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BONAUDO
Project: Sustainability assessment and improvement
Project Leader: Fabio de Menna, Elisa Pagliaroli, Caterina Mazzei
Master in Fashion Sustainability and Industry Evolution a.y. 2022/2023
Industry Project in collaboration with Bonaudo, Vito Marino, Production Director and Cécile Lorin, Purchase Manager
Bonaudo was founded in 1923 in Chivasso and has been managed by Alessandro Iliprandi since 1996. As soon as he took office, Iliprandi started a renewal process in order to create a company capable of facing the challenges of the future: environmental, economic and social sustainability. Young Visionary, he immediately understood that the business needed to be reorganized by putting Man at the center of the project and consequently the quality of life in the factory “like at home”; The search for new high quality products, in order to provide the market with a diversified and sustainable service; it had to demolish the pre-existing and always at risk of restoration mentality, “we have always done it this way” which highlights the will not to adapt to the future of the world.
In January 2006, Bonaudo moved to Cuggiono (MI) in the Ticino Park, a protected environmental area, obtaining all the necessary permits to comply with the required safety requirements. The new settlement chosen was designed and built in order to allow greater general sustainability:
The use of eco-sustainable raw materials has allowed Bonaudo to obtain percentages higher than 85% of biological base from renewable sources in the finished articles. The search for “know-how” and new high-quality products led Bonaudo to successively acquire five different tanning businesses. This research process has allowed Bonaudo to save the knowledge of the master tanners, of the various activities acquired and to pass them on to the new generations, becoming a “permanent training school for the new generations”.
Bonaudo is currently made up of two production sites in Cuggiono (MI), one site in Montebello Vicentino (VI), a production site in San Giovanni Ilarione (VR) and a logistics site in Santa Croce sull’Arno (PI). Since July 2022, Bonaudo has also acquired Conceria Conti in Urgnano (BG), now called Bonaudo Conti. The new workers, necessary for the greater production required by the market, are young, lifeblood for the future, and some have already replaced the retired tanning masters.
In possession of the ethical certification which guarantees equal treatment for all employees, regardless of gender, religion and ethnic and/or social origin. The organizational requirement of work, environmental safety and occupational safety have been certified by ISO 9001, 14001 and 45001 and are always active and continuously improved.
The UNI 11427 Eco-Sustainable product certification of all Bonaudo articles guarantees the market the certainty of using the best of modern production, with reduced environmental impact.
The LWG (Leather Working Group) certification guarantees customers the quality of the company in its entirety.
The adoption of the Management organizational model pursuant to Legislative Decree 231/2001 regulates and defines the management of sensitive processes and reduces the risk of committing offences. Furthermore, it guarantees working continuity for Bonaudo and its clients as it is the instrument for exempting the company from its administrative liability dependent on crimes committed by individual persons who hold roles of representation, management and administration; autonomous organizational entities; persons subject to management and supervision, such as employees.
The main objective of the project is to work on the analysis, positioning, sustainable and strategic innovation of the company. Through the study of its positioning from an ESG (Environmental and Social Governance) perspective and the definition of an improvement plan combined with the development of monitoring techniques over time, the project will focus on corporate compliance with a view to constant improvement towards sustainability at the corporate level.
