Sustainability

What lasting quality asks of a house

How a textile is made, from what, and by whom, is part of how well it lasts. This is how Beltrami accounts for those choices, in its materials, its people, and its conduct.

Beltrami has made textiles since 1965, with its roots in Cene, in the province of Bergamo. The house holds its responsibilities to the same standard as its textiles, measured at the point of touch and across the life of a piece. What follows sets out that work in three areas: the materials Beltrami chooses, the people who make them, and the conduct that runs through both.

Material and environment

Autentica Fibra di Legno Beltrami

At the centre of Beltrami’s environmental work is Autentica Fibra di Legno Beltrami, a birch-derived fibre developed by the house. It carries the EU Ecolabel and certifications of biodegradability across natural and industrial settings: OK biodegradable SOIL, WATER and MARINE, and OK compost INDUSTRIAL and HOME. Its raw material is sourced under FSC and PEFC certification.

The fibre’s environmental performance is measured against recognised standards. Two assessments set it out.

Higg Materials Sustainability Index, v.3.91

Against comparable yarns

50%

lower carbon emissions

50%

lower water consumption

Life Cycle Assessment, ISO 14040/44

Against similar fibres, up to

71%

lower global warming potential

68%

lower fossil fuel depletion

68%

lower water consumption

35%

lower eutrophication

The fibre is used across the collection in defined proportions: Exclusive line, 100%; Fibra di Legno line, 70%; Antea, Tenax and Anty lines, 30%.

People

The people of the house

People management at Beltrami follows fairness, transparency and respect for dignity, formalised in the Code of Ethics and the Corporate Rules for Employees. As the house grows, those principles travel with it, so that every colleague joins on the same terms.

The house condemns discrimination, harassment and coercion, promotes equal opportunity and pay equity, and treats training as a continuing investment in skill and in safety. Working conditions follow the applicable national collective labour agreement.

Health and safety

Health and safety are managed through risk assessment tools and procedures set to each category of work. Beltrami applies the Italian Consolidated Safety Act (Legislative Decree 81/08) to all personnel, including interns and trainees, with equal rights to protection, training and risk awareness. Job-specific risk sheets identify the principal hazards, among them chemical exposure, manual handling, noise, vibration, mechanical risk and fire, and are kept current. Training is scaled to the risk of each activity and complemented by medical surveillance where required, alongside preventive measures, the mandatory use of personal protective equipment, and established procedures for emergencies and accidents.

Ethics and conduct

Ethics and the supply chain

Beltrami’s Code of Ethics gathers the values that guide its work and its relationships: a commitment to quality and to the craft behind every piece, transparency and confidentiality, a strong regard for legality, and a culture of respect for the dignity of every employee. It sets out, too, the house’s social responsibility and its support for the local community. Through a Supplier Code of Conduct, accepted on the signing or renewal of every contract, the house asks its suppliers to share the same path: business integrity and fair competition, labour standards that condemn child and forced labour and ensure fair hours and conditions, the safety and quality of both workers and products, and environmental protection. Suppliers adopt risk management systems and pursue continuous improvement; the house reserves the right to audit, and compliance is a criterion in how suppliers are selected and assessed. Human rights are protected across the workforce and these supplier relationships. The Supplier Code of Ethics prohibits forced and child labour, protects freedom of association and collective bargaining, and requires wages and conditions to meet applicable law, supported by audit procedures and reporting mechanisms. Internally, the house carries out specific assessments to safeguard vulnerable groups.

Assurance

Beltrami’s Quality Management System is certified to ISO 9001:2015. Its implementation is confirmed each year through internal audits conducted by Bureau Veritas and by QIMA, verifying that procedures are applied and standards met.

Figures and policies on this page are drawn from 2024 sustainability reporting, prepared in line with the European Sustainability Reporting Standards and a double materiality assessment, as part of La Bottega Collective.

The most responsible textile is the one you keep.