A story of compensation

Through the Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), FITT identifies, measures and reports the CO2 emissions of its most innovative products throughout their life cycles. This empirical tool makes it possible to map the environmental impacts of products, from the raw materials to their disposal.

Limiting CO2 emissions is a concrete objective that FITT pursues on several fronts: in the research into new materials, the improvement of the efficiency of production lines, the use of energy from renewable sources, the optimisation of logistic services and the reduction of the space required by our packaging. The innovative capabilities of FITT have allowed it to create a range of products with certified lower impact: FITT Force, FITT NTS Eco

FITT has chosen to compensate all CO2 emissions resulting from the production of its most innovative products by purchasing Gold Standard certified carbon credits generated by the Water is Life project in collaboration with Wami Water. The mission of Water is Life is to bring drinking water to families living in the villages of Anketrake, Andranogadra and Ankatsaky, in Madagascar. Even today, in some areas of the island 80% of the population has no direct access to drinking water and is forced to make long daily journeys to reach water sources in semi-desert areas. FITT designs and manufactures pipes and hoses for transporting fluids, the main one being water. It has therefore chosen to support the Water is Life project, in order to ensure access to such a vital resource also in areas where it is not easily available.

Sanitary aspect
Bringing drinking water to the villages means giving its inhabitants safe water, reducing the risk of infectious diseases such as diarrhoea, intestinal infections and parasites. Water pollution is, in fact, the leading cause of infant mortality in Africa.

Environmental aspect
Taking drinking water to the villages means avoiding the emission of further CO2 in the atmosphere. To boil water and make it drinkable, villagers burn, in fact, any materials at their disposal (tyres, plastics, wood).

Social aspect
Bringing clean water to the villages means that children can go to school and their mothers can actively support their families. Children and women are in fact forced to make long daily journeys to collect drinking water and take it back to their villages.