Ismael Quesada is a company proud of its history as a family business since its foundation, more than 60 years ago, and of its commitment to a business model that balances economic success with responsibility to society and the environment.
This sustainability report reflects our performance in 2024, a period that underscores the urgency of global action. At the halfway point towards the 2030 Agenda, the United Nations warns that global progress is insufficient. According to its report The Sustainable Development Goals Report 2024, it is estimated that only about 17% of the SDG targets are on track to be met by 2030 at the current pace.
As a result of this effort and determination, the company has maintained the Ecovadis Silver seal for another year and is recognized as a Socially Responsible Valencian Entity by the Generalitat Valenciana.
Thank you for joining us in this shared purpose.
About this report
This sustainability report is aimed at meeting Ismael Quesada’s corporate reporting needs and thus materializing its commitment to transparency and accountability. We offer a detailed and balanced view of our impacts and the actions implemented to address them effectively.
Throughout 2024, we have comprehensively evaluated and reported on our performance in the economic, social, environmental and corporate governance areas, illustrating how our actions are consistent with a corporate responsibility approach and the strength of our values.
Materiality:
main sustainability issues.
While the management of an organization interacts with a wide spectrum of sustainability dimensions, the relevance of each of them varies significantly. To focus our efforts and resources effectively, and in line with the expectations of our diverse stakeholders, we have undertaken a rigorous process of identifying and prioritizing those issues that matter most. The magnitude of the impacts generated by our activities, both positive and negative, and the importance they have for the company and its stakeholders, constitute the fundamental criteria that guide this exercise.
Shared economic value. Commitment to the environment
Both within the company and externally, business activities have an impact on certain stakeholders. Ismael Quesada is aware of the legitimate expectations that the different stakeholders place on the company and strives to maintain a loyal and sincere dialogue with each of them to offer an appropriate response to each circumstance.
Sustainability shared with Stakeholders
Ismael Quesada’s business activity is structured around the specialized trade of chemical products and raw materials. These inputs, originating from an international supply chain that covers regions such as Taiwan, China, South Korea, India and Italy, as well as domestic suppliers, are intended to meet the specific demands of the rubber blends and products manufacturing industry. It is therefore a highly specialized business-to-business (B2B) business activity.
Organizational structure and business model
Ismael Quesada, as a family business with a long history, is based on an organizational structure that, although modest in size, demonstrates a remarkable ability to respond to the demands of advanced management, a deeply rooted business culture and ethical principles that guide each of our decisions and actions. To this end, the company has implemented the necessary instruments that promote transparency in our operations, facilitate a constructive and continuous dialogue with our various stakeholders, and ensure open and responsible corporate governance.
Governance and business ethics: pillars of sustainability
Ismael Quesada, with a business history of more than sixty years, is distinguished by its firm adherence to a set of corporate values that guide its performance and define its identity. These values, rooted in the company’s management, permeate all business activity and are transmitted through its human team. Total quality, integrity and honesty are the fundamental pillars that support the company’s management, which orients its focus towards excellence, ethics and responsibility.
Care and attention to people
With a solid history as a family business based on its own and established values, Ismael Quesada recognizes human capital as the organization’s primary asset. The professional team, whose dedication and expertise shape the company’s history and present, embodies a mutual commitment essential to its success. The current configuration of the workforce is the result of organic growth, nurtured by relationships of trust and respect, and characterized by long-term work trajectories. Continuous investment in training and qualifications underlines the company’s commitment to the professional development of its employees.
Social Impact and Community Engagement: Creating Shared Value
Ismael Quesada is aware that his responsibility transcends the generation of economic value and extends to the positive impact on the social environment and the community in which he operates. The company strives to deepen its social footprint, seeking to create shared value that is sustainable and transformative. This is achieved through various initiatives that include business alliances, economic contributions and the active involvement of its employees in social projects.
Ambitious
environmental
management to respect the planet
Ismael Quesada recognizes the urgency of addressing global environmental challenges, related to the need to adopt development patterns that do not compromise natural balances or deplete ecosystem resources. The company assumes its responsibility for protecting the environment and has developed a broad, solid and increasingly ambitious history in managing its environmental impacts.
Climate Change mitigation and adaptation.
2024 has starkly shown us the effects of global warming, how the temperature of the Mediterranean extremes climatic phenomena beyond known limits and transforms them into human and material tragedies of colossal dimensions. The effects of the DANA in the province of Valencia were overwhelming, and we were only able to offer help to those who needed it most. From Ismael Quesada we contributed with the shipment of batches of clothes to the devastated area, just a gesture of solidarity in the face of a nearby drama that we feel as our own.
Contribution to the SDGs
Ismael Quesada’s commitment to the 2030 Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals is expressed according to this scheme…
GRI content index
Statement of Use: Ismael Quesada has submitted the information cited in this GRI content index for the period 2023 with reference to the GRI 2021 Standards.
