CNH Industrial Employee Garden (Querétaro)
Querétaro, Mexico · Operator: CNH Industrial México
Overview
An employee garden launched in 2017 at a Querétaro plant, run as participatory CSR aiming to supply much of the canteen's vegetables in-house.
Citizen participation
Employees plant and harvest radishes, zucchini, tomatoes, chard and lettuce, supplying the company canteen.
Operating model
A manufacturer's plant-level CSR: an employee garden supplying the canteen, aimed at staff bonding and environmental awareness.
Impact
A plant-originated sustainability activity raising employee environmental awareness and cohesion.
Land tenure
Within the company's own plant grounds.
Crops
- vegetables
Scale
工場敷地内の社員菜園。
Sources（1）
This entry is compiled from the public sources, official sites and research below.
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