Committed people for a committed company
Increasing our commitment to communities in an unprecedented year
Throughout 2020, our local teams were heavily focused on supporting their communities through COVID-19. In addition to initiatives focused directly on supporting clients, our team at Skretting Ecuador helped over 10,000 families during 2020. Those families were affected not only by COVID-19, but also by the economic downturn Ecuador is facing. Skretting Ecuador joined the government of Guayas and other private companies to implement disinfection tunnels in markets, hospitals and areas with the highest number of citizens aimed at mitigating contagions.
Further donations were made through an alliance with entities such as the Durán Chamber of Industries, the Municipality of Durán, Diakonia food bank (Archdiocese) and with supply chain food company Tiendas Industriales Asociadas (TIA SA). The donations were delivered in the vulnerable areas of Durán, close to our operations. In addition, the Durán firefighter service was thanked and supported, and the team provided them with food for seven days.
Skretting Spain contributed several donations of non-perishable products to the Burgos Food Bank to cover the dietary needs of many people over several months, which also included personal donations from Skretting Spain employees. In addition, during the early stages of the pandemic, the company participated in an initiative developed by FAE Burgos (Burgos Business Association Confederation), to purchase personal protective equipment (PPE) for healthcare staff at Burgos Hospital University, and offered its facilities to the health authorities to carry out screening tests in the zone.
At Skretting, we believe in supporting the communities in which we operate, and these and many other initiatives have demonstrated our commitment.
In Italy, the Skretting team joined forces with sister company Trouw Nutrition Italy to purchase a CAT scanner for the Villafranca COVID-19 hospital during one of the most challenging times for the people of Italy.
Our team at Skretting North America identified local food banks as an essential support system for the most vulnerable people in their local communities, and this need was amplified in 2020. Our colleagues collected funds themselves that were then matched by the company and donated to local food banks in Vancouver, St Andrews and Tooele.
Skretting Chile also made donations and participated in important campaigns at the local and national level. One of these initiatives was promoted by the SalmonChile union and leveraged by government entities. The campaign invited all companies in the salmon industry to work together to deliver donations and aid to local communities in the regions where the industry operates. Skretting Chile was also working on a revolutionary 360 ° aid system, providing possibilities for families and local businesses to reactivate in months of a pandemic. One of the most important donations made by the company in Osorno, a town located in southern Chile where Skretting has its oldest production plant, was the delivery of a thermal cycler to Hospital Base, equipment that streamlines PCR readings in real time.
At Skretting, we believe in supporting the communities in which we operate, and these and many other initiatives have demonstrated our commitment.
