We add value
Close to the customer and the trends
- Constant communication with our clients to guarantee the on-time delivery of custom orders in terms of price, quantity, quality, design and color.
- Continuous communication with design departments of major brands to offer a catalogue of leather references in line with fashion trends.
- Preparation of a wide catalog each season that allow our clients to develop their collections in a timely manner and with constantly evolving products.
Acknowledgments
Quality certificates
SEDEX/SMETA 4 PILLAR AUDIT
We have been audited by SEDEX/SMETA. We comply with the four pillars: health and safety, labour, ethics and the environment, which guarantees our company’s commitment to its employees and the environment.
GOLD RATED Audited Against LWG Standards
We are deserving of the LWG certificate for following the most demanding standards in the manufacture and supply of the leather industry, following environmental, traceability, chemical management, social responsibility and good governance guidelines, thus guaranteeing sustainable and safe production.
Improving competitiveness
Despell has been able to adapt the raw material warehouse and acquire a pigmentation machine and a drying room thanks to the Subsidy for productive investment projects that improve competitiveness, the impact on the degree of environmental sustainability and digitalisation in industrial companies of the Generalitat de Catalunya. Thanks to these investments, the range of products is much wider and its quality will be increased.
Good practices
Despell code of ethics
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For a culture that ensures effective regulatory compliance throughout the value chain.
Sensible skin with the planet
Respect for the environment
Respect for the environment is guaranteed in all of the company’s manufacturing processes, ensuring the reduction of waste and pollution.
DESPELL acts diligently to protect the environment, within the framework of full cooperation with its suppliers; in order to guarantee the use of good practices throughout the entire supply chain.
- Production of +50% of electricity consumption with own photovoltaic plants. Continuous improvement process in the use of electricity, energy and water.
- Reduction of water consumption and the amount of effluents, avoiding water that could be used for human consumption.
- Co-ownership of a treatment plant for the treatment of used water.
- Selection of chemical products and raw materials based on their environmental footprint.
- Minimise, separate and classify waste for proper management.
- Promote environmental awareness among the members of the company.