Climate Change Data

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.