The Group, with the aim of limiting the indirect impact related to the purchase of raw materials and to the manufacture and distri- bution of its products, has set up a series of working groups to in- creasingly collaborate with its production and logistics suppliers to the application of environmental best practices. See also pag- es 72-73.
To reduce the environmental impact of the supply chain, in 2021 continued the activities that promote the introduction of products made from raw materials with a lower environmental im- pact into the new collections. In 2020 Moncler drew up its Guide- lines for Sustainable Materials, a protocol that summarises the criteria and thresholds for guiding the choice of materials, acces- sories and production processes for low-impact Moncler prod- ucts. See also pages 73; 169-173.
In addition, the Moncler Group is committed to reduce the consumption of packaging materials and to research and imple- ment lower impact alternatives. In the last few years, the Group has launched a series of programmes for improving packaging design focused mainly on recyclability, reusability and durabili- ty as well as on reducing the materials used. See also pages 74; 174-179.
In 2021 the Group, with the aim of beginning the supply chain decarbonisation process, started reporting the type of ener- gy used along the supply chain to identify, together with its suppli- ers, opportunities for the transition towards renewable energies.
THE MONCLER GROUP AND THE PROTECTION OF BIODIVERSITY
An analysis of raw materials and of their supply chain allowed to lay the foundations to define a process aimed at safeguarding biodiversity, outlining a range of activities for more responsible use of natural resources and for reducing the impact of the supply chain on ecosystems.
In 2021, the Group, with the active involvement of its suppliers, carried out a hotspot analysis to identify the main sourcing areas of its strategic raw materials and quantify the impact of each of them in terms of land use, climate change, water stress and land and marine environment pollution. The approach, developed according to the guidelines of the Science Based Targets for Nature (SBTN) framework, aims to identify impacts generated by the Group, prioritise mitigation actions and measure results. The analysis showed that the greatest biodiversity impacts are largely due to animal fibres, mainly wool and cashmere, and related to the use of soil during graz- ing. At the same time, the presence of some areas at risk of water stress along the down and cotton supply chain also emerged.
Based on these analyses, in 2022 a strategy will be defined to mitigate biodiversity impacts by developing ad hoc projects in the countries where the Group sources.
INITIATIVES TO PROMOTE SUSTAINABLE MOBILITY The Moncler Group is aware of the impact of urban mobility and encourages its employees to adopt environmentally friendly solu- tions. By adopting virtuous behaviours aimed at limiting air pollu- tion, everyone can contribute to improve air quality.
In 2021, due to the ongoing Covid-19 emergency, at Mon- cler, the car-pooling initiative for employees of the Trebaseleghe office (Padua) has not been restarted for safety reasons. The ini- tiative allowed Moncler personnel to benefit from moments of so- cialisation with their colleagues, while limiting the environmental impact of travel. However, even in 2021 Moncler continued to pro- mote the use of bicycles by making them available to all employ- ees who applied for them at the Milan and Trebaseleghe offices with the aim of encouraging individual mobility as an alternative to using public transport for short distances.
At the production site in Romania Moncler continued to pro- vide the shuttle bus service, increasing the number of vehicles to ensure social distancing in compliance with the Anti-Covid Pro- tocol. The vehicles were disinfected every day, periodically san- itised and equipped with protective devices and dispensers. In addition, doors were managed separately for getting on and get- ting off the bus. This commuting system prevented the emission of more than 821 tonnes of CO2e, a reduction of 44% compared to the emissions that would have been generated if each employee had moved by private means.
In 2020, an activity aimed at monitoring commuting emis- sions has been implemented through a survey in order to inves- tigate the means of transport used by employees at global level. This activity in 2021 was extended also to the employees of the Stone Island Italian corporate sites. Furthermore, a Mobility Man- ager was appointed in 2021 to promote sustainable mobility of employees by developing a Work Home Travel Plan (WHTP). In particular, in 2021 the corporate sites in Milan have been mapped to analyse the accessibility of workplaces, transport solutions used by employees, distance travelled and time spent for trav- elling in order to identify areas of intervention to reduce traffic congestion, pollutant emissions and the costs incurred by per- sonnel in Italy.
RAISING ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS BY INVOLVING EMPLOYEES
Over several years the Moncler Group has launched numerous initiatives to raise employee awareness of conscious use of natural resources and promote constant attention to the environmental impacts of daily activities.
Initiatives to reduce paper consumption In an effort to raise awareness of the environmental impact of day-to-day activities and promote virtuous behaviours also in offices, at the Italian corporate offices, personal codes have been installed for document printing. The aim is to empower people and ra- tionalise the number of printed documents, thereby reducing toner and paper con- sumption. Since 2018 the project has been extended to the offices of the EMEA Region in Paris and to the logistics hub in Castel San Giovanni (Piacenza).
Another project launched in 2018 and continued over the past three years, which helped to significantly reduce paper consumption, is the development of an electronic archive of incoming invoices. This digitalisation programme for all incoming invoices is fully operational for Moncler in Italy, France, Austria, Germany, Belgium, Switzer- land, the United Kingdom, Denmark, the Netherlands, Spain, Norway, Sweden, Ireland, the United Arab Emirates, the United States, Canada and Australia and has been im- plemented in Germany by Stone Island. In 2021 the entire process made it possible to reduce paper consumption by around 1,492 kg.
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