POCARI, Italy
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July 7, 2022
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Lucart presents the results of the 17th Sustainability Report Investments in the circular economy, production efficiency, energy efficiency, energy self-production, purchasing from renewable sources and market diversification to cope with the global crisis "Lucart has been generating profits by giving a second life to paper for 70 years. We were just waiting for then close the Tetra Pak® cycle to name them one of our #GreenHeroes" (A. Gassman) The dedication and care for people and the world in which they live and work clearly emerges from the Lucart 17th Sustainability Report, the first to be endorsed by a certifying body. In pursuit of the ambition to promote a sustainable way of producing paper, Lucart has reduced specific CO2 and NOx emissions by 14.9% and 47% respectively, cut specific energy consumption by 13.2% and totalled 80% of recovered waste since 2014. Specific water consumption decreased by 23.3% compared to 2013. The 2021 Report, presented in Lucca during an event entitled “Carta Canta - Essere Green Heroes” (that translates loosely as “Paper speaks volumes - Being Green Heroes”), highlights the achievement of a turnover of more than € 540 million (+6.5% compared to 2020), confirming the company's continuous growth in a year marred by the pandemic and the global economic crisis that resulted from it. 100% of recyclable and/or compostable packaging Lucart is continuing on the way of ecological transition in the paper industry by anticipating the 2025 target of using 100% recyclable and/or compostable packaging and is working to increase the use of packaging made from renewable materials (79%) made entirely or partly from recycled raw materials. A second life and new business opportunities from waste beverage cartons The Natural project and the Tetra Pak® recycling activity led to creating an industrial symbiosis between Lucart and CPR System with the foundation of Newpal S.p.A., a subsidiary dedicated to the moulding of high-quality pallets made of recycled plastic coming from the Borgo a Mozzano plant. Newpal S.p.A. will be involved in an investment of about € 7 million for the creation of an industrial hub in the Ferrara area equipped with an innovative moulding plant for recycled plastics. It will be fully operational by January 2023 and completely close the circle of Tetra Pak® type carton recovery. It is expected to create great advantages for the environment and new business opportunities. “During 2021, there was a rebalancing of demand for goods between consumer and Away from Home products, in a context of strong economic recovery, especially in the second half of the year. However, the year was characterised by a steep rise in the prices of all raw materials, both fibrous and auxiliary materials, and energy prices sky-rocketed in the last quarter of 2021, aggravated by the outbreak of the war in Ukraine in the first quarter of 2022”, – commented Massimo Pasquini, Lucart CEO. “Sustainability continues to be the inspiring element of our innovations and relationships with our stakeholders to build a better future. The macroeconomic framework for raw materials and energy prompts us to expedite the actions we have already taken in recent years and which see us determined to invest in the circular economy, production and energy efficiency, self-production and purchase of renewable energy, and market and product diversification, with particular attention to the Italian National Recovery and Resilience Plan (NRP), under which the Lucart Group has submitted several projects.” The #GreenHeroes nomination by Alessandro Gassman The commitment to sustainability has led Lucart to join the #GreenHeroes initiative launched by the popular Italian actor Alessandro Gassman in January 2019. Created with Annalisa Corrado and with the scientific support of the Kyoto Club, the project brings together the stories of companies and entrepreneurs who demonstrate how it is possible to create value and employment by also taking care of the world in which we live, investing in the future instead of postponing the day of reckoning with the planet. The complete report can be downloaded from the following address: https://www.lucartgroup.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Lucart_RS_2021_ENG.pdf Lucart, a leading company in Europe in the production of tissue paper products (paper items for daily use such as toilet paper, kitchen paper, napkins, tablecloths, handkerchiefs etc.), airlaid products and MG paper, was founded in 1953 by the Pasquini Family. The company's production activities are distributed over 3 Business Units (Business to Business, Away from Home and Consumer) operating in the development and sales of products with brands such as Tenderly, Tutto, Grazie Natural and Smile (Consumer area), Lucart Professional, Tenderly Professional, Fato and Velo (Away from Home area). Lucart's production capacity exceeds 395,000 tonnes/year of paper on 12 paper machines. Lucart Press office
Lucart is as committed as ever to Natural, the ambitious circular economy project launched in 2010 by the R&D department for developing the use of alternative fibres to virgin pulp, to recover all the materials contained in Tetra Pak® type beverage cartons. From 2013 to 2021 in the scope of the Natural project, Lucart contributed to:
About Lucart:
Its consolidated turnover amounts to more than €540 million, with more than 1,700 employees in 10 production plants (five in Italy, one in France, one in Hungary, two in Spain and one in UK) and one Logistics Center in Italy.
Lucart is part of the United Nations Global Compact Network Italy.
Communication office
Tommaso De Luca – tommaso.deluca@lucartgroup.com
Giulia Pasquini – giulia.pasquini@lucartgroup.com
Tel. 0583-2140
BPRESS, via Carducci 17 – Milano
Gabriele Ciullo
Giovanni Nardiello
lucart@bpress.it
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