Wellbeing

Safe operations

The wellbeing of our employees is a top priority. In 2020, we invested more than US$11.5 million in occupational health and safety initiatives, in addition to the investment we made to meet the needs resulting from the pandemic. We continue to strengthen our occupational safety culture: we achieved a 36% reduction in our global accident rate compared to our 2018 baseline, exceeding our 2025 Goal. We are committed to even greater achievements.

Continuous learning

In 2020 we launched Share to Connect, an e-learning initiative that also helped us keep the Sigma family together during the period when employees had to work from home. During 2020, more than 4,200 people participated in Share to Connect, with more than 15,500 connections across 90 sessions and spanning an ample range of topics, including resilience, cooking, yoga, physical and mental health, meditation, work-life balance, home vegetable gardens, composting, diversity and inclusion, volunteering, and professional growth.

Community engagement

In 2020 we attained a new record, with 5.3% of our total workforce participating in volunteer activities, doubling participation from the previous year. Over the course of the year, our employees participated in campaigns to donate food, personal hygiene products, and school supplies; donated blood; offered online courses; and sent accompaniment letters to people in vulnerable situations, among many other activities.

Global Code of Conduct

Our employees are the protagonists of their development, the growth of our company, and the wellbeing of the communities. In 2020, we launched the Global Code of Conduct, which unifies the same high standards, criteria, and expectations in terms of ethics and sustainability for all the Organizational Units under. To learn more about how we operate as one Sigma under the new Code of Conduct, please visit the Ethics and Corporate Governance section of our full GRI Report, downloadable on our webiste.