SUSTAINABILITY REPORT 2022 2-22 The year 2022 was the year of recovery, the year of exiting COVID-19. Although the recovery was not homogenous nor proceeded at the same rhythm around the world, we noticed an improvement globally. At the same time, we are working to improve the efficiency of our teams with sustainable solutions and circular designs in order to have a definitive impact on scope 3, which basically refers to the use of equipment at our clients’ facilities. By doing this, we contribute to the creation of value for our clients. Thanks to our cross-cutting team of climate agents, made...

Countries where the products were marketed Production centres (Spain, France and China) Suppliers Customers Machines sold FINANCIAL FIGURES l/¤ of turnover of water consumption in production centres and sales offices kg CO2eq/¤ of turnover of emission of greenhouse effect gases in production centres We created the Open Lab initiative, a process laboratory to contribute our knowledge on fabric tratment to solve the challenges our clients and industry players face. We approved the Girbau, S.A., Plan for Equal Opportunities, with the main aim of guaranteeing equal treatment of men and women, and...

MISSION We design and provide complete, sustainable and innovative solutions for the treatment of fabric in a global market with a local focus, enabling the personal and economic growth of our clients, team, partners and shareholders. VISION An open community which has a sustainable and ambitious project, adapts and always remains close to its clients. The company’s values were revised in a participatory process. Initially, the business family selected commitment as the company’s unequivocal value and pre-selected other possible values that could represent it. Afterwards, Girbau’s team was asked...

The 2021-2023 Strategy “CREATING VALUE” has three pillars: Pillar Days CLOSE RELATIONSHIPS WITH OUR CUSTOMERS “Identifying key insights” Focusing on our clients, this pillar focuses on the creation of value propositions and innovative solutions to anticipate their needs and encourage interaction with them. In 2022, we continued to work to be close to our clients and offer them new products, services and more sustainable solutions. This year we activated Pillar Days, which help us encourage participation and knowledge of our sustainability strategy among all the people in the Girbau community....

2-6 Girbau, with 60 years’ experience, is made up of a team of over 800 people and is a world leader in the laundry industry. We have six production plants located in Spain (4), France and China, and over 70 products in the market, with branches in 16 countries and sales in over 130. Our community feels open and has a sustainable and ambitious project. It adapts and always remains close to clients, for whom we aim to create maximum value through complete, sustainable and innovative solutions. Our activity Girbau offers solutions for fabric treatment, with the most complete line of commercial,...

Completion of the implementation of QRM In 2022 we completed the implementation of quick response manufacturing (QRM) in all manufacturing areas for washers and dryers. This strategy will allow us to reduce response times for all manufacturing operations and processes, and thus become more efficient and sustainable. Industrialisation of EDD The G1 production facility was adapted in a bid to start the industrial production of the first prototypes of EDD dryers. Consolidation of the marketing of the new range of GENIUS series 7 washers In 2022 we consolidated the marketing of the new complete line...

Global presence Argentina Australia Brazil China Colombia Cuba Dominican Republic France Germany PRODUCTION CENTRES Italy Vic (Catalonia, Spain) Girbau 1 (G1) Assembly of large-capacity washers, the new range of GENIUS washers, small and medium-capacity dryers, and ironers; manufacture of components and metal sheets. Girbau 2 (G2) Assembly of tunnel washers (tunnels, presses, dryers), calenders and complementary equipment. Girbau 3 (G3) Assembly of small and mediumcapacity washers. Girbau 6 (G6) Machining and welding. Mexico Portugal Grésy-sur-Aix (France) Spain United Arab Emirates Girbau 4...

Global roll-out of the customer service platform Service Cloud Digitalisation At Girbau, we believe in digital transformation as a tool to continuously improve our internal processes. This also allows us to have a more agile relationship with our subsidiaries. In 2022 we continued to make progress in our digitalisation projects. Specifically: We set up an e-commerce platform for replacement parts in the subsidiaries in Italy, France, Portugal, Australia and the US. We extended electronic invoices to suppliers of the French sales subsidiary and to the robotics production facility. We implemented...

Governing bodies Girbau’s corporate governance model is based on a professionalised family business culture: smooth operations and a proper structure balance powers. This enables the safeguarding of shareholders’ interests and longterm sustainability. As part of a process of reflection and debate focused on the new generational change, the fourth generation took part in a training programme in the business’s different areas. Each Girbau subsidiary has its own board of directors. 3-3 Anti-corruption, 3-3 Socioeconomic compliance Ethics and transparency Girbau’s management model is based on integrity,...

SUSTAINABILITY REPORT Girbau promotes INDPULS, a collaborative space to drive innovation At Girbau we believe strongly in collaborative innovation to drive positive change in the industrial sector. In this regard, in 2022 we constituted INDPULS, a hub for collaborative industrial innovation made up of 15 Catalan manufacturing companies, which is presided over by Girbau, represented by the group's president and CEO, Merce Girbau. The goal of INDPULS is to establish synergies and collaborations with other companies, start-ups, universities, tech centres, etc., to guide the future of industry towards...