RadiciGroup Sustainability Report in pills - Chapter 5 Product Responsibility Performance Indicators Performance Indicators calculated according to GRI 3.1 Standard

1. PRODUCT RESPONSIBILITY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS
PERFORMANCE INDICATORS CALCULATED ACCORDING TO GRI 3.1 STANDARD
PR 1 - RADICIGROUP PRODUCT LIFE CYCLE STAGES BEING STUDIED
In 2012 RadiciGroup continued to perform LCAs on its key products,
which are polyamides and polyesters (both virgin and obtained from
recycled PET bottles) for textile use.
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RADICIGROUP PRODUCTS WITH LCAs COMPLETED IN THE LAST THREE YEARS
2011
Radichem® Adipic Acid
Radichem® Hexamethylenediamine
Radipol® PA 6 (polyamide polymers)
Radipol® PA 6.6 (polyamide polymers)
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of its products.
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Radilon® POY 6 yarn (polyamide textile yarn)
Radilon® POY 6.6 yarn (polyamide textile yarn)
Radilon 6.6 black (glass-fibre-reinforced polyamide engineering plastics)
®
Heramid® 6 Natural/black (post-industrial polyamide engineering plastics)
Heramid® 6.6 black (post-industrial polyamide engineering plastics )
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In the 2011-2013 period
RadiciGroup performed
LCA Studies on
Radifloor® BCF PA 6 (polyamide carpet yarn)
Radifloor® BCF PA 6 solution dyed (polyamide carpet yarn)
Radifloor® BCF PA 6.6 (polyamide carpet yarn)
2012
Starlight® POY PET yarn (polyester POY textile yarn)
r-Starlight®, r-Radyarn® POY r-PET yarn (polyester POY textile yarn
produced from post-consumer recycled polyester)
Radyarn® (polyester textile yarn )
r-Radyarn® (polyester textile yarn produced from post-consumer recycled
polyester)
Starlight®, Radyarn®, r-Starlight®, r-Radyarn® polyester yarn specially
designed for yarn dying and solution dyeing.
Cornleaf solution-dyed continuous yarn made using PLA biopolymer
2013
PA 6.10 Polymer: polyamide polymer for the food sector, where the PA6.10 is made from 64%
vegetable, non-food source materials.
PEF AND OEF: A WAY FOR THE FUTURE
Radici Chimica, a RadiciGroup chemical company, has become the first chemical company in Europe to obtain certificates of
conformity for its Organisation Environmental Footprint (OEF ) issued for all aspects of the production plant, and its Product
Environmental Footprint (PEF) for PA6.6, HMDA, adipic acid, nitric acid, MAB, diamine heads and tails, and CO2.
The OEF and PEF methodology was set out in Recommendations issued by the European Commission.
DATA SOURCE: RADICIGROUP SUSTAINABILITY REPORT 2012
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