Idromeccanica Lucchini begins its journey to become a sustainability-oriented business. The awarding of EcoVadis certification last august 2022 was never meant to be a point of arrival but rather represents a new starting point on the route towards even more ambitious goals.
EcoVadis
Following an in-depth assessment by EcoVadis, Idromeccanica Lucchini has passed all its rigorous criteria and has been awarded the EcoVadis silver medal. For those not already familiar, EcoVadis is a globally recognized business sustainability rating organization that assesses all sized companies on social, ethical and environmental procedures in more than 170 countries. This award, along with a series of protocols adopted, reflects Idromeccanica Lucchini’s efforts to lead the company towards a more sustainable future.
Ethical and environmental sustainability: key drivers for the future
Idromeccanica Lucchini has decided to take its efforts to invest in ethical and environmental sustainability through the project “Start the change”. Today, we are living in a world that makes indiscriminate use of natural resources, it is characterized by social inequalities and the use of highly polluting raw materials. Therefore, only “future-ready” companies will take significant steps forwards. The competitive market and the planet clearly need a transformation that Idromeccanica Lucchini is about to undertake.
What does Start the Change mean?
Idromeccanica Lucchini aims to set up an environmental, social and ethical sustainability path providing employees as well as customers and suppliers with internal and external protocols. This is what Start the Change is about and tries to achieve. Innovation and sustainability are the key principles guiding Idromeccanica Lucchini’s future. The company works incessantly, day after day, to reduce and also eliminate plastic consumption. This project is also aimed at rationalizing exhaustible sources such as water and adopting an integrity agreement addressed to employees in order to establish increasingly transparent internal relations as a result of dialogue, sharing and common goals.
Idromeccanica Lucchini expects its customers and suppliers to share its attitude and approach. By publishing an integrity agreement, Idromeccanica Lucchini makes explicit the ethical values to all its partners. The company requires the adherence of this code of ethics shared with all parts of the supply chain.
Code of ethics
What is Idromeccanica Lucchini’s code of ethics about? Its core principles are: transparency, fairness, confidentiality and honesty. Idromeccanica Lucchini fights corruption, supports a competitive market, complies with all European regulations, manages cash flow and does not accept payments from black-listed countries.
Integrity Agreement
Idromeccanica Lucchini requires its customers, consultants and suppliers to subscribe to an integrity agreement that can be summarized as follows:
- Honesty and integrity
- Business relationships based of fairness
- Promotion of environmental sustainability practices
- Protection of sensitive data
The company offers customers and suppliers its expertise in the field of sustainability also in the use of equipments. It is constantly looking for more sustainable construction materials and solutions that are easily recyclable and that allow a reduced use of exhaustible resources.
