The commitment to eco-sustainable development summarised in this concept is in the Sutter corporate DNA and is translated with concrete initiatives that involve internal and external aspects of the company, from the selection of raw materials to production processes and the protection of people's health and well-being.
“Because we are in love with the magic of chemistry, but we love people and their lives more.”
In production processes, the Sutter Group maintains its focus on respect for the environment. The plant in Borghetto Borbera controls the environmental impact through waste management and protection of the territory in which it is located with concrete actions aimed at safeguarding the air, water and ground against the various forms of pollution.
Water for industrial uses and for the fire-fighting system is drawn directly from a sub-bed well located near the Borbera stream.
In order to safeguard the surrounding area, the cooling water of production plant is not discharged into the stream, but recycled inside the factory. Every day during the working day, critical parameters are checked several times and more detailed checks are carried out periodically by external laboratories and ARPA (Regional Environmental Prevention Agency).
Thanks to the adoption of the internal cooling water recycling system it has been possible to drastically reduce drawing water from this well, so much so that in recent years the drawing of drinking water from the mains has fallen by 89%.
The Sutter Group takes initiatives to avoid contamination of the ground in production processes.
For the storage of certain substances, double-chamber underground tanks are used, equipped with a leak detection system, in order to prevent any spills that could penetrate into the groundwater.
Furthermore, to avoid accidental spills of solvents during product unloading from the tanker, a procedure of containment in specific tanks has been implemented through a dedicated education and training activity of the internal emergency team members.
Appropriate environmental prevention systems have also been adopted with regard to waste, using only ecological service providers registered in the National Register of Environmental Managers, systematically checking that these requirements are maintained.
In waste management, separate waste collection is increasingly used, implementing recovery wherever possible (in particular for plastics, paper, wood and metals).
In the last four years, the Sutter Group has focused its efforts on trying to reduce the amount of unseparated waste through the training of its employees and the search for recyclable components. This has allowed the company to reduce the amount of unseparated waste per tonne produced by 78%.
The Sutter Group is focused on a daily basis on the development and marketing of products, in the sense of chemical formulations and relative packaging, with high performance which are at the same time safe for users and have a reduced environmental impact.
With this in mind, a number of voluntary initiatives have been launched in the sustainability field.
The affirmation in the corporate vision ”…we love people and their lives more” is the demonstration that the Sutter Group cares about the health and well-being of its employees.
In this context, great attention is paid to the organisation of medical examinations, risk prevention and workplace safety, even including voluntary initiatives aimed at an efficient work life balance.
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