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From: Steve Marriott (s.marriott@blueyonder.co.uk)
Date: Sat Dec 07 2002 - 16:21:36 GMT
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> Margherita refuge is certificated ISO 14001
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> The Regina Margherita refuge has obtained the UNI EN ISO 14001
> certification for its environmental management system. At an altitude of
> 4552 m and near the summit of Monte Rosa the refuge is the highest
> refuge in the Alps and an important scientific research site and a
> popular destination for alpinists. The certification is the result of
> work carried out by Professor Riccardo Beltramo and the University of
> Turin in developing an environmental management system for alpine
> refuges.
> The Margherita refuge is owned by the Italian Alpine Club’s (CAI)
> Central Office and run by the CAI Varallo branch and is the CAI’s first
> refuge to receive this recognition. The results from the Club’s
> determination to reduce the environmental impact of high mountain
> shelters; a theme which has been very much debated during the UN
> International Year of the Mountains 2002. The refuge’s certification is
> included in the objectives of the protocol agreement, signed by the CAI
> and the Department of Commodity Science of the University of Turin on
> 20th December 2001, signalling the beginning of a joint venture between
> the two organisations to study and implement environmental management
> systems for alpine refuges.
>
> This important project obtained support from La Compagnia di San Paolo,
> La Fondazione della Cassa di Risparmio di Torino and Lavazza Spa and the
> patronage of A.E.R.A – La Fondazione Rotary per l’Ambiente, Grivel,
> Scarpa, Helly Hansen and Les Lunettes.
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> Further information is available from: www.econ.unito.it/cresta and
> riccardo.beltramo@unito.it
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