The Environment

The significance of the environmental impact that all the activities undertaken by the Group and its employees generate at every level has led to a number of concrete initiatives and projects aimed at reducing consumption and waste (e.g. energy, paper and water) as well as encouraging employees to adopt environmentally friendly behaviour.

Raising employee awareness
The Group’s eco-friendly approach is a daily reality at Headquarters, thanks to a series of simple practices that have allowed the Group to significantly cut costs and reduce its environmental impact, as well as help employees acquire more environmentally aware habits in the workplace. Specifically, some of the well-established practices that have been continuously improved over the years are:

• using the copiers’ energy-saving features, i.e. the auto shut-off mode;
• reducing paper consumption by using copiers as centralized printers and scanners as well as e-mail (sending documents directly via e-mail);
• setting multifunction copiers to print front and back by default to reduce paper use;
• placing toner cartridge and paper recycling bins on all floors;
• encouraging employees to use electronic alternatives to paper-based forms of communication.

• Targeted measures
• Waste Sorting and Disposal
• Sustainable mobility
• Workplace Health

Sustainable mobility

A carpooling programme is also available to employees, enabling them to share rides. Interested employees can get in touch with other co-workers who take the same route to work via the company’s Innova portal. The Mediolanum Group reinforced its commitment to sustainable mobility by appointing a Mobility Manager responsible for this activity.
Travel expenses come under a variety of headings, in particular, the two relating with the company’s car fleet shown in the chart above are related to long-term rental costs and costs for fuel. The latter is reimbursed to employees who have a company car as part of their benefits.

In 2014, the number of cars in the Mediolanum Group’s fleet increased with respect to the previous year (109 cars this year versus 106 in 2013).
The Group’s car fleet comprises vehicles with low CO2 emission, latest-generation DPF diesel engines and cars running on alternative fuels. The Group continues to show its ongoing commitment to environmental protection and reducing consumption.
As a matter of fact, the new corporate policy requires fleet cars not to exceed certain levels in terms of CO2 emissions and mileage.

The cost of the shuttle is paid by the company and is provided by a private transportation service that connects the Basiglio Headquarters with Milan and San Donato. Since 2013, the cost has decreased because, after careful analysis performed on daily basis for each ride, the number of journeys was reduced, therefore lowering the cost of the service.