Toluca Complex and TREC/CCA

About the Program
The General Motors Company's Toluca Complex in Mexico manages over 20 acres of restored native forest in the Parque Sierra Morelos and Parque Alameda as part of a mitigation project. The team initially engaged employees and partners to greatly exceed the reforestation requirements as dictated through the Aluminum Foundry Plant's environmental impact assessment and includes ongoing monitoring. The project aims to protect and conserve native forest habitat and wildlife through reforestation.

Practices and Impacts

• In 2022, GM Toluca signed a four-year agreement with the city government committing to maintain 3.5 hectares in Alameda Park through activities like planting species, auxiliary irrigation, low branch pruning and weeding.
• The team planted over 19,000 native pine and ash trees within both parks with a successful 95% survivorship rate. More than 1,000 GM employees, along with their families and the greater community, take part in management activities throughout the year. 
• GM created rain gardens/dams within Sierra Morelos Park to provide an alternative source of water during periods of drought, as well as a refuge for water birds and aquatic organisms and a buffer against flooding.