As a roofing material, slate is the most ecological and sustainable product, generating a much lower environmental impact than other alternative products, as shown various university studies.

*Comparative with the information published in the French database INIES in 2014. INIES

During his simple production process, no chemical product is used, only mechanical means, together with the fact that slate is 100% natural, mineral and inert product, make slate an ecologically suitable solution for any architectural project.

As eco-responsible company, we develop and execute policies aimed to reducing energy consummation and CO2 emissions, in this way we have divised an environmental management system implementing measures such as:

• • Continuous investment and improvement in the most advanced technologies that allow us a more energy efficient production process.
  • During transformation process of the slate it is necessary to use water. So to reduce and optimize his consumption we have created closed circuits that allow his reuse.
  • Recovery of biodiversity and the environment where our extraction centers are located by planting autochthonous tree species to recover quarry areas where waste is deposited.
  • At Louxeira BV we use maritime transport in most of or slate shipments, aware that a significant part of CO2 emissions are produced during transport.
  • Optimization in transport of our work teams.