SUSTAINABILITY

MESSAGE FROM THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
This message to Grupo Lamosa’s diverse stakeholders presents the company’s main 2015 objectives in the area of sustainability and the achievements made during the year. Grupo Lamosa’s commitment to sustainability is reflected in its incorporation of economic, social and environmental objectives into its business strategy, disseminating them across the entire organization in order to assure their implementation and management.

For 125 years, Grupo Lamosa has been dedicated to manufacturing and marketing products which, because of their characteristics and the processes involved in their production, make the ceramic tile industry one of the sectors that most contributes to sustainability and the environment.

The company’s products offer significant advantages for green and sustainable projects. Additionally, the technological advances that have been made over the past few years in their manufacture are making it possible for ceramic tiles to be used in new applications in an increasingly environmentally friendly way.

Grupo Lamosa reiterates its permanent commitment to voluntarily complying with the principles of the United Nations Global Compact, always seeking to support actions that promote human and labor rights, protect the environment, combat acts of corruption and disseminate a culture of legality across the organization.

ACTION AREAS

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

  • Business model, product and process innovation
  • Economic value creation
  • Local supplier development
  • Investment in the community

SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT

  • Quality of life for associates and their families
  • Respect for human rights and diversity
  • Anti-corruption actions
  • Social investment

ENVIRONMENTAL DEVELOPMENT

  • Innovation
  • Energy
  • Water
  • Emissions reduction
  • Product recovery

STAKEHOLDERS

Stockholders/Investors Customers Associates Suppliers
  • Stockholders’ Assembly
  • Investor relations area
  • Transparency line
  • Meetings with analysts
  • Reports on results
  • Focus groups
  • Transparency line
  • Visits of commercial advisors
  • Internet page
  • Labor climate evaluation
  • Transparency line
  • Development plans
  • Transparency line
  • Signing of agreements and clauses protecting human rights and promoting sustainability
  • Development of local suppliers and SMEs (Small and Medium-sized Enterprises)
Community Government Academia Communication media
  • Transparency line
  • Donations program
  • Dialog with neighbors
  • Volunteer projects
  • Participation in meetings and forums on relevant topics
  • Relations with government entities
  • Agreements for research projects
  • Plant visits
  • Work experience opportunities for students
  • Press conferences
  • Participation in interviews and reports

LAMOSA PRODUCTS CONTRIBUTING TO THE ENVIRONMENT
Ceramic Tiles

  1. High Durability: Offering the expectation of a useful life at least as long as that of the building where they are installed.
  2. Content of Recycled Materials: Manufactured with processes that responsibly incorporate waste products.
  3. Cleanliness and Easy Maintenance: Eliminating the environmental impact of aggressive chemicals.
  4. Hygiene and Sterility: With technical characteristics that make them inhospitable to mites, fungi, bacteria and other microbes.
  5. Regional Availability: Made from materials found close to the company’s production centers, thereby promoting local suppliers and reducing the fuel consumption and atmospheric emissions associated with shipping.
  6. Energy Reduction: Contributing to the energy efficiency of a building, because of their slow heat dissipation characteristics and therefore insulating capacity.

Ceramic Adhesives
Innovation and development of sustainable products

Crestuco Ecológico
an environmentally friendly product requiring less water

Perdura Pega
Porcelánico Ecotech
an environmentally friendly, water-saving ceramic adhesive

Crest Blanco Ecológico
an environmentally friendly product requiring less water

Imperdura Ecotech
an environmentally friendly, water-based exterior waterproofing material that reflects the sun’s radiation, reducing electricity consumption

ImperCrest Reductor
an ultra-heat-reducing exterior waterproofing material, which decreases heat transfer, lowering interior temperatures and energy consumption

Perdura Sellacril Ecotech
a water-based joint sealant that does not contain organic solvents