Monitor for Furniture Pact

Furniture Pact for the Italian wood-furniture supply chain

In a context where ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) issues are becoming an increasingly important driver, sustainability represents a source of new opportunities for growth and innovation to intercept market demands, enhancing the value of past efforts and setting out on a path that can generate more value for businesses, the community and the environment.

To do this well in the years to come, there needs to be cooperation among enterprises along the supply chain.
It is cooperative mechanisms, in fact, that make it possible to achieve not only efficiency gains at the ESG level, but also positive leaps forward in effectiveness on the same front.
At the same time, inclusive cooperation in which we all move together acting for the best, within a continuous constructive discussion, is the right way to improve all together in terms of sustainability and circularity.
This is what the Furniture Pact is for.

Mission

The goal of the Pact is to create an ecosystem of companies committed to the path to sustainability by signing concrete, ambitious but achievable commitments, steadily reducing their environmental and social impacts on the one hand, scaling up shared value creation along the materials and circularity supply chain on the other.

Activities

The signatory companies intend to take a leadership role, driving the transformations needed to meet the challenges of sustainability, promoting change individually in their own value chain, and collectively along the supply chain and in their relationships with different stakeholders, on the other hand.

In particular, and in addition to the activities already underway, each member company commits to adopt an integrated sustainability strategy by 2025, approved by the company's highest decision-making body, including a prospective plan for managing environmental and social aspects, and the appropriate tools and processes for collecting and reporting relevant data and information according to the most accredited international standards.

The Furniture Pact is based on the collective commitment of the signatories, and contains the following goals that signatory companies commit to achieve to the best of their ability, adopting courses of action best suited to their business strategies and processes.

Climate

Support the goals of the Paris Agreement in limiting global temperature rise to well below two degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels.
Quantify, track and report transparently, consistent with international standards and following a scientific approach, Scope 1, Scope 2 and relevant category (2) Scope 3 emissions.
Make all efforts to reduce aggregate Scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas emissions by at least 42 %, and relevant Scope 3 categories by 25 % by 2030 compared to base year 2019 (3).
Make all efforts to achieve a supply rate of 80% of electricity from certified renewable sources by 2025 and 100% by 2030 (4).
Take all possible measures to avoid and reduce carbon emissions, offsetting residual emissions through verifiable programs to achieve "net zero" by 2050.

(2) Relevant Scope 3 categories may vary by company and location in the production chain
(3) Target consistent with a global warming containment scenario of 1.5°C Criteria Reference C16 and C18 SBTi Target Validation Protocol
(4) Target consistent with a global warming containment scenario of 1.5°C Criterion Reference C21 SBTi Target Validation Protocol

Eco-efficiency

Adopt a documented energy diagnosis and savings program by 2025, pursuing energy efficiency measures in all direct business activities
Adopt best practices for energy efficiency in operations and services, with a focus on reducing the impact of digital communications, commerce, and events
Promote the adoption of energy-saving programs in value chain activities, including raising supplier awareness through continuous support and improvement initiatives

Product sustainability

For new products, adopt by 2025 structured principles of eco-design, circularity and quality at all stages of the product life cycle (e.g., material sourcing, processing, transportation, use, end of life).
Obtain by 2025 for at least 80 % of the products in the portfolio, certifications aimed at highlighting relevant environmental and social aspects, e.g., in the areas of circularity, energy efficiency, impact throughout the product life cycle, and safety, taking into account the type of product made.
Establish a closer dialogue with consumers/customers to increase awareness of environmental dimensions related to the manufacturing, use and end-of-life phases of products, helping to define behaviors that reduce impacts and extend the useful life of products.

Circularity and up-cycling

Promote cooperative mechanisms among Furniture Pact member companies aimed at increasing synergies regarding materials used along the supply chain (e.g., wood, plastics, glues, etc.) with a view to circularity of materials (vertical recycling in the supply chain and future degree of recyclability) and up-cycling of the product at the end of life (product traceability and disassemblability of components at the end of life)
Prioritize materials with low environmental impact by using materials, semi-finished products, packaging from regenerative circuits or from controlled and certified sources by 2025, without negatively affecting other aspects of sustainability
Achieve a percentage of at least 95 % of waste products and production waste going to recycling or recovery programs by 2025, committing to a "zero waste to landfill" goal by 2030

Persone

Adopt, by 2025, a policy approved by the highest corporate decision-making body, on equal opportunity, diversity, inclusion
Promote, within the company, and along the value chain, the principles of fairness, inclusion, equal opportunity, valuing diversity, and eliminating all forms of discrimination
Promote, within the company, and along the value chain, respectful and safe work practices in line with the most advanced standards of labor in respect of human rights
Provide opportunities for personal and professional development for all employees and collaborators, including through the establishment of continuous training and refresher courses in the workplace

Community

Contribute to the social, economic, scientific and cultural development of the communities where the company operates, including through initiatives for involvement, support and growth
Adopt a transparent and open approach aimed at public reporting of the initiatives carried out by the company under the environmental and social aspects and towards the community with evidence of the value generated and distributed

Supply chain approach

Adopt by 2025 a formalized ESG policy for supplier qualification and selection also based on environmental and social metrics and key indicators
Collaborate with upstream and downstream companies in the value chain, experts and research centers, institutions, the financial community and investors to develop and implement initiatives in the field of environmental and social sustainability, particularly in the areas of climate challenge, circularity, eco-efficiency, respect for people and human rights

Events

Monitor for Furniture Pact: verso un futuro circolare
16 Feb 2024
La sostenibilità nella filiera del legno-arredo italiana e la definizione di un Furniture Pact
8 Jun 2022