In order to minimise any negative effects of our products on health, safety and the environment, we take exceptional care during all stages of their life cycle, from their conception to their final application. To achieve this responsible management, we are committed to providing our employees with the necessary training and means to establish appropriate procedures, as well as disclosing to our customers the best practices in the use of our products.

In addition to compliance with all applicable legal requirements, we are responsible for:

• Responsibility at all stages. Develop our products in such a way as to minimise adverse effects throughout their life cycle.
• Conscientious suppliers. Select raw material suppliers and service providers that take into account the impact on the environment and the safety of the operations they perform.
• Constant improvement. Concern for continuous improvement in occupational health and safety, as well as in the reduction of emissions and waste.
• Safe logistics. Store, transport and distribute products in safe conditions, minimising adverse effects on the environment.
• Adequate supply. Apply products such as fertilisers and agricultural amendments in the correct and adequate quantity and form, according to the specific characteristics of the crop and the receiving media.
• Second life of products. Reuse unused products and packaging and, if not possible, dispose of them safely.

Download our Integrated Management Policy here in Portuguese ↓

ADP's path to excellence is through the development of high quality products and services that, while complying with all applicable legal requirements and being competitive on the market, meet the expectations of each customer.

For this purpose, we are looking for:

• Customer contact. Maintain permanent contact with the customer in order to anticipate their needs and know their opinion on the quality of the products supplied.
• Optimal management. Guarantee the existence of adequate management mechanisms to ensure the functioning of a quality management system and its continuous improvement.
• Involvement of everyone. Ensure the involvement and active participation of all the company's collaborators in order to guarantee product competitiveness, availability and quality.
• Essential training. Ensuring that all the company's employees have the necessary skills to carry out their duties.
• Provision of technical resources. Confirm the provision of the technical resources necessary to fulfil the objectives by means of plans for the maintenance, renovation and updating of the facilities.
• Requirements for suppliers. Require suppliers to comply with standards in accordance with the company's quality models.

One of our core values is social and environmental responsibility. For this reason, we implement Responsible Action principles and develop our activities with a view to contributing to sustainable development, aiming at the efficient use of natural and energy resources.

In this way, we confirm our commitment to:

• Legal requirements. Comply with all applicable legal requirements.
• Environmental footprint. Identify and minimise environmental impacts and risks arising from its activities.
• Environmental objectives. Establish and control environmental objectives and targets, guaranteeing the resources necessary for their fulfilment.
• Adaptable techniques. Identify and apply the best available techniques that adapt, at all times, to the development, operation and decommissioning of its facilities.
• Knowledge. Train and motivate its collaborators in the application of good environmental practices and in the prevention of industrial and environmental accidents.
• Supplier principles. Select its product suppliers and service providers taking into account their environmental commitment and compliance with the company's internal procedures.
• Disclosure of best practices. Communicate to customers and consumers the correct way to apply the products to minimise their impact on the environment.
• Communication of the commitment. Disclose its environmental commitment to the authorities, other social partners and the general public.

Download our Energy Policy here in Portuguese ↓

We aim to adopt preventive and protective measures that can guarantee high levels of safety for people and facilities, minimising negative environmental impacts, always with a view to continuous improvement.

To this end, our management is committed to:

• Prevention measures. Develop and implement measures aimed at preventing accidents and limiting their consequences, defined and quantified in objectives and action plans framed within management systems.
• Regulatory compliance. Comply with the applicable legal requirements, as well as with the safety principles derived from the recommendations of Fertilizers Europe, n particular with regard to (Product Stewardship).
• Awareness-raising and training. Raise awareness, educate and train all our employees, as well as other people who interact with our activity on a daily basis (auxiliary companies, suppliers, visitors, etc.) so that they can safely and responsibly manage activities and condition behaviour.
• Review of procedures. Periodically review all the procedures derived from the application of the safety policy, whenever there are changes in the applicable legal requirements, in the activities, products, services, operating conditions and organisational measures of the group and each of the companies that make it up.
• Process improvement. Systematically and continuously seek to improve all processes, with the aim of increasing the company's commitment to safety management.
• Shared commitment. Take into account the contribution of all the people working in the company, in all phases of the definition and implementation of the safety management system.

Download our brochure on "Fertiliser Storage and Safety" here in Portuguese ↓

SOPAC

Our SOPAC laboratory has tests accredited by the NP EN ISO/IEC 17025:2018 standard.

Download below:

• Accreditation Certificate - (Portuguese) ↓
• Technical annex (Anexo técnico) L0752-1 (Portuguese-English) ↓

We also have a specific laboratory policy for SOPAC.

• Policy Statement on Quality, Fairness, Integrity and Independence of Activities (in Portuguese) ↓

The tests that we perform in this laboratory to guarantee the quality of the products are listed in:

• List of tests under flexible intermediate accreditation ↓

Alverca

The laboratory in our Fertiliser Production Plant at Alverca (UFAA - Unidade Fabril de Adubos de Alveca, in Portuguese) is accredited in accordance with standard NP EN ISO/IEC 17025:2018. Download below:

• ISO/IEC 17025:2018 (Portuguese) ↓
• Anexo técnico L0058-1 (Portuguese) ↓

We also have a specific laboratory policy for the Alverca laboratory:

• Policy Statement on Quality, Fairness, Integrity and Independence of Activities | UFAA (in Portuguese) ↓

The tests that we perform in this laboratory to guarantee the quality of our product are listed in:

• List of tests under flexible intermediate accreditation ↓

• Public Information - UFAA
• Public information - Lavradio
• Public information - SOPAC
• Integrated Management Policy - SOPAC

  * PDF available in Portuguese