On behalf of the company LANDE, S.A., I hereby present our first progress report, as a Global Compact participating company, evidencing thus our commitment towards implementing its ten principles into our day to day activities and our business relationship with partners, suppliers, sotckholders and employees alike, specially those concerning:

 Environment protection.
 Human rights protection.
 Elimination of any type of discrimination, based on gender, race, religion, association, etc.

At LANDE, S.A. there is an on-going and inconditional support, both at a profesional and personal level, of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

Such rights are spelled out in our company's code of conduct, implemented at all levels, and the existence of which, every employee is made aware of, via internal company reports and annual newsletters.

We have a suggestion box in a common area of the company, ensuring thus that it is steadily available ot every employee, at any level, and without distinction.

We also issue an annual newsletter as a menas of a general progress report, in which there is always a mention to our ongoing support of said Declaration of Human Rights.

A brief questionnaire was made available to all employees, after forwarding our annual report, in which they were asked as to weather they were aware of the existence of such Declaration. We got an almost 95% positive response from our overall staff, evidencing the goal of the report was clearly reached in a positive manner.

Workers Statute, worker's rights under Collective Baragining and elimination of forced labour.
Assurement of fair salary to employees, at all levels.

Our company supports and implements the stipulated labour standards derived from the Metal Workers Collective Bargaining Agreement, to which we adhere, (Agreement nº 9903435), which has been bargained and implemented under Worker's Act, title III, which eliminates all forms of forced labour.

As a result of our company having agreed to this Collective Bargaining Agreement, all employees are assured a guarantedd minimum wage, stipulated by current implemented Spanish labour law.
Also, every employee paycheck is revised and verified according to the parameters established by said law, ensuring thus a yearly periodic salary revision.
This Collective Bargaining Agreement also ensures that every employee receives a copy of their signed contract, as well as a copy of their monthly paycheck, for cross-reference.
Under this Agreement, all employees are assured a 40-hour labour week, which must not be exceeded under normal circumstances, paying special attention to risk-prevention programmes.
The majority of our workers are freely affiliated to one or more of Spain's main Worker's Unions, such as COMISIONES OBRERAS (CCOO) or UNIÓN GENERAL DE GTRABAJADORES (UGT).

Promoting a clean and sustainable environment in the workplace and the production process.
Environmental footprint and impact assesment.

Production process: from the very beggining, our company has responsibly managed its toxic waste, derived from bottling, painting, label handling and printing, plastic refuse, etc. by subcontracting a toxic waste disposal company which safely manages all our factories and warehouses' refuse, such as paints, solvents, dust, plastics, etc.

In-company: all over our offices there are recycling points available to all employees where paper, glass, batteries, lightbulbs, plastic and containers can be collected for proper recycling.

Throughout our field offices and warehouses, the use of recicled office paper is widely customary.

By implementing such environment-friendly measures, our company has achieved, year after year, a safe elimination and handling of toxic waste which could be potentially harmful to the environment, in the production process.

We were also able to reduce by a 50% the amount of non-recycled paper and rechangeable batteries used in our offices, by raising awareness among our employees and by facilitating easy to access recycling points throughout our offices.

Assesment of risk of corruption and bribery regarding partners and suppliers.

Our company demands absolute clarity and transparency when dealing with partners and suppliers, regarding their views on worker's rights and working conditions.

This point becomes of the outmost importance to us, consideriog we keep manufacturing plants in developing countries, such as Bangladesh, where anticorruption standards are usually disregarded, and the attention needed on this issues is not exercised as in developed nations.

We demand the same transparency from our employees, and have the means and proper channels (suggestion box) to express their views on any matter that poses concern, or to denounce fraudulent activities they may encounter in their day-to-day chores.

We have takne special care and attention to human rights and anticorruption measures implemented in-company, when establishing our company's manufacturing plants in said developing countries.

However, this is an ongoing concern for us, and as such, if the company confronts a case of corruption, regarding a partner or supplier, the Board of Directors is expected to confront the matter direcftly, and address it immediately, so measures can be taken towards it.