R&D Commitment

At Condorchem, innovation is one of the best instruments to help us achieve our strategic challenges. This is why an R&D Management System was set up in accordance with the UNE 166002: 2014 standard, to plan, coordinate and structure R&D activities in the most efficient way possible.

Via the R&D Committee, the management at Condorchem are fully involved in the promotion of the culture of innovation throughout the organization, as well as in aligning the proposals for the development of R&D projects with the general strategy of the company.

The basic functions of the R&D Committee are to propose, monitor, evaluate and make strategic decisions regarding the R&D projects to be implemented.

The Business vision and R&D vision are established as follows:

We want to be a reference engineering company at the international level; promoting innovation cultures, policies and strategies both internally and externally to create added value to society, in a sustainable way over time.

The commitment to innovation in our processes, technologies and services means we are recognized as an organization that provides added value through solutions that respect the environment and promote the recovery of resources from waste. We are willing to establish strategic collaborations with technology partners to share knowledge and experiences that lead us to meet the objectives of sustainable development.

CONDORCHEM ENVITECH, SL uses Innovation to offer society new solutions for the environmental challenges of effluent and atmospheric emissions management through processes leading to the sustainable growth of industry.

Thus, innovation at CONDORCHEM is sustained along the lines described below:

• Collaborative innovation or Co-innovation: We seek collaboration with other companies, partners/suppliers or technological, scientific or university centers to add to the generation of more value, and to implement this in the most positive way for society. The type of collaboration is flexible and is established specifically for each project to be developed.
• We promote innovative solutions focused primarily on obtaining new products, processes and/or services (invention), developing and improving existing products (incremental innovation) or boosting the change in Management for greater access to knowledge and better use of resources (innovation in the organization), for both those favoring cooperation between companies in the international sphere (external level) and those aimed at improving teamwork in the organization (internal level).
• The production and acquisition of knowledge are both internal (R&D) and external processes, with the latter requiring the acquisition of both material (equipment) and intangible technology (e.g licenses and experience).
• Focusing exclusively on environmental solutions for any industrial sector both nationally and internationally, our portfolio of projects mainly includes those aimed at evolutionary improvements in the products and services currently provided by our company. This represents the most significant part of our innovation, as it provides continuity for our business and helps finance other types of riskier initiatives. However, we do have a small number of these higher risk projects, because some of them will be the future products of our company.
• The R&D Committee evaluates each project individually to establish and optimize the amount of production and financial resources to be used, while ensuring they are in line with the strategic planning of the company.
• Management promotes the protection of the projects via the most appropriate industrial and intellectual protection mechanisms, due to their strategic potential, as they increase the value of the company and are an excellent way to create entry barriers for competitors.
• What Management expects from R&D:
  • Promoting new business lines
  • International positioning of the company as a world reference in environmental engineering
  • Introduction to new markets or sectors
  • Being at the forefront of knowledge in our sector
  • Increasing internal knowledge and adding value to our company

The Integrated Management Policy of CONDORCHEM ENVITECH, SL pursues the strategic objectives of a continuous increase in the competitiveness of the company, the maximum satisfaction of customer needs, protection of the environment, including the prevention of pollution that could be produced by our business, the prevention of damage and illness to our employees and collaborators, the promotion of the culture of innovationm, to be a socially responsible company as well as continuous compliance with applicable legal and regulatory requirements and those voluntarily subscribed to.

To this end, the following guidelines are established:

• Having an Integrated Management System for the company. The Integrated Management System must comply with the following standards:
  • ISO 9001 Quality management systems, to ensure the proper supply of chemical products and industrial effluent treatment facilities and services commissioned by our customers, which in turn satisfy the quality levels they require.
  • ISO 14001 Environmental management system, to control environmental aspects related to the company business, reducing its environmental impact.
  • OHSAS 18001, whose main objective is the reduction or elimination of the risks of incidents and occupational diseases, thus reducing the injuries to people and material damage these usually cause.
• All company employees are responsible for maintaining the attitude of continuous internal improvement in the organization, production processes for the products ordered by our customers and the services requested.
• The organization gives preference to the preventive aspect over the corrective for activities aimed at achieving Quality, improving environmental performance and in occupational health and safety.
• Promoting an internal culture of innovation to successfully capture, assimilate, produce and exploit innovative solutions to present and future environmental challenges, that the global industrial fabric is facing, while not forgetting the social and economic needs of CONDORCHEM ENVITECH, SL’s customers and society.
• Incorporating R&D as a basic principle, for which an R&D Management System is needed to contribute to the company’s competitiveness, sustainable growth and to take advantage of internal creative and intellectual resources. The R&D Management System must comply with the requirements of the UNE 166002 R&D Management standard to implement, maintain, evaluate and improve the R&D activities that generate value for the company.
• Corporate Social Responsibility is the form in which CONDORCHEM ENVITECH SL must manage the company bearing in mind the impact its activity has on its environment. This involves complying with labour, social, environmental and human rights legislation. In addition, constant voluntary initiatives must be undertaken in order to improve the quality of life of its employees, the community in which it operates and society.Corporate Social Responsibility is centered in the areas of Human Rights, Labour Rights, the Environment, Consumer Protection, Health and the fight against corruption.
• The Management expresses its commitment to achieving the Integrated Policy objectives and therefore the following:
  • Providing the company with the necessary human and technical resources at all times to ensure the quality of the products and services performed and to maintain and improve the Integrated Management System.
  • Spreading the Integrated Policy among all company personnel and keeping it up to date.
  • Achieve a favorable atmosphere for the promotion of Quality, respect for the Environment, Occupational Health and Safety within the company, R&D and training and motivating staff.
  • Maintaining a process of continuous improvement and managing the periodic review of the Integrated Management System and R&D Management System to ensure their effectiveness and adequacy.
  • Adopting a culture of innovation for all our employees.
  • Promoting the technological development of our products, the creation of new products and innovation in services, among others.
  • Make Condorchem a sustainable organization
  • Manage the company in a transparent and responsible manner, encouraging the creation of employment and responsible management of HR.
  • Instill an overall respect for the Environment
  • Invest in innovation and development in order to improve our environment and grow in a sustainable manner
  • Encourage the management of values from the company
  • Measure and report the socially responsible activities of the company to interest groups and other groups in general through the annual publication of our Progress Report

For this, in addition to the leadership of the Management, it is necessary that all the workers of the Company integrate the achievement of Quality, the Prevention of Risks, the prevention of pollution and the R & D & I Management, as a function more, with the same responsibility as the rest of the functions entrusted, as well as working under the principles outlined in the CSR.

We will achieve this Policy with the active participation of the Management and of all the members of the Organization of CONDORCHEM ENVITECH, S.L.