Climate Change Data

Caltagirone Editore SpA

Climate Impact & Sustainability Data (2008)

Reporting Period: 2008

Environmental Metrics

Climate Goals & Targets

Environmental Challenges

  • Difficult market conditions in Italy and worldwide due to the global financial crisis and fears of recession, leading to decreased consumption and advertising spending, particularly in daily newspapers.
  • Contraction in newspaper market due to falling overall consumption, increasing popularity of free and online newspapers.
  • Reduced demand for promotional products sold with newspapers.
Mitigation Strategies
  • Strategies aimed at containing costs and obtaining spaces to differentiate activities, including linking with local papers and sales price differentiation.
  • Development of strategies in the internet sector.
  • Supply contracts with fixed prices and quantities for paper, procurement from geographically diverse suppliers.
  • Monitoring share prices and investment/divestment policies to optimize cash flows and diversify risk.

Supply Chain Management

Responsible Procurement
  • Supply contracts with Italian and foreign companies with fixed prices and quantities for a maximum period of approximately 12 months, and through procurement from suppliers based in different geographic areas

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: IAS/IFRS