ETHICS AND SUSTAINABILITY
TARGET
5.5 Ensure women’s full and effective participation and equal opportunities for leadership at all levels of decision-making in political, economic and public life
SPECIFIC INDICATORS ON WHICH THE BUSINESS MODEL OF GIZETA CALZE AFFECTS
5.5.2 Proportion of women in managerial positions
TARGET
6.4 By 2030, substantially increase water-use efficiency across all sectors and ensure sustainable withdrawals and supply of freshwater to address water scarcity and substantially reduce the number of people suffering from water scarcity
SPECIFIC INDICATORS ON WHICH THE BUSINESS MODEL OF GIZETA CALZE AFFECTS
6.4.1 Change in water-use efficiency over time
TARGET
7.2 By 2030, increase substantially the share of renewable energy in the global energy mix
SPECIFIC INDICATORS ON WHICH THE BUSINESS MODEL OF GIZETA CALZE AFFECTS
7.2.1 Renewable energy share in the total final energy consumption
TARGET
8.5 By 2030, achieve full and productive employment and decent work for all women and men, including for young people and persons with disabilities, and equal pay for work of equal value
SPECIFIC INDICATORS ON WHICH THE BUSINESS MODEL OF GIZETA CALZE AFFECTS
8.5.1 Average hourly earnings of female and male employees, by occupation, age and persons with disabilities
TARGET
11.6 By 2030, reduce the adverse per capita environmental impact of cities, including by paying special attention to air quality and municipal and other waste management
SPECIFIC INDICATORS ON WHICH THE BUSINESS MODEL OF GIZETA CALZE AFFECTS
11.6.2 Annual mean levels of fine particulate matter (e.g. PM2.5 and PM10) in cities (population weighted) città (ponderati in base alla popolazione)
TARGET
12.4 By 2020, achieve the environmentally sound management of chemicals and all wastes throughout their life cycle, in accordance with agreed international frameworks, and significantly reduce their release to air, water and soil in order to minimize their adverse impacts on human health and the environment
12.5 By 2030, substantially reduce waste generation through prevention, reduction, recycling and reuse
12.6 Encourage companies, especially large and transnational companies, to adopt sustainable practices and to integrate sustainability information into their reporting cycle
SPECIFIC INDICATORS ON WHICH THE BUSINESS MODEL OF GIZETA CALZE AFFECTS
12.4.2 Hazardous waste generated per capita and proportion of hazardous waste treated, by type of treatment
12.5.1 National recycling rate, tons of material recycled
12.6.1 Number of companies publishing sustainability reports
ENERGY MONITORING
SYSTEM
Energy is one of the key factors in managing natural capital. The management of energy flows is a priority for Gizeta Calze: electricity, water and gas represent the main energy categories on which the energy monitoring system has been implemented. This system makes it possible not to limit the total consumption deduced from energy bills, but to adopt a systemic approach in defining energy objectives and identifying the tools suitable for achieving them, uniquely recognizing the opportunities for improvement.
The advantages of the Gizeta Calze energy monitoring system are:
• check in real time and continuously the state of consumption in the system and parts of it, and have knowledge of the possible “room for maneuver” to ensure adequate energy management;
• use an automated notification system that allows you to have immediate reports of any anomalies and derive from trends defined on the basis of historical data and the characteristics of the plant;
• plan and manage energy efficiency interventions on the basis of the analyzes produced by the system, both in the design phase and in their conduct, and monitor their effective effectiveness;
• control and refine passive consumption, such as, for example, night-time consumption which is not always easy to analyze;
• check costs in real time and divided by time slots;
• carry out simulations of the cost of purchasing energy by variable band;
• configure customized reports and queries.
ANALYSIS OF ELECTRICITY, NATURAL GAS AND WATER CONSUMPTION
Among the various energy categories used by Gizeta Calze, electricity is clearly prevalent: the purchase of electricity accounts for about 95% of the total energy costs.
The electricity purchased in 2020 was certified by the supplier as 100% “green”, that is entirely produced from renewable sources. GSE issues the Guarantee of Origin (GO), as detailed int the table below.
CONSUMPTION ANALYSIS IN CO2 EQUIVALENT
Considering the consumption of electricity and natural gas together, the following table shows the conversion into equivalent tons of CO2.
The conversion factors used are the following:
1 kWh = 0.000405 t CO2
1 Smc = 0.001957 t CO2
ELECTRICITY SELF-PRODUCTION PLANTS
In 2012 Gizeta Calze installed in a large photovoltaic system, under the total transfer regime, covering one entire factory building roof: 1750 modules on a surface of 2625 square meters, for a total power
of 341.25 Kwp and about 350,000 KWh of yearly production. The contribution of the plant, in terms of carbon dioxide avoided thanks to the production of energy from renewable sources, is measured in
144.71 equivalent tons of CO2 in 2020. In the last three years, the plant has made it possible to avoid emissions for a total of 425.35 tons of CO2 equivalent.
INVESTMENTS TO REDUCE CONSUMPTION
In 2020 Gizeta Calze replaced the compressors in the knitting department, with the aim of reducing the consumption of electricity and gas and therefore CO2 emissions. The reduction in consumption was significant as illustrated in the previous tables.
The company also purchased, at the end of 2019, a compressor for the weaving and sewing departments equipped with an inverter and an innovative heat recovery system for the production of hot water. This system makes it possible to use the hot water generated for heating production departments, warehouses and offices and to generate steam for heat setting starting from preheated water. This entails substantial benefits in economic and environmental terms with a saving in electricity and gas needs. Thanks to this investment, already in 2020 it was possible to reduce the consumption of the boiler serving the offices for a total of 5165 Smc (Standard cubic meter).
PURCHASE OF AN ELECTRIC COMPANY CAR
In 2020, the company purchased a 100% electric vehicle, Volkswagen e-Golf, available to staff for company travel. In the first year 2,660 km traveled, limited by the onset of the pandemic crisis which greatly reduced travel. However, it is an important investment in view of the return to pre-covid activity levels.