GroupSustainability Our workshops with InspiringGirls International go beyond borders / The partnership with NGO Inspiring Girls International turns one year old. A project created to help raise awareness of their talent in female adolescents, freeing them from the gender stereotypes that often curb ambition. How? Making them dialogue with female role models and joining creative workshops. After the first experience in two classes of second...
Insight What are the 7 signs (sins) of greenwashing? Sustainability With increasing attention to climate change and consumer awareness of green issues, the temptation to give a green image to attract customers is very high. However, if the statements do not match the substance, the risk is to slip into the pattern of greenwashing, namely giving oneself a veneer of being an environmentally conscious company...
Insight Pre-consumer waste (PRE-cw) or post-consumer waste, (POST-cw, PCW)? Sustainability Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) is an objective method of assessing and quantifying the environmental footprint associated with a product throughout its life cycle, a key issue for integrating circular economy principles into production processes. In 2021, Fedrigoni developed Im:pact, twin tools (Eco-design Tool) – third-party verified – for calculating the energy, water and carbon footprint...
Insight Offsetting our carbon dioxide (CO2) Sustainability Carbon and climate offsetting are deliberate coping schemes aimed at making up for an activity carbon dioxide (CO2) emission by reducing emissions elsewhere, such as through reforestation and/or biodiversity protection projects elsewhere in the world. According to the latest Science-Based Target initiative (SBTi) report, CO2 offset measures are essential in accelerating the ecological transition yet...
Sustainability How to create a corporate culture of sustainability? / Sustainability for a company means generating change together with its entire staff, engaging the entire supply chain, customers and stakeholders. We have called our approach to sustainability governance “widespread model” here at Fedrigoni, since responsibilities are shared among all the company's functions. The "widespread model" of sustainability includes the Leadership Team and the Sustainability Team....
Insight SCIENCE BASED TARGETS INITIATIVE (SBTi): STANDARDS AND COLLABORATION TO REDUCE CO₂ EMISSIONS Sustainability The Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) is a partnership promoted by the UN Global Compact (UNGC), the World Resource Institute (WRI), the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) and WWF. Created to implement the 2015 Paris Agreement, it was signed by member states at COP21 (Conference of the Parties of the UNFCCC, the United Nations Framework Convention...