认识我们的可持续发展项目负责人

我们的可持续发展 journey over the years has evolved in lockstep with rising accountability by businesses to the communities they operate in. Today, we take you to Guadalajara, the birthplace of Flex’s sustainability program, and chat with program leader Barjouth Aguilar. Barjouth has been part of our sustainability journey from almost the very beginning when she joined Flex in 2011. We caught up with her for a look back to understand how far our sustainability efforts have come, as well as for a look-forward to our next major milestones.

关于 Barjouth Aguilar 的简要信息

全球可持续发展项目主管兼基金会官员
总部位于墨西哥瓜达拉哈拉
2011 年加入 Flex

请简单介绍一下您在 Flex 的早期经历，以及这段时期与我们迈向强劲可持续发展计划的第一步如何相吻合。

I joined Flex in 2011 as an intern. Around this time, we started gathering data to report on sustainability, and the work was highly manual. My first big task was to work with cross-functional teams to identify and measure relevant site metrics like electricity, fossil fuel and water consumption, and waste management and aggregate this data into spreadsheets. Since then, we’ve put tools, procedures, and systems in place, and I’m happy to say that just about all of the data collection and related activities are automated today. After my internship turned into a full-time role, I was part of the team that oversaw the production of our first-ever sustainability report align to 全球报告倡议组织 (GRI) 于 2013 年出版。

那个过程是怎样的？

It was quite exciting. The fact that we had no precedent to work with was an opportunity. My boss and I flew to Amsterdam to learn the GRI, the standard international framework used by large corporations to report economic, environmental, and social impact. We then identified our sustainability metrics and established the reporting guidelines, structure, and process. In a nutshell, this is how our sustainability reporting was born, which is coupled with a commitment to transparent reporting.

哪些成就帮助我们奠定了今天的可持续发展计划的基础？

2015 年，我们将每两年发布一次可持续发展报告改为每年发布一次。大约两年前，我们通过第三方验证挪威船级社为我们的环境和社区数据。这很重要，因为一个值得信赖的权威机构验证了我们共享的数据。

我们已赢得获得很多认可, from customers, the investor community, and industry organizations over the years as well, and these honors are incredibly rewarding. Perhaps, the most gratifying thing is that our stakeholders care about sustainability. They are increasingly showing a strong interest in our performance beyond financial measures. This is so important as it’s critical to account for all the ways our operations impact our planet and people.

我们的报告如何平衡各利益相关者的需求？

投资者和客户的要求往往最高，因此我们会优先考虑这些需求。如果我们满足了他们的需求，那么我们很可能也能够满足其他利益相关者的需求。

How are we approaching our next sustainability targets?

在努力实现 2030 年及以后的一系列新可持续发展目标时，我们的目标将与公司的更新策略并帮助解决更广泛的社会和环境问题。供应链弹性和气候变化以及治理和透明度仍将是我们的重点领域。我们还在研究全球可持续发展趋势，以帮助制定最佳战略，为我们生活和工作的社区带来积极的环境、社会和经济影响，并更好地帮助我们的客户实现他们的可持续发展愿望。

We partner with thousands of suppliers throughout the value chain and manufacture different products for customers in healthcare, automotive, industrial, cloud, and communications, to name a few. This presents a variety of disclosure requirements to anticipate and address through our sustainability approach.

此外，我们的全球业务要求我们审查与我们运营的每个国家相关的独特问题。我们根据行业公认的准则进行全球分析，例如联合国可持续发展目标：、GRI 和可持续发展会计准则委员会 (SASB) to make sure we are aligned with global trends, set a strong sustainability agenda, and work toward common goals for a better future.

我们的可持续发展团队的北极星是什么？

Our company’s vision is to be the most trusted global technology, supply chain, and manufacturing solutions partner. Sustainability is an integral part to making this vision a reality, especially as stakeholder interest continues to grow and the world is calling on companies to do good in the course of running their business.