Creators rather than artifacts of their own destiny

Doing the rounds, one hears a lot of fine talk, but the actual deeds done have been few. Not only in politics. It’s not always like that, obviously.
I am witness to the fact that, in the world of packaging, women and men still act who “do not follow or succumb to the wind, but they create it”, rather, to use the words of Pope Francesco, people who, in their job, do not renounce on wondering about “the broader meaning of life…”. Editorial by Stefano Lavorini

A fine example? Boxmarche, a company of a little more than 10 million euros of turnover that, through soulful drive lucid determination, effectively show how one can positively combine productivity and respect for the human being, finances and environmental protection.

People who think, and who think well, starting from their uncontainable president Tonino Dominici, and who are able to not only make cases, boxes and displays, but also capable of organizing events like that of July 3 at their Corinaldo (AN) works , called Cibox, acronym of Change, Imagination, Ability, Optimism, People. A title that renders explicit the value system illustrated in the Living Company Report presented during the encounter: «A document that is the expression of the “strong thinking” regarding social responsibility of all the people at Boxmarche, because the concern is a bearer of responsibility that does not stop at the creation of profit, wealth and employment, but that extends to developing actions involving the local area where the company operates along with the local stakeholders».

To be clear on the fact that Boxmarche is not “a colorful phenomenon” but expression of a new approach, going back in time in that it sinks its roots in the local farming tradition, and at the same time modern for the way ahead ndicated. I here below cite the introduction to the publication, which you can read on the company’s website (even though the paper printed version is much finer!).

LIVING COMPANY REPORT 2014 Change | Imagination Ability | Optimism | People

Foreword to Living Company Report
Cesare Tomassetti - Accountant, Legal Auditor

For the second year running Boxmarche has drawn the Living Company Report after having been, twelve years ago, one of the first SMEs to publish its own Social Report and for having drawn up, in 2006, its Global Report, winner of the prestigious national Italian “Oscar di Bilancio”, assigned to what is judged as the best annual Financial Report in the country.

Those that know Boxmarch know that it has the chromosomes of continuous improvement and challenge of finding innovative solutions in its DNA. These genetic features translate into a company that acts sustainably and responsibly, that places the human being at the center of all its projects.

The Living Company Report, as well as preserving the feature of “globality”, aspires to a new dynamic and “living” dimension. The document has been created to express the living company, the people behind it, its values; it reaches beyond the traditional static limitations, with the addition of dynamic contents, multimedial links, video clips, testimonials and events that can be participated in via the hypertexts present in the digital version and the QR codes in the printed version.

Boxmarche offers a complete Financial Statement for the Fiscal Year, Social and Environmental Balance and that Analysing the Intellectual Capital, convinced of the close connection between economic results and the company social and environmental responsibility.

This is part of this company’s way of being, oriented towards respect of persons and the sustainable development that is implemented through a “quality – safety – environment- social responsibility” type management.
The new Boxmarch report is a manifesto of beauty, of the taste for responsible entrepreneurship and the passion for Work.

The important acknowledgements obtained over the years, constitute a confirmation of the choices made and a stimulus for all co-workers.

The Living Company Report is structured in five sections:
❚ Company Identity
❚ Balance for the Fiscal Year, Balance Sheet, Revenue Account and Notes to the Financial Statement as laid down by artt. 2423 and ss. of the Italian c.c.
❚ Annual Report and Accounts based on the dispositons of art. 2428 of the Italian c.c.
❚ Sustainabilty Section, divided into a first quantitative part that analyses the creation and distribution of Added Vale and a quali-quantitaive part referring to the company stakeholders.
❚ Analysis of the Intellectual Capital, in the three dimension of Structural Capital, Human Capital and Relational Capital.

The document, accompanies with the report from the controlling body and opinion of external consultants on the sustainability section, has be approved by the partners meeting held May 7 2015 and has been deposited with the Business Register.