Commitment and Corporate Ethic

General management commitments

• Promote this policy and the Code of Ethics established by the organisation.
• Comply with the laws and regulations applicable to the activity, products and services carried out by the organisation.
• Collaborate with regulatory authorities, entities that give recognition and other interested parties, providing all the information and resources required to develop their skills in a timely and accurate manner.
• Meet the requirements of our customers, suppliers, collaborators and other stakeholders.
• Ensure good professional practice through the motivation, satisfaction and sense of belonging of our employees and collaborators.
• Drive the organisation's leadership, as well as the identification and minimisation of existing risks.
• Train employees and develop their skills.
• Continuously improve the systems. processes and activities of the organisation.
• Align activities with the principles set out in the Global Compact and the United Nations 2030 Agenda for sustainable development with regard to human and social rights, non-discrimination and the sustainable development of society and the natural environment.

A commitment to quality

• Ensure the quality of the products and services in accordance with the specifications agreed with customers and other stakeholders.
• Compliance of products in accordance with the applicable standards and regulations, certifying or approving the products at an international level
• Address the needs, queries, suggestions, complaints from our customers and other stakeholders.
• Satisfy our customers by providing a quality, cost-optimised product or service while meeting the agreed deadlines.
• Continuously improve the product design, manufacturing processes and quality management.

A commitment to the environment and energy efficiency

• Protect the Environment by minimising the environmental impact of the activities and promoting initiatives and best practices.
• Promote a responsible use of energy, adjusting its consumption to the specific needs of each situation.
• Develop and disseminate environmentally friendly technologies and energy efficiency based on a life-cycle perspective.
• Continuously improve the reduction of environmental impacts and efficiency in energy consumption.

A commitment to health and safety

• Prevent accidents and the health impairment of our collaborators and other stakeholders by improving workplaces and reducing and controlling occupational risks.
• Reduce the use of the special substances employed in our activity and present in products in accordance with international regulations and guidelines.
• Continuously improve processes and jobs with the aim of reducing the collaborators' health and safety risks.

A commitment to ethical behaviour, human rights and sustainable corporate development

• Ethically manage our daily activity as per the corporate values.
• Support and uphold the protection of basic international human rights and ensure that this is assumed by its suppliers, collaborators and other stakeholders.
• Ensure the exercise of freedom of trade union activity and the right to collective bargaining.
• Not allow forced labour or work carried out under coercion, or hire minors unless allowed by legally authorised training agreements.
• Guarantee the timely payment of salaries and obligations with the administration, in accordance with current legislation.
• Promote real equality and non-discrimination against staff on the grounds of race, social background, nationality, religion, disability, gender, sexual orientation, family responsibilities, union membership, or political ideas or opinions.
• Ensure the ethical behaviour of its staff, taking measures against discrimination, harassment, violence, corruption, extortion, bribery and other bad practices, thus promoting honesty, integrity and fair treatment in accordance with the Code of Ethics established by the Group.

A commitment to responsible purchasing and to avoid purchasing conflict minerals

• Perform business activity sustainably, incorporating responsible purchasing guidelines that promote green purchasing, local purchasing and fair trade.
• Require suppliers to use conflict-free minerals that do not directly or indirectly finance or benefit armed groups in the DRC or neighbouring countries.
• Fulfil the information commitments required for the transparency of the supply chain.

A commitment to information security

• Confidentiality of data provided by customers, collaborators, suppliers and other stakeholders by ensuring personal data protection, and the privacy and confidentiality of industrial property, as well as any other information agreed as confidential.
• Integrity of the data and information needed to meet requirements with stakeholders.
• Availability of the data and information needed to satisfy stakeholder requirements when demanded.
• Security of the data obtained from specific online services provided by the Circutor Group to customers, ensuring confidentiality, integrity and availability pursuant to contractual and legal obligations and to the state of technology.
• Continuous improvement of measures aimed at reducing information security risks and establishment of security goals consistent with the commitments present herein.

A commitment to the laboratory's management

• Competence in calibration and testing services in accordance with certification, regulatory and international traceability criteria.
• Independence, impartiality and authority in the laboratory's activity and in the judgement on calibration and testing results.
• Confidentiality of the information provided by customers and of the calibration and testing results.
• Continuous improvement of calibration and testing methods.

Commitment to evaluate compliance

• Competence and Rigour in the application of the method to evaluate compliance with established procedures, rules and other regulatory requirements.
• Impartiality and independence in activities to evaluate compliance and judgements based on results.
• Confidentiality of the information provided by customers, regulatory authorities and other stakeholders, including of the results of the evaluation.
• Continuous improvement of evaluation methods.