Responsible management to ensure sustainability in terms of both time and the environment
Given the nature of what we do and our position in this industry, we have a great responsibility. Rigour, legality, transparency… we foster and reinforce strong governance criteria in our activities and throughout our value chain, especially in the supply of raw materials.
Strategic lines of the pillar
- Cross-cutting sustainability management throughout the organisation.
- Ethical, responsible and transparent management.
- A commitment to the communities and the rural environments in which we operate.
- Establishing sustainability criteria with our suppliers.
- Respect for human rights in our business practices.
2030 Objectives
Pillar 5: Quality, safety and innovation
The Vall Companys Group has always been characterised by its ethical management, encouraging every member of its team to exercise responsible, sound and transparent leadership. Continuing this working philosophy will be a challenge in the coming decade, given the size and diversity of our employee base.
To this end, all our decisions are based on ethical criteria and strict compliance with the law, enshrined in the Group’s Code of Ethics and Crime Prevention Plan: frameworks that are both mandatory for all companies and professionals working in the Group as well as its clients, suppliers, and other people or entities we liaise with.
In turn, the Vall Companys Group is strongly committed to respect for human rights: all the processes in our productive structure take place in fair working environments, governed by values such as respect for human dignity, individual autonomy, and equality.
The Group is committed to continuing to promote this type of management through the different departments involved.
100% sustainable suppliers
100% responsible soy
Of all the external agents involved in our value chain, the supply of raw materials for manufacturing compound feed is a key factor in ensuring our quantitative contribution to the different sustainability indicators.
In addition to the guaranteed traceability of our supply chain, our goal is to inform and encourage all our suppliers to accredit the fact that their own value chain is responsible and sustainable. Consequently, a process to standardise suppliers has been initiated, in accordance with sustainability criteria, with regard to both Spanish and international raw materials.
The raw material with the greatest impact is soy and its derivatives. We have therefore set the following objectives: reducing dependence on soybeans for animal feed by promoting the viable use of alternatives, and ensuring that by 2030 all soybeans are sustainable and sourced from non-deforested areas.
This will be undertaken through certified guarantees from suppliers and the purchase of RTRS credits. The Vall Companys Group is a member of the Round Table on Responsible Soy Association (RTRS), an organisation that promotes the growth and production of responsible soy from an environmental, economic and social point of view.
