Bric’s Sustainability Highlights

It is through the Bric's mission key concepts Tradition | Innovation | Elegance | Functionality that we pursue our goals.

Bric's distinctive heritage combines elegance and innovation to shape the future. With our travel items, suitcases and bags, we celebrate Italian craftsmanship.

What is even more thrilling is making our own contribution to building a better, more sustainable World, in all ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance) aspects. Our commitment to sustainability is active and concrete, and is constantly evolving.

Our Products are our priority

Bric's primary and constant goal is to produce durable articles.

For us, a sustainable product should last a long time, with quality materials, careful design and elegance that stand the test of time. The production process is directly controlled at all our locations, both in-house and at our suppliers, and the quality control procedure has very stringent criteria to ensure an excellent level of performance. The suppliers we turn to are selected and employ materials that comply with leading manufacturing-related certifications: Consorzio Pelle Toscana, GRS Global Recycled Standards, LWG Leather Working Group.

Bric's is committed to offering a Manufacturer's Warranty and international service covering any manufacturing defects that may affect our products' functional aspects. Since we are confident about the materials we employ and the production processes we adopt, we offer a longer Warranty than the minimum period required by law on most of our collections, and a Lifetime Warranty for our Historical Collections. Extending the durability of a product reduces the environmental impact related to its disposal, along with the resources required for its production.

Bric's has decided to focus on the environment by creating collections with recycled and certified materials. The attention to detail is always the same, while the approach to the Planet is constantly improving. Over 50% of our sales concerns products made with recycled materials. The iconic Bellagio Collection, as well as most other trolley collections, are made of recycled polycarbonate. Our best-selling X-Collection is made of recycled fabric.

Respect for the Environment

We are aware of the importance of preserving the Planet, for a better present and also for future generations. For this reason, every stage of our production chain is subject to improvement from an environmental protection standpoint.

Ours and our suppliers' production facilities are monitored according to the Reach regulation, and no substances on the RSL list are used.

The REACH (Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals) acronym refers to the regulation concerning the registration, evaluation, authorisation and restriction of chemicals.

An RSL is a list of chemicals whose use is banned in production, usually as a result of government regulations, laws, and certification protocols regarding chemical safety.

Actions to reduce our impact on the Environment include: proper waste management at our sites; decrease of single-use plastic; installation of water dispensers at our headquarters with much a considerably lower number of plastic bottles employed (about 1,000 per month); promotion of waste reuse policies; monitoring of process efficiency; use of recycled and certified materials in more and more collections; use of energy from responsible sources.

Social Responsibility

We are deeply involved in improving the community in which we operate. We support local professional development initiatives, offering growth and career opportunities, to spread and share the value of our work.

We decided to contribute to the development of our territory through the Fondazione Provinciale della Comunità Comasca, by establishing the Fondo Lidia e Mario Briccola, named after the Founder and his wife. This choice represents a natural step, stemming from the desire to continue the support the Company Owners have always shown through concrete actions toward the Como area in a more structured way. We are proud to be part of this solidarity network by providing our resources.

We ensure safe and respectful working conditions to all our employees, and we promote diversity and inclusion in every area of our company.

Women make up for about 70% of our workforce. And permanent-contract employees make up for about 90% of our workforce. We have introduced individual hourly flexibility agreements based on the personal needs of each individual, certain of how much this promotes the workers' serenity and their motivation.

Bric's Spa has adopted Model 231 for Organisation, Management and Control, which includes an organic and structured set of principles, rules and provisions concerning the organisational-operational structure, reporting and management of our Company's regulations, and the Code of Ethics indicating the general principles of transparency, fairness and professionalism that inspire companies in the conduct of their business.

Moreover, Bric's has set up an internal procedure for the transmission and handling of whistleblowing reports. This term refers to a system through which someone working inside or outside the company can report a possible fraud, crime, offence or any irregular conduct, committed by someone else, of which they have become aware in the course of their work relationship. This system, managed through the external Supervisory Board, guarantees potential whistleblowers the confidentiality of their identity and of the information contained in the report.

Bric's insures all workers against accidents with the Istituto Nazionale Assicurazione Infortuni Lavoratori.

All employees are subject to health surveillance procedures that provide for periodic preventive examinations carried out by the Medical Officer, so as to ensure the necessary prevention of any occupational diseases and stress-related ailments.

Bric's also provides a Supplementary Health Care Fund for workers in the fashion industry - Sanimoda - to all employees. The objective of the Fund is to support the needs and requirements of workers, by providing additional health care services, next to those offered by the National Health System (NHS).

Excellent Governance

Behind our success there is a solid governance structure that guides every decision. Bric's adheres to the highest ethical and transparency standards, ensuring that all operations are conducted with integrity and respect for applicable regulations, as evidenced by the excellent rating achieved with regard to external transparency.

We work to improve our business practices, ensuring that sustainability is at the heart of our growth strategies, as evidenced by the excellent rating achieved in terms of optimising consumption at our sites.

We ensure the traceability of our products to guarantee quality and safety to end consumers: each one of our products is numbered so that it can be traced back to the production batch. Through actions such as the extension of the product warranty period, we demonstrate our commitment in this direction even more concretely.

If you want to get in touch with Bric's on the subject of Sustainability: sustainability@brics.it