Our mission
Provide a service of excellence in products and services from the use of wood to the transformation and local, national and international marketing, always applying strict quality control.
Our vision
To be a leading company in the marketing of wood products in Peru and the world, always responding to the demands of the changing market, with innovation and application of cutting-edge technology.
Our values
Inversiones La Oroza, treats its clients, suppliers and its staff with respect so that they feel comfortable and are motivated to work with the company. Transparency and honesty are essential for the company to achieve and maintain a good reputation.
Being a company that sells finished and semi-finished products, we always seek to offer the highest quality and the best service for the best price.
Efficiency and effectiveness in production processes and in the administrative part, we consider essential goals for a modern company.
Finally, we encourage constant learning among our staff and we always implement a social responsibility towards workers and the environment.
Our history
The company was established by the Ascencio family in 2004 and began marketing wood in 2007 from the city of Iquitos. Facilities for sawmilling and the drying and transformation of wood were built in the districts of Belén and San Juan in the same city. Export of dry wood, and products with good finishes.
With the approval of the regulations of the new Peruvian forestry law in September 2015, the company decided to acquire forest concessions to have more direct access to raw materials and to have better control over the sustainable management of forests.
Today the company applies a strict responsible sourcing policy for all wood from third parties.
Corporate Social and Environmental Responsibility
Inversiones La Oroza S.R.L. is a private law company registered in the public records of Iquitos since 2004. During the following years the company developed as a socially and environmentally responsible company that is reflected in constantly contributing to the development and well-being of the staff and respect for rights traditional communities that are in the work area of influence. The company is committed to complying with the legal requirements regarding occupational health in force in Peru, promoting a culture of prevention of occupational risks.
Within the framework of our environmental social responsibility we apply, among others:
• A Corporate Policy
• A Responsible Sourcing Policy
• An Occupational Health and Safety Management System
• An Internal Work Regulations
Recent projects
In 2015 La Oroza was main supplier in Iquitos of timber for the FONCODES NEC-Carpetas project, producing school furniture for educational institutions (elementary schools).
During 2014 and 2015 La Oroza received technical assistance through an agreement with the Perú Bosques project financed by USAID.
As support in the preparation process for the FSC certification, La Oroza signed a contract with the ProMadera de la GIZ-IDH Project which allowed the company to receive technical assistance during the years 2015 and 2016.
Commitments
Committed to the good management of the Amazonian forests of Peru, La Oroza participates in the articulation platform of public and private actors the «National Pact for Legal Wood» that was born during the COP20 in 2014 in Lima that promotes a national market for wood of verified legal origin. La Oroza is adherent to the Pact as a producer and was registered on October 6, 2016. See: www.serfor.gob.pe/cuidando-el-
OFFICE / PLANT ADDRESS
Av. Abelardo Quiñonez #2837
Dist. San Juan, Iquitos, Perú
OFFICE HOURS
Monday to Friday: 8:00-19:00
Saturday: 8:00-14:00
TELEPHONE
++51 (0)65 228834
EMAIL
info@laoroza.pe