SUSTAINABILITY REPORT 2016
We strengthen the measures taken to promote responsible and proactive
behaviours, as well as the procedures that provide a shared value for the
business, the environment and the society, in priority areas, namely in Waste
Management, Conservation of Natural Resources and Reduction of the Eco-
logical Footprint.
Legal
Ibersol and its businesses have a legal function permanently devoted to its
activity, which operates in articulation with the remaining core and busi-
ness functions, in order to preventively ensure the protection of the Group’s
interests, and the compliance with its legal duties. We also assure legal
counselling, both nationally and internationally, performed by acknowledged
external professionals.
Sector Risk
The recovery of private consumption, after the large drops registered in the
previous years, especially in Portugal, will continue to influence the sales in the
foodservice business. The Group keeps its businesses under a close tracking
of the costs through the monthly monitoring of the market evolution and the
consequent revision of the planning of the resources that are used, in order
to minimize the impact of the reduction in consumption. On the other hand,
operations in the foodservice area can be affected by possible epidemics or raw
material market distortions, or possible changes in the pattern of consumption,
which may significantly impact the financial statements.
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