Sustainability

Gheda Petfood is a company certified since 2002 according to the standards required by ISO regulations. The organized management system of the company continuously renews its certification in compliance with the UNI EN ISO 9001, 2015 edition. Furthermore, in 2020 the company achieved the food safety system certification according to the international standard FSSC 22000 for what concerns the formulation and production of dry food for dogs and cats. The Quality Control Department is committed to maintaining total quality through the production of safe Pet food.

Gheda Petfood is careful about the environmental impact of its industrial activities and is aware of the limits of natural resources.
The company is committed to sustainable development and to business practices oriented towards an environmental culture, for a minimal impact on the environment and on the use of natural resources.
Safeguarding of the environment and sensitivity to the renewable energy development represent a major goal for the company.
Thanks to this environmental policy, Gheda Petfood has decided to commit to:

1. comply with all applicable environmental regulations so that its business practices are environment-friendly in order to have:
   • a systematic approach to environmental policy;
   • continuous improvement;
   • compliance of Gheda policy with local legislation;
   • 
the Community Eco-Management and Audit System;
2. provide appropriate information, communication and training to improve the knowledge about the company’s environmental commitment;
3. integrate environmental principles, programs and procedures at all levels of the business and in all sectors including design, maintenance, process and installation activities, production and distribution, products and packaging;
4. measurements, evaluation and control of environmental performance;
5. commitment and continuous improvements on environmental performance, including energy saving, water consumption and control, waste production, recycling when possible;
6. set environmental targets through the structural check list with annual targets and periodic verification of their progress.

The final goal of this policy is the environment protection. The management system and the proposed actions are aimed to reach effective results. Gheda Petfood Management System is applied in all its production activities.

In the agriculture activities human beings interact with ecosystems. Many current cultivations are the result of crossings aiming to concentrate the positive characteristics of different varieties.
In order to do it, it is necessary that crossing plants are compatible, otherwise the natural barriers prevent, in most cases, the fertilization between different species.
On the contrary, GMOs are the result of artificial recombination of material obtained through the inclusion of DNA fragments of a donor organism in a host organism that in nature could not in any way exchange the hereditary material.
An example: the inclusion of the characteristic of resistance to cold induced in strawberries through the inclusion of the DNA sequence that in Arctic fish determines a greater tolerance to low temperatures, would not have been possible with the crossing techniques used in agriculture up to now.

For this reason, Gheda Petfood does not support the free use of genetically modified organisms and respects the regulations in force and the limits imposed for “NO GMO” products.

Gheda Petfood does not carry out tests on animals.
Tests are not conducted or commissioned to produce finished products after the defined “cut-off date”. Therefore, the products and all the activities carried out by Gheda Petfood do not harm, cause suffering or kill animals.

Gheda Petfood company policy, spirit and conscience consider that:
– every animal has its rights;
– the disregard and contempt of these rights have led and continue to lead human beings to commit crimes against nature and animals;
– the recognition by the human beings of the right to existence of other animal species constitutes the basis for the coexistence of species in the world;
– genocides are perpetrated by human beings and others may happen in the future;
– the respect for animals by humans is linked to the respect for humans among themselves.
– education should teach from childhood to observe, understand, respect and love animals.