In recent years, environmental and social sustainability within the vending sector has taken on an increasingly important role : 80% of companies, in fact, use renewable energy and 78% adopt environmental management systems aimed at reducing the climate impact of their activities.
This is what emerges from the “ 2023 Sector Sustainability Report ” promoted by CONFIDA , the Italian Automatic Distribution Association, the first dedicated to this sector which in Italy is made up of over 4,000 management companies for an induced employment of approximately 30,000 people, to which are added the other companies in the supply chain.
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The study carried out for the CONFIDA Report also shows that 50% of vending companies produce a sustainability report and 60% have a manager dedicated to the topic . The sector, in particular, pays close attention to food safety since vending machines are real refreshment points that comply with all hygiene and safety regulations, the so-called HACCP system, to protect the health of the end consumer.
Furthermore, thanks to the collaboration with the CSQA body , the TQS Vending certification was created, which requires operators in the sector to have quality standards that are higher than those required by law. Also for coffee, the most sold product in vending machines, a further quality certification was created, DTP-114 , which defines specific functional quality parameters.
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Source: VendingNews.it