NEWSLETTERS U S T A I N A B I L I T Y M A N A G E M E N T

V O LUME 4 . 2012

Content· ISO 14001· Environmental Leadership SuKarne®

· Research and Biotechnology

· Case Study: Energy Saving

· Audits of our clients· Certification outlets

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Reduce, Recycle and Reuse

From your office, you can contributeto the protection of the environment.

Print what is necessary and on recycled sheets.

Make correction on screen.

Share electronic information.

Avoid unnecessary copying.

Reuse folders and envelopes.

Scan and file documents.

With ouractions,we give lifeto the planet.

ISO 14001 is an international standard that defines how to implement an effectiveenvironmental management system.

To implement this rule, it is a great challenge for Sukarne®that brings great benefits:

· Cost Savings· Reputation· Involvement of people· Continuous improvement· Compliance with authorities· Embedded systems: Aligns with ISO 9001

Sukarne® has taken the first step for attaining this certification, trained a group ofcollaborators from the fields of Sustainability and Engineering process comprising:

GIV Jorge Siller, Manuel López, Benito Tinoco, David Vizcarra, Yonathan Rosales, Carolina SánchezSKP Jazmín Zarate, Francisco MoralesGISK Leslie Botello, María HernándezGIM Alfonso Arana, Sonia García

Our next steps: Formulate goals and objectives and implement the system.

We are working towardsenvironmental excellence:

ISO 14001SuKarne Environmental Leadership®

SuKarne® Michoacán plant and Monterrey plant, have received recognition for Environmental Leadership for Competitiveness from SEMARNAT and Profepa as companies who decide to improve their environmental performance through eco-efficiency projects. It is a voluntary program that SuKarne® has conducted in Culiacán and Mexicali, reaffirming the company's Sustainable commitment.

The participation of our fellow Monterrey and Michoacán in conjunction with our value chain (suppliers), generated innovative projects that could pose environmental annual savings by 2667.14 ton CO2. Equivalent to that of stopping 519 circulating vehicles in a year traveling a distance of 300,000 km.

The Pilot plant is a SuKarne technological development.

Research and Biotechnology

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· Identify and evaluate new technologiesto improve the productivity andprofitability of livestock activities.

Develop and validate technologicalinnovation projects with a focus onimproving production processes.

Strategic alliances with researchcenters, and national and internationaluniversities.

Design and develop innovativebiotechnological processes of commercialinterest to the company's business.

Stay updated on innovative diagnostictechnologies worldwide.

Search for national and internationalfunding.

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Sukarne® continuing its philosophy to continue to innovate, created within the Department ofSustainability Management Research and Biotechnology, which has as main functions:

One of the major projects in the area of Research and Biotechnology, is the development of a prototype of dry biodigestion for biogas production holistically leveraging all livestock waste. This project is in partnership with Alberta Innovates Technology Futures, a research center in Canada.

The project received $ 4.3 million fund FINNOVA Biotechnology SE / CONACyT to validate the technology.

Audit from our clients Point of Sale Certification

The reviewed points were:

· Quality of Life · Work Conditions· Safety and occupational Health· Business Ethics· Environment

We continue to work forever exceeding our goals.

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Fulfilling the demands of our customers not only offers a quality product and harmless, if not always give the best, in 2012 we were audited by McDonald's and Walmart, on the subject of Ethics and Social Responsibility of the company.

Due to the company's concern for exceeding the requirements of the authority we obtained satisfactory results in all our production plants: Culiacán, Mexicali, Monterrey and Michoacán.

SuKarne® a world-class company and Socially Responsible, in compliance with the requirements of the authority has undertaken verification of its outlets as places with security measures, equipment and staff training to prevent damage and to timely respond in case of contingency.

Certification is granted by state or municipal Civil Protection within the actions of SINAPROC / SEGOB, valid for one year, at which time a minimum of 2 drills performed.

Currently 60 of our retailers Sukarne® have this certification in several states. We continue working to replicate this achievement in all our establishments.

Save on energywith the use of LED lights

«The earth is not an inheritanceof our fathers, but a borrowing

of our children»

Write to us and giveus your opinion.sustentabilidad.corporativo@sukarne.com

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The SuKarne® Environmental Commitment is to use innovative technologies across the supply chain, to care for non-renewable natu-ral resources through sustainable projects that preserve natural conditions of water, soil and air.

In 2012, the company started in the areas of slaughter and deboning in Culiacán, Mexicali, Monterrey and Michoacán replacing ceiling lamps with 350 metal halide to LED lighting technology.

Ceiling lamps were replaced with 400 watts, while requiring only 100 LED watts shining the same light intensity, making a weekly savings of 17,640 kWh, which in economic terms represent $24.212 per week, leaving 8.77 ton CO2E issue.

SOCIALLY RESPONSIBLE COMPANY