Sustainability and Corporate Social Responsibility at Armani

The Armani Group is aware that the responsible use of natural resources, environmental protection and respect for the communities within which it is present are essential requirements for a company that operates on a global level.
For this reason, the Group, which is always looking towards the future, has for some time been engaged in a worthwhile initiative for the development of projects that are aligned with the leading international principles concerning the combination of economic sustainability and environmental and social sustainability.
The aim is to identify and make available the creativity of the company’s raw materials, technical solutions and increasingly advanced production processes which are, from the perspective of sustainability, more innovative and respectful of people and the environment.
Working to ensure that the company achieves this goal means enabling it to face a future in which environmental and social sustainability will be increasingly important to the creation of value.
The thoughts of Giorgio Armani on this matter are clear: “I think the issue of the environment intimately involves everyone. We can in no way ignore that the future of the next generations depends on our choices. I think the issue of sustainability should be addressed in a concrete way.”

Environmental Sustainability

The manufacturing sites, premises and stores are periodically monitored to ensure regulatory compliance and to foster in them a continuous improvement in the environmental performance, with the reduction of any possible waste of resources and materials.
The main commitments of the Group include:

• the involvement of all staff, through communication and initiatives aimed at raising awareness in order to reduce the consumption of paper, water, and electricity;

• the use of the best available techniques to optimize consumption and minimize waste in the renovation of its buildings;

• the adoption of operational methods and organisational aspects that take environmental protection into account;

• the attention to the differentiation of waste for recycling, carried out within the Company and with the intervention of outside parties.
In order to gradually, but constantly improve its environmental performance, the Group aims to establish, in the short term, quantifiable objectives.

Community Impact and Philanthropy

Since the beginning of his career, Giorgio Armani has strongly felt a link with the communities into whose fabric the activities of the company, and its offices, warehouses and stores have gradually entered.This feeling of being part of the community means not only respecting its needs, but also having the awareness of having received and of receiving value (in terms of land use, work, skills and institutional relations) and could in turn make available resources, knowledge and institutional relations that are useful to communities.The responsibility toward the Community is on of the founding values of the company’s Code of Ethics and is a constant principle of its operations.