Combining economic development and environmental protection: a strategic goal for the Group

Combining economic development and environmental protection is possible. Almaviva wanted to make it one of the Group’s strategic goals: to become a “green” company.

Almaviva Green Project has been underway since 2008, in an effort to make Almaviva Group more environmentally sustainable. This has been possible thanks to a collaborative effort between the Company and its Trade Union groups, working together in an innovative industrial relationship that focuses on three areas of activity:

In line with the Group’s code of ethics and corporate policy, Almaviva is increasingly committed to environmental issues and the challenges posed by climate change. To this end, it constantly monitors emissions and energy consumption, promoting the use of energy from renewable sources and seeking to reduce waste and negative environmental impact, all within the framework of circular economy.

In this context, the Group is committed to improving its environmental and energy efficiency through the implementation of an environmental and energy management system (EMS-SGE), which seeks the involvement of employees at every corporate level in order to enact environmental and energy policies on a daily basis according to a model that considers environmental protection to be something that affects every activity and department. The main offices of Almaviva S.p.A. are ISO14001 and ISO50001 certified.

Almaviva Group's commitment to sustainability has also been further demonstrated by its entry into various foundations:

• the Foundation for digital sustainability which, through research, communication, training, and advocacy initiatives, aims to contribute to achieving the sustainability goals set by the 2030 Agenda, including those regarding the environment
• the Foundation for sustainable development, which supports companies and organizations across key sectors in the development of a sustainable economy, accompanying them through their ecological transition when it comes to strategic issues such as: climate neutrality and energy transition, circular and regenerative economy, green cities and sustainable mobility, and natural capital
• the Foundation for Venice sustainability capital, which was created with the goal of creating a new integrated model (environmental, economic, social) of sustainable territorial development, which could serve as a benchmark for other urban areas in the rest of the world. One of the areas that the foundation’s activities deal with is that of energy and environmental transition, promoting renewable energy supply chains and the decarbonization of transportation and developing a hub for hydrogen and alternative energies which impacts the entire region and its energy-intensive production districts; as well as sustainable tourism.

Thanks to the project’s unique characteristics, in 2014 AlmavivA Green earned a series of recognitions: