Products which enable the implementation of a policy of Green Purchases (Green Public Procurement) consistent with the National Action Plan for GPP (NAP GPP) and comply with one or more of the environmental sustainability requirements provided by MD n.65 dated 10 March 2020.
The Protected Designation of Origin mark, better known by the acronym PDO, is a mark for the legal protection of the denomination that the European Union attributes to those agricultural products and foodstuffs for which the stages of the production process are realised in a delimited geographical area and for which the production process is in compliance with a set of specifications of production. All the production, transformation and processing of the product must occur within the delimited area.
The Protected Geographical Identification mark, better known by the acronym PGI, is a legal protection mark attributed by the European Union to the agricultural products and foodstuffs originating in a specific region and country. The PGI products quality, reputation and characteristics can be traced to geographical origin and at least production or transformation or processing must be done inside the delimited area.
The traditional Agri-food Products are products included in a special list established by the Ministry of Agricultural, Food and Forestry Policies (Decree 8 September 1999, n. 350) in collaboration with the Regions. The characteristics of the products and the methods of processing, conservation and maturation must be consolidated over time according to local customs, uniform and constant, also collected from the chambers of commerce, industry, crafts and agriculture competent for the territory.
Organic agriculture is a type of agriculture involving the entire farming ecosystem, which uses the natural fertility of the soil in a limited number of interventions, promotes biodiversity in the environment and excludes the use of synthesis products (except those specifically allowed by European Union law) and genetically modified organisms.
Sustainable fishing products respond to specific environmental sustainability criteria; the fishing zones are managed in such a way as to guarantee the respect of the existing reserves of fish, considering their reproductive capability and biodiversity. Products bearing these certifications (for example MSC – Marine Stewardship Council – certification) originate from fishing zones governed through advanced management programs.
Organic aquaculture promotes the farming of fresh and salt water fish, shrimps, molluscs, and algae, through organic and certified techniques, developed in compliance with relative laws and specific standards. The basic aspects of organic fish farming are: to guarantee that the marine organisms entirely live in the farming facility, maintaining the stress levels involved in farming at zero or close to zero, also thanks to the reduced impact of man on the animals’ lives, not using hormonal additives in the fish or food based on oils or fish-based flour and GMO.
Fair Trade products constitute a concrete and sustainable alternative for the international trading, on a tangible market, by people for people in which the work ethic provides dignity and a future to millions of workers, especially in southern hemisphere countries. Fair Trade has the primary objective of balancing relations with countries with less developed economies, improving market access through adequate wages and dignified working conditions.
The source of raw materials of tropical origin, such as palm oil, cocoa and coffee, represents an area of particular interest for MARR as in the countries of origin there may be critical issues related to environmental protection, as well as living conditions and people work. For this reason MARR has launched an important project on the suppliers of Private label products with the aim of adopting specific criteria in the use of ingredients of tropical origin and ensuring that the raw materials come from certified crops and managed responsibly according to sustainability criteria. environmental and social. For all Private label products by 2025, palm oil will be absent or RSPO (Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil) certified, coffee, cocoa and its derivatives (including butter and cocoa mass) will be Rainforest Alliance, Fairtrade certified or equivalent certifications. Furthermore, MARR offers customers the possibility to select and purchase non-branded products with these certifications in its assortment, through the online catalogue.
The compostable disposable products are those that comply with the UNI EN 13432: 2002 standard, i.e. those for which biodegradability and transformability into compost have been tested so that their impact on the environment is reduced.
The EU Ecolabel (EC Regulation no. 66/2010) is the European Union label for ecological quality which rewards the best products from an environmental viewpoint, which are thus differentiated from their competitors on the market, maintaining high performance standards.
The goal of FSC and PEFC certification, two of the most widespread forestry certification systems worldwide, is to identify the conduction of ecosystems based on sustainability principles. The products deriving from wood (paper, packaging, etc.) countermarked by these labels are certified independently and originate from forests managed in a manner such as to respect the social, economic and environmental requirements of current and future generations.
