In adherence to IVECO’s and the FIAT Group’s Environmental Policies, ASTRA recognises that the compatibility of its processes and products with the environment is vital so as to:
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- Satisfy the end-customer’s requirements.
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- Improve the Company’s syntony with the social context in which it operates.
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- Increase its competitiveness.
ASTRA’s aims for objectives and practices that, as well as fully satisfying all statutory requirements tend, through the involvement of its staff, suppliers and clients, towards a constant improvement of the environmental performance of each of the Company's activities making this a basic premise and guiding principle in the Company's management. All our staff’s awareness and sense of responsibility towards the environment is enhanced by continuous training and information.
When new production processes or new products are introduced, ASTRA adopts all measures available to assess the environmental impact as completely as possible.
ASTRA introduces and implements specific procedures to assess compliance with environmental policies through controls that identify in advance any indication of a tendency to produce negative environmental effects in general; moreover, ASTRA also implements other measures necessary for the containment of any accidental spillages of hazardous materials.
ASTRA undertakes to adopt initiatives to continuously improve its environmental performance aimed at:
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- Favouring the use of substances that are particularly compatible with the environment, reduce polluting emissions as well as the production of waste.
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- Optimizing and creating products that are even more environmentally friendly, taking into account their environmental impact throughout their entire life cycle and up to final scrapping and recycling
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- Optimizing the use of energy during production.
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- Developing the separation of waste to recover and recycle as much as possible. ASTRA undertakes to openly inform its clients, staff, suppliers, the general public and the authorities on the environmental impact of the company’s processes and products.
ASTRA has implemented measures to ensure that external companies operating on site apply the same environmental regulations as those adopted by the company itself.