Arte – Real price of stone kitchen countertop
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| Company | Arte Groep |
| Location | Helmond, The Netherlands |
| Product | 1 m² of stone kitchen countertop (exact product properties not disclosed) |
| Currency | Euro |
| Results | This assessment identified negative hidden cost of € 32,44 along the value-chain of 1 m² of stone kitchen countertop.
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| Oiconomy Assessment | Oiconomy Sustainability Assessment Tool v1.08 |
| Timeframe | Data from 2020 |
| Included impact categories | Pollution & Climate, Depletion of scare resources, Land use, Biodiversity & land degradation, Waste, Labour, Various social responsibilities, Economic responsibility |
| Case description | Arte is a company that provides high quality stone kitchen countertops. Their production facility is based in Helmond. Arte supplies to over 200 stores in the Netherlands and produces countertops made from granite, composite, ceramics and Dekton. |
| Photos along the value-chain | 
Left photo: Open pit mine, by iso_petrov 2017, iStock. (https://www.istockphoto.com/nl/foto/steengroeve-met-excavate-open-pit-mine-gm802048224-130019457)
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