Our Company was recognized in the CompuTrabajo Best WorkPlaces 2020 awards as one of the best companies to work for in the food category, in Colombia.
This award was made based on the ratings and votes of CompuTrabajo users, the leading employment portal in Latin America. Among the variables measured there were: work environment, career opportunities, salaries, benefits and leadership.
NOEL is the second best workplace in the country, and the second best workplace in the food category; two recognitions we received at CompuTrabajo Best WorkPlaces 2019 awards, based on employees and former employees assessment.
Among the variables measured there were: work environment, growth opportunities, general management and benefits.
Our management to incorporate best practices in our value chain was reinforced in 1998, when we became part of BASC – Business Alliance for Secure Commerce, an organization that watches over best practices within the companies to prevent crimes in the process of transporting products to customers and consumers. Because of our commitment to strengthen these controls and be an example of integrity, we were recognized as pioneers and founders of this initiative in the region.
Consistent with its philosophy of living in harmony, TOSH has been certified as a Carbon Neutral brand by the Colombian Institute of Technical Standards and Certification (ICONTEC), becoming the first mass food brand in Colombia to achieve this important recognition of sustainable management.
The certification in Carbon Neutrality means that the brand achieves a balance between the amount of CO2 emitted during the manufacture of their products and the amount compensated.
Through the external audit conducted by ICONTEC, the Company renewed its certification for three more years, period 2017 – 2020.
NOEL is recognized as a proactive company by Fundación MásFamilia Spain.
NOEL promotes a balance between personal, work and family aspects and takes into account any familiar needs employees may have.
At the closing of the 1st Colombian Business Congress – ANDI, held at the Cartagena Convention Center, the President of Grupo Nutresa Carlos Ignacio Gallego and President of NOEL Alberto Hoyos Lopera, received the recognition Orden al Mérito Empresarial “José Gutiérrez Gómez”Award, given by the President of the Republic Juan Manuel Santos Calderón and Dr. Bruce MacMaster, President of the ANDI, on the occasion of his 100th birthday. This is the highest distinction in the Colombian private sector.
In a protocol act, the Council of Medellín highlighted the work of Compañía de Galletas NOEL during its first 100 years of existence, with the Order of Merit Don Juan del Corral, Gold Degree. The contribution of the company to Antioquia and Colombia development was recognized, as well as the efforts to offer innovative and quality products designed to satisfy consumers.
The Ministry of Commerce and Industry and the National Planning Department, qualified NOEL as a highly innovative company, granted by the National Government to stimulate investment in science and technology in companies, in exchange for tax benefits.
NOEL is a company that seeks to increase investment in science, technology and innovation in its own processes, products and services.
