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.
Carbon Footprint
EPHOTO has undertaken a path to mitigate and offset its CO2 emissions during 2022.
The commitment and sensitivity towards environmental issues but not only, officially takes hold starting from November 2021, with the official transition to Benefit Company, which led the agency to operate in a more responsible and transparent manner in order to generate a positive impact on the environment, people and communities.
This subsequently made it possible to define objectives to be achieved, such as: the transition to the use of energy from 100% renewable sources in May 2022 and the compensation, in December 2022, of the emissions generated by office activities carried out in 2021 .
The project, developed thanks to the collaboration of Renovit, an Energy Service Company which aims to contribute to the country’s energy transition, was characterized by an initial analytical phase and identification of the main emission sources linked to the activities and calculation of the environmental impact in terms of CO2 equivalent.
The impact of the emissions generated, in the year 2021, was quantified and subsequently, through the Carbon Offsetting mechanism, it was chosen to support “The Project: 100.5 MW Wind Power Project” in Madhya Pradesh, India which consists of the construction of 67 1.5 MW generators generating clean electricity through wind energy.
La Carovana dei Ghiacciai 2022
La Carovana dei Ghiacciai’ — a journey across the Alpine peaks to illustrate the effects of climate change.
Life is full of paradoxes.
We see famous people modelling clothes in our photo studios every day, while our glaciers remain completely bare.
With this in mind, we’ve decided to get involved in supporting a traveling campaign by Legambiente to raise awareness about the state of our exposed mountain peaks, or to quote Enrico Camanni – who was present at the first leg of the caravan – “the mountains stripped bare of white”. We are thrilled to be taking part as a technical partner in the third edition of ‘La Carovana dei Ghiacciai’, the glaciers’ caravan.
‘La Carovana dei Ghiacciai’ is a journey across the Alpine peaks to illustrate the effects of climate change on glaciers and to promote the protection of our highest mountains.
The traveling campaign will visit different locations, where analyses and data collection on the state of glaciers will be carried out in cooperation with the Italian Glaciological Committee.
The campaign starts on August 17 departing from the Aosta Valley among the Miage and Pré de Bar glaciers, then continue toward Piedmont passing the glaciers of Monte Rosa, the Forni Glaciers in Lombardy, the Marmolada in Trentino, and then finishing with the Montasio Glacier in Friuli Venezia Giulia.
La Carovana dei Ghiacciai 2023
“It has been exactly one year since the start of the last Carovana dei Ghiacciai. The excitement of the last edition, due to the anticipation and the unknown, gives way to the need to revisit the people and places that are now very dear to me in this year’s edition. Beautiful landscapes that are not part of everyday life for someone from Rome,” says David Fricano, photo and video reporter for EPHOTO.
EPHOTO continues to collaborate with LEGAMBIENTE, for the second year running, supporting the CAROVANA DEI GHIACCIAI 2023 edition as its Media Partner.
From 20 August to 10 September 2023, the international campaign promoted by Legambiente and CIPRA (International Commission for the Protection of the Alps), with the scientific partnership of the Italian Glaciological Committee (CGI), will travel along the Alps in its fourth edition.
Six stops between Italy, Austria and Switzerland to highlight the bleak retreat of the glaciers. Monitoring, outreach, high-altitude hikes, art and music at every stage raise awareness of the need to tackle the climate crisis.
A high-altitude journey to witness the dramatic retreat of glaciers, the ultimate guardians of the changing climate. A mission to raise awareness of what is happening so that everyone acts concretely to reduce the global temperature and its effects.
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.
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.
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.
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.