IGD for environmental sustainability
The environmental certifications obtained by IGD and its shopping centres are recognition for the improvement process of environmental performance undertaken by IGD since 2013.
The environmental certifications obtained by IGD and its shopping centres are recognition for the improvement process of environmental performance undertaken by IGD since 2013.
In 2012 IGD began a process in Italy to adopt an Environmental Management System (EMS) in accordance with UNI EN ISO 14001-2004 regulation, with the intention of defining unequivocal environmental performance monitoring and management methods. The aim of IGD Group’s Environmental Management System is to define and implement a working method that protects the environment during the company’s activities, guarantees compliance with the laws in force and establishes a virtuous continuous improvement system. The project involves IGD SIIQ SPA, including the Bologna headquarters, and IGD Management, in the shopping centres.
In 2019, after obtaining the Environmental Management Systems certification in Città delle Stelle, Leonardo and Maremà, the number of IGD shopping centres certified rose to 20, in addition to the Bologna headquarters and the two branch offices located in the shopping centre in Palermo and in Leonardo Shopping Centre in Imola: Centrosarca, Gran Rondò, I Bricchi, Mondovicino, Conè, Tiburtino Shopping Center, Centro d’Abruzzo, La Torre, Katanè, Le Maioliche, Lungosavio, Clodì, Centro Borgo, Porto Grande ESP, Puntadiferro and Le Porte di Napoli. The centres that are currently certified cover a surface area corresponding to 88% of the portfolio that IGD has decided to certify.
The project that we are carrying out calls for the progressive extension of the new environmental management method introduced with ISO14001, to 95% of the square metres of the centres owned by IGD SIIQ SPA and managed by IGD Management srl by the end of 2020.
IGD undertakes not only to extend the boundary of its certified Centers, but also to establish relations with suppliers that comply with the sustainability criteria adopted by the Company: 20% of the suppliers that we stipulate a contract with, are in turn, UNI EN ISO 14001 certified.
We are committed to constantly monitoring the safeguards and protection measures in place aimed at combatting corruption.
To consolidate this committment, in 2018, the Company obtained UNI ISO 37001 – Anti Bribery Management Systems Certification for its Romanian subsidiary Win Magazine SA. This is th eonly internationally recognized standard that certifies a management system actively involved in preventing and combatting corruption within the corporate environment.
In 2018 Win Magazine SA took action to define the necessary measures in order to apply this standard and did a review process of the corporate procedures. At th end of the process, Win Magazine SA became the first Romanian company to obtain UNI ISO 37001 accredited certification.
With regard to Italy, IGD is assessing what steps would be necessary in order to obtain the certification.
Centrosarca, following the restyling work which was completed at the end of 2015, obtained BREEAM (Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method) environmental certification in July 2016, one of the first out of the up and running centres to obtain it in Italy.
Following the positive outcome of the BREEAM certification process for Sarca shopping center, we decided to continue along this path and in 2017 we carried out a feasibility study to assess the possibility of obtain “Breaam in use” certification for 4 shopping centers (Katanè, Tiburtino, Puntadiferro and ESP). Then in 2018 we initiated the process which led to the recognition for the certification for Tiburtino and Katanè, both of which were certified as “very good” with regard to Asset performance and “good” with regard to the Building Management. In 2019 BREAM IN USE certification was obtained for Puntadiferro and Esp during the year the necessary activities with regard to the certification of Conè, Leonardo e Le Porte di Napoli in 2020, were also initiated.
This certification represents one of the most important and recognised international standards for environmental sustainability of buildings and it places particular attention on the overall improvement of the wellbeing of the individuals within the structures.
Obtaining BREEAM certification, for a shopping centre, involves following an environmental assessment protocol which is one of the most used and most important at international level, and which concerns both the construction and restyling phase of the building and the aspects regarding the day to day running of the building itself: indeed, assessment is carried out on parameters such as materials used, the quality of the environment, as well as water and energy consumption and correct waste management.
For further information on BREEAM certification please visit the website www.breeam.org
Following the agreement signed by all the shopping centres in 2016 with their electricity supplier to acquire Green Certificates (G.O Guarantee of Origin), since 2017 IGD headquarters office’s and all the shopping centres’ electricity supply has come exclusively from renewable energy sources, in line with the targets defined in the UN’s 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
The 2018 energy mix (latest available) certified by the supplier was made up as follows: biomass energy (87.79%), wind power (11.64%), hydropower (0.4%) and solar power (0.17%).
Thanks to the use of green energy, in 2019 20,000 tonnes of CO2 were not emitted into the atmosphere, equivalent to the annual energy consumption of 19,000 families.
Further information can be found on: CEE website, Axpo website and Alpiq website.
