SUSTAINABILITY POSITION PAPER
MATERIALIZING SUSTAINABILITY
ARPA. MATERIALIZING SUSTAINABILITY
Introduction
The company
Sustainability is not something you dream about, but something you do. It's about acting. This is why Arpa always takes actions that provide a win' for the environment, our business, our company and our clients. This is how we continuously improve and materialize sustainability.
Sustainability at Arpa is about common sense, a fact-based approach and complete integration in the business planning. It is not about achieving zero impact in the production process but about durability and a cradle-to-gate approach. Especially, sustainability is about creating the products and materials that are so important to people that there is no need to replace them.
In this 4th Arpa sustainability position paper, as a kick off of a new series of publications, we want to share our past, present and future on sustainability. We hope it inspires you to materialize sustainability every day too.
Since 1954, Arpa Industriale has been designing and producing panels with high-quality HPL technology for the most varied end uses: from architecture to interior design, from health care to naval shipbuilding, from transportation to hospitality, from retail to kitchens. In 2013 Arpa launched FENIX, an innovative material for interiors which was developed by an international, multidisciplinary team based on proprietary technologies. Arpa's products are manufactured in the 150,000-square-metre plant in Bra, in the
Piedmont area of Italy. More than 60 years of investment in research, advanced technology and personnel training have allowed the company to achieve a position of primary importance and a reputation for great reliability in international markets; an industry characterised by competent staff, varied and excellent offerings,
production flexibility and fast service.
Arpa uses a strategic framework to steer its business towards durable long-term growth. This framework has four key elements: license to operate (LTO), market, cash & cost and capabilities.
The thinking behind these elements is to control non-business risk,
grow the business, maximize the contribution of growth and ensure that the right skills are on board for successful execution of all plans. Within these elements, the priority lies with our License To
Operate, which includes topics such as:
" Health and Safety of employees and the local community
" Sustainability and the preservation of the Environment
" Product compliance to meet regulatory requirements
" Transparent (financial) reporting and appropriate behaviour by employees
Sustainability became key part of Arpa's LTO strategy in 2010 and a lot of effort has been put in since then to improve our environmental performance through the implementation of a number of projects and activities.
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