We encourage a development model that guarantees the quality of life of the current generation without compromising it of future generations.
We are aware that our market size and position makes us responsible for leading a new paradigm that will drive the development of trade for the benefit of future generations. Therefore, our objectives have always included developing our people and local communities and preserving the environment.
We published our Sustainability Strategy in 2019, based on five pillars and 13 commitments that arose from our triple-impact management model and contribute to achieving 10 of the United Nations 17 Sustainable Development Goals. These pillars challenge us to constantly improve and commit us to sustainably manage our economic, social and environmental development.
We strive to establish integrity as a fundamental value within our company, through reliable and transparent relationships with all our stakeholders.
Some relevant actions in this area 2023:
Empowering Environmental Awareness and Marine Stewardship
Remar in Ecuador strengthened its relationship with its stakeholders during the last quarter of the year, through two initiatives involving the marine environment. Between November and December it managed the arrival of the French ship Plastic Odyssey owned by the same foundation. The ship is a 40-meter-long laboratory vessel that called at the Naval Yacht Club on the Simon Bolivar Waterfront in Guayaquil. It collaborates with local entrepreneurs and associations involved combating marine pollution and transforming plastic into construction materials. It also engages with school-children to raise awareness and educate them on how to combat plastic pollution.
Sagres and its strategic partners CCMar (Centro de Ciências do Mar) in Rio Grande and the Pelotas Creative Industry Association are developing the Knowledge Cruise. This initiative was conceived by Professor Lauro Barcellos to appreciate the Patos lake navigable canal, which connects Pelotas with Rio Grande.
The project provides access for local residents, students and port authorities from these cities. It explains their history, economic development, environment and the geographical importance of the canal between Sagres' Business Units.
We invite you to review our 2023 Sustainability Report and the chapter on Reliability and Transparency.
Our employees are the beating heart of Ultramar and the driving force behind our Sustainability Strategy.
Some relevant actions in this area 2023:
TPS strengthened its Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Program to secure an inclusive approach to the personal and professional development of its employees.
The company currently has 88 female employees, who represent an all-time record of 21,5% of the workforce compared to 13% in 2018.
Other initiatives launched in 2023 include opening breastfeeding rooms in the Administrative and Operational departments, and implementing the "Women on Board" Pilot Program that provides support to female employees in senior positions.
Navemar and its companies, launched several sustainable development initiatives. These initiatives have been implemented by the Human Resources Department and their main objective is to improve the quality of life of employees by encouraging a healthy lifestyle and training them in environmental preservation and care.
Accordingly, various services were provided, such as medical and administrative services that use protocols to treat all kinds of illnesses, medical tele-consultation services, medical and administrative telephone advice 24 hours a day in special situations for employees and their families, virtual education through weekly occupational health and safety bulletins, breastfeeding support and advice for pregnant and nursing employees, and medical, clinical, nutritional and psychological support for the entire organization and related companies.
We invite you to review our 2023 Sustainability Report and the chapter on Our People.
We remain focused on customer satisfaction and adapting our business to the challenges of building efficient and sustainable supply chains.
Some relevant actions in this area 2023:
Ultraport and its customers organized a series of ten talks on the importance of occupational safety and self-protection between September and October by Néstor Apaza, an electrical technician from the city of Puno, Peru, who lost both his arms following an electric shock at his workplace in 2007. Mr Apaza shared his testimony and several reflections on risk prevention, mutual care, self-protection and maintaining safety in the workplace and the business.
The main objectives of the application implemented by Puerto Coronel in March 2023 are digitizing the shipping process, optimizing records and reducing potential errors when shipping break bulk pulp. Each shift receives devices loaded with the App connected and they register through it the cargo loaded, which is then reported in real time in Microsoft Power BI.
This technology ensures that shipments are digitally recorded, which reduces the margin of error for both dock and administrative employees.
Dock employees were involved in designing the App interface and implementing it, as they identified the main improvement points and subsequent training on how to use it.
AMI launched the Fénix Project, which is an important company initiative for the Oil & Gas business in Argentina that will produce the southernmost offshore gas in the world.
The project will construct and install an offshore production platform that will connect three natural gas producing wells. Gas production from Fénix will flow through a pipeline to the Vega Pléyade offshore platform. The gas will be processed and conditioned at the Río Cullen plant and will then enter the San Martín pipeline. It is estimated that Fénix will provide 10 million cubic meters of gas per day for the Argentinian market. This represents about 8% of Argentina's gas production.
We invite you to review our 2023 Sustainability Report and the chapter on Customers and Operational Excellence.
We play a significant role in the development of our host countries, by creating value for our suppliers and local communities.
Some relevant actions in this area 2023:
The company established alliances with the NGO “Fe y Alegría” (Faith and Joy) and the Los Pinos Foundation, who run training and job placement programs in parts of Montevideo where highly socially vulnerable people live.
The agreement supports selection, universal skills training and post-entry support for all the company's operatives. Accordingly, crane operators, foremen, stevedores, terminal tractor and clamptruck operators were selected and trained.
After being selected, they formally joined the company and began a rigorous professional training program with in-house training courses on safety and the business that were taught by the company's own teams.
Terminal Puerto Coquimbo (TPC) launched the "Coquimbo, a port city" project in 2023, which publishes public and private contributions to artistically participate in the famous "Zigzags" (public stairways) around the upper part of the city, with the final goal of creating a Heritage Route in that area that attracts tourists and visitors arriving on cruise ships calling at the port.
TPC began to participate in two places within the González Street Zigzag stairway, together with the Fosfato, Vicuña, Shangri-La, Riquelme and 4 Esperanzas Neighborhood Councils, the Coquimbo School and the Coquimbo Municipality. Recycled material was used, which focused on the community’s historical and port heritage.
The company has developed a close relationship with the “Salir Adelante Foundation”, and this has grown during the year as it encouraged students to complete their high school eduction in public schools, supported the expansion of their educational journey, and supported training that develops their socio-emotional skills and builds citizenship.
AMS designed a comprehensive program that provides management assistance and financial support with a special focus on young people.
AMS also welcomed students interested in an accountancy career to its offices, and gave them the opportunity to share experiences with the Administration and Finance team, and to explore potential career paths.
We invite you to review our 2023 Sustainability Report and the chapter on Social Development.
We care for our natural surroundings, by mitigating our impact on the environment, and proactively contributing to the campaign to reduce global warming.
Some relevant actions in this area 2023:
Puerto Angamos, Puerto Mejillones, Noracid, Mejillones Municipality and the Vincula RSE Foundation developed the "Whale Watching: Historical and Cultural Mejillones” project in 2023, which encourages the protection of biodiversity by exhibiting the skeleton of a humpback whale, whose bone structure was exhibited in the Cultural Square in Mejillones.
The skeleton is on permanent display free of charge to the community and is expected to be visited by about 10,000 people per year.
The Norton Lilly team in Hawaii teamed up for the second consecutive year with the Pacific Whale Foundation, which conducts research, conservation and education programs, to provide local children with an educational experience about humpback whales, as these are still an endangered species.
The foundation uses the Keiki Whalewatch Program to conduct 1.5-hour customized whale watching trips for children from nursery age through to 12 years old, who are led by the organization's educational team.
The cargo transportation company El Libertador (ELB) and the logistics operator Mintral have added a Volvo FH electric truck to their fleet to serve the Centinela mine, which belongs to the Antofagasta Minerals Group (AMSA) in northern Chile.
This innovative equipment brings several challenges, such as installing an electrical charging station at its terminal in the industrial sector of La Negra in Antofagasta, and another in Centinela for it to return to its base, as well as training the drivers who operate this vehicle.
We invite you to review our 2023 Sustainability Report and the chapter on Caring for the Planet.
Adherimos a
Pacto Global Red Chile
www.pactoglobal.cl
El Bosque Norte 500, Piso 18 / Las Condes – Santiago – Chile
Phone +56 2 2630 1800
English 
Spanish