Compliance

Zato SpA has developed an Integrated Quality and Health and Safety Policy set out in its Vision and Mission statements in order to define its objectives and principles of action to satisfy its customers, prevent serious accidents and injuries, and protect the health and safety of its workers.

The production activities of Zato S.P.A. are divided between two plants located in the municipality of Prevalle: the registered office in Via Campi Grandi 23 (administrative and production management) and the operational unit in Via Campi Grandi 44 (welding). In the adjacent municipality of Gavardo, at Via G. Quarena, No. 203, there is also a warehouse used for storing finished products.

VISION

We aspire to be recognised as a global leader in the shredding machinery sector, distinguishing ourselves through excellence in design, production and technical assistance. We look to the future with a vision of a world where scrap management is a systematic and widespread process. We aim to be the trusted partner for companies involved in scrap processing, not only by supplying cutting-edge products, but also by actively sharing our know-how to support the creation of secondary raw materials in an efficient and sustainable manner.

MISSION

We are committed to providing cutting-edge and reliable solutions for scrap shredding and cleaning, placing environmental sustainability and resource management efficiency at the heart of our business. Our primary mission is to work with our customers, offering advanced machinery and high-quality services to enable them to successfully achieve their recycling and waste reduction goals.

In pursuing its corporate mission, ZATO S.P.A. is committed to:

1. Ensuring a safe and healthy workplace for all stakeholders
2. Developing its processes with a constant focus on the continuous improvement of the effectiveness of the management systems adopted, using the best available and economically compatible technology
3. Complying with laws and regulations on health and safety in the workplace
4. Promote continuous training/information and education of personnel to consolidate a culture of individual and collective behaviour aimed at protecting health and consolidating safety, as a moral duty towards colleagues, the community and the territory.
5. Provide the human and instrumental resources necessary to achieve the objectives
6. Assess in advance the impact on the health and safety of employees of all new activities and all new products and processes;
7. Ensure cooperation with public authorities to establish and update emergency procedures in order to minimise the effects of an emergency with accidental impact on the surrounding environment.
8. Put in place measures to ensure that contractors working on site on behalf of the company operate in accordance with our health and safety principles.

Senior management defines and periodically reviews the objectives, the management system implemented and the Integrated Policy, in accordance with the following guidelines:

• Strengthen and develop the current market position by manufacturing products with characteristics that meet the growing needs and demands of customers;
• Improve the efficiency and effectiveness of health and safety processes and performance;
• Consolidate the functionality of the organisation, making it flexible to respond promptly to customers and stakeholders and to monitor the progress of objectives.

To achieve these objectives, the involvement and consultation of all personnel is essential, including through their safety representatives: responsibility for management lies with the entire company organisation, from the employer to the individual worker, each according to their own duties and skills.

Zato S.P.A. therefore trusts that all staff will continue to show the same commitment and cooperation, with the professionalism they have already demonstrated, in order to achieve the strategic objectives set.

The Company’s business is based on an effective internal control system, which allows the company to be run ethically and consistently with its objectives, through an adequate process of managing the main risks, capable of creating lasting value for shareholders and all stakeholders.

Zato has always been committed to operating in full compliance with the values of integrity and transparency that are the essence of our company culture and that everyone must know and respect. In the same way, it is essential for us to share the path taken by the Company with the outside world, to show you how we intend to carry on the business, continuing to invest in the growth of a culture of compliance.

Zato has adopted a system for managing reports – including anonymous reports, provided they are adequately detailed – relating to unlawful or illegal conduct.

Reports can be made in writing or orally, using the methods described in the Whistleblowing Policy and aimed at guaranteeing confidentiality regarding the identity of the whistleblower. Reports will be handled by the Company’s Supervisory Body.

Whistleblowers acting in good faith are protected from any form of discrimination, retaliation or penalisation, and the correct fulfilment of the duty to report cannot determine the establishment of disciplinary proceedings, nor the application of the relative sanctions. The adoption of the aforementioned system does not preclude, in any case, the reporting of any violations of laws or government regulations to the competent authority.

The Organisational Model, the Code of Ethics and the Policy, designed to inspire and guide the behaviour of Zato’s staff and all our stakeholders, are at your disposal.