The document summarizes Palladio Zannini's sustainability initiatives from 2010-2012. It discusses reducing carbon emissions, waste, and sourcing raw materials only from certified sustainable suppliers. Key accomplishments included a 19% reduction in direct carbon emissions, an 8% reduction in controlled indirect emissions, and meeting waste reduction targets of 1% in 2010 and 5% in 2011. Palladio Zannini also achieved FSC and PEFC certifications over this period and improved sustainability monitoring across all production processes.

1. Palladio Zannini
Sustainability
update March 2012

2. Sustainability in Palladio Zannini
Our compa ny i s committed to promoting resource management i n Ethical a nd Environmental principles respect.
Thi s management is respected by our staff as part of ALL the processes, through:
Energy coms uption programme reduction
Ra w ma terial purchasing exclusively from certified s upplier
Wa s te reduction programme
Li fe Cycl e Analysis (LCA)
At the end of the listed activities the company wi ll engage to:
perform a CSR report annually revi ewed
update Ethical code
OUR CERTIFICATION

3. Life Cycle Inventory Analysis (LCI)
Emi s sions
ra w ma terial Ra w ma terial (kg)
(di rect or
purchasing i ndirect)
(kg) (J)
Rejected
product Producti on (kg)
(kg)
Recycl ing/
Wa s te Di s posal
Energy (kg)
(kg)
fl ow (J)
Product for Product to
del iver cus tomer
(kg) (kg)
Producti on in terms of kgpaper
Tota l plant energy

4. Life Cycle Impact Assessment (LCIA)
Impact categories LCI Factor of analysis
Carbon Footprint (Direct
Climate change tCO2/h
and Indirect Emissions)
kgwaste/kgpaper
Ground pollution Waste
Raw material only from Kgpaper/board
Deforestation
sustainable source from sustainable source

5. Sustainability Strategy (2010‐2012)
2009
RAW MATERIAL 86 kgCO2 /h PRODUCTION CUSTOMER FINAL USER WASTE
PZ Environmental Strategy Target 2010 Target 2012
Carbon Footprint 2% reduction 10% reduction
Waste 1% reduction 5% reduction
Environmental 50% Raw material 100% Raw material
management (paper and board) (paper and board)
Resource Efficiency
from from
Deforestation reduction
sustainable sources sustainable sources
Minimise Environmental Impact

6. Targets results
2010 2011 2012
2% reduction in Carbon 10% reduction in Carbon
footprint footprint
Carbon
Remov ed Remov ed 131 tonnes of
53 tonnes of carbon carbon from the supply
from the supply chain chain
50% Raw material 100% Raw material
(paper and board) from (paper and board) from
sustainable sources sustainable sources
Deforestation
Assessment for
FSC PEFC
PEFC
certification certification
certification
1% reduction in 5% reduction in
kgwaste/kgpaper kgwaste/kgpaper
Waste
Removed 0,004 Removed 0,006
kgwaste/kgpaper kgwaste/kgpaper
to disposal to disposal

7. CO2 reduction
2009 2010 2011
(tCO2) (tCO2) (tCO2)
Direct emissions 685
632 554
8% reduction 19% reduction
from combustion
Indirect emissions 4737 4436 4448
from electric ditribution 6% reduction 6% reduction
Other indirect emissions 4912 5297 5419
raw material‐”uncontrolled” emissions
Total tC02 10334 10364 10421
Total tC02 5068 5002
contribution of emissions 5422
7% reduction 8% reduction
“controlled” by the organization

8. CO2 reduction
2009 2010 2011
(kgCO2 /h) (kgCO2 /h) (kgCO2 /h)
Direct emissions 5,27
4,72 3,64
10% reduction 31% reduction
from combustion
Indirect emissions 36,43
33,13 29,17
9% reduction 20% reduction
from electric distribution)
Other indirect emissions 37,78 39,55 35,54
raw material‐”uncontrolled” emissions 6% reduction
77,39 68,34
Total kgC02/h 79,48
3% reduction 14% reduction
Total kgC02 /h 37,84 32,80
contribution of only emissions 41,70
9% reduction 21% reduction
“controlled” by the organization

9. Waste reduction in kgwaste/kgpaper
0,389
0,388
1%reduction
0,387
2%reduction
0,386
0,385
0,384
0,383
0,382
0,381
0,380
0,379
0,378
2009 2010 2011

10. Top Sustainability Performer update 2012
Efficiency increase for all products
Sustainability raw material
purchasing
Sustainability Policy and way of
working for our company.
FSC certification
PEFC assessment Energy Reduction Programme
(Pontedera performans greater than
other plants)
Carbon Footprint reduction
(KgCO2/h)
Ethical code review
Health & Safety improvement
Waste targets set & measured
Start monitoring for leaflets
production (mass efficiency)
Complete mass efficiency data for
folding box production