COINDU
SUSTAINABILITY
COINDU Group has a strong sense of social responsibility and an active and permanent concern with the environment protection, preventing pollution, employee health and safety, and sustainability, complying with the applicable legal requirements and regulations, costumer specific requirements and other obligations.
COINDU Group is doing everything to honor the commitments and meet the expectations through a strategy of continuous improvement on its integrated management system.
Social and Economic Responsibility
Code of Ethics and Social Responsibility and Business Ethics it is a key tool to achieve and to keep the company aligned with the positioning expressed.
The COINDU Group Code of Ethics & Social Responsibility and the COINDU Group Code of Business contains the guiding principles of COINDU Group everyday professional action.
Code of Conduct Sourcing & Supply Chain is where COINDU Group communicates its expectations to suppliers and service providers with respect to working conditions, health and safety, environment and business ethics. We are committed to a responsible sourcing of raw materials and purchased goods.
Conflict Minerals -Coindu is committed to the responsible sourcing of all raw materials and purchased goods and continually review the approach t ethical and sustainable supply chain management.
COINDU Group not only comply with all environmental laws and regulations, but also implement measures contributing to the protection of the environment. Therefore, we strive to minimize the adverse environmental impact of products and services during the whole product life cycle.
COINDU promotes strategies and goals to minimize Energy Consumption and Greenhouse Emissions and to use Green Energy.
COINDU promotes Water Quality Control and definition of goals and awareness to reduce Water Consumption.
COINDU is committed with all Air Quality laws for air pollutants emission into atmosphere and with laws that regulate the quality of air inside buildings.
COINDU is focused on sustainable Natural Resources Management and Waste Reduction.
COINDU promotes a Responsible Chemical Management complying with applicable national laws, European regulations and Customer Specific Requirements.
COINDU respect animals welfare and provide humane treatment in line with the five animal freedoms formalized by the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) concerning animal welfare. COINDU does not conduct or commission the use of animals in tests for research purposes, either directly or indirectly.
COINDU is committed to comply with the law proposed by the European Commission, European Union’s Deforestation Regulation (EUDR), to halt deforestation and minimize the impact on forests around the world.
COINDU established measures to maintain and improve Soil Quality.
COINDU complies with all legal requirements and promotes periodic monitoring from its activities Noise Emissions.
The COINDU Group ensures that risks to the health and safety of its policyholders, employees, contractors and others arising from its operations are mitigated by conducting its operations in a safe manner in accordance with applicable laws and regulations.
COINDU ensures Incidents and Accidents Management through implementation of health and safety indicators, risk assessment and associated health and safety improvement plans.
COINDU ensures provision and maintenance of Individual Protection Equipment with no cost to workers and ensures the identification and evaluation of Potential Emergency Situations/Fire Protection minimizing their impact through implementation of emergency plans, testing the resources and reporting procedures.
COINDU ensures the identification and evaluation of Potential Emergency Situations/Fire Protection minimizing their impact through implementation of emergency plans, testing the resources and reporting procedures.
COINDU ensures Machines Safety having in place procedures, preventive maintenance plans, safety checklists and safety devices.
Ergonomics in the Workplace it is COINDU concern, developing and promoting ergonomic devices/resources, labor gymnastics and health awareness campaigns.
COINDU ensures procedures for Chemicals Handling, packaging, labeling and protective equipment as per MSDS.
GHG Emissions
CO2 FOOTPRINT REDUCTION / DECARBONIZATION PLAN
Climate change has been identified as one of the greatest challenges facing nations, governments, business, and citizens over future decades. Climate change has implications for both human and natural systems and could lead to significant changes in resource use, production, and economic activity. In response, international, regional, national, and local initiatives are being developed and implemented to limit greenhouse gas (GHG) concentrations in the Earth’s atmosphere. Such GHG initiatives rely on the quantification, monitoring, reporting and verification of GHG emissions and/or removals, which could be done within the framework of ISO 14064.To take responsibility COINDU set itself an ambitious goal:
Target 1 – by 2050: 80% reduction in Scope 1 emissions
COINDU has the long-term objective of 80% reduction in Scope 1 emissions, comparing to base year emissions (2019) by 2050. This objective is a company-wide target, considering all four COINDU facilities and includes 100% of Scope 1 emission sources. The plan to achieve this target is based on the electrification of the internal fleet and the substitution of stationary sources for more efficient ones and/or using cleaner fuels.
In the reporting year (2022) a 26,4% of the target was achieved, related to base year (2019).
Target 2 – by 2030: 80% reduction in Scope 2 emissions
Regarding Scope 2 emissions, the objective is to achieve an 80% reduction in Scope 2 emissions, considering the market-based method, by 2030, comparing to base year emissions (2019). This target includes all scope 2 emissions from all COINDU facilities. The plan for achieving the target implies the acquisition of green electricity (which started in 2022) and implementation of reduction energy efficiency measures. Also, on-site renewable energy production using photovoltaic panels is being implemented.
Additionally, the implementation of ISO 50001 is under evaluation, which will make possible the analysis of energy consumption in greater detail and allow to define and implement measures to reduce energy consumption.
In the reporting year (2022) a 55,3% of the target was achieved, related to base year (2019).
Target 3 – by 2050: 90% reduction in Scope 1 + Scope 2 emissions
Taking into consideration the two previously mentioned targets COINDU set a joint Scope 1 and Scope 2 reduction target of 90% comparing to base year emissions by 2050. The target includes all emissions from Scope 1 and Scope 2 from all COINDU facilities. This target will be achieved as a result of the implementation of the target 1 and target 2 measures.
Those goals can be achieved only by systematically avoiding and reducing GHG emissions internally on the facilities infrastructure and within the entire supply chain. In line with this concern, COINDU together with a specialised partner, carried out a study to calculate its Carbone Footprint expressed in tonnes of CO2 emitted in order to adopt and implement the necessary measures to reduce it as much as possible.
Press Releases
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