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-“The ESG approach as a business strategy”: yesterday there was a conference with RadiciGroup and local companies
On Thursday 10 February at 3 pm, in the Radici Chimica plant in via Fauser 50 in Novara, Confindustria Novara Vercelli Valsesia (CNVV) and RadiciGroup organize the conference “The ESG approach as a business strategy”, with attendance at with reinforced green pass) or live streaming, by sending a request to esg@cnvv.it.
The acronym ESG (Environment, Social, Governance) identifies the non-financial indicators that measure the environmental impact (E), respect for social values (S) and aspects of good management (G) of an organization; these are factors that represent a growing percentage of what will be considered the actual “value” of a company. Plastic-recycling – RadiciGroup-ESG

This interest derives from the spread of new sensitivities on the markets, in the production chains and among consumers, as well as from the imminent approval of the new EU Directive on Corporate Sustainability Reporting which provides for new reporting obligations starting from 2023.
The proceedings will be opened by greetings from Maurizio Radici, vice president of RadiciGroup, Gianni Filippa, president of CNVV, and Roberta Lombardi, director of the Department for Sustainable Development and Ecological Transition (Disste) of the University of Eastern Piedmont. This will be followed by speeches by Eliana Baici, professor of Disste, on the theme “Why ESG?”, And by Daniela Bernocchi, secretary general for Italy of the United Nations Global Compact Network, entitled “The commitment to Agenda 2030”. Plastic-recycling – RadiciGroup-ESG

“The Corporate Reporting Directive and the new reporting obligations for companies” will be the subject of the report by Franco Amelio, Sustainability Leader of Deloitte & Touche, which will be followed by the contributions of four important companies in the area, which will illustrate what they have already done for sustainability from an ESG perspective: Stefano Alini (CEO Radici InNova), for Gessi Spa Giovanni Versaci (Strategy Director), for Lavazza Group Mario Cerutti (Chief Institutional Relations & Sustainability Officer) and for Loro Piana Spa Cecilia Cerra (Head of Corporate Social Responsibility). At the end there will be a question and answer session with the participants. Plastic-recycling – RadiciGroup-ESG

Plastic-recycling - RadiciGroup-ESG

-Plastic recycling in 2022 – and a look back to 2021

OPINION: The British Plastics Federation Recycling Group chairman, Roger Baynham, reflects on plastic recycling in 2021 and what to expect in 2022.

Now that we have comfortably moved in 2022, it is worth reflecting upon the achievements of 2021, which saw significant challenges for the plastics recycling industry, many of which have been common across the plastics industry as a whole. These include the regulatory and practical changes created by Brexit, raw material shortages, and increasing raw material costs, skills shortages, transport issues and increasing energy costs. Plastic-recycling – RadiciGroup-ESG

Increased demand and higher polymer prices is actually good for plastics recycling as it means more contaminated or difficult streams become more viable to process as manufacturers look to reduce costs and increase supply options.

Championed

Over the past decade, the BPF Recycling Group has championed sustainable recycling and — as long ago as 2012 — we highlighted how volume-driven rather than qualitative targets were undermining UK recycling. It was clear that the unintended consequences of environmental legislation, where cost was the only consideration, was leading to unsustainable exports of low-quality waste whilst hamstringing UK-based plastic packaging recycling. Plastic-recycling – RadiciGroup-ESG

Whilst the packaging tax, which comes into effect in April next year, is not perfect, there is no doubt that we are witnessing huge growth in UK plastics recycling capacity as a result of unprecedented corporate and government funding. It is estimated that new capacity of circa 150,000 tonnes per annum will have come on stream during 2021. Funding is also driving significant innovation in the recycling of pots, tubs and trays and plastic film. Plastic-recycling – RadiciGroup-ESG

Plastic recycling in 2022 – and a look back to 2021