PRESENTATION

Corticeira Amorim Towards Sustainable Development

The emergence of a new paradigm – the viability of the activities carried out from a standpoint that simultaneously incorporates the economic, social and environmental aspects of these activities – has determined the growing importance of the contribution of every actor, whether a company or a consumer, to building a better world. In this respect, one distinctive factor to emerge in responsible consumption is the ecological nature of the product – CORTICEIRA AMORIM’s strength in the insulation market segment is an example and a consequence of this new reality.

In this area, CORTICEIRA AMORIM, in addition to benefiting from a gift of Nature – transforming a natural raw material, extracted cyclically from the trees without harming them, promoting the economic and social sustainability of areas at risk of desertification, making available high value added products that maintain the unique and intrinsic characteristics of cork, in an integrated transformation process that practically does not produce waste – has regulated its activity by adopting and strengthening sustainable development practices.

Corticeira Amorim has always had a culture of sustainability that we are at pains to report, prompting a shared reflection on the way we carry out our activity and give due consideration, with the contribution of our stakeholders, to potential improvements aimed at everyone’s well-being. 
 

Machoqueira do Grou Cork Farm wins an award for good forest management practices 09-12-2009 The Sustainability of Cork Oak and Associated Biodiversity award was given on last 29 November at the Portel Fair to Machoqueira do Grou Cork Farm located in Coruche. This award was created to distinguish farms and forest owners for using best cork forest management practices and its associated biodiversity. This award was the result of an agreement signed among CORTICEIRA AMORIM, the Portuguese Forestry Authority (AFN), the Institute for the Conservation of Nature and Biodiversity (ICNB), QUERCUS – the National Association for Nature Conservation and the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), as part of the European Business & Biodiversity initiative.