Global Courant 2023-05-10 09:05:17
For 10 years, the company has received this award given by the Ethisphere Institute of New York to organizations that stand out for the highest standards and implementation of good ethical practices, making it the only Central American company to receive this award.
Progreso has competed with more than one hundred internationally renowned companies in more than 16 countries, including Apple, Dell Technologies, FedEx, Nokia and IBM. Of the 135 organizations from around the world that met the requirements of the contest in its seventeenth version and obtained successful audits in processes such as Ethics and Compliance, Culture of Ethics, Citizenship and Corporate Responsibility, Governance, and Leadership and Reputation, only SERTECPET from Ecuador and Progreso were awarded in Latin America.
José Raúl González, CEO of Progreso. Free Press Photo: Courtesy Gabriela Santisteban
“Progreso is proud to be named one of the Most Ethical Companies in the World, an achievement that we celebrate on behalf of all Progreso employees in Guatemala, El Salvador, Belize, Costa Rica, Honduras, Panama, and Colombia. This is how, faithful to the legacy and values inherited by our founder, Carlos F. Novella, we continue today, committed to continue working to achieve our objectives, founded on firm values such as leadership, ethics, solidarity and sustainability. ; a practice that is in line with our vision and organizational culture”, stated José Raúl González, CEO of Progreso.
The recognition honors those companies that understand the importance of leadership, making difficult but value-based decisions, and their overall commitment to integrity.
Since the contest’s inception in 2006, Ethisphere has implemented a judging process that includes more than 200 data points on culture, environmental and social practices, ethics activities, compliance, governance, diversity, equity and inclusion; test carried out for ten consecutive years in Progress by the company’s Compliance team.
The Ethisphere Institute is the organization that awards this award, which works as an operational framework to capture and codify the best practices of organizations in all industries around the world, through audits in different processes to verify that these are carried out according to the highest standards of compliance.
Of the 135 organizations from around the world that met the requirements of the contest in its seventeenth version and obtained successful audits in processes such as Ethics and Compliance, Culture of Ethics, Citizenship and Corporate Responsibility, Governance, and Leadership and Reputation, only SERTECPET from Ecuador and Progreso were awarded in Latin America.
Christie Ippisch, Compliance Officer. Free Press Photo: Courtesy Gabriela Santisteban
“One of the reasons that makes us worthy of this recognition is that we value both integrity and excellence, since we care about being a responsible and conscientious company in all the processes and countries where we operate, in accordance with our DNA and culture. organizational. In addition, our Code of Ethics and Conduct Values (COVEC) is a fundamental part that guides each of our actions and we have adopted it in all areas and workplaces, as part of good practices”, said Christie Ippisch, Officer of Compliance.
In meeting goals, Progress is based on the 4 action pillars of its Sustainability Strategy:
Preferred Employer Favorite Supplier Environmental Leader Responsible Citizen
In the 2023 version, the list of large companies awarded the World’s Most Ethical Companies recognition exceeded the ethics index of the last five years of the award by 13.6 points. For more information about the award and the complete list of winning companies
