Beta San Miguel recognize that it is not possible to separate the corporate involvement of social responsibility is why we have been working on several programs to support the community:

Beta San Miguel, Corporate Social Responsability

In 2009, the Group Beta San Miguel (BSM) earned the distinction of Socially Responsible (ESR), which recognized the existing practices of long ago different BSM Wits have developed in each locality, comply fully with its purpose economic, social and environmental contexts in response to internal and external expectations of its stakeholders (stakeholders) and respecting the dignity of people, the environment and the communities in which they operate.

The Group Beta San Miguel, certified ISO 9001:2008 and ISO 22000:2005, the second sugar producer nationwide and the first private producer of the country, throughout its history has been distinguished by its management to incorporate social vision beyond their legal obligations, considering the expectations of the community, resulting in the sustainable success in their business and positively impact the communities where we operate, particularly through Emalur Program.

To contribute to the improvement of educational quality and life of these communities are working topics: gender, education, environment, community development and social responsibility, translated into actions aimed at improving the coverage and quality education, environmental care, quality improvement of health, contributing to good nutrition, reduction of the digital and technological gap, and to facilitate access to finance, mainly.

What is Emalur?

Emalur ("Woman of the Earth"in Basque) is a social development program aimed mainly producing communities sugarcane. It builds on education as a primary factor in development (Delors) and focuses its strategies through projects based on the principles of community development.

Objective

"Making education a factor in development, that is, to serve for different social groups improve their living conditions and especially to strengthen their capacity for self-management and construction of collective projects to enable their transformation"

Action lines

• Educational improvement and quality of life of communities surrounding the plantations of Grupo Beta San Miguel.
• Education and training for teachers through the teaching-learning methodologies innovative.
• Creating spaces "alternative" to support the teaching-learning process: library, science laboratories, computer centers, educational portal, community experiences, institutional affiliation, and so on.
• Awareness and education on social responsibility to volunteers.
• Empowerment of women through the development of attitudes and personal skills and productive.
• Creating Community Centers Computer to reconcile the educational process, coexistence and community development.
• Creation of alternative strategies for learning and recreational holidays, such as summer schools and cultural weeks.

RESULTS

Emalur in numbers

• 17.300 beneficiaries (teachers, principals, parents, mothers, children, youth and women)
• 60 communities in the states of Veracruz, Oaxaca and Colima.
  More than 200 schools attended in Tezonapa, Veracruz and Queseria Colima.
• 9 summer schools in Tezonapa, Veracruz.
• 2 cultural weeks in Tezonapa, Veracruz and Queseria, Colima.
• 21 courses for teachers in Tezonapa, Veracruz.
• 24 conference for parents in Tezonapa, Veracruz.
• 7 laboratories installed in Tezonapa, Veracruz.
• 2 libraries installed in Tezonapa , Veracruz and Quesería, Colima.
• 1 scout group operating in Tezonapa, Veracruz.