Environmental Requirements/Criteria for Sustainable Procurement
The Poste Italiane Group promotes the adoption of ESG requirements and criteria in the selection, evaluation and monitoring of suppliers also by implementing the indications contained in the Minimum Environmental Criteria (CAM). It therefore includes clauses requiring compliance with environmental, social and governance standards in its tender specifications, and thus in contracts. In this context, for example, the Group encourages – by offering specific incentives in the technical specifications of the tender – the use of eco-friendly water-based inks where technically feasible for supplies such as forms and printed materials, as well as the use of pallets bearing the European Pallet Association (EPAL) label, in accordance with the standard technical specifications set out in the relevant European legislation governing the delivery of supplies. For the specific environmental component, criteria certifying the sustainability of products and processes are emphasised through brands/labels such as, but not limited to, FSC, EU Ecolabel, as well as certifications (e.g. UNI EN ISO 14001:2015, UNI EN ISO 14064:2019, EMAS), guaranteeing the environmental sustainability of purchasing choices. The supplies of consumables, such as original and regenerated consumables, reams of paper, packaging, supply of labels, forms and cartons, implement, where applicable, the Minimum Environmental Criteria (CAM) established by the art. 34 of Legislative Decree no. 50/2016 and art. 57 of Legislative Decree no. 36/2023, as well as the use of specific product certificates/ecological quality labels compliant with ISO 14024. Examples include, but are not limited to, the following supplies:
- replacement of traditional payment cards with cards made of sustainable materials, renewable biomass and recycled plastic from the oceans, such as the new Postepay Green, which is made of environmentally sustainable material and 82% of which is composed of polylactic acid of organic origin;
- letter carrier uniforms that bear the green OEKO - TEX Standard 100 certification, which ensures the product’s careful ecological and health control.