I.Cer.S conference: sustainability along the ceramic supply chain

The LIFE FORTURE project was presented during the conference on raw materials organised by I.Cer.S at Confindustria Ceramica, with a seminar by Lucrezia Volpi from the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia entitled “Lights and shadows in supply chain sustainability management”.

The presentation focused on the role of sustainability along the ceramic supply chain, showing how environmental, economic and social impacts are not limited to the production phase, but are generated and managed across a wider network of actors, materials, processes and logistics choices.

A key message of the seminar was the increasing importance of transparent communication. As markets and stakeholders ask for clearer evidence of sustainability performance, companies need reliable tools to measure, monitor and explain their impacts along the value chain.

The presentation also highlighted one of the central contributions of LIFE FORTURE: impact assessment tools, when properly designed and integrated into company processes, can help organizations monitor their impacts and evaluate them in a predictive way.

In this perspective, sustainability becomes more than a compliance requirement. When considered in its three dimensions — environmental, economic and social — it can represent a real added value for ceramic products and a strategic factor in today’s marketplace.