CONGELADOS DE NAVARRA first company in the food sector to achieve the certification endorsing the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) in its own Management System

Fustiñana, 1st of July 2022- Congelados de Navarra obtained the certification that its CSR Management System is in line with the following Sustainable Development Goals:

• Zero Hunger (SDG 2) 
• Good Health & Wellbeing (SDG 3) 
• Clean Water and Sanitation (SDG6)
• Affordable and clean energy (SDG7)
• Decent work and economic growth (SDG8) 
• Industry, innovation and infrastructure (SDG9)
• Reduced inequalities (SDG10)
• Responsible consumption and production (SDG12)
• Life on land (SDG15)
• Peace, justice and strong institutions (SDG16)
• Partnerships for the goals (SDG17)

The company submitted its activity and management system to an external audit performed by Bureau Veritas focused on verifying the coherence, balance, reliability, accuracy and completeness of the information included in their sustainability report.

Conscious of the responsibility that we have as a business in terms of environmental, social and economic sustainability, CN group has evaluated its management, reaffirmed its compromises and established action plans directed and the continuous strengthening of its alignment with the SDGs in its present and future development.

Positive impact in the environmental, social and economic sustainability

In word of Congelados de Navarra’s CEO, Benito Jimenez: “Even though the SDGs outline by the UN can seem very ambitious, as a company it is clear to us and we are very conscious that we have relevant role and a huge responsibility in contributing in whatever possible towards their achievement. Thus, we are very proud of achieving this certification, that values all the work done throughout the years, and validates our alignment with the SDGs in an effort to try and leave a positive footprint as a company.”

The management of the CSR aligned with the SDGs is completely integrated in the Management System that drives CN Group’s activity and strategy

Bertrand Martin, Executive President of Bureau Veritas Spain and Portugal emphasized that, “Congelados de Navarra belongs to a key sector that has showed to be essential and strategic to our economy during the recent pandemic. This certification confirms their willingness, as an enterprise, to boost the sustainable development goals included in the UN’s 2030 Agenda putting at the core of its CSR strategy environmental, social and economic sustainability”.

About the United Nations SDGs

In 2015, the UNs General Assembly established in its 2030 Agenda the Sustainable Development Goals, a set of global objectives aimed at ending poverty, protecting the planet and ensuring prosperity for all. The SDGs show the most relevant necessities of the planet and humanity and are a compendium of the greatest risks and opportunities that any organisations will face in the coming years.