Everel Group S.p.A.
Climate Impact & Sustainability Data (2022)
Reporting Period: 2022
Environmental Metrics
Total Carbon Emissions:1959.05 tCO2e/year (Scope 1 & 2)
Scope 1 Emissions:477.23 tCO2e/year
Scope 2 Emissions:1281.82 tCO2e/year (location-based), 1997.89 tCO2e/year (market-based)
Total Energy Consumption:21492.15 GJ/year
Waste Generated:135 tons/year
ESG Focus Areas
- Environment
- People
- Governance
Environmental Achievements
- All production sites achieved ISO 14001 environmental certification.
- 14 Everel Group Green Team projects, 6 focused on environmental issues (new sustainable materials, sustainable packaging, zero waste, energy efficiency, carbon neutrality).
Social Achievements
- Established a partnership with the Historie Onlus foundation, creating a company vegetable garden and promoting a volunteer program.
- Collaboration with Fondazione Arena di Verona with the 67 Colonne project.
- Implemented MBO system (based on company and personal objectives), involving 19% of employees.
Governance Achievements
- Implemented an integrated organizational model ensuring effective business management and oversight of ethical and responsible issues.
- Established a Sustainability Committee (Green Team) to propose and monitor Everel's sustainability strategy.
Climate Goals & Targets
Long-term Goals:
- Carbon neutrality by 2050.
Medium-term Goals:
- Reduce energy use in the process by 20% by 2030.
- Increase self-generation and/or purchase of renewable energy by 30% by 2030.
- Achieve a 55% reduction in carbon footprint by 2025.
- Selecting and evaluating 100% of suppliers with sustainability criteria by 2026.
- Implementing the diversity and inclusion management policy by 2025.
- Promoting a plan for continuous improvement of the working environment by 2025.
- Zero injury mindset by 2025.
Short-term Goals:
- Reduce the use of disposable packaging for key customers by introducing and maximizing the use of returnable packaging by 2023.
- Drawing up a company policy (guidelines) to move towards sustainable packaging with suppliers by 2023.
- Reduce rubbish produced by interacting with local companies to give the waste a second life, where possible.
Environmental Challenges
- Market downturn and sector-specific difficulties due to the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, inflation, energy crisis, and material shortages.
- Shrinking market demand in the household appliance and automotive sectors.
- Widespread shortage in the supply of electronic components.
Mitigation Strategies
- Maximizing the efficiency of production processes.
- Negotiations with a German multinational to acquire part of their shaded pole motor production.
- Working on new products and processes to sustain market leadership.
- Implementing a continuous improvement approach to sustainability.
- Double sourcing on certain product categories.
Supply Chain Management
Responsible Procurement
- Risk-based analysis for Conflict Minerals.
- CMRT - Conflict Minerals Reporting Template for high-risk supplies.
- New evaluation procedure for suppliers including minimum requirements and sustainability criteria.
Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities
Reporting Standards
Frameworks Used: GRI Reporting Standards
Certifications: ISO 9001, IATF 16949, ISO 14001 (2022)
Sustainable Products & Innovation
- Research into new sustainable materials, returnable packaging.