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CONAI Sustainability Report

Reporting on environmental, social and governance performance is of paramount importance for CONAI, acting not only as a transparency device for its stakeholders, but also as a strategic lever in order to continuously improve its activities and the overall impact on the environment. In the new Sustainability Report 2024, which complements the Environmental Statement for the second year running – validated in accordance with Regulation (EC) 1221/2009 (EMAS) – CONAI provides a detailed analysis of its performance for the year 20231. In keeping with previous reporting, performance is examined on three distinct levels – National System, CONAI System and Organisation – highlighting how strategies and actions contribute to achieving the objectives defined by the Consortium’s Governance.

The document has been drafted in accordance with the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) standards, following the “GRI – with reference to” option. In addition to the GRI-ESRS Interoperability Matrix, the GRI-ESRS conducts an initial exercise in approaching the new ESRS standards, laying the foundations for the new 2025 reporting to replace Legislative Decree 254/2016 that is being repealed.

Further adding to the value of the new Report are two in-depth studies produced in cooperation with The European House – Ambrosetti and Italy for Climate. The first presents a new methodology for assessing the social and economic impact of the System, expressed in terms of generated economy, contribution to GDP and employment; the second – in line with the previous report – analyses the “Strategies and prospects for decarbonisation of the seven material supply chains”.

The report provides for the documented involvement of the Governing Bodies and Management in several stages, and is also the subject of technical assurance by RINA Services SpA2 through a verification process covering the whole of 2024 and validation of the Environmental Statement by DNV Business Assurance SpA.

 

Previous edition

Over the past 20 years, CONAI’s work has helped to develop a supply chain in Italy capable of delivering a service with significant positive environmental, economic and social impacts.

In 2012, for the first time in its history, CONAI has decided to undertake a structured reporting process for its stakeholders, institutions and citizens to describe clearly and transparently the results achieved, progress, prospects growth for the industry.

This is why the first Sustainability Report 2013 was prepared, which is the first Green Economy Report in Italy and the first report to incorporate the new international standards of the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI-G4). Since 2014 CONAI published updated versions.

The CONAI Report applies the latest international Global Reporting Initiative (GRI-G4): Six stakeholders identified six key indicators to define Conai’s environmental, social and economic performance.

The Report has also been elaborated by adopting a radical change of perspective, ie rendering performance at three different functional levels: organization level (impact of activities, offices and employees) at system level (system-related activities of the 6 consortia) and ultimately at the level of the recycling industry (actors involved in packaging recycling, including independent operators).

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