TUBING FOOD AND THE Sdg

3 – Good health and well-being

In the case of health and well-being, we focus on the following:

“3.5. Strengthen the prevention and treatment of substance abuse, including narcotic drug abuse and harmful use of alcohol.”

“3.6. By 2020, halve the number of global deaths and injuries from road traffic accidents.”

We carry out information and awareness campaigns for workers following these principles.

5 – Gender equality

We also work in the line of gender equality, in this case we focus on the following point:

“5.3. Eliminate all harmful practices, such as child, early and forced marriage and female genital mutilation”

Our Equality Plan and the Integrated Management System Policy contemplate gender equality actions and policies.

8 – Decent work and economic growth

Regarding SDG number 8, Tubing Food works in the following areas:

• Tubing Food is certified in the ISO 45001, which is the international reference in the Safety and Health of workers. The organisation’s Integrated Management System integrates this ISO 45001 with the ISO 9001 (quality management) and ISO 14001 (environmental management) standards.
• Our “Integrated Management System Policy” promotes the development of integration of equal treatment and opportunities among all people, enhancing their skills and participation, through training, empowerment and recognition, regardless of their gender, race, religious beliefs and political ideas.
• Tubing Food has implemented a “Criminal Offences System (Compliance)” with a complaints channel, an ethical code, a code of good practices, as well as a “Workplace Harassment Protocol” and an “Equality Plan”.

12 – Responsible consumption and production

Regarding the SDG number 12, Tubing Food focuses on 2 specific points:

“12.4. By 2020, achieve the environmentally sound management of chemicals and all wastes throughout their life cycle, in accordance with agreed international frameworks, and significantly reduce their release to air, water and soil in order to minimise their adverse impacts on human health and the environment.”

In this field, we are working on the following:

• Tubing Food carries out an effective and efficient management of the chemical products it uses for its productive activities, following the “Regulations for the Storage of Chemical Products (APQ’s)
• Tubing Food carries out planned drills of “Spills of Chemical Products” periodically and supervised by the External Prevention Service.
• Monitoring and measurement of consumption indicators of Chemical Products.
• Monitoring and measurement of consumption indicators for raw materials, auxiliary products and manufactured and assembled products.

“12.5 By 2030, substantially reduce waste generation through prevention, reduction, recycling and reuse.”

Executing the following actions:

• Monitoring and measurement of waste management indicators (hazardous and non-hazardous)
• Measurement of the equivalent tons of CO2 emitted into the atmosphere by the activities carried out in the organization. Action plan for the progressive reduction until the year 2030 of these emissions, beginning in 2023 with the reduction of CO2 emissions caused by waste generation.
• Environmental Objectives Program; “Objective No. 1 of the program: progressive reduction of the % of non-recoverable waste.
• It is being promoted since 2022 the reuse and recycling of some products for its inclusion in the raw materials used in production and in an auxiliary products.
• In the new revision of the document “Requirements for Suppliers” an environmental clause has been included, in which the supplier will be valued for its ability to supply us with recycled products and/or that we can make some products in our production process.

13 – Climate action

Relating the climate actions, we focus on the following target:

“13.2 Integrate climate change measures into national policies, strategies and business plans.”

Tubing Food measures its CO2 emissions and plans its progressive reduction until 2030.