1. ANALYSIS

SUSTAINABILITY ASSESSMENT

With AzzeroCO₂ (a leading company in the field of environmental sustainability) we have launched a process of integration of ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance) objectives into the company strategy, anticipating the market.

First of all, the positioning of Tabu in relation to the market on ESG issues was analysed:

Mapping of the state of play with respect to ESG themes
definition of distinctive features
benchmark against competitors.

THE LCA METHOD FOR INLAYS BIODIVERSITY

The environmental impacts of Tabu’s new circular product, Biodiversity, were analysed and compared with those of a traditional wood veneer.

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THE "CARBON FOOTPRINT" OF THE ORGANIZATION

The awareness of the state of the art and the distance from the objectives is the first element to properly plan the next steps: an Organization Carbon Footprint has been created to know the impact of the activities on the production of GHG (Greenhouse Gases), in the year 2022. We have thus obtained a baseline from which to start planning actions to reduce CO₂, and have a more concrete and measurable approach to sustainability. The study was carried out in accordance with UNI EN ISO 14064:2019.

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THE LCA METHODOLOGY FOR “BIODIVERSITY”

Through the LCA (Life Cycle Assessment) methodology, we have measured the environmental impacts of Biodiversity, our new and innovative industrial inlay making circular economy its competitive advantage.

The study has been done in accordance with the international regulations ISO 14040 (Environmental management – Life Cycle Assessment – Principles and framework) and ISO 14044 (Environmental management – Life Cycle Assessment – Requirements and guidelines).

The industrial inlay Biodiversity was born from the idea of promoting scraps and unsold products: the use of raw materials, known as “secondary”, of 12 different wood species as an input of the productive process underlines the attention to the themes of circularity and sustainability.

The circularity of Biodiversity is based on the following characteristics:

“Design for Remanufacturing”
Secondary raw material: previous processing scraps, i.e. from veneers whose commercial value is low due to aesthetic or structural characteristics
Unsold products, high quality unmarketed material that is left in stock

CATEGORIA D’IMPATTO	Unità	Totale
Abiotic depletion	kg Sb eq	1,10E-04
Abiotic depletion (fossil ﬂues)	MJ	5,43E+01
Global warming (GWP100a)	kg CO₂ eq	3,81E+00
Ozone layer depletion (ODP)	kg CFC-11 eq	3,62E-07
Human toxicity	kg 1,4-DB eq	1,09E+00
Fresh water aquatic ecotox	kg 1,4-DB eq	7,78E-01
Marine aquatic ecotoxicity	kg 1,4-DB eq	1,66E+03
Terrestrial ecotoxicity	kg 1,4-DB eq	5,42E-03
Photochemical oxidation	kg C₂ H₄ eq	6,31E-04
Acidiﬁcation	kg SO₂ eq	8,04E-03
Eutrophication	kg PO₄ eq	3,71E-03

POTENTIAL IMPACT OF BIODIVERSITY INLAY (ISO14040 – ISO 14044)

LCA (Life Cycle Assessment) is the methodology allowing the quantification of the potential impacts on environment and human health associated with goods or a service.

In the LCA analysis there are several values expressing the impact of a product on the environment, among which Global warming, measured through the principle of Kilograms of carbon dioxide equivalents of generated during the life cycle, “from cradle to gate”.

1 square meter of Biodiversity inlay produces 3,81 kg of Co₂ eq., an extremely virtuous value.

To follows Standards is mandatory to avoid the so called “GREEN WASHING”

COMPARATIVE ANALYSES OF THE LIFE CYCLE: WOOD, VIRTUOUS MATERIAL

For the same life cycle phases considered, “from cradle to gate”, we present a comparison with other materials for surfaces such as HPL or PORCELAIN TILES. The results here are extracted from Environmental Product Declarations. Source: publications on Environdec and EPD Italy.

OUR FOCUS ON THE CARBON FOOTPRINT

A carbon footprint is the total greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions caused directly and indirectly by an individual, organisation, event or product, and is expressed as a carbon dioxide equivalent (CO₂e). Even if it is not possible to generate zero emissions, the companies are committed to defining a carbon management system aimed at implementing those economically efficient measures to reduce emissions, which use technologies with low carbon content. The reduction measures can be supplemented by measures that aim to offset the emissions with equivalent measures such as planting trees and the renewable energy production.