The Madrid Food Bank acknowledges GMV's contribution to those most in need

On October 26, the Food Bank Foundation of Madrid (Fundación Banco de Alimentos de Madrid: FBAM) recognized GMV's work for its important collaboration and support for the organization in 2022. The prize to GMV is part of FBAM's traditional annual awards to companies and educational centers. Through these collaborations the organization reached over 160,000 people in 2022.

GMV’s contribution to the Food Bank was recognized during a meeting where Francisco García, president of the Foundation, presented Ignacio Ramos Gorostiola, GMV’s Corporate Director of People and Infrastructure Strategy, with the award, as a show of the Foundation’s satisfaction with the help given over the past year by the company and all the people who are part of it.

GMV is continuing with the commitment it made in 2020 to the Food Bank and in 2022, thanks to the generosity of its professionals and the company, it contributed by raising funds to distribute 12,585 kilograms of food, and this work has not let up in 2023.

The collaboration between GMV and the Food Bank began in 2020 as a result of the need for the company and its professionals to show their support in the wake of the socioeconomic consequences brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic. After this first collaboration, GMV did not hesitate to continue supporting the Food Bank and, as a result of this collaboration, in the last three years the company has raised a total of 114,000 euros thanks to its professionals' solidarity.

According to Food Bank data published in its activities report, the Foundation helped a total of 160,000 people in 2022 through 568 charities. The annual average number of people who received a daily meal was 171,961.

The Fundación Banco de Alimentos de Madrid is a private, non-profit, non-religious, and apolitical organization with 28 years of experience and based on volunteerism, which works to solve the problems caused by hunger and food waste and serves the most disadvantaged population of the Community of Madrid. The Foundation is an associate member of the Spanish Federation of Food Banks (FESBAL), comprising 54 food banks throughout Spain. FESBAL is part of the European Federation of Food Banks, FEBA, a European network of more than 300 food banks in 29 countries.