Since its founding in 1987, ABS has always believed that proper, transparent, and responsible conduct enhances and protects the company’s identity and reputation over time, and for this reason, it has considered adopting and integrating sustainability objectives into its policy.
In line with this commitment, ABS intends to define the principles of its strategy for sustainable growth over time by reducing the negative impacts that can be created both directly and indirectly.
For this reason, a program of commitments and actions aimed at improving economic, environmental and social sustainability performance has been developed.
ABS is committed to carrying out its business activities in accordance with the highest ethical standards, not tolerating acts of corruption and operating in compliance with applicable laws and regulations on the matter.
To this end, it ensures careful and continuous monitoring of compliance with current legislation and applicable requirements and ensures transparency in all business processes.
Furthermore, society encourages the reporting of illegal facts, discrimination or irregularities through a custom-made channel (cd. “Whistleblowing”) ensuring confidentiality and anonymity, within the limits set by current regulations, for those who carry out communications.
The company also adopts the principles of the Circular Economy and ensures competitiveness in a medium-long term perspective through the development of projects consistent with them and the promotion of industrial synergies.
The ABS categorically rejects any type of involvement with individuals who engage in illicit activities or are financed with funds of an illicit nature.
For ABS, staff is the central element of company activities. Society recognizes the value of people’s diversity and specificities and enhances their uniqueness by creating an inclusive work environment that encourages employee collaboration and creativity.
Society provides its staff with adequate skills development through the provision of specific training, career paths based on resource capabilities, and an objective performance evaluation system. For this reason, meritocracy is one of society’s fundamental principles.
The ABS ensures a working environment based on inclusiveness, prohibits incidents of discrimination, exploitative actions, mobbing and/or harassment, and guarantees full respect for human rights.
The company also identifies and adopts effective occupational accident and disease prevention measures to reduce health and safety risks to the lowest possible level, in compliance with applicable national and supranational standards and relevant national collective bargaining agreements.
For ABS, respect for the environment is an essential aspect in the management of company activities, for this reason it is committed to carrying out its activities responsibly in order to guarantee environmental safety and that of its workers by adopting an environmental management system compliant with the UNI ISO EN 14001 standard.
The company is committed to increasing the energy efficiency of its assets and reducing its environmental impact by favoring sustainable forms of supply.
Furthermore, with regard to the activities carried out within company offices, it is committed to waste management through separate collection and to reducing the consumption of certain materials such as plastic.
Customer satisfaction is essential for ABS and to this end it is committed to establishing lasting relationships over time by combining experience in the business sector with the ability to anticipate market trends.
The data flow is handled responsibly and in full confidentiality of the information received from the customer. Privacy is also guaranteed by the use of high standards of protection and security of the data provided.
ABS has adopted its own Supplier Code of Conduct to involve its suppliers in building a socially, environmentally, and economically sustainable supply cycle.
The supplier of the company is required to conduct its business in compliance with generally recognized ethical and integrity principles and to make use of organizational systems consistent with the Code of Ethics adopted by the Company and to conduct its business activity respecting the rules of fair and equitable competition in accordance with the relevant legislation.
This Sustainability Policy is disseminated to all staff, outside the organization and all those who request it.
