As we wrap up 2024, the entire Proyecto Sustentar team extends our gratitude and appreciation for your continued support and partnership to strengthen labor compliance and competitiveness of Mexico’s tomato and chile pepper sectors. As the third year of Sustentar’s… Read More »2024 End of Year Review
Agroproductos Zubia is a medium-scale farm in Chihuahua, with plans to plant around 80 hectares of chile pepper this year. When Sustentar first began working with Zubia, their management told our team that they had been trying to figure out… Read More »Private Sector Spotlight: Agroproductos Zubia (Rancho La Cañada)
This year, the Sustentar project has developed a series of training modules as part of its mission to strengthen knowledge and application of labor rights established in the Treaty between Mexico, the United States, and Canada (USMCA). The trainings have… Read More »USMCA Workshops
We are delighted to announce the official establishment and signing of the constitutive act for the Community Circles in La Coyotera, López, and Las Aves, Baja California. These newly formed circles will convene biweekly to implement initiatives aimed at preventing… Read More »COMMUNITY CIRCLES IN BAJA CALIFORNIA
On August 2, 2024, our colleague Yolanda Brenes Hernández presented the conference entitled “Best Practices in Social Compliance Systems at the International Level” at the Expo Agro Chihuahua, organized by the State Agricultural Council of Chihuahua (CEACH). The conference was… Read More »Sustentar presents at Expo Agro 2024
The Sustentar team will attend the Expoagro event in Chihuahua on August 2, 2024. Yolanda Brenes Hernandez, Senior Manager of Latin America Programs at SAI, will be speaking about international best practices for Social Compliance Systems. See flyer for details. Sustentar… Read More »Join us at the Expoagro in Chihuahua
As part of the project’s community engagement efforts, the Sustentar team visited the community of Guachochi, Chihuahua in January. The team met with members and leaders of the indigenous Raramuri community, public officials, and the municipality president. Participants discussed issues… Read More »Community Engagement and Ethical Recruitment in Chihuahua
During a visit in February, the Sustentar team met with several organizations in Baja California and Baja California Sur, including the Agricultural Council of Baja California, the Autonomous University of Baja California Sur, agro-export companies, and civil society organizations. The… Read More »Visit to Baja California & Baja California Sur Partners
Cover photo: Technical assistance meeting with Engineer Meza (center), an agricultural producer in the central-southern region of the state of Chihuahua, to support formation of a Social Performance Team. “I have been a chile pepper grower for over 10 years.… Read More »Testimonial: Sustentar is addressing challenges in a new way
Cover photo: Training on USMCA in the Municipality of Camargo, Chihuahua, Mexico, for a chile producer, in collaboration with their team, including operational and field personnel. As we wrap up 2023, the Proyecto Sustentar team extends our gratitude and appreciation… Read More »2023 End of Year Review
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