Communication on Progress

2013 IMETAL Communication on Progress

Participant
Published
  • 13-Feb-2013
Time period
  • February 2013  –  December 2013
Format
  • Stand alone document – Basic COP Template
Differentiation Level
  • This COP qualifies for the Global Compact Active level
Self-assessment
  • Includes a CEO statement of continued support for the UN Global Compact and its ten principles
  • Description of actions or relevant policies related to Human Rights
  • Description of actions or relevant policies related to Labour
  • Description of actions or relevant policies related to Environment
  • Description of actions or relevant policies related to Anti-Corruption
  • Includes a measurement of outcomes
 
  • Statement of continued support by the Chief Executive Officer

  • Statement of the company's chief executive (CEO or equivalent) expressing continued support for the Global Compact and renewing the company's ongoing commitment to the initiative and its principles.

  • 13/02/2013

    I am pleased to confirm that Industrias Metalicas IMETAL SA (IMETAL), continues to reaffirm its support of the Ten Principles of the United Nations Global Compact in the areas of Human Rights, Labour, Environment and Anti-Corruption.

    In this annual Communication on Progress, we describe our actions to continually improve the integration of the Global Compact and its principles into our business strategy, culture and daily operations. We also commit to share this information using our primary channels of communication.

    Sincerely yours,

    Jose Angel García

    IMETAL General Manager

Human Rights
  • Assessment, policy and goals

  • Description of the relevance of human rights for the company (i.e. human rights risk-assessment). Description of policies, public commitments and company goals on Human Rights.

  • Industrias Metálicas IMETAL SA reinforces its commitment to the support of the protection of internationally recognised Human Rights in its whole sphere of influence.
    IMETAL´s commitment summarises within all IMETAL’s projects and actions, as well as through all our policies, disseminated both to customers and suppliers.

  • Implementation

  • Description of concrete actions to implement Human Rights policies, address Human Rights risks and respond to Human Rights violations.

  • All projects and actions undertaken within the company are checked in order to ensure that the company performance is in compliance with national and international Human Rights legislation.

  • Measurement of outcomes

  • Description of how the company monitors and evaluates performance.

  • The company has not had to deal with any Human Rights violations in the past.

Labour
  • Assessment, policy and goals

  • Description of the relevance of labour rights for the company (i.e. labour rights-related risks and opportunities). Description of written policies, public commitments and company goals on labour rights.

  • IMETAL continues to operate a complete training and development programme for workers, which ensure that employees benefit from the possibility of enriching their skills with courses and training schemes. A programme conjunctively designed between the management team and the workers themselves.

    Health and safety considerations are key in the company, and continuous checks are undertaken in order to ensure compliance with the international management standards in place in the company (such as ISO 9001)

  • Implementation

  • Description of concrete actions taken by the company to implement labour policies, address labour risks and respond to labour violations.

  • IMETAL management team is open to employees’ suggestions regarding labour policies and a communication channel has been set up to prioritise measures within this field. Agreements with the main labour unions of the metal sector are in place in the company.

  • Measurement of outcomes

  • Description of how the company monitors and evaluates performance.

  • Periodic reviews carried out by the management team evaluate performance and have not detected any reports of failures in this area within the reported time period.

Environment
  • Assessment, policy and goals

  • Description of the relevance of environmental protection for the company (i.e. environmental risks and opportunities). Description of policies, public commitments and company goals on environmental protection.

  • Environmental protection is regarded as highly relevant in the company and a copy of the written company policy on environmental issues is presented below:
    IMETAL, within their activities of design and construction of steel structures, acquires on its own and environmental conscience the compromise to minimise the interaction of its daily activity with the environment. This compromise is shown with the adoption of an environmental policy in agreement to the respect of the environment which takes to implantation of acting guidelines in accordance with the requirements of the Management Community System and Environmental Audits (EMAS).

  • Implementation

  • Description of concrete actions to implement environmental policies, address environmental risks and respond to environmental incidents.

  • IMETAL has continued, within the reported period, to be committed to the following:
    - Diffusion and application of IMETAL environmental policy
    - Training and awareness of employees and subcontracted companies in our environmental policy
    - Energy consumption control
    - Application of Available Technical Improvements to our process lines
    - Attention to external interested parties

  • Measurement of outcomes

  • Description of how the company monitors and evaluates environmental performance.

  • Our aim is to reduce resource consumption through a continuous improvement of production efficiency and waste production through an optimization of management of produced waste.

Anti-Corruption
  • Assessment, policy and goals

  • Description of the relevance of anti-corruption for the company (i.e. anti-corruption risk-assessment). Description of policies, public commitments and company goals on anti-corruption.

  • A commitment with the anti-corruption principle is reflected in our own operations and policies, and is continuously disseminated to both customers and suppliers, and any interested party.

  • Implementation

  • Description of concrete actions to implement anti-corruption policies, address anti-corruption risks and respond to incidents.

  • The company has issued strict guidelines and public notices on our vigilant stance towards scrap ownership and vendor identification.

  • Measurement of outcomes

  • Description of how the company monitors and evaluates anti-corruption performance.

  • Within the reported time, no incidents of corruption have been detected.