Spin Aker SrlID Nr. 4S-100230e-report version 3.0

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Spin Aker produces yarns Open End, Ring, Corespun, Fantasy, suitable for shuttle weaving and for circular knitting, in different materials like viscose, polyester, acrylic, wool, cachemire, silk, cotton, linen, alpaca and others natural fibers, mixed or pure, natural or colored, solid colour or melange. As well as offering yarns and colour cards with the latest market trends, Spin Aker offers a production service for yarns and colours according to customer requirements, as well as an efficient stock service on many items in the collection. The in-house laboratory also enables effective quality control and careful colour reproduction during development. Research, innovation and quality have always been the hallmarks of the organisation’s yarn offering. Spin Aker also aims to reduce the environmental impact of its operations by adopting an approach that is oriented towards the continuous monitoring and improvement of its performance.

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4SUSTAINABILITY® COMMITMENT

Growth and sustainability are the factors for which we want to stand out, founding our strategy on the belief that ethical approach should characterize our business model. We firmly believe there cannot be a long-term economic development without a social and environmental development.
Inspired to and aligned with the Sustainable Development Goals set by the United Nations in the 2030 Agenda (SDGs), we’re committed to contributing to the generation of global positive change, assuming a clear environmental and social responsibility.
We do it concretely by joining the 4sustainability® roadmap, making the values and action programs it embodies our own, committing ourselves to starting a virtuous change journey in our business model, through one or more initiatives that we tell in this e-report.

elimination of toxic and harmful chemicals from production cycles in line with the ZDHC Roadmap to Zero Programme

this initiative contributes to the following main UN Sustainable Development Goals

LAST REPORT ABSTRACT

download the report abstract with the main KPIs collected during the last on site assurance performed; if present, the abstract also includes the ZDHC Foundational or Progressive Level Certificate

IMPLEMENTATION LEVEL

the implementation level is defined after the assurance process following the achievement of the protocol’s minimum requirements and is reviewed annually

The company has adopted the ZDHC MRSL for eliminating toxic and harmful chemicals from its processes and the 4S PRSL for raw material control. It has also implemented all the ZDHC CMS TIG requirements on internal and external processes.

CHEMICAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM SCORE

80%

the percentage indicates the overall level reached through the implementation of 4s CHEM protocol requirements

ASSURANCE PROTOCOL

Management System 86%
Material Risk Management 97%
Supply Chain Assessment 65%
Process Management 85%
Output Management 67%

PRODUCTION VOLUMECOVERED BY MONITORED CHEMICAL INVENTORIES

97%

percentage of internal and external production volumes monitored through chemical inventory assessments

EXTERNAL CHEMICAL INVENTORY EVALUATION

chemical inventory compliance percentages by self-declarations and by escalating ZDHC levels

WASTEWATER TESTING

ZDHC MRSL parameters following ZDHC Waste Waters Guidelines

wastewater compliance percentage; when in presence of “doesn’t meet requirements” slice, a Root Cause Analysis (RCA) has been performed and uploaded in ZDHC Gateway Waste Waters Module

PRODUCTION VOLUMECOVERED BY WASTEWATER TESTING

97%

percentage of internal and external production volumes whose wastewater has been tested following ZDHC Waste Waters Guidelines

process traceability and supply chain monitoring

this initiative contributes to the following main UN Sustainable Development Goals

DATA REFERENCE PERIOD

from 01/07/2022 to 30/06/2023

LAST ISSUE DATE

20/11/2023

IMPLEMENTATION LEVEL

the implementation level is defined after the assurance process following the achievement of the protocol’s minimum requirements and is reviewed annually

The company has implemented a track & trace management system. If there are outsourced processes and raw materials purchases, the company has also involved its suppliers on sustainability performances data collection, implementing a rating system to push them towards continuous improvement.

ENGAGEMENTBY CATEGORY OF SUPPLIERS

SUPPLIERS INVOLVEDon chemical management issue

58%

percentage of suppliers involved in the implementation process on the total number of mapped suppliers

RAW MATERIAL SUPPLIERSASSESSED

58%

percentage of suppliers whose data have been collected

RAW MATERIAL SUPPLIERS' RATING

PROCESS SUPPLIERS' RATING

PROCESS SUPPLIERSASSESSED

60%

percentage of suppliers whose data have been collected

conscious use of resources to reduce environmental impact

this initiative contributes to the following main UN Sustainable Development Goals

DATA REFERENCE PERIOD

from 01/01/2021 to 31/12/2021

LAST ISSUE DATE

07/12/2022

IMPLEMENTATION LEVEL

the implementation level is defined after the assurance process following the achievement of the protocol’s minimum requirements and is reviewed annually

The company has identified its main environmental impacts and implemented a calculation of its Water Footprint and/or Carbon Footprint and has started a roadmap for impact reduction on direct and indirect footprint.

MAIN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS

The main company impacts are calculated starting from the direct ones. The calculation is then extended to include indirect impacts according to their order of relevance.
Consumption here on the side refers to an annual production of 502535 kg.

CONSUMPTION

2.529.378,00Kwh

ELECTRIC ENERGY

95.427,37Kwh

THERMAL ENERGY

3.080,00liters

WATER VALUE

CO2eq (CARBON DIOXIDE)

997.180,00KG

total emission (e.g. energy and water consumption, waste, fuels, packaging...)

ENERGY
SOURCES

91%

OTHER
SOURCES

9%

FROM
SUPPLY CHAIN

0%

DIRECT USE

100%

INDIRECT USE

0%

WATER

3.080,00L

total consumption