The Group continues to pursue its objective of developing lighting
products and designs that interact with people, their needs and
the diverse ways in which they experience living, working and
public spaces. In the same way, it is of fundamental importance
that the Group's products do not compromise the environment
throughout their entire life cycle but rather contribute, with
their intrinsic qualities, to improving the quality of the human
environment in its broadest sense.
Artemide's future commitments include several projects aimed
at pursuing the company's strategy to fight climate change
and reduce its emissions. In this context, a project to upgrade
the energy efficiency of the buildings at the Pregnana Milanese
headquarters has been planned, which will see a first phase of
implementation in 2021. This intervention is the result of careful
planning aimed at optimising energy efficiency, with the objective
of lowering management costs and improving installation
convenience, effectiveness and economic management.
The Group has also planned the installation of a 700 kWh solar
photovoltaic system and the addition of two heat pumps with the
aim of reducing consumption and saving costs. It has also been
decided that from 2021 the Artemide S.p.A. and Artemide Italia
offices in Italy will purchase 100% of their energy from renewable
sources with a certificate of origin.
After the installation in 2019 of an electric charging car station
in the Milan office, two more stations have been added in the
Pregnana office with the aim of encouraging electric corporate
mobility.
In order to strengthen environmental controls, Group management
procedures and operating guidelines have been implemented at
each site. A Quality-Environment Manual (compliant with ISO
9001 and ISO 14001 certifications) has also been adopted,
aimed at all Group personnel, as well as customers and suppliers
who wish to view it, describing the Group's activities through the
application of the Environmental Quality management system.
The ISO 14001 Environmental Management System provides the
specific requirements for an environmental management system,
which is used to monitor and evaluate environmental performance.
The standard, aimed at supporting the systematic management of
environmental responsibilities, contributes to Group’s sustainability
goals and helps achieve the results expected of its environmental
management system. In particular, the following have obtained
this certification: Artemide Spa in the Pregnana Milanese and
Telgate (BG) offices, A&A Zrt. in the Paks (Hungary) office,
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