The joy of food for a better life
Barilla group story began in Parma in 1877. Now, almost 150 years later, their products are there for people at every mealtime. Barilla's brands maintain a presence in over 100 countries, making it an icon of excellence in the food industry. With more than 30 production sites, Barilla provided people with 1,995,000 tonnes of products in 2023.
Barilla's purpose, “The joy of food for a better life”, embodies the fundaments of the organisation. It sets out the identity and commitment to people and the planet: to offer good products, made with quality ingredients from sustainable supply chains. The aim of the group is to commit in measuring and reducing the product environmental impacts have been started in the early 2000s.
Following the European Life Cycle Thinking, Barilla decided to apply the Life Cycle Assessment methodology. It was the 2009 when Barilla published their first Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) and the year after they developed the first EPD Management System ever for the food industry, verified by a third-part verification. Barilla decided to undertake such approach for couples of reasons: first, the aim was to identify improvement area for actions through the supply chain, and secondly, to communicate the environmental performance of their products within a rigorous verification process.
Nowadays, more than 80 EPDs are published, regularly updated and third party verified: in this way, as much as 70% of Barilla's sold product volumes have a published Environmental Product Declaration (EPD).
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