people.

We are partners and members of the Board of Directors of Alianza Pro – Urabá, the Board of Directors of Corpourabá, the Asociación de Fundaciones Familiares y Empresariales – AFE, and the Liga Antioqueña Voleibol. We also participate in the PINCEL (Plan Integral de Nueva Colonia) alliance, we signed the agreements with the Office of the Governor of Antioquia, to benefit the water in the schools of Urabá, and the promotion of the environment, among others.

Some results:

  • With our training processes we support 1500 people from the Nueva Colonia communities.
  • We held a Christmas campaign where, we reached 1050 children.
  • We implemented the social biosafety plan, with 1815 people in 47 communities.
  • We implemented the integrated social plan (Plan Social Integral) in the Papagayo housing benefiting 48 people and their families from the municipality of Carepa with environmental education, tree planting, and social assistance in the housing development.
  • We provided support for 2590 people, during the COVID-19 crisis.
  • We awarded 62 scholarships to children of the military in Urabá, at the Instituto Unibán, and another two higher education scholarships to youths from Corporación Centenario.
  • With the Swiss embassy we provided training on housing issues for 76 people
  • We supported two youths from Nueva Colonia during Youth Week.
  • We provided training in accounting and projects at five FairTrade which benefited 100 people.
Health for family well-being

Health for family well-being

We continue to create healthy and nutritious habits as part of the relationship between the family, the family economy, and self-care. In addition, during the Covid 19 pandemic we deliver 12,099 food baskets to the families, neighboring and strategic communities to which we provided benefits for 22.828 people.

We have the project Tejiendo Lazos, to provide psychosocial assistance and promote skills for life among families, children, and youths. In 2020 we mobilized food security through a forum in conjunction with the AFE, to promote it through the social networks.

With promoted self-care with healthy habits and nutrition:

  • 200 families in the healthy housing program.
  • Provided home assistance and nutritional recovery to 350 families.
  • We provided advise to 120 families on nutrition related issues.
  • We donated Bananut and Bananut plus meal, benefiting 18.621 families.
  • In terms of health we developed booklets with recipes for Bananut plus and skills for life.
Social and competitive sports, and culture

Social and competitive sports, and culture

We benefited 4976 children and youths through the following projects:

 

  • Soccer school (Atlético Nacional).
  • Sports initiation and training center (Vigía del Fuerte) with Fundación Fraternidad Medellín.
  • Sports training at rural education centers together with Fundación Fraternidad Medellín.
  • Additional school sessions through home inspiration, in an alliance with Comfama.
  • We developed a Learning Guide based on the projects and physical education roadmap.

Club FGL Voleibol

We won the tournament organized by Fundafrut, in Medellín.

We participated in the Super Women’s League in which two players were called for the Colombian sub 18 preselection team, two players in the Colombian sub 16 preselection team, and three players in the Antioquia selection.

Club FGL Track

We participated in the first regional interclub festival for children in minor track event. One player was included in the national preselection team to classify for the Tokyo Olympics, appointed by Federación Nacional de Atletismo

Club FGL soccer

One player was called to the Colombian selection and two players were called up for the Antioquia children’s selection.

Housing beyond the walls and community infrastructure

Housing beyond the walls and community infrastructure

We delivered low income housing (Interés Social-VIS) to 48 families in block 27 of the Papagayo development. This included a social plan with education on healthy housing, peaceful coexistence, and household finance.

We also provided maintenance for the sports fields, and with Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana – UPB we help with the proposed design for a park in the Papagayo development which will benefit 1280 people.

Some results in housing:

  • We helped 483 families with the air legalization paperwork and credits.
  • We were able to nominate 305 families for new and improved housing subsidies from Comfama, and were able to secure 69 subsidies and, for the first time, we obtained 35 housing improvement subsidies new or improved housing for internal communities within the Business Group.

Through our community infrastructure we provided benefits for 9479 people

  • Delivery to 48 people from Banacol of the
    Papagayo development.
  • Improvements to the Serranía and Carepa CIC’s which benefited 7885 people.
  • We repaired 2 sports complexes which benefited 198 children.
  • We improve the road in Urbanización Santa María La Antigua, which benefited 68 people.

The business group companies:

  • We improve the road in Zungo and Nueva Colonia, which benefited 15,000 inhabitants.
  • We designed the Jesús Correa school, supporting 241 children.
  • We improve the Nueva Colonia bridge, which is used by approximately 1500 people.
FGL

(203-2) Significant economic impacts

An analysis was carried out on the positive and negative impacts of all the operations of the Foundation and Grupo Empresarial GreenLand, which included accessibility for communities with road projects, improvement of health conditions, accessibility to educational quality of children, improvement of health conditions due to eating and nutritional habits, among others.

Investment and beneficiaries

FGL: Housing

Housing

FGL: Education for life programs

Education for life programs

FGL: Health programs for people’s well-being

Health programs for people’s well-being

FGL: Social and competitive sports, and culture programs

Social and competitive sports, and culture programs

SUSTAINABILITY GOALS

SUSTAINABILITY GOALS AND CHALLENGES 2021

 

Local and regional development

  • Alliance for port development in Urabá, with support from PINCEL, led by several regional entities and whose priority is to implement a master social plan.
  • Alliance with the ICBF to operate the SACÚDETE project in Nueva Colonia, in the Municipality of Turbo and projection to other locations with a focus on green and orange industries.
  • Alliance for the collective development of 17 foundations in the communities of the AFE Antioquia. This will benefit 391 families from the municipalities of San Juan and San Luis, in Antioquia
  • Alliance with CorpoUrabá for technical assistance and environmental education in the communities of Urabá and Caldas.

Education for life

  • Provide personal finance education for 88 families in the banana growing area, from the internal community.
  • Provide education for defenders of the ecology: 100 children and youths in neighboring communities, and Urabá.

Housing beyond the walls

  • Provide Support for improving 37 houses, located in the banana growing area, in the internal community.
  • Complete our Community Integration Center Project in Nueva Colonia – Turbo which is under construction, and will benefit the internal and neighboring community.

Helath for family well-being

  • Increase the number of beneficiaries in the Nutrición con Afecto program: 400 children, youths, and mothers in the banana growing area, of the internal community.
  • Complete nutritional assistance for 50 gestating and lactating women from the banana growing area and Envigado support, of the internal community.

Social and competitive sports, and culture

  • Increase the number of beneficiaries from the CIFD Integral: 200 children and youths in the banana growing area, of the internal community