Polopique - Comércio e Industria de Confeções de S.A.
Rua da Baiona 142 4795-784 Vilarinho Santo Tirso, Portugal
+351 253 480 100 / +351 253 479 060 polopique@polopique.pt
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Environmental and Social Policy

The Polopique Group dedicates its activities to several areas of the textile chain, especially the fabrication of clothing articles, spinning, weaving, dyeing and finishing.

Aware that its industrial activity is not sheltered from impacts, the Polopique Group assumes an active attitude of environmental and social sustainability. It adopts a careful approach preserving the surrounding environment, preventing pollution, and using the necessary resources wisely for the development of its activity. It recognizes the demands of responsibility and retribution towards the surrounding social and cultural environment, contributing to the improvement of the living conditions of its employees and other surrounding communities, moving towards a sustainable

Therefore, considering the challenges that the persistent market demands, the Polopique Group encourages all its employees to achieve excellence in the exercise of their roles and in pursuit of those that are their strategic objectives, with the following commitments:

  • Consolidate, in the development of its activity, the use of values ​​and criteria in the environmental and social assessment;
  • To audit, in a transparent way, its performance;
  • Promote the sensible and efficient use of raw materials, energy and natural resources;
  • Increase knowledge of the interactions of the various activities of the company, with the natural and social environment;
  • Promote methods of nature conservation, cultural valuation and social accountability;
  • Encourage partners and suppliers to take responsible environmental and social behavior practices;
  • Raise responsiveness and train employees, reinforcing their awareness and promoting their environmental and social skills;
  • Minimize the production of waste, favoring its recovery, ensuring that the rest is sent to an appropriate final destination;
  • Minimize atmospheric emissions and wastewater discharges;
  • Adopt the best environmental practices, whenever technically and economically feasible, in the sense of continuous improvement of environmental performance;
  • Encourage continuous training, keeping all relevant information updated for the organization.

 

Regarding all environmental aspects, the Polopique Group always seeks to maintain an open dialogue with all partakers, whether they are government entities, customers, suppliers, local community or others.