Cassa Depositi e Prestiti (CDP) He kicked off the "Zero Plastic" operation, thanks to which he will eliminate every year from the headquarters in via Goito more than 750.000 Disposable plastic products between glasses, Bottles and "Boccioni", generating benefits on the environment estimated in a reduction in emissions for 19 CO2 tons (that correspond to 77 Flights Rome -Bruxelles e 281 Travel by car from Rome to Milan). The project will soon be extended to all the group companies' offices, determining further positive effects.
The "Zero Plastic" initiative is promoted by the newly established sustainability area and represents only the first step of a wider path of internal sustainability initiatives. Among these, Further projects oriented to sustainable mobility will be started, recycling, to the reduction of paper, to Well-Boing for employees, to the promotion of gender equality and social inclusion.
The initiative provides for the full elimination of bottles and water "boccioni", The replacement of traditional coffee pods with compostable ones and the replacement of plastic glasses and palettes with recyclable paper glasses and wooden palette. But it doesn't end there: Numerous filtered water dispensers hooked to the water network in Rome will also be installed and a personalized bottle will be distributed to all CDP people.
The benefits of the operation are not only of an environmental nature, But they also have important social implications. The choice of the bottle, Indeed, It was the result of careful evaluations and led to the selection of a supplier like Wami - Water with a Mission -, The BRD BROD BRAND BORT BORT B CORP, which has the mission of donating drinking water to those who need it. CDP, Therefore, purchasing beyond 900 bottle, contributes to the creation of a health care network in the village of Sandougou, in the Senegalese region of Petit Coulaye, which allows you to bring drinking water to 15 village families, improving its hygienic-health conditions and the level of economic-social well-being.
The CDP CEO Fabrizio Palermo kicked off the "Zero Plastic" operation, who personally sent direct communication in order to raise awareness of every single employee on the importance of the initiative.
“Our industrial plan aligns the strategies of Cassa Depositi e Prestiti with large global trends and the sustainable development objectives defined by the agenda 2030 Dell’on. Also for this we are working to integrate sustainability not only in business activities, but also in everyday working life -commentFabrizio Palermo -. The great changes start from the small gestures and this initiative is only the first step of a path that we are going towards a new more sustainable lifestyle and consumption ".
Written by Giuseppe Morello
