Labrenta Green Deal 2030

The climate change, the air pollution, the waste issue, are just a few of the problems which strain our planet and for whom we have to find alternative and efficient solutions.

Born as a company which uses raw materials as cork is, Labrenta knows how the environment respect is important and is aware of its commitment to the earth.

With the aim of reducing the environmental impact with the guarantee of a sustainable production model, Labrenta undersigns its commitment to respect the planet and its resources by presenting Labrenta Green Deal: a strategic roadmap to give concreteness to actions. A development commitment for a turning point, and therefore a more conscious way of doing business.

There are many and different fields of application and areas of intervention that Labrenta will strive to improve over the years: from production to logistics, from the products' composition to the company habits, up to projects shared with third parties.

Moreover, the close affinity and partnership signed with the new start-up Mixcycling, will allow a strong strengthening in research & development, with the study and application of alternative materials to meet the need of finding a sustainable alternative to plastic, or at least to its lower use in the closures production.

The action plan is set by years and divided by areas of intervention: we believe that involving different departments and different actors in this design will allow not only to achieve in a more comprehensive way the settled objectives, but above all is to make the sustainability an intrinsic element of the corporate culture, for a change that will involve not only the individual actors in the company, but the whole body.

TO BE CONTINUED...

Every year a step forward...

...we want to improve to become a reference company for the green closures.

2021: Gipy Monolith

Gipy Monolith is the new screw caps collection that will surprise in terms of composition: in addition to cork, in fact, we're planning to use in the creation process marc waste, bamboo, rice husks and also jeans! The blend will be 100% made by Mixcycling, a start-up committed to the R&D for the production of new sustainable materials and the manufacture of innovative closures with a reduced environmental footprint.

2020: Mixcycling®

Labrenta is authorized Mixcycling partner, with exclusive licence on closures for beverage & food market for the world area. Mixcycling is a process aimed to create new line of blends made with organic scraps and biodegradable or recyclable plastic. Mixcycling concept is based on giving a second life to industrial scraps, by recovering organic rests from our industrial processes or at km zero. Sughera is part of Mixcycling family.

2019: Sughera® BEE

Winesolutions presents the first synthetic closure made of natural cork and lubricated with bees wax. Sughera innovation consists of the application of a special polymers blend of which the cap is composed, joined without using glue thanks to a special agglomerating agent. Not only Sughera Bee is made with no glue, but the bees lubrication makes this closure even more environmentally friendly, and it is 100% made in Italy.

2018: FSC® Certification

We achieved the FSC® Certification, to guarantee part of our wooden products' provenance, wood that comes from forests managed in a correct and responsible way, according to rigorous environmental, social and economic standard, which are established and approved by the Forest Stewardship Council.

2017: Packaging Revolution

The change of the packaging used to send our products has allowed us not only to optimize shipments but above all to save the material utilized in the composition of the same.

2016: IED lightning

The change of our lightning system carries with it different advantages: energy save, less heat dispersion, low power operation and better lifespan.

2015: NGS Bio

We realized the first bar top closures completely biodegradable and compostable, made with an innovative material composed of natural origin substance and assembled thanks to the ultrasound technology called NGS- No Glue System. A closure that at the end of its lifecycle will be again nature.

2014: Moulding plants

The purchase of new plants and the replacement of the obsolete ones, allowed us to move from oledynamic plants to full electric ones, achieving an energy save of the 40% thanks to a less consumption as well as a better movements precision for a better production cycle.

2013: The recycle

Improvement actions within the company have led to recycling a percentage of the 99,8 of the process waste, through their continuous reintroduction into the production cycle.

2012: The photovoltaic system

The installation of a photovoltaic system of 100 kilowatt contributes for the 30% to the company's electricity daytime needs. This energy is produced in a clean and renewable way. This is one of the best eco-friendly system of energetic production because the energy produced doesn't cause pollution.

2011: The carbon fooprint

In partnership with the Politecnico of Milano a study is been conducted in order to determine the greenhouse gas emissions of a synthetic cork cap and a natural cork one.

Thanks to this study Labrenta is today able to propose, on request, specific products with compensated CO2 emissions.

2010: Greencorks

In collaboration with the architecture studio MCA & Partners, a line of furnishing made entirely with recycled cork closures is born. Aesthetic quality and environmental quality make the Greencorks collection unique in the eco-design panorama.