CAILÀ & PARÉS

Quality, Environmental and Occupational Health & Safety, Food, Feed, RSPO and CSR Policy

The management of Cailà & Parés believes that this is a key factor for the company’s growth and development, and we have therefore established the following guidelines to achieve our corporate goals:

1. Comply with all legal requirements and regulations that apply to our business.

2. Meet our clients’ requirements by supplying a product that complies with their specifications and providing efficient, flexible service.

3. Strive to constantly improve our processes in order to become increasingly efficient and effective:

• Implement well-planned manufacturing processes to maximise the productivity of our facilities.
• Promote and facilitate open channels of communication to improve departmental efficiency.
• Provide staff training as a key element of growth and development for both the company and its employees.
• Provide the necessary tools and resources for better control of all processes.
• Facilitate maintenance and cleaning tasks in the factory by reducing the amount of waste products generated.

4. Actively promote an attitude of respect and responsibility towards the environment:

• Comply with all current environmental laws and other requirements affecting the environmental aspects of our activity.
• Identify and ensure proper environmental management practices.
• Optimise resources.
• Minimise waste.
• Prevent pollution.
• Train and inform its personnel and that of other stakeholders.
• Provide the right facilities, equipment and tools.
• Regularly analyse data on the environmental management system.
• Work to continually improve the environmental management system.

5. Guarantee occupational health and safety:

• Creation of safe and healthy working conditions for the prevention of injuries and deterioration of health
• Elimination of hazards and reduction of occupational risks
• Compliance with current legislation and other requirements related to safety and health
• Consultation and active participation of employees and their representatives
• Identification and prevention of occupational risks
• Adequate facilities, equipment and tools
• Training and information for staff and / or other agents involved
• Coordination with personnel for risk management
• Periodic analysis of data related to the health and safety system
• Continuous improvement of the health and safety system

6. To undertake our business activity based on ethics and justice, within a
framework of environmental, social and economic values:

• Applying the Environmental, Quality, Safety and Sustainability management systems.
• Using product Life Cycle management to continue improving our processes and products.
• Making pollution prevention more cost-effective when developing new technologies and products.
• As a (socially and economically) responsible organisation, we want to be the company of which all its employees are proud and to meet the most critical needs of the community.
• Attracting and retaining a diverse, talented team.
• Permanently encouraging learning and the sharing of knowledge, based on a relationship of trust.
• Supporting the social environments where we are present to help increase their well- being.
• Promoting the success of the Company to satisfy our customers with technologies and products arising from sustainable innovation and providing our shareholders with an attractive return on their investment.
• Acknowledging that the long-term success of the company depends on the adoption and implementation of sustainable development principles: respect for the environment, contribution towards society, and the creation of wealth.
• Guaranteeing traceability, from raw materials with a sustainability certificate to the resulting products (RSPO: Roundtable Sustainable Palm Oil).
• Implementing a food safety system based on the principles of the Codex Alimentarius Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP) to guarantee the harmlessness of the food and feed we produce.
• We are aware of the fact that only by remaining a feasible, successful company will we continue to have a positive impact on sustainable development.

7. Guarantee the food safety of the products manufactured and marketed as feed or food:

• Compliance with applicable national and international legislation on food safety
• Compliance with HACCP, GMP +, Halal and other standards in which the company is certified
• Adaptation to customer needs and compliance with agreed specifications on food&feed safety
• Establishment and achievement of the objectives of the food&feed safety management system
• Deploy the internal and external communications necessary for the effective implementation of the food&feed safety management system
• Identification, evaluation and control of risks for food&feed safety
• Provide facilities and equipment with adequate hygienic characteristics
• Food&feed safety training and information for staff and / or other agents involved
• Periodic analysis of data related to the food&feed safety management system
• Continuous improvement of the food&feed safety management system

Corporate management has therefore established this policy, and expects every member of the organisation to respect, abide by and promote these principles.