Our sustainability journey

The magazines we read, the polymers in our cars and houses, the paints we use and the tiles we walk on are just some of the products that talc enhances. In a world where the demand for minerals is constantly growing, IMI Fabi Group can play a key role to address the current and perspective environmental and social challenges towards a sustainable mining, from keep investing in innovation and technologies to improve the health and safety in the workplace to the way we use land, energy,and water. Compliance with the law is the fundamental level all businesses must achieve, but we know that, to keep creating value in the long term, we must continuously strive beyond compliance and make continuous improvements. Today, IMI Fabi can also count on its recently defined purpose to better explain the very core of its strategy and its business model.

To deliver this purpose the company is committed to  grow  in  a  responsible  way,  combining  people’s expectation, respect for the planet and using the available resources responsibly.

IMI Fabi demonstrates its commitment to environmental sustainability through the circular economy of talc, which ensures the efficient and sustainable management of this non-renewable resource.

At the same time, IMI Fabi is committed to invest in the use renewable energy to offset the impact of energy consuming technologies used to improve circular economy of talc and to deliver more performing products.

This strong attention to environment is correlated to a strong caring of people and communities. Indeed, IMI Fabi works in order to be an active player in improving humans’ quality of life, both in the well being of its miners and in the communities the Group operates.

The integrated management systems are  pillars  of  our  corporate  culture,  which  aims  at continuous improvement. Quality assurance, Health,  Safety  and  Environmental  assurance  and  Energy management together with codes of ethics and equal opportunity policies provide a solid basis for our sustainable practices. IMI Fabi S.p.A. implements and maintains the following management systems:

. ISO 9001:2015 in quality 14001:2015 in environment

. ISO 45001:2018 Occupational health and safety 

. 50001:2018 in energy

IMI Fabi has formalized its ESG commitment in specific policies:

. Code of Ethics

. Sustainability policy

. Suppliers’ Code of Conduct

IMI FABI is committed to monitoring and reporting ESG key performance indexs and build on those its sustainability strategy.

In 2022, the Group has accomplished its first Materiality Assessment, engaging all our employees, and in 2023 published its first annual Sustainability Report, on a voluntary basis and in accordance with GRI Standard.