Because caring for our world is a responsibility for each and every one of us.
Even the choices made by single individuals are important, as they spread a sustainability culture that brings real benefits.
Eco-sustainability is one of the most disputed issues when speaking about the future of our planet. But only real actions truly make a difference.
The soul of Solidea becomes more and more "green".
The green soul of Solidea
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The Solidea forest puts down its roots in Kenya
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Our product packaging becomes sustainable
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Production process optimization using the Life Cycle Assessment method
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Improved storage process management to reduce cardboard consumption
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Packaging optimization and green shipping
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The new 467 KWp
photovoltaic system
The Solidea forest puts down its roots in Kenya
Solidea has joined the reforestation programme of Treedom, a young and dynamic start-up founded in 2010, which offers individuals and companies the opportunity to plant trees "at a distance", and to check them online thanks to a geo-localization system, in a transparent and enjoyable way with the aim to help the environment and to provide new opportunities for the local communities involved in the project.
In this way the Solidea Forest has been created in Kenya, a long-term engagement to make sure the Solidea Forest grows with constancy, by adding at regular intervals further trees protecting more and more biodiversity and reducing CO2 with the related benefits for the entire planet.
In particular, fruit trees will be supervised by small farmer cooperatives and will help provide food, training, jobs and earnings in the local area.
It is certified that every 1,000 trees, in addition to provide immediate benefits to the local area, compensate for 360,000 kg of CO2 emissions over 20 years.
Our product packaging becomes sustainable
Our product packaging becomes sustainable because we started using only paper from forest managed responsibly, under strict environmental, economic and social standards, because trees are a precious commodity.
Moreover, we moved to the digital for catalogues and brochures and all the materials that do not necessarily have to be printed on paper.
We optimize production processes using the Life Cycle Assessment method
Our project is a platform that adopts procedures certified by international organizations to make sure that our sensitivity and awareness of the environment is a concrete and productive commitment.
This is why we have analysed production processes according to the LCA (Life Cycle Assessment) method, an international standard that quantifies potential impacts on the environment and on human health associated with a good or a service, starting from their respective consumption of resources and their emissions.
We have, based on the findings of the study, taken all the measures necessary to be truly and effectively green, even in the production and distribution processes.
Already today the electricity our company uses comes entirely from renewable sources, helping us achieve a 22% reduction in CO2 emissions.
And our #solideaforest will compensate for 360,000 kg of CO2 emissions over 20 years.
But we will not stop here: every year Solidea will allocate significant investments to sustainability and to reduce our environmental impact as much as possible.
We improve storage process management to reduce cardboard consumption
We are also attentive to the management of our warehouse, automated thanks to 4 robots that use only durable plastic boxes produced once and constantly reused.
From the installation of our first robot named Charlie in 2004 until 2023 we achieved saving:
- 1.009.655 cardboard boxes
- 848.714 kg paper
- 12.674 trees
- 373.433.822 lt of WATER
- 6.475.260 kW
We optimize packaging and shipping is green
Our commitment to the environment follows our products even after they leave our company.
All shipping boxes are made of recycled paper.
And to deliver our products to our retailers we make use only of shipping agents with adequate guarantees about the implementation of Green policies as part of their business.
Plastic? Yes, but ...
... only if recycled and guaranteed ...
For the envelopes used to protect the product so that it arrives at destination in perfect condition.
And for all the accessories and objects that require a strong and durable material.
The new 467 KWp
photovoltaic system
Sustainability is now an urgency. Three thousand meters of photovoltaic are for us a further step towards the energy optimization.
We will go on doing our best to make our world greener and greener.
Used roof area: 3,000 m2
Installed power: 467.40 KWp
Avoided CO2 emissions: 137.99 t
Corresponding planted trees: 6,338
Self-consumption: 57% of produced energy
Supplied energy: 43%
Solidea green Decalogue
Quality is one of the main values of our business, aimed for the well-being of everyone. We constantly deal with the well-being of our planet to ensure the best life quality to our children, something that is a natural and indispensable process for all business people nowadays.
Our company applies 10 eco-sustainable daily habits because building an ecological society is no longer just a need, but is also an urgency.
All you need is a few wastebaskets: one for organic material, one for paper, one for plastic and one for unsorted waste. It is a small gesture of goodwill for the environment that, when adopted by everyone, can really make a difference!
Use printers only when really necessary: some documents, presentations and emails can also be read directly on the PC. This achieves a double result in terms of environmental sustainability: reduction of paper use and energy saving coming from a reasonable printer use.
It is good practice, when documents must be printed, to use recycled paper, at least for documents for internal use, for example reusing old documents printed on a single side: notes, draft copies, temporary versions of a presentation can all be printed on the blank side of paper sheets already used for other purposes, reducing the paper used.
- Adjust the tap opening to the proper flow, avoiding to keep it open unnecessarily or dripping.
- Avoid running half-empty washers or dishwashers and prefer using ECO programmes.
- Let water run only for the time necessary when cleaning teeth, washing dishes, etc.
- Report every leaking: a dripping tap or toilet should not be neglected, they can waste up to 100 water litres a day!
- Avoid running half-empty washers or dishwashers and prefer using ECO programmes.
- Let water run only for the time necessary when cleaning teeth, washing dishes, etc.
- Report every leaking: a dripping tap or toilet should not be neglected, they can waste up to 100 water litres a day!
Keep the room temperature not higher than 20°C in winter and not less than 25°C in summer and check always the window opening.
In order to lower the use of plastic containers we must prefer glass or steel bottles. This is a very valid green practice that reduces plastic consumption and managing costs both for company and employees.
- Prefer sunlight to artificial light. Increasing exposure to natural light has beneficial effects on health and leads to energy savings!
- Leaving the office, remember to always turn off the lights and electrical devices.
- Turn off electronic devices when not in use for long periods and do not leave them in stand-by mode. A PC in stand-by mode can consume even more than 20 Wh!
- Leaving the office, remember to always turn off the lights and electrical devices.
- Turn off electronic devices when not in use for long periods and do not leave them in stand-by mode. A PC in stand-by mode can consume even more than 20 Wh!
Buy and consume only tfod and drinks you need to avoid unnecessary waste and organic perishing.
Almost 1/3 of the food we buy ends up in garbage. We have to think that, in addition to ethical and economic issues, when we throw away food, we are also wasting all the resources employed to let it come on our tables.
Almost 1/3 of the food we buy ends up in garbage. We have to think that, in addition to ethical and economic issues, when we throw away food, we are also wasting all the resources employed to let it come on our tables.
Waste, depending on its characteristics, has different degradation times when left in the environment:
- Cigarette butt 2 years
- Chewing gum 5 years
- Plastic bag 10-1000 years
- Glass bottle vetro indeterminate (up to 4000 years!)
Therefore, always throw waste into the appropriate dustbin according to its type.
Smokers are asked to put out the cigarettes in their car ashtrays and not throw them away in the environment.
It would always be preferable to use stairs to lifts compatibly with the individual physical conditions. This allows to save on energy ... and on gym memberships!
Don’t underrate your commitment. The future of our planet environment does not depend solely on the few decision-makers on Earth. Everyone is responsible for his own lifestyle, and every single behaviour has a certain impact on our ecosystem resources.
And so why not start immediately, in our own small way, to make choices that can make a difference and bring real benefits?
It is up to each of us and not to the others... The others are us!