The circular economy is a model of production and consumption that aims to reuse materials for as long as possible. The benefits are: extension of the life cycle of materials, reduction of both virgin raw materials and waste. It opposes the linear economy model where a product, after its primary use, becomes waste.

Upcycling means to use waste materials in the creation of new products which will have a greater value than the original. Upcycling is not synonymous with recycling, but it is something that goes beyond. Recycled paper is the material produced with cellulose fibres from recycled paper and board, while our upcycled ecological paper is obtained from the creative reuse of industrial waste from other supply chains.

Industrial symbiosis is the process in which traditionally separate industries integrate their processes to promote competitive advantages through an exchange of materials, energy, water and, in the case of Favini and its ecological papers, through by-products.

The brand we created to bring together our papers with the highest ecological credentials. From the ingredients to the energy and process used, from recyclability to biodegradability to CO₂ offsetting.

Offsetting CO₂ emissions means balancing the amount of CO₂ generated by an activity through forestry action capable of absorbing it or by developing energy efficiency projects or the use of renewable sources that avoid producing it. These projects, properly implemented and certified, generate carbon credits that are sold on the voluntary market. Anyone who wants to offset emissions can buy these credits and thus co-finance the interventions with the guarantee that each credit purchased corresponds to a tonne absorbed or avoided.

Renewable energy sources, unlike non-renewable ones, are forms of energy that respect natural resources, are not subject to depletion and have a limited environmental impact.

The carbon footprint is the parameter that determines the environmental impacts that activities of anthropic origin have on climate change and so, therefore, on global warming. In fact, the data allows us to estimate the greenhouse gas emissions into the atmosphere caused by a product, a service, an organisation, an event or an individual, generally expressed in tonnes of CO₂ equivalent*, calculated over the entire life cycle of the system under analysis.

*Taking as a reference for all greenhouse gases the effect associated with the main one, carbon dioxide, calculated equal to 1.

The Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) is a method for evaluating and quantifying the environmental footprint of a product or service along its entire life cycle, from the acquisition of raw materials to the end of its life. The calculation ranges, in fact, from the extraction phases of the product’s constituent raw materials, to its production, distribution, use and final disposal, returning the environmental impact values associated with its life cycle.

Acronym of Sustainable Development Goals. These are goals to be achieved in the environmental, economic, social and institutional fields that make up the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, i.e. an action programme to build a sustainable world by 2030. The goals set for sustainable development have a global validity, concern and involve all countries and components of society. Countries are called to define their own sustainable development strategy, communicating the results achieved within a process coordinated by the UN.

Recycled material is divided into: Industrial and commercial waste collection (Pre-Consumer Waste), i.e. a paper material taken from the waste stream during a manufacturing process and which has not created a commercial value as it has not reached the final user (e.g. printing waste, paper and paper converting waste); Domestic and end user waste streams (Post-Consumer Waste), i.e. paper products generated by domestic, commercial and industrial establishments, as the end users of the product, coming from an ecological segregation route and disposal centres where community and industrial recycled waste collection is offered.

It means Global Recycled Standard, a voluntary standard promoted by Textile Exchange, which establish requirements for recycled content, chain of custody, social and environmental practices, and chemical restrictions.