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Corporate Culture & Responsible Partnership
Long-term relationships with customers and suppliers; quality assurance (all sites ISO 9001); employees can co-invest via company bonds.
Investors
Governance at Gluecom
Transparent and responsible governance — with clear reporting, external auditing and concrete KPIs towards 2030.
Governance principles
Our governance rests on culture & partnership, transparency and responsible ownership.
Transparency
Monthly reporting; internal consolidation since 2014; publication of consolidated financial statements since fiscal year 2024.
Responsible ownership
Since 2020, co-ownership (Xavier Desimpel & Louis Piette) ensures continuity.
Transparency: from revenue to value added
We report on both financial and non-financial performance. Financial results and KPIs are closely monitored every month. Since 2014, financial results have been consolidated internally; in 2024 we published a consolidated financial statement for the first time.
Based on 2023, Incoming consisted of Sales €48,373,000 and Other income €933,000. Outgoing included Cost of materials €32,306,000, Depreciation €1,279,000 and Other expenses €6,803,000. The result is Value Added €8,918,000, distributed across employees, government, interest, reinvestment and shareholders.
Policies & certifications
Short explanation for each label and where we stand today.
ISO 9001 — Quality Management
International standard for quality management: process control, customer focus and continual improvement. At Gluecom: all sites are certified; this ensures consistent quality, traceability and clear process agreements across all locations.
ISO 14001 — Environmental Management
Standard for environmental management systems: policy, objectives, risk control and continual improvement. At Gluecom: the Basildon site is certified. Goal: all sites certified by 2030.
EcoVadis — Sustainability rating
Independent assessment across four domains: environment, labour & human rights, ethics and sustainable procurement. At Gluecom: Bronze medal (top ~35% of companies worldwide).
