Sofidel Group

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Sofidel S.p.A.
Company type Joint-stock company
Industry paper
Founded1966;58 years ago (1966)
Founder
  • Emi Stefani
  • Giuseppe Lazzareschi
Headquarters,
ITA
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
  • Edilio Stefani, Chairman
  • Luigi Lazzareschi, CEO
Productsproducts in paper
RevenueIncrease2.svg 2.8 b (fiscal year 2023)
OwnerSofidel Group S.P.A.
Number of employees
beyond 6,900 (year 2023)
Website www.sofidel.com

Sofidel is an Italian multinational producer of tissue paper for sanitary and domestic use. The Sofidel Group was founded in 1966. It is one of the world leaders in the tissue paper market and the second largest producer in Europe behind Essity. [1] The privately held company is owned by the Stefani and Lazzareschi families, has subsidiaries in 13 countries and more than 6,600 employees.

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Timeline

In 2010, Sofidel's production capacity totaled 940,000 tons, in 2015 the number rose to 1,050,000 tonnes (1,030,000 long tons; 1,160,000 short tons) per year. [2]

In 2008, Sofidel joined the WWF as a member and the first Italian manufacturer and the first company in the world from the tissue sector. Over the years, the partnership has led to several joint marketing and communications projects. [3]

In 2015, it announced multiple US investments, being the first Italian tissue company to make it into the US market. [2] [4]

In 2016, it was announced that 100% of Sofidel tissue products in Western Europe will bear the FSC label. [5]

In 2017, Sofidel is present in 7 states in the US, where it has a production capacity of 200,000 tons.

In October 2018, the Group's largest, most modern and sustainable production facility opened in Circleville, Ohio.

In 2021 the Shareholders' Meeting, appointed the new board of directors in which directors from outside the Stefani and Lazzareschi families join for the first time: Chiara Mio, Silvio Bianchi Martini, Andrea Munari and Alessandro Solidoro.

In March 2021 Edilio Stefani succeeds his father, Emi Stefani, as chairman of Sofidel.

At the end of March 2023, the Group announced the acquisition of the Hakle brand and other brands. Hakle is one of Germany's most beloved brands in the toilet paper market, produced since 1928. [6]

Business

Internally, the Sofidel Group realizes an integrated cycle from the production of tissue reels to their conversion into finished products, feeding four business lines: consumer Brand, private label (distributor brand), away-fromHome (AFH), parent reels (semi-finished products: reels for paper companies).

Partnership

In 2008 Sofidel became a partner in WWF's international Climate Savers program. [7] In the same year it joins the United Nations Global Compact, supporting environmental sustainability projects. To date, the Group has ongoing collaborations with influential partners: in addition to institutional ones (WWF, Ocean Conservancy, EU-OSHA - European Agency for Safety and Health at Work, UN Global Compact Network Italy) it has important synergies through its brands and products.

Sustainability

The Sofidel Group considers sustainability a strategic growth factor and is committed to reducing impacts on the environment while striving to create added value for all its stakeholders. Sofidel's greenhouse gas emission reduction targets to 2030 have been recognized by Science Based Targets initiative [8] (SBTi) to be in line with the levels required to limit global warming well below 2 °C, as required by the Paris Agreement. Sofidel was the first Italian manufacturing company, and the first in the world in the tissue sector, to join the WWF Climate Savers program, aimed at leading companies on the low-carbon economy front. The Group has its results verified by third parties in order to safeguard the reliability of the data disseminated. In addition to preparing the integrated report, Sofidel has submitted its results to CDP, Ecovadis, and Morningstar Sustainalytics, obtaining positive recognitions

Objectives

Sofidel set environmental goals for 2030: a 98% recycled water rate at production sites (to date it counts 96.2%); 84% energy purchased from renewable sources; a 50% reduction in the incidence of plastic in packaging; -40% reduction of scope 1, 2 and 3 CO2 emissions for pulp suppliers; -24% reduction of scope 3 CO2 emissions for all other suppliers.

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References

  1. "Game Changer: Sofidel's Entrance into the North American Market".
  2. 1 2 "Italian Paper Manufacturer Sofidel Announces Multiple US Investments". 5 November 2015.
  3. "Sofidel broadens its agreement with WWF Climate Savers". WWF (in French). Retrieved 2023-09-02.
  4. "Sofidel: the European heavyweight flexes its muscles". www.tissueworldmagazine.com. 2014-07-15. Sofidel Group ... is re-launching its commitment to the environment by broadening its agreement with WWF's Climate Savers, based on the voluntary definition of substantial reduction plans for carbon dioxide emissions ... The only Italian company and still the only tissue paper company in the world (paper for hygiene and household purposes) to join the programme, Sofidel already succeeded in lowering its absolute emissions by 11.1% between 2008 and 2012, investing more than 25 million Euros. This amounts to 186 thousand tonnes of CO2 – more or less the equivalent of the amount produced in Italy by 150,000 four-person families per year for electrical consumption.
  5. "100% Sofidel tissue products in Western Europe will bear FSC label". 30 September 2016.
  6. Sofidel (paper) buys German brand Hakle
  7. "Sofidel broadens its agreement with WWF Climate Savers".
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