Sustainable Shops

We want OVS shops to be welcoming and sustainable spaces where people feel comfortable.

We are the largest Italian retailer and operate a network of more than 1.800 stores worldwide.

For us, the store is not only a sales space that should be welcoming to every visitor, but it is also the space where we come in contact with our customers, where we communicate our values and where our sustainability choices crystallize.

The store network accounts for the majority of our direct impacts, so we are continually working to select the best green building solutions and design better spaces. To minimize our footprint, for several years now, all new openings and renovations apply standard guidelines that we have developed from the most advanced green design principles with the goal to:

• apply an integrated approach that incorporates sustainability criteria during the design, construction and management phases of the store aimed at limiting consumption and includes them in the agreements with the suppliers involved;
• minimize energy consumption and polluting emissions;
• systematically increase the quality of the environment and the perceived comfort inside the store, starting with air conditioning and air quality through to lighting, materials used and cleanliness;
• have a positive impact on productivity and staff retention.
  In particular, we constantly monitor the efficiency of the systems with a double-control system in order to avoid heat loss and energy waste, by monitoring the internal environmental conditions.

THE NEW SUSTAINABLE STORE CONCEPT

Our new store concept, which will be applied to all openings and in 2020 to 30 stores, was created with the aim of increasing the sustainability profile of the store as well as.
The design was conceived to facilitate both assembly and recovery at the end of its life cycle: the furnishings and architectural finishes are interlocking to allow installation without the use of glues and to facilitate separation for reuse, or recycling, when the store is dismantled.
We use few virtuous materials that are easily recyclable: glass, wood 100% FSC certified from sustainably managed forests, and aluminum 95% recycled from post-consumer scraps, infinitely recyclable.

Negozi certificati

In 2021 the Treviso store was completely restructured: it was a radical renovation that transformed it into a more welcoming and at the same time efficient place from an energy point of view. Thanks to the careful design to reduce the environmental impact, it has obtained the LEED certification which is the recognition for its high performance in terms of reduced consumption and impacts owing to the design choices including the materials - recovered or from certified sources - energy efficiency of lighting systems, water consumption, air cleanliness.

In 2015 our store on Corso Buenos Aires in Milan was the first to receive a prestigious “GOOD” certification from "BREEAM Refurbishment and Fit Out 2015," an international agreement created to identify buildings that abide by the best sustainability standards in the world.

Here are a few of the measures we have adopted:

Documenti correlati

• BREEAM Refurbishment and Fit Out 2015