Sofidel’s value chain
The scope of the double materiality analysis covered the Group’s entire value chain, including procurement activities, the Group’s own operations and downstream phases involving customers and end consumers, with impacts on the environment and people.
With regard to its own operations, the analysis covered all fully consolidated companies within the Sofidel Group located in Europe and the United States. Particular attention was paid to production plants during the impact assessment, given their specific environmental significance.
The actors in the upstream value chain were selected based on spending significance, both by product category and by geographical area, enabling the identification of the most significant categories.
The main categories of stakeholders involved upstream and downstream are illustrated in the figure below, which shows the key relationships between the sustainability topics that are material to the Group and its business model, along the entire value chain.
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