Sustainability

In Oeste Argentino S.R.L. sustainability is part of our daily actions. Due to the nature of our business, the performance of all begins by assuming a fundamental commitment to society, which is reflected in our business mission of delivering an essential and quality service to customers, helping to improve the quality of the people who live in this area. planet.

With our activity we seek to generate value and progress for the country. We believe in sustainable development hand in hand with the environment, the community and our collaborators.

Our company is directly linked to the sustainability of its Groups that interact around us in various aspects. On the one hand, the company is a provider of a service for the food industry, such as consumable labels, whose continuity and quality have direct impacts on people’s quality of life and on the country’s development.

On the other hand, its relationship with the communities and the environment is an indissoluble part of its management as the operation of the company, from the management and use of the different inputs or processes, to the disposal of waste, requires processes that have a direct impact. or indirectly the sustainability of people.

Finally, the continuity and quality of our products depends on a positive and growing value relationship with your workers. This implies security, training, job benefits, professional career, among other things.

The Fedrigoni Group is vitally aware of the importance of water resources and, consequently, is always determined to adopt measures that help reduce consumption.

In papermaking, after pulp, water is such an essential element that it is considered a raw material on a large scale. Between 2013 and 2018, Fedrigoni reduced its chemical oxygen demand (COD) by 23%, so measuring the presence of biodegradable substances in the water used in production provides a quality indicator.

Over the years, the Group has expanded its presence in new markets and acquired new production facilities. At the same time, thanks to the constant focus on the environment and the use of the best production techniques and technologies, Fedrigoni managed to reduce CO2 emissions progressively and significantly, especially in the last 6 years, by more than 7%

Our polymers, unlike common, are processed in water. We eliminate solvents and carcinogenic gases that constantly harm the environment.

TOYOBO Group also recognizes the serious risk that global warming and climate change pose to continuing business activities, and we are constantly reducing greenhouse gases to achieve our emission reduction targets.

In the years to come, we will expand our focus beyond production to our general business activities as we strive to contribute to environmental sustainability through our products and solutions. In this way, we will strive to reduce greenhouse gases from an even more long-term perspective.

With respect to the initiatives we participate in through our products and solutions, we are developing and increasing sales of engineering plastics, which help reduce CO2 emissions from automobiles due to their lower weight and better fuel economy.

We are also developing products that contribute to carbon recycling, by viewing CO2 as a carbon resource and collecting it for reuse as various carbon compounds.

Lead free with a very small% that does not collect against the environment.

We protect your print products and our environment. We passionately protect your print products, just as we protect our environment and climate. Every day we are defending your protection. What is more important? We rely on state-of-the-art technologies and processes for ecological production.

We are in constant contact with our suppliers and customers to improve even more. Therefore, we make sure to meet all the requirements for our raw materials and our products. We do not lose sight of sustainability and environmental protection: they play a vital role in our planning and development.

We offer an environmentally friendly alternative to hot and cold stamping: our POLAR coatings (WESSCO® POLAR and BRIVIO® POLAR). A finish with our POLAR coatings reduces aluminum foil waste significantly while being easier to recycle at the same time.