Grupo Argos receives the Sustainability Award for Good Labor Practices

• This award recognizes private, public and social organizations in the country that, through a comprehensive management of human talent, contribute to sustainable development by creating positive impacts on people, organizations and society.
• The recognition is granted by the Federación Colombiana de Gestión Humana (ACRIP) (Colombian Federation of Human Management) in alliance with the International Center for Social Responsibility and Sustainability and seeks to raise awareness about the importance of responsible management of talent areas and its contribution to the sustainability of organizations.
   

Grupo Argos received the Sustainability Award for Good Labor Practices thanks to its comprehensive management of human talent and contribution to sustainable development. This distinction highlights the company’s employer brand strategy that continues to position itself as one of the most attractive places to work in Colombia, and adds to the recent results of Merco Talento, which placed the organization as the first business conglomerate in the country. with the best ability to attract and retain talent.

During 2021 Grupo Argos launched a series of initiatives with the purpose of contributing to the well-being of its employees in the midst of the juncture, with actions to protect the health and life of employees and their families, such as the internal vaccination plan, with a range of 19,000 doses of the biological against Covid-19 for employees and families. Likewise, a support system was established in partnership with the Pablo Tobón Uribe Hospital to provide psychological support during the most critical moments of the pandemic, as well as a set of alternatives that sought for the well-being of the more than 13,000 employees of this organization.

 “We celebrate this recognition that reaffirms our talent and employer brand strategy to continue promoting an extraordinary human team, committed, socially conscious and with a sense of transcendence that make this a benchmark organization in Colombia”

José Manuel Echeverri – Talent Manager Grupo Argos

On the other hand, the company also has a strategy called Conscious Balance focused on offering employees a set of activities that allows them a personal and work balance through three pillars: benefits, health and life, and quality of life. Additionally, Grupo Argos, through its Diversity Multipliers program, has invested more than 2,700 hours of training in diversity and inclusion in 2021 alone on topics such as: unconscious biases, new masculinities, generational diversity, inclusion of gender and regions, inclusive communication and building healthy environments.

About the Sustainability Award for Good Labor Practices

This recognition seeks to raise awareness about the importance of responsible management of human talent areas and its contribution to the sustainability of organizations, as well as the promotion and dissemination of corporate reputation and the creation of spaces for dialogue.