While maintaining complete compliance with the principles underlying both the development of the company mission and the framing of environmental policies, Fedrigoni has been able to achieve a series of improvements, largely as a result of a proven ability to apply increasingly responsible, ethical approaches to the management of its processes.
With the finest technologies available for improving product quality and efficiency, Fedrigoni has managed to adhere to minimising the potential environmental impacts. Drawing inspiration from the following principles:
Making efficient, respectful use of all natural resources, from water to energy and forestry.
Promoting and insisting on concrete and validated practice of responsible defined and recognisable environmental policies on the part of suppliers, in particular those of fibrous raw materials based on wood originating from forestry.
In today's environment all industries are aware of the need to demonstrate sound environmental policies and the graphic design industry is no different. The product section Environmental, lists all the of Fedrigoni papers that have environmental accreditation.
We adhere to strict purchasing policies, and 53% of our cellulose purchases are FSC certified material. In order to preserve the atmosphere and fight the greenhouse effect, Fedrigoni has invested in the construction of co-generation gas power turbines for the past few years. We can therefore produce both thermal energy and electricity independently, offering three important advantages for the environment.
A substantial improvement in primary energy effectiveness (methane). This saves 20 to 40% compared with traditional electrical and thermal energy production.
A reduction in emission of pollution and greenhouse effect gases, in particular C02
Reduced wastage of electricity which would otherwise come from large external power plants that are generally located some distance from the production unit and which use energy sources with high emissions.
FSC
The forest stewardship council was the first forest management system to be developed back in 1993, and is still the only label to be accepted by all the major international NGO's (non-governmental organisations) such as Friends of the Earth, Greenpeace and WWF. Forests can be FSC certified if they fulfil a set of requirements listed below, and products can be awarded FSC chain of custody certification if they can demonstrate that they come from FSC certified forests.
For a paper to achieve this, there must be a clear, linked trail all the way from the certified forest through the sawmills, pulp mills, paper mills, converters, shippers and merchants to prove where the certified label came from.
FSC is an international organization and has both an international website (www.fsc.org) they also offer local sites, for the UK visit: www.fsc-uk.org
Fedrigoni now offers 39 products FSC certified the attached document will help you to identify which logo to use for each material.
Ecolabel
Fedrigoni has a large amount of papers and boards that are Ecolabel certified. This certification is awarded to products and services that ensure a low environmental impact during their full life cycle. This certification is provided by the European Union for the ecological label (CUELE), composed of natural competent organisms, the member states, representatives of non- governmental organizations, syndicates and representatives from small and medium industries, and business representatives.
ISO 4001
Fedrigoni has also obtained ISO 14001 certification for all its industrial plants. ISO 14001 specifies the actual requirements for an environmental management system. It applies to those environmental aspects which the organization has control and over which it can be expected to have an influence
This standard is applicable to any organization that wishes to:
implement, maintain and improve an environmental management system
assure itself of its conformance with its own stated environmental policy
demonstrate conformance
ensure compliance with environmental laws and regulations
seek certification of its environmental management system by an external third party organization
