Vitale Barberis Canonico SpaID Nr. 4S-100279e-report version 3.0
Vitale Barberis Canonico, one of the oldest wool mills in the world with the 13th generation of the same family at the helm, commits itself to the creation of the best Made in Italy textiles for menswear. For more than 350 years, all the phases of the creation of woollen fabric have been carried out in the historical facilities in Pratrivero and Pray in the heart of the Biellese region, where the best waters for textile production flow. More than 200 steps are necessary for this, assisted by state-of-the-art technology, a high level of automation, and rigorous quality control to enable highly-specialised employees to create a product of excellence renowned throughout the world. With more than 5,000 collection variations, every year the Vitale Barberis Canonico team brings out a new interpretation of Italian savoir-faire united with British style. Heritage and innovation come together in the name of elegance which looks to the future by recognising new tastes and trends.
www.vitalebarberiscanonico.it
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
ISSUE DATE 10/07/2023
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.
86%
the percentage indicates the overall level reached through the implementation of 4s CHEM protocol requirements
ASSURANCE PROTOCOL
PRODUCTION VOLUMECOVERED BY MONITORED CHEMICAL INVENTORIES
100%
percentage of internal and external production volumes monitored through chemical inventory assessments
INTERNAL CHEMICAL INVENTORY EVALUATION
chemical inventory compliance percentages by self-declarations and by escalating ZDHC levels
WASTEWATER TESTING
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
99%
percentage of internal and external production volumes whose wastewater has been tested following ZDHC Waste Waters Guidelines