Water
Initiatives to reduce water use are in place in several Electrolux facilities (see case study). In 2010 a target was set to reduce water use by 20% by 2014 using 2010 as the baseline year. 2011 performance is in line with achieving the target.
Water withdrawal reported includes water circulated for cooling purposes.
Electrolux is a signatory of the UNGC CEO Water Mandate.
Biodiversity
Land owned adjacent to protected areas
The factory at Solaro (83,523 m2) is adjacent to the protected area called “Parco delle Groane” and the Revin facility (54,866m2) is adjacent to the river Meuse protected area called “Natura 2000”.
Significant impacts of activities
Solaro and Revin emit 3.5 tons of solvents, particles and other emissions to air, down from 6.2 tons in 2010. There were no emissions to water and emissions from combustion processes at the factories are not taken into consideration. No significant impacts have been identified.