35 E5-2 – Actions and Resources Related to Resource Use and Circular Economy Paper Use For Osculati, it is still essential to have a printed catalog that is always up-to-date with its products to reach customers in over 100 countries, contribute to brand identity, consolidate customer loyalty, and increase profits. Printed materials also convey to potential customers that they are dealing with a significant, reliable, well-structured, and motivated company. In 2024 alone, Osculati printed 13,320 catalogs of 1,128 pages each, along with several minor prints, totaling 8,742 kg of paper. Being aware of the importance of limiting environmental impact, since 2019 Osculati has chosen FSC® certified paper for all its printed materials, ensuring that the cellulose comes from responsibly managed forests, respecting environmental, social, and economic standards, including workers’ rights, safety, and biodiversity protection. For specific printed materials, such as the Sustainability Report, the company uses recycled paper obtained from the recovery of paper and cardboard without cutting down new trees. Conventional paper is used only where no sustainable alternative is feasible. The company is actively working to eliminate even this component, aiming to use only recycled and FSC® certified materials in the near future. Printing is done with vegetable-based inks derived from rapeseed, palm, and linseed oils. Printing Plates Plates are the medium through which ink is transferred to paper, passing first through a rubber support called a blanket. Traditionally, plate preparation was manual, time-consuming, and generated a lot of waste. For example, making plates (originally zinc, now aluminum) used much more water and required high-temperature ovens to fix the images. Osculati has adopted more sustainable technologies for printing plates: Waterless plates, which use photopolymers and silicone products without water, and Processless plates, which require neither chemical development nor water. Both solutions significantly reduce resource consumption and environmental impact.
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