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| Actions and Results |
Manufacturing processes have been designed to reduce emissions beyond the limits imposed by national laws in compliance with Kyoto objectives, thus achieving highly significant results.
Candy Group use recyclable materials in products and packaging. They have been a very active partner in the issuing of the WEEE, Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive.
The use of new technologies for the products added up to the improvement of customer satisfaction and environmental safeguard.
The consumptions of energy and natural resources by all Group’s appliances have been significantly reduced.
The Group has invested heavily for anticipating laws and requirements: for instance, since 1999, all CFCs have been banned in all refrigerators.
Candy Group R&D played a pivotal role in reducing consumption of energy (and water) in the appliances.
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In the early Sixties, the Group pioneered the use of oval tubs and the “half-load” option in washing machines to reduce the use of water, detergent, and electricity.
Candy Group is on the front line of every voluntary agreement agreed by the European manufacturers, members of Ceced: beyond the advantages for consumers in term of reduced consumptions, such a commitment offers a strong contribution to the social responsibility issue.
For instance, over the past 20 years, washing machines have reduced water consumption by 62% for every 5 kg of clothes. The average dishwasher has reduced water consumption by 10% in the past two years. A Class A+ refrigerator uses about 60% less electricity than a corresponding model of 1995.
Candy Group shared with other European manufacturers of household appliances an investment worth € 10 billion in the past 10 years to improve the energy-efficiency and the performances of the products. |
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