Fratelli Guzzini S.p.A.
Macerata, Italy
May 2023
Rubber & plastics products
Manufacturing
Australia,
Germany,
Italy,
United States
Fratelli Guzzini, Creative Italian manufacturing, was established in 1912 and has been a leading manufacturer of daily use plastic designer items for the home for more than a hundred years. Products that have always fulfilled their functions beautifully: the inseparable combination of style and practicality has made Guzzini’s offering recognisable and distinctive, with the aid of the top Italian and international designers who have designed the various ranges. The Fratelli Guzzini company history reveals impressive credentials in the areas of ethics, social responsibility and innovation so in 2018 it is launching the “Circle/ Re-use don’t waste” programme, in which the process regenerates post-consumer recycled materials, recovered from plastic packaging waste and in 2022 the company introduces high-performance bio-circular materials, obtained from waste and plant biomass residues, into the home. Alternative solutions to the use of virgin or fossil plastic, for a more ethical, socially responsible economy. Research into design and function, the trialling of constantly new materials, skilfully combined, the respect for the environment and the courage to be constantly innovative, make Guzzini one of the symbols of the Made in Italy in the world.
Overall B Impact Score
Governance 16.2
Governance evaluates a company's overall mission, engagement around its social/environmental impact, ethics, and transparency. This section also evaluates the ability of a company to protect their mission and formally consider stakeholders in decision making through their corporate structure (e.g. benefit corporation) or corporate governing documents.
What is this? A company with an Impact Business Model is intentionally designed to create a specific positive outcome for one of its stakeholders - such as workers, community, environment, or customers.
Governance 16.2
Governance evaluates a company's overall mission, engagement around its social/environmental impact, ethics, and transparency. This section also evaluates the ability of a company to protect their mission and formally consider stakeholders in decision making through their corporate structure (e.g. benefit corporation) or corporate governing documents.
What is this? A company with an Impact Business Model is intentionally designed to create a specific positive outcome for one of its stakeholders - such as workers, community, environment, or customers.
Workers 21.4
Workers evaluates a company’s contributions to its employees’ financial security, health & safety, wellness, career development, and engagement & satisfaction. In addition, this section recognizes business models designed to benefit workers, such as companies that are at least 40% owned by non-executive employees and those that have workforce development programs to support individuals with barriers to employment.
Community 15.2
Community evaluates a company’s engagement with and impact on the communities in which it operates, hires from, and sources from. Topics include diversity, equity & inclusion, economic impact, civic engagement, charitable giving, and supply chain management. In addition, this section recognizes business models that are designed to address specific community-oriented problems, such as poverty alleviation through fair trade sourcing or distribution via microenterprises, producer cooperative models, locally focused economic development, and formal charitable giving commitments.
Environment 26.3
Environment evaluates a company’s overall environmental management practices as well as its impact on the air, climate, water, land, and biodiversity. This includes the direct impact of a company’s operations and, when applicable its supply chain and distribution channels. This section also recognizes companies with environmentally innovative production processes and those that sell products or services that have a positive environmental impact. Some examples might include products and services that create renewable energy, reduce consumption or waste, conserve land or wildlife, provide less toxic alternatives to the market, or educate people about environmental problems.
What is this? A company with an Impact Business Model is intentionally designed to create a specific positive outcome for one of its stakeholders - such as workers, community, environment, or customers.
Customers 3.2
Customers evaluates a company’s stewardship of its customers through the quality of its products and services, ethical marketing, data privacy and security, and feedback channels. In addition, this section recognizes products or services that are designed to address a particular social problem for or through its customers, such as health or educational products, arts & media products, serving underserved customers/clients, and services that improve the social impact of other businesses or organizations.