Sustainability

Sustainability Report

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Highlights – 2024

Antares Vision’s strategic guidelines are aligned with the goal of contributing to sustainable development, in line with the industry’s macro trends and scenarios. These reflect the impact of evolving regulations aimed at ensuring health, safety, and improving people’s quality of life, with greater attention to environmental protection and the responsible use of natural resources. The objective is to make production systems for essential goods—such as those in the food supply chain—more efficient.

Antares Vision Group’s business focuses on the design and commercialization of hardware and software traceability solutions that ensure supply chain transparency from producers to end users. These solutions help prevent greenwashing practices, such as false labels claiming the use of recyclable materials on rigid containers.

Antares Vision Group: the social and environmental impacts of its solutions

Quality and safety of people’s lives:

  • Quality control and safety of essential products
  • Supply chain monitoring

Traceability and responsible use of resources:

  • Efficient use of natural resources
  • Adoption of circular economy principles
  • Supply chain monitoring

DOUBLE MATERIALITY ANALYSIS

Bilancio di Sostenibilità [1] - Antares Vision Group
Bilancio di Sostenibilità [2] - Antares Vision Group

GOVERNANCE AND POLICIES

Antares Vision S.p.A. Integrated Management System

Quality UNI EN ISO 9001:2015 – Health and Safety UNI EN ISO 45001:2018 – Environment UNI EN ISO 14001:2015 – Data and Information Security UNI EN ISO 27001 – Model 231 Legislative Decree 231/2001 – GAMP® 5 Compliant GXP Computerized SystemPAS 99:2012 Integrated Requirements

Group Policies

  • Anti-Corruption Policy
  • Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Policy
  • Human Rights Policy
  • Code of Ethics
  • Whistleblowing Policy

HUMAN RESOURCES

Respect for people is at the core of the Group’s business. For this reason, the Group has adopted a Human Rights and DEI Policy based on international standards such as:

  • The United Nations International Bill of Human Rights
  • The International Labour Organization (ILO) fundamental conventions (Nos. 29, 87, 98, 100, 105, 111, 138, 182) and the Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work
  • The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child

Workforce Data:

  • Total employees: 1,146
  • Gender diversity – female share (as % of total employees): 23.5%
  • Gender diversity – female share in top management (as % of total top management): 18.2%
  • Gender diversity – female share in managerial positions (as % of total managers): 17.5%
  • New generations / Age diversity – employees under 30 (as % of total): 20.2%
  • Training – Average training hours per employee: 10
  • Health and safety – Injury frequency rate (No. of injuries/worked hours × 1,000,000): 0.89
  • Employees covered by the occupational health and safety management system (as % of total): 100%
  • Employees who took family leave:
    • Female (% of total): 11.5%
    • Male (% of total): 4.1%
  • Gross hourly wage:
    • Female: €21.97
    • Male: €25.70

ENVIRONMENT

The Group has not identified any significant physical and/or transition risks related to climate change.

Total waste generated: 112,214 kg
Total hazardous waste: 3,009 kg
Percentage of waste sent for recovery: 70.1%

ENERGY CONSUMPTION AND ENERGY MIX

Over 63%

  • Total direct energy consumption: 5,939.71 MWh
  • Total energy consumption (overall): 20,452 MWh
  • Share from renewable sources: 19.4%
  • Share from nuclear sources: 4.14%

TOTAL GHG EMISSIONS

  • Total gross emissions variation: +21.7%
  • Total direct emissions (GHG Scope 1 – location-based): 859 tCO₂e
    • Mainly from the use of the company vehicle fleet (whose transition to hybrid and electric vehicles is among the medium-term goals of AVIT and FT System)
  • Total direct emissions (GHG Scope 1 – market-based): 568 tCO₂e
  • Total indirect emissions (GHG Scope 2 – location-based): 893 tCO₂e
  • Total indirect emissions (GHG Scope 2 – market-based): 568 tCO₂e
  • Total emissions (GHG Scope 3): 20,757 tCO₂e

GHG Scope 3 Emission Categories (GHG Protocol):

CategoryUnit2024
Purchase of goods and servicestCO₂e1,122
Fuel- and energy-related activities (not included in Scope 1 or 2)tCO₂e275
Upstream transportation and distributiontCO₂e1,406
Waste generated in operationstCO₂e0.7
Business traveltCO₂e1,485
Employee commutingtCO₂e1,546
Use of sold productstCO₂e14,922
Total GHG Scope 3 emissionstCO₂e20,757

Community and Local Area – Social Responsibility / Social Commitment and Education

Donations, sponsorships, and collaborations with educational institutions and research centers—particularly by Antares Vision S.p.A. and FT System—generate positive effects for the recipient stakeholders. However, these activities have not been considered material in the double materiality analysis. Similarly, partnerships with educational and research institutions, while not deemed material, strengthen the Group’s ties with the local community and foster long-term positive impacts.

Among the organizations and associations supported are:

  • Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore of Brescia
  • University of Brescia
  • Italian Association of Histology and Cytology Technicians
  • National Cancer Association
  • “Donna chiama Donna” Association
  • Brescia Museums Foundation
  • LEVANTE Amateur Sports Association
  • AV Sporting Team Association
  • Travagliato Alpini Group