PRESENTATION

Corticeira Amorim Towards Sustainable Development

The emergence of a new paradigm – the viability of the activities carried out from a standpoint that simultaneously incorporates the economic, social and environmental aspects of these activities – has determined the growing importance of the contribution of every actor, whether a company or a consumer, to building a better world. In this respect, one distinctive factor to emerge in responsible consumption is the ecological nature of the product – CORTICEIRA AMORIM’s strength in the insulation market segment is an example and a consequence of this new reality.

In this area, CORTICEIRA AMORIM, in addition to benefiting from a gift of Nature – transforming a natural raw material, extracted cyclically from the trees without harming them, promoting the economic and social sustainability of areas at risk of desertification, making available high value added products that maintain the unique and intrinsic characteristics of cork, in an integrated transformation process that practically does not produce waste – has regulated its activity by adopting and strengthening sustainable development practices.

Corticeira Amorim has always had a culture of sustainability that we are at pains to report, prompting a shared reflection on the way we carry out our activity and give due consideration, with the contribution of our stakeholders, to potential improvements aimed at everyone’s well-being. 
 

CORTICEIRA AMORIM presents its fifth Sustainability Report June 2011 In 2010 cork products and solutions achieved an unprecedented level of recognition and strengthened in leading markets as high quality solutions that meet the demanding technical and environmental challenges of a wide range of different sectors. 172 tons of used cork stoppers recycled in 2010; 63% of CORTICEIRA AMORIM’s energy needs supplied by biomass; 16,500 hectares of cork oak forest considered by the technical advisory service, sponsored by CORTICEIRA AMORIM; 14 units with FSC certification; application for registration of 18 patents from 2007 to 2010.