2015 ANNUAL REPORT
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SUSTAINABILITY SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT

HEALTH AND SAFETY
During 2015, Grupo Lamosa promoted an environment of health and safety, offering training sessions on accident prevention at its different production centers. All businesses implemented Safety Week events with activities such as fire and evacuation simulations in the presence of emergency services and government agencies.

81 simulation-related events and Safety Weeks at plants and offices.

Participation of emergency and government services in the company’s different safety events (police, fire brigade, DIF (child services), emergency medical, etc.).

Safety Week topics and activities:

  • Response to poisoning and smoke inhalation
  • Use of fire extinguishers
  • Burn prevention
  • Ergonomics
  • Caring for the environment
  • Medical examinations

34 sporting events with the participation of more than 2,200 employees.

TRAINING
In order to improve the performance of the company’s associates in the workplace, in 2015 Grupo Lamosa implemented a range of training and development programs, organized on the basis of individualized plans and according to the specific needs of the company’s diverse administrative and operating areas.

  2013 2014 2015
Hours of training 115,726 133,451 61,040
Amount invested (millions of pesos) $9.4 $4.9 $6.1

Training included areas such as competencies, techniques, management and academic topics.

DIVERSITY
Grupo Lamosa’s operations at 23 production centers in different parts of Mexico give it a heterogeneous workforce comprising workers from very diverse communities with disparate customs, skills and talents.

  2015 2014 2013
  Non-unionized Unionized Total Total Total
Sex
Total 2,120 2,543 4,663 5,600 5,521
Men 1,586 2,314 3,900 4,768 4,762
Female 534 229 763 832 759
Age range (years)
Less than 20 - 21 21 46 44
20 - 29 326 767 1,093 1,613 1,518
30 - 39 907 960 1,867 2,299 2,106
40 - 49 624 585 1,209 1,221 1,364
50 - 59 246 199 445 387 461
More than 60 17 11 28 34 28
Nationality
Mexican 2,108 2,543 4,651 5,588 5,517
Other 12 - 12 12 4

During the year, Grupo Lamosa promoted a culture of inclusion, integrating, wherever possible, the handicapped into its workforce. Moreover, the company’s strategy to expand its operations outside Mexico will eventually give it a more plural and diverse workforce.

Handicapped at Grupo Lamosa
Business/Work Area No. of People Type of Handicap
Adhesives/Sales 1 Motor
Tiles/Enameling 2 Motor
Tiles/Furnaces 2 Visual / Motor
Tiles/Maintenance 1 Visual
Tiles/Classification 1 Speech/Hearing
TOTAL 7  

CORRUPTION
In accordance with Grupo Lamosa’s commitment to following the principles of the United Nations Global Compact, the company continues to promote the principles and values in its Code of Ethics.

Strengthening of the company’s internal controls through careful attention to complaints received.

  Complaints resolved through the Transparency Line Complaints related to corruption
2013 101 34
2014 97 27
2015 60 20

1,045 people trained in topics related to the Code of Ethics.

Participation of 4,267 employees and operators in the Grupo Lamosa Culture of Legality Program “Let’s Do It Right” (Hagámoslo Bien).

HUMAN RIGHTS
During 2015, Grupo Lamosa continued to promote respect for human rights in all the company’s activities, reviewing different areas in order to promote and prevent any discriminatory acts.

Audits during the year confirmed that there were no discriminatory acts committed within the company.

Additionally, through its legal department and internal working procedures, Grupo Lamosa ensured that any new supply contracts contained clauses protecting human rights, such as the forbidding of forced and child labor.

Grupo Lamosa supports its workers’ freedom to associate and has a variety of collective contracts with diverse labor organizations in Mexico.

All Grupo Lamosa plants operate with collective labor contracts.

SOCIAL INVESTMENT
During 2015, the company made donations in cash and kind, benefitting 42 non-profit, educational and religious institutions.

In 2015, Grupo Lamosa’s businesses presented a list of objectives related to the implementation of voluntary social investment projects to help its neighboring communities. The diverse initiatives implemented were adapted to the specific needs of the different locations, with a continuously rising number of participants and families.

Lamosa personnel getting together with children from CAYAM (Center to help children at risk)

In 2015, 22 voluntary projects were carried out, including:

Business Plant/Offices Volunteer Project Activities
Tiles Mexico City Offices Support for AMANC (Mexican Association to Help Children with Cancer) Visiting children and giving them clothes, toys and food
Tiles Tlaxcala Pavilion Plant Improvement of sports facilities Cleaning and painting football fields in San Luis Teolocholco
Tiles Tlaxcala Pavilion Plant Grocery donations Handing out food and grocery packages to the needy in San Luis Teolocholco
Tiles Tlaxcala Gres Plant School maintenance Cleaning and maintenance of three schools in Magdalena Tlatelulco
Tiles San Luis Potosí Plant Support for CEMUVA (SLP Multidisciplinary Rehabilitation Center, Vallarta) Participating in the Kilometrón and donating resources to handicapped children, young people and adults
Tiles Tlaxcala Porcel Plant Work experience program Implementing a program to support students in coordination with the Universidad Iberoamericana in Puebla
Adhesives Guadalajara Niasa Plant Reforestation Carrying out tree planting activities at the Centinela Forest in Zapopan, Jalisco
Adhesives Chihuahua Crest Plant Maintenance and improvement of children’s home Improving and repairing the facilities of the Guardian Angel Children’s Home
Adhesives Navojoa Niasa Plant Improvement of hospital family accommodation building Maintenance of the Holy Trinity Home in Huatabampo, Sonora
Adhesives and Corporate Santa Catarina Crest Plant and San Pedro Garza García Offices Support for children from CAYAM (Children’s support center) Supporting more than 50 CAYAM children with clothes, toys and social events

Support for families in San Luis Teolocholco, Tlaxcala

“Committed to the Student Community” program

Improvements at the Guardian Angel Children’s Home

Maintenance work at the Holy Trinity Home

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