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While governments and international in- There are many stakeholders who sustainable materials and the reduction of ronmental impact, in particular with re- out the great Ferretti Group corporate id-19 virus and the consequent health and
stitutions plan strategies to reduce national look to us and interact with us, and their energy consumption.
environmental impacts – from the Europe- needs and expectations are important in In regard to the materials, our goal is
an Green Deal and the Agenda 2030 to the defining our business strategy, thus con- to combine durability and quality with the
Conference of the Parties (COP), which is tributing to our success. One of the most search for materials with low environmen-
now at its 25 edition – it is becoming in- significant needs is the desire to know tal impact.
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creasingly clear that companies are taking about the economic, environmental, and Our yachts are made to last over time,
the helm of the sustainability. social impacts of our activity in the territo- but if we want to consider the end of the
The supply chain, in fact, encompass- ries where we operate, as well as the activi- product’s lifecycle, we should say that a
es all of those elements (energy, raw mate- ties and actions that we implement daily to Ferretti Group yacht can be completely dis-
rials, transportation, emissions, etc.) that manage and mitigate these impacts. mantled and its components separated; the
can radically change our impact on the en- For this reason and to demonstrate interiors, the engines, the equipment, and
vironment, on the economy, and on society. our sense of responsibility in doing busi- the technical systems can all be recycled.
Nowadays, companies have several ness, we decided to initiate a formal pro- Among the materials we focus on, we
methodologies at their disposal, which cess that led us to drafting of our first should first mention wood, which comes
they can adopt voluntarily, to certify Sustainability Report. The first for Ferret- from certified forests that are managed
their level of sustainability: a “denuda- ti Group and the first in the Italian ship- properly and responsibly according to
tion” that makes it possible to reflect on building industry. strict environmental, social, and econom-
how we produce goods, and also lays the For Ferretti Group, sustainability be- ic standards. Also important is carbon fib-
foundations for the commitment to im- gins with the quality and excellence that er, thanks to which we can lighten the hulls
prove our production performance. characterize our yachts and that go along- considerably in order to produce more effi-
In recent years, Ferretti Group has side continuous innovation and the de- cient-running and fuel-efficient yachts.
travelled a path of rapid growth and devel- velopment of new products and solutions. As for energy consumption, on the
opment, bringing beauty and innovation The innovation that we put into practice other hand, we are exploring solutions
to the nautical industry. regards the use of high-performance and aimed at mitigating the product’s envi-
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search on hybrid engines and new tech- crew, and the synergy and collaboration economic crisis. Ferretti Group has al-
nologies to lighten the hulls; moreover, with the territory in which we operate. Our ways been at the forefront to ensure safe-
we are also looking at solutions related 1,500 direct employees, who grow to more ty and the best possible health conditions
to the production process, implement- than 4,000 if we consider all the people in the workplace. In addition, during this
ing measures to increase efficiency and working along the supply chain (of which emergency, we have been supporting our
optimize the work at our shipyards. To over 85% is located in Italy) allow us to add workers and their families with special
this end, the ISO 14001 certification of to our work the strength of passion and a insurance in case of infection and with
environmental management systems ob- sense of belonging that has always distin- a continuous assessment of their health
tained by the site in La Spezia represents guished our name. status in relation to the pandemic through
the starting point towards an integrated Furthermore, we have been distrib- a campaign of free antibody tests for the
management of the environmental im- uting wealth to the territories in which we entire company population.
pacts of all production processes, along operate for years; more than 75% of the Thanks to all the measures imple-
with the IMO Tier III certification ob- total economic value generated remains mented, Ferretti Group has received the
tained by CRN, the first shipyard in It- in the ecosystem of small and medium RINA Biosafety Trust Certification, the
aly to achieve this result, for a 62-meter enterprises, including craftsmen, with first voluntary certification for infection
megayacht. Also worthy of mention is the whom we have a long and virtuous his- prevention and control.
installation of a trigeneration plant in An- tory of collaboration. This collaboration The combination of all these el-
cona for clean production of electrical, allows our suppliers to develop specific ements allows us to design and build
thermal, and cooling energy. processes and know-how and to deal with dream yachts, enhancing people and the
On the social level, we want to en- global markets, thus generating develop- local economic fabric, and respecting the
hance the real driving force behind the ment and growth. environment that provides us with the
Group, which has been propelling us rap- Finally, a reflection on all that has resources to operate. To best satisfy our
idly for more than fifty years: its people. happened in the last months, with the dif- customers, who have always been at the
We could not face these challenges with- ficulties related to the spread of the Cov- center of our daily work.
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