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Quality at Marazzi means quality of product, process and environmental sustainability, priorities that have enabled the firm to certify its systems and products.  
For Marazzi, loving ceramics has always meant respecting the environment, in the sense of the human and natural landscape.
As a consequence, Marazzi has become a standard-bearer for eco-sustainable industry and helped to make ceramic tile production a closed-cycle process.
Throughout the entire process, from raw material quarrying to the final use of its tiles, Marazzi has developed a system for the collection and reuse of reject output, process wastewater and the raw materials it contains, and the heat generated in a number of phases.
Environmental quality criteria are applied to the entire manufacturing cycle, limiting consumption of natural resources and environmental impact, through the restoration of quarries’ landscape and vegetation in line with environmental directives, controlled waste management, the optimisation of energy consumption and the recycling of industrial wastewater.

The safety of the staff who work in the plants is another absolute priority: Marazzi performs constant checks on occupational health and safety levels, making any technical and organisational changes required and allowing workers to attend educational and training courses to guarantee compliance with the set safety and environmental standards.

As long ago as 1994, Marazzi was one of the first firms in the industry to obtain ISO 9001 Quality certification, opting for certification of its product design and development, production processes, products and services with the highest technical content.

The company's ongoing commitment to the environment is reflected by its voluntary adoption of the EMAS Regulations. In another Italian ceramic coverings industry first, it was awarded certification in 1998, and this has now been joined by certification under the ISO 14001 standard on environmental management systems.

For some product lines, Marazzi has also obtained the Ecolabel, the European Union environmental quality mark.

Several Marazzi product series are made with at least 40% recycled material, qualifying them for voluntary product certification by the International Certiquality organisation. These products also help achieve credits under the LEED® (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certification scheme promoted by the U.S. Green Building Council, America’s leading energy and environmental certification organisation.

	EMAS The Eco-Management and Audit Scheme EMAS is a voluntary management tool which allows companies to evaluate, report and improve their environmental performance. Marazzi Group was Italy’s first ceramic coverings manufacturer to obtain certification, in 1998. EMAS is one of the voluntary tools set up in 1992 within the framework of the European Community’s Fifth Environmental Action Programme.
	Ecolabel European Union environmental quality mark, obtained by Marazzi in 2004, awarded to products which meet and comply with environmental standards, such as the rational use of energy resources and natural resources, low atmospheric and wastewater emissions, waste management and more effective consumer information.
	LEED® Marazzi Group S.p.A. is a member of the Green Building Council Italia*, the association that promotes the culture of sustainable, energy-efficient, environment-friendly construction and helps to improve people’s quality of life by means of the LEED certification standard. The LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) standards set the prerequisites for the construction of eco-compatible buildings capable of operating in a sustainable way, and self-sufficient in energy. Developed in the United States, LEED certification has now spread to 40 nations worldwide with over 1,500 certified projects and certification underway for a further 12,000.
	Certiquality UNI Products manufactured by the Company have the right to display the UNI mark of conformity, a guaranty of ceramic tile quality. Products bearing this mark are certified to be in compliance with specific technical regulations and standards set forth by the UNI. The mark guaranties conformity with UNI EN regulations established by the technical board of the CEN (European Standards Commission) and elaborated by the UNI (National Association for Industrial Uniformity and member of CEN) which sanctions the qualitative standards requested and the testing methods. In countries where they have been ratified, the UNI EN regulations replace existing national standards, promoting international uniformity of standards and the free circulation within the European Union of only those products which conform to certain standards of quality. The right to use the Mark entails periodic inspection of plant operations and product quality, including the overall organization, checking the manufacturing process and quality tests used to ensure long-term conformity. The National Association for Industrial Uniformity works in conjunction with the major marks of quality found in other European countries.
	Marchio Keymark Keymark was established in response to an initiative of the CEN (European Committee for Standardization), which deemed it necessary to institute a common European mark. Keymark is a product mark based on a third party certification system, which certifies that the product complies with the applicable European standards. The mark is issued subject to a certification procedure that entails: - product compliance testing; - evaluation of the production monitoring documentation system; - verification of the manufacturing site. As this is a European mark, tests are conducted in accordance with applicable European EN standards. The advantages of Keymark are clear: products bearing this mark are unequivocally guaranteed from a quality standpoint throughout Europe, without the need for costly and lengthy repeated tests and inspections. In light of a unified European market, it is of vital importance that product certification be established based on references that are: - certain: with documents that are researched, compiled and approved by experts on a European level; - unequivocal: no longer referring to the laws of a single state but a body of laws recognised throughout Europe.
	NF Standards Mark of the finished product’s conformity to NF Standards, combining the product’s technical characteristics with its intended use. The four letters indicate: U: resistance to traffic wear; P: mechanical resistance to the movement of fixed and moving objects E: behaviour in the presence of water; C: resistance to common chemical agents.
	CE Marking Marazzi Group S.p.A has fulfilled all CE Marking requirements for its products. Relevant commercial documentation is available for distributors, professionals and users on the website www.marazzi.it
	CCC Certification CCC certification, introduced in 2002, is applicable to all products imported into and manufactured in china for sale on the Chinese market. The information specified by CCC certification generally concerns health and safety and, regarding ceramic tiles in particular, specifically refers only to tiles in porcelain stoneware with absorption equal to or lower than 0.5%. The certification is issued by bodies specially accredited by the Chinese authorities, which are all based in China.
	ISO 9001 In 1994, Marazzi Group was one of the first companies in the industry to obtain ISO 9001 certification which guarantees the quality of the products and services supplied, starting from product design and development through all manufacturing phases.
	ISO 14001 During 2004, the Marazzi Group obtained ISO 14001 international certification which sets the prerequisites for the implementation, development and maintenance of an environmental management system, undertaking to control the environmental impacts of its production process with a view to continual improvement.