To mark its 10th anniversary, EPHOTO is proud to announce that it has been awarded an important B Corp certification.
B Lab – an international non-profit organization – recently granted EPHOTO official B Corp status, giving the company well-deserved recognition for operating according to high standards in terms of ethical and sustainable issues. The ultimate objective of B Lab, along with companies like EPHOTO who have achieved this important certification, is to promote continuous all-round progress towards its stakeholders through networking and an approach aimed at achieving outstanding performance, but not just in economic terms. The mission for certified companies is to consider environmental and social performance on a par with economic results, focusing just as much on business as on positive social and environmental efforts and initiatives.
EPHOTO srl
We aim to operate as a responsible company by putting sustainability and transparency towards people, territories, assets, social and cultural activities, organizations and associations, and other stakeholders first.
The regulations
Therefore, for the law of 28 December 2015 Article One, Paragraphs 376-384, the company intends to pursue multiple purposes of common benefit, operating, as mentioned before, responsibly. The guiding principle is to give awareness and values to all who will be involved in our projects through continuous improvement.
Paragraph 376
Furthermore, the law mentioned above aims to promote and disseminate benefits to societies and their establishment, which, within economic activity and sharing profits, pursue multiple charitable purposes by operating responsibly and transparently.
We decided to commit to a business model that not only generates profit but also contributes to generating value for all stakeholders. This is why EPHOTO is committed to projects that have a positive purpose for people and our planet through virtuous partnerships with organizations that are committed to protecting the earth’s resources and beauty.
A new social partnership with Humana People to People Italy
EPHOTO is committed to supporting Humana Italia in the production and realization of all the photographic content for the new online shop: from the creative art direction to the banners for the home page, from the shooting sessions to the promo or technical tips. Humana Italia, a member of the Humana People to People Federation present in 45 countries, has been active in Italy since 1998. The organization is committed to the collection and selection of clothes that are no longer worn, in order to give them a second life through reuse and recycling, thus generating both environmental and social benefits.
EPHOTO and the solidarity fashion market
For the solidarity fashion market project, thanks to the collaboration with Fondazione Rise Together, founded in Milan in 2020 to provide support to those in need of economically inaccessible treatment or therapies, we contributed to the creation of images destined for the market on the well-known ‘Vinted’ app, a platform on which it is possible to buy clothes, shoes, bags, accessories, jewellery and other items. The proceeds were then donated to a fundraising event.
CIAOMONDO!
We like to think that our team can discover or deepen new practices and rituals for their mind and body.
We have activated for all of them a subscription with CIAOMONDO, a personal space in which to grow and evolve, practice, cry and laugh, relax, share emotions.
A platform where you can feel good and find your balance in the present and work on your future through yoga, movement and meditation.
Onlus Cascina Library
We chose to support a cooperative that deals with social inclusion, personal services and job placement to contribute with the well-being of those who work with us. This partnership has allowed us to have a unique and healthy service: the delivery of fresh organic fruit to the desks of those who work for us, intending to contribute to people’s wellbeing through proper nutrition and promote a healthy lifestyle.
Commitment to recycling
Our respect for the environment is embodied in our commitment to recycling the materials we use daily. The use of paper bottoms is fundamental to our production therefore, we have decided to give them a second life by sending them to ad hoc paper mills that deal with their recycling and reuse.
Taking action together: Ephoto goes to zero waste
Our promise is to reduce the amount of waste we produce: consume only what is necessary, reuse what can be reused, and recycle what can be recycled. We provide purified water dispensers in our studios and have produced a water bottle for our team to raise awareness of plastic waste and the right daily water requirement.
We support and are partners of:
CUORI 3.0
RISE TOGETHER
HUMANA VINTAGE
SOLETERRE
YWN
MILOVE
AMICI DI NDUGU ZANGU
LEGAMBIENTE
HANDICAP SU LA TESTA
The company EPHOTO, has decided to adopt its own Code of Ethics that constitutes the point of reference for all those who carry out their activities on behalf of and in the interest of the company. The Code of Ethics, approved by the Board of Directors on November 11, 2021, brings together the present ethics of the company and creates the conditions to generate new thinking and behaviour, constituting the set of ethical principles and values that must guide the activities of all those who work in EPHOTO, taking into account the importance of their roles, the complexity of their functions and the responsibilities entrusted to them for the pursuit of the purposes of the Company. The orientation towards ethics is an indispensable approach for the reliability of behaviour towards stakeholders and, more generally, towards the entire context in which the Company operates.