Sostenibilidad Wakate
Sostenibilidad Wakate
Communities

Communities

(103-1) As part of our corporate philosophy, our purpose at Wakate 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)

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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 evenfurther our pillar of education for the family, and resilience in these complex times for the country in the world.

We performed a social diagnostic for Neira and Aranzazu in the Department of Caldas. This allowed us to identify the major challenges and opportunities for the preparation of the social investment plan and the implementation of the social plan, with a focus on rural community development.

The plan was implemented using community participation, helping to build self-confidence, self-management and family, neighborhood and community values in the 10 localities found in the area of influence. The objective was to reinforce the family as the core of society, with a focus on creating values, consolidating associative groups, social innovation, and promotion of self-management to build a culture of citizenship and sustainability.

$1.002 million were executed for the Caldas Social Plan, of which $28 million were for social investment by the FGL GreenLand Foundation and $974 million in alliance with the Group’s companies in Caldas.

Education for life

Education for life

There were significant actions in education for particularly environment and community development iaimed at strengthening communication and alliances between the two municipalities (Neira and Aranzazu) to promote and manage road infrastructure, culture, and mental health, among others.

We were able to articulate with Corpocaldas to set up an agreement to implement school environmental projects (PRAES – Proyectos Ambientales Escolares) in schools.

After performing a social diagnostic, we began the process of assisting 10 nearby localities, serving 480 beneficiaries and 140 of the localities in the expansion area. There, community meetings and workshops were held, dialogues with the social negotiation leaders for the communities, and an rapprochement to needs of the 620 beneficiaries. Topics like environmental protection and caring for the water resources are part of these priorities.

We implemented strategies for meeting the health risks caused by COVID-19, through humanitarian aid with different community and institutional actors in the municipalities. We provided environmental training for 150 people.

We supported the promotion of culture and mental health through music and reading and, contributing with the publication of the book Antología de la Escritura Dramática de Caldas (anthology of dramatic writing in Caldas) by Gilberto Leyton and providing musical instruments to the group Son de mi Tierra.

Health for family well-being

Health for family well-being

Some results:

  • We worked with Instituto Colombiano de Bienestar Familiar – ICBF, to implement social programs intended to prevent the use of psychoactive substances.
  • We helped with the activation of support networks for referring patients from the rural area to the hospitals in each municipality.
  • We donated four pieces of audiovisual equipment (TV sets) ) to Hospital Departamental San Vicente de Paúl in Aranzazu.
  • We gave 10 potabilization filters to schools in Neira and Aranzazu, which benefit 303 children alternating schedules due to COVID-19.
Deporte social y competitivo, y cultura

Social and competitive sports, and culture

We managed alliances for high-performance sports such as volleyball, and implemented eight recreation/cultural and sports events in the localities around the area of influence. This benefited 140 children, youths and adults in the localities of those municipalities. This benefited 974 people.

Some results:

  • We made an alliance with the Caldas volleyball league for the municipalities of Neira and Aranzazu. In addition, to help with the participation in the national volleyball Copa Pony championship, we made a donation to the volleyball league.
  • We joined the reactivation of the tournament of localities community integration championship through soccer in the locality of Pan de Azúcar, by providing the prizes and uniforms for 72 players from four teams.
  • We support the sports implementation of the Futuros Neira Football Club, benefiting 80 players with a donation of 20 soccer balls to promote the appropriate use of free time.
  • We donated inputs for maintenance of five sports fields in Neira, accompanied by the design of a Wakate-FGL-type grid.
  • We are official sponsors of the Deportivo Once Caldas. soccer team. This alliance is a contribution to promoting sports in the region.
Housing beyond the walls and community infrastructure

Housing beyond the walls and community infrastructure

Improvement of the physical infrastructure and equipment for the Pan de Azúcar health center, benefiting 860 people.

Assistance to the community for improving local, departmental and municipal roads. This is a public – private alliance with community participation, which boosts the quality of life for 2000 inhabitants by improving the traffic of goods, groceries, and transportation

Since we established the baseline, we identify the importance of preserving water resources as a contribution to community well-being. The company will invest approximately $500 million to build three water clarification plants in the municipal sources of Los Chorros (4 l/sec), Pan de Azúcar (40 l/sec) and La Julia, in the municipality of Aranzazu (7 l/sec), which will benefit approximately 1000 families by improving the quality of water in the region.

(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: Programas de formación para la vida

Education for life programs

FGL: Programas de salud para el bienestar de las personas

Health programs for people’s well-being

FGL: Programas deporte social y competitivo, y cultura

Social and competitive sports, and culture programs

SUSTAINABILITY GOALS AND CHALLENGES 2021

SUSTAINABILITY GOALS AND CHALLENGES 2021

Local and regional development

  • Alliance with CorpoCaldas for technical assistance and environmental education in the communities of Urabá and Caldas.

Education for life

  • Provide education for defenders of the ecology: 100 children and youths in Neira and Aranzazu.