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: