Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Policy
1. INTRODUCTION AND SCOPE OF APPLICATION
This Corporate Social Responsibility Policy lays down a framework to ensure responsible conduct with the stakeholders of Soluciones Informáticas Ambientales, S.L. and SIAM USA LLC, hereinafter SIAM.
SIAM's mission is to contribute to society by responding to the need for the chemical industry to comply with legislation on hazardous chemicals with regard to labelling and the creation of safety data sheets (SDS).
2. OBJECTIVES
The objective of SIAM's Corporate Social Responsibility Policy is to draw on sustainable development to offer the chemical industry compliance with legislation, provide profitability to its shareholders, promote an ethical culture and legal compliance, foster the professional training of its employees, accompany the development of the communities in which it operates, and sustainably use the natural resources required for its activity based on a shared value creation approach with all its stakeholders.
3. PRINCIPLES BEHIND SIAM'S CSR POLICY
- 1. Legality and compliance with legislation.
When we talk about legality, SIAM's commitment applies equally to the company itself and to contracted suppliers and professionals.
When working on an international level, this aspect becomes even more complicated. Rules are different between countries and what is legal in one country may not be legal in another and vice versa, which is why SIAM regulates suppliers in order to work with those who scrupulously comply with the law, attempting to empower suppliers from countries which have an even stricter legal framework than Spain does.
- 2. Environmental responsibility and sustainable growth.
Another of the most important aspects of SIAM's Corporate Social Responsibility Policy concerns the environment. At a time when the climate crisis is reaching a point of no return, every company is responsible for doing everything possible to mitigate its effects.
As a result of SIAM's commitment to the environment and its obsession with being a company that interacts with the environment in the most beneficial way possible, we are certified with the international standard ISO 14001:2015. Therefore, we clearly intend to reduce our significant environmental aspects and to guarantee that the entire company takes on the commitment to be carbon neutral.
- 3. Support for equality and diversity.
Support for equality is another of the most important aspects at SIAM. We are not content with only having an equality plan in force at SIAM, as we also have active policies to close the gender gap and break the glass ceiling.
The gender pay gap and the glass ceiling are not structural issues for SIAM as positions of responsibility are held equally by men and women.
Likewise, at SIAM we believe that support for gender identity and for diversity in relationships and sexuality also entails a significant improvement to society.
What's more, plans to support people with disabilities are key to encouraging their integration into the labour market.
In addition to gender equality and support for diversity in relationships and sexuality, the fight against xenophobia and age discrimination results in much friendlier companies, which create real changes in society with a greater number of prospects that result in better performance.
- 4. Commitment to social dialogue, participatory decision-making, and labour rights.
At SIAM we firmly believe that this is one of the key points of CSR guidelines worldwide.
The participation of employees in the company, the right to join trade unions, and employees' rights such as holidays and sick leave without dismissal, and so forth, are aspects covered by Spanish legislation because they protect the workforce. However, as SIAM operates in other countries, where there may be looser laws, we ensure that these aspects are obeyed in the same way as at our head office.
At SIAM, we are passionately committed to talent management. This means that employees are fully aware that they are not just another number in the company, but that they are part of the organisation and they are taken into account.
At SIAM we always want to optimise the pride of belonging to the company, which is not related to salary but to the company's social responsibility.
- 5. Commitment to local communities.
At SIAM we have a passionate commitment to local communities. We know that a company depends on the employees who live in its area and should return some of that wealth to the place that helped it grow.
At SIAM, whenever possible, we work with local suppliers in order to foster the growth of the local community, in addition to helping reduce carbon footprint.
