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

Waste Sorting and Disposal

• paper;
• packaging (cardboard, Styrofoam, wood);
• printer and copier toner cartridges;
• PCs and electronic equipment;
• batteries;
• plastic and aluminum;
• glass;
• metal.

The company has dedicated waste collection areas for these kinds of waste: toner cartridges and paper recycling bins are placed on all floors and plastic and aluminium recycling bins in the cafeteria and snack bars. This helps to ensure proper collection and disposal. For glass and metal, there are two waste collection areas for all the buildings.