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Aeffe SrlID Nr. 4S-100414e-report version 3.0

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Successfully present on the national and foreign market for years, Aeffe is an italian company located in Emilia Romagna specialized in the creation
and production of braided and elasticated cords, drawstrings, pipings, woven and knitted tapes, jacquard ribbons with the possibility of enriching
and embellishing them with different workings. Driven by a strong corporate vision, Aeffe is a partner who, alongside important fashion and luxury brands,
creates tailor-made accessories for the customer so that they can make a piece of clothing or a footwear unique while preserving
the distinctive traits of craftsmanship Made in Italy. Ethics, transparency, authenticity, care and competence are just some of the values at the base
of Aeffe’s business and whcich today allow it to stand out as a solid partner capable of giving life to value projects
builted ad-hoc to give uniqueness and exclusivity to products of excellence.

www.aeffeonline.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

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

74%

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

ASSURANCE PROTOCOL

Management System 91%
Chemical Risk Management 50%
Material Risk Management 92%
Supply Chain Assessment 70%
Process Management 67%

PRODUCTION VOLUMECOVERED BY MONITORED CHEMICAL INVENTORIES

67%

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

57%

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

conscious use of resources to reduce environmental impact

this initiative contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals

DATA REFERENCE PERIOD

from 01/01/2023 to 31/12/2023

LAST ISSUE DATE

06/09/2024

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 7.170.999 mt.

CONSUMPTION

248.286Kwh

ELECTRIC ENERGY

292.243Kwh

THERMAL ENERGY

689liter

WATER VALUE

CO2eq (CARBON DIOXIDE)

181.249KG

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

ENERGY
SOURCES

55%

OTHER
SOURCES

27%

FROM
SUPPLY CHAIN

18%

DIRECT USE

100%

INDIRECT USE

0%

WATER

689.000L

total consumption