Corporate Social Responsability

Linen, precious as the future

We cultivate sustainability for a better future

Awareness of tradition and a determined inclination to the future have always been part of the DNA of Linificio e Canapificio Nazionale, as indeed is a marked sense of responsibility towards the planet and future generations.

The company follows every day the principles of the circular economy, thanks to which the parts of linen and hemp that would have been lost during the manufacturing process and no longer usable in the production cycle are recovered and reused as secondary raw material in the manufacture of other products, not necessarily textiles.

Benefit Company

In 2021 Linificio e Canapificio Nazionale became a Benefit Company.

The meticulous and rigorous approach of the company, which combines respect for tradition, commitment to environmental protection and creativity, and is also associated with an energetic drive for innovation, is now a public and official commitment.

Benefit Companies (SB) represent an evolution of the very concept of a company: they integrate in their corporate purpose, in addition to profit objectives, the aim of having a positive impact on society and the biosphere.

The careful and rigorous approach, that combines respect for tradition, commitment to protecting the environment and creativity, that is also associated with an energetic push for innovation, becomes a public and official commitment.

A real “social pact” made with the community, the territory and the natural ecosystem, in which collaboration with other, even highly different, realities becomes fundamental, sharing knowledge and experience, in order to give a better tomorrow to the generations to come.

Our firm starting point

Emphasize the ethical content of its production thanks to which it can offer the market natural, ecological and organic yarns;

Collaborate with farmers and weavers to create a sustainable supply chain model for people and the environment;

Foster a circular economy model also thanks to the use of technologies capable of giving new life to secondary materials and production waste;

Dialogue with the local community to promote a textile culture of flax and hemp and maintain it over time.

“Any organization that wants to generate results and have a competitive advantage in the medium term, must set its business strategy by “mixing” three variables, the so-called 3Ps: Profit, Planet and People.

The 3Ps, once anchored to the core of the company, will be able to generate the success of the organization both in the short and long term.”

John Elkington – Founder of the International SustainAbility Organization

Aware of its responsibility to lead the industry towards a more sustainable future, Linificio e Canapificio Nazionale has chosen to:

Use energy produced only from renewable sources certified by a guarantee of origin.(Italy)

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Aware of its responsibility to lead the industry towards a more sustainable future, Linificio e Canapificio Nazionale has chosen to:

For the foreign production of its yarns, use energy generated for over 50% from renewable sources.

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Aware of its responsibility to lead the industry towards a more sustainable future, Linificio e Canapificio Nazionale has chosen to:

Acquire GOTS Certification – Linificio is among the very few to produce yarns from organic raw material.

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Aware of its responsibility to lead the industry towards a more sustainable future, Linificio e Canapificio Nazionale has chosen to:

Certify all its yarns according to OEKO-TEX Standard 100.

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2018

Linen returns to Italy's fields, first flowering in Astino (BG): linen is born at km 0.
Progetto Ca'mon: experimental hemp cultivation in Val Camonica.
Cultural event "Il lino si racconta" 1st Edition.

2019

Cultural event "Il lino si racconta" 2nd Edition.
Linen «gift bag/give back»: TEDxBergamo , TEDxItalian Gathering Trento, TEDxRomaWeekend.
Linen is art: charity auction of copies on linen canvases of the paintings in the Accademia Carrara, on behalf of the Cooperativa Impresa Sociale Ruah of Bergamo's project "Terra tra le mani".

2020

Linen in Val Gandino: cultivation and spinning of linen for the reproduction of the Holy Shroud.
Linen tells its story: "The future returns to bloom ": the digital cultural event, third edition.

2021

LenzuoLino Limited Edition: Charity campaign on behalf of Bambini Cardiopatici nel Mondo A.I.C.I Onlus and Fondazione Francesca Rava N.P.H. Italia Onlus, in collaboration with The Circle Italia Onlus.
Linen in Val Gandino: spinning of linen for the reproduction of the Holy Shroud.
The project, recognised and supported by the International Centre for Studies on the Shroud, was realised thanks to a network of Italian textile distinctions coordinated by the Municipality of Peia, the Municipality of Gandino and the district 'Le Cinque Terre della Val Gandino'.

2023

2021

L!NCREDIBLE^® is born: the world’s first 100% linen food packaging, in collaboration with Kukù International Packaging .

2022

Beepathnet: partner in the project for the construction of a meadow in bloom with melliferous species adjacent to the field of Lino di Astino.
Lino in Val Gandino: display of the copy of the Holy Shroud in Washington.

2022

Lino d'Italia: is created the world’s first and only 100% Italian yarn.