Bologna, 28 March 2013. IGD – Immobiliare Grande Distribuzione SIIQ S.p.A., leading owner and manager of retail shopping centers in Italy and listed on the STAR segment of the Italian Stock Exchange, announces that on 25 March 2013 it obtained ISO14001 environmental certification from DNV Business Assurance, along with the subsidiary IGD Management Srl, for the shopping centers “CentroSarca” in Sesto San Giovanni (MI), “I Bricchi”di Isola d’Asti (AT); “Gran Rondò” in Crema (CR) and “Mondovicino” in Mondovì (CN).

The ISO 14001 certification is the end result of the IGD Group’s implementation of the Environmental Management System (EMS), designed to monitor and continuously improve environmental performance in terms of energy and water consumption, waste management and emissions.

IGD set up its Environmental Management System entirely on a voluntary basis in order to minimize the risks and environmental impact of the activities carried out in its offices, the shopping centers which have already been certified and, gradually, in the  shopping centers included in the roll out plan which calls for the certification of more than 50% of IGD’s freehold shopping centers over the next five years.

“Obtaining this prestigious certification confirms the significant amount of attention that the IGD Group pays to environmental issues. The implementation of the ERM, in fact, represents another step toward Corporate Social Responsibility, a path undertaken by the Group over the last few years with the introduction of the Corporate Sustainability Report,  which reached its third edition this year, and the gradual inclusion in the Business Plan of environmental issues as part of the economic-financial considerations and corporate responsibility” Claudio Albertini, Chief Executive Officer of IGD – Immobiliare Grande Distribuzione SIIQ S.p.A., commented.