il nostro impegno
We want every Cartotecnica Moderna packaging to help safeguard the Planet
We have chosen to offer packaging that respects the environment .
Boxes and shoppers made of recycled paper and cardboard are the packaging with the lowest environmental impact , while offering infinite design possibilities. Thanks to focused design, starting from materials and production techniques, up to final disposal, we are producing more and more with a view to circularity. We create truly eco-sustainable products, which allow our customers to evolve their brand identity towards a conscious and environmentally friendly mentality. Packaging that supports brands' growing need for tangible credentials, which demonstrate their commitment to mitigating environmental impact and which, at the same time, keeps the fundamental values of performance and experience that have always characterized us unchanged.
MAXIMUM ATTENTION IN PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT: GREEN BY DESIGN
From a sustainability perspective, we have established a strategic plan of interventions on existing products and on the development of new products, defining the guidelines for producing each type of packaging in a sustainable way and with completely recyclable properties: green by design.
Thus two classes of packaging were born based on environmental virtuousness, GREEN and GREEN+, an added value for the product and for the brand that offers...
Our Green credentials
- our boxes and shopping bags are made of recycled or FSC® certified paper and cardboard (coming from ethical forest management)
- we use water-based inks with reduced environmental impact for personalized printing
- we limit the use of non-recyclable accessories and choose alternative materials for finishes (for example paper handles that can be recycled, rather than polypropylene)
- we use organic glue (100% biodegradable and recyclable, contains only natural ingredients)
Our Green credentials
- our boxes and shopping bags are made of recycled or FSC® certified paper and cardboard (coming from ethical forest management)
- we use water-based inks with reduced environmental impact for personalized printing
- we limit the use of non-recyclable accessories and choose alternative materials for finishes (for example paper handles that can be recycled, rather than polypropylene)
- we use organic glue (100% biodegradable and recyclable, contains only natural ingredients)
with reduced environmental impact, replacing vinyl glue
- we can carry out the plasticization with cellulose acetate, with reduced environmental impact, instead of plastic derivatives
- we purchase all the paper in Italy and are progressively reducing the supply of accessories from abroad
- we select and monitor suppliers to identify those most in line with our green objectives: we choose valuable partners who contribute to the creation of eco-sustainable products with a positive social impact
Our Green credentials
- our boxes and shopping bags are made of recycled or FSC® certified paper and cardboard (coming from ethical forest management)
- we use water-based inks with reduced environmental impact for personalized printing
- we limit the use of non-recyclable accessories and choose alternative materials for finishes (for example paper handles that can be recycled, rather than polypropylene)
- we use organic glue (100% biodegradable and recyclable, contains only natural ingredients)
with reduced environmental impact, replacing vinyl glue
- we can carry out the plasticization with cellulose acetate, with reduced environmental impact, instead of plastic derivatives
- we purchase all the paper in Italy and are progressively reducing the supply of accessories from abroad
- we select and monitor suppliers to identify those most in line with our green objectives: we choose valuable partners who contribute to the creation of eco-sustainable products with a positive social impact
SUSTAINABLE WASTE MANAGEMENT: THE RINASCAMENTO PROJECT
We optimize production, starting from product design, to minimize raw material waste as much as possible.
We also looked for a virtuous solution from a circularity perspective and in 2021 the Renaissance Project was born, which transforms cellulose waste into high-quality, 100% recycled creative papers, protagonists of the packaging projects of the customers themselves who conferred the excess paper.
Rinascimento represents a virtuous and innovative expression of circular economy in the luxury packaging panorama.
Our 'Reborn' paper from Progetto Rinascimento won the Avant-Garde award of Packaging Première & PCD Milan 2024, for the Sustainability category. More info here
THE INTEGRATED REPORT
To address sustainability, first of all a clear vision of the objectives and salient aspects on which to intervene is necessary. It is a path of change made in small steps, to be embraced with awareness and determination, which we have chosen to communicate by developing a voluntary annual document: the Integrated Report.
With a transparent approach, it provides an overall vision of the company's ability to create value responsibly, evaluating and monitoring strategic actions, resources and results. It is the story of thoughts, perspectives and choices, even before actions.
Reporting on sustainability is anything but a conclusive act: it is a push to look forward, to make decisions for the future, to identify the most correct practices to adopt.
Read the report HERE
THE MODERN PARK
Our factory enjoys half a hectare of greenery available to all those who work in the company: Moderna Park. Access is free and gives the opportunity to walk, jog or use exercise equipment, reducing stress, improving the living environment and perceived state of health.
More than 75 tall trees have been planted (exclusively native species and consistent with the landscape context) and 350 flowering and ornamental plants which are irrigated with a well, built specifically to avoid the use of water from the water supply. Although it is not easy to calculate how much CO₂ is absorbed by each tree, statistics declare an average of 1 ton/year for every 6 adult trees.
THE SCHOOL PROJECT
Pilot project of an interdisciplinary nature, which takes place in collaboration with the entire teaching staff of the Cortona 1 Comprehensive Institute, with the aim of raising primary school pupils' awareness of the creative reuse of paper, cardboard and cardboard.
It consists of weekly meetings focused on team games, drawings and colours, which allow children to begin to see reusable waste differently and understand how they should be disposed of correctly to give them a second life.
AMBASSADOR ETHICAL CHARTER OF PACKAGING FOUNDATION
We are ambassadors of the Carta Etica del Packaging Foundation.
The Foundation is a partner for us, which will help us create value and transmit the culture of change that we have been carrying out for some time, in the field of sustainability and the circular economy.
INTERVENTIONS ON THE SOLOMEO PRODUCTION SITE, PERUGIA
We have carried out a series of interventions aimed at reducing energy consumption at our production site:
- we use 100% electricity from renewable sources and only latest generation low consumption LED lights
- we have external awnings that increase the area and hours of shade, with the aim of lowering the temperature of the rooms and reducing the use of air conditioning
- continuous evaluation and mapping of machinery, to ensure that they always work in a condition of maximum energy efficiency
A COMMITMENT TO THE FUTURE, A SUSTAINABLE ORGANIZATIONAL MODEL
We have set up the "Sustainability Team", with the aim of creating a green corporate culture, shared at all levels.
In the future we will maintain a strong propensity for innovation, which our name reveals as part of the company DNA, but which will develop hand in hand with attention to the environment and people.
