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| Environmental respect |
In November 2003, the Group adopted the following Environmental Policy:
“Candy Group ranks the protection of environmental resources as one of the basic values in the management of its business.
Seeking the uninterrupted improvement of environmental performances, the Group is constantly reducing the use of natural resources and energy, limiting emissions and discharges into water bodies and in the air, containing wastes from every stage of their operation.
The same objectives are of paramount importance when designing a new appliance.
The following guidelines have been fully implemented in the Group:
• Management of manufacturing operations in compliance with the existing laws as a minimum requirement in all countries. Updates and improvements are continuously implemented, whose effectiveness is monitored through environmental parameters.
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• Deep attention, when evaluating company’s projects, paid to the environmental impact. Options with the least damaging impact on the environment are privileged.
• Development of products with the least impact on natural resources from design to end of life through manufacturing and use.
• Preservation of resources by promoting the reuse and recovery of materials and energy.
• Preferred use of materials with low impact on the environment. suppliers and the whole supply chain are partners in the process.
• Improvement of the workplace by allocating significant financial resources in the annual investment plans.” |
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The research of the Candy Group offers a valid contribution also within the Social Responsibility field. In fact the graph represents the target of the voluntary agreement among the refrigerators manufacturers picked in CECED field that for 2004 has established an index equal to 61 (considering 100 the average of the refrigerators consumption in 1995). Thanks to the innovations it has been possible to reach a value in sale equal to 61,8 and in production equal to 60,8. An evident sign that in the last period of 2004 heavy reductions have been introduced in the consumptions that will reach market in 2005.
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