In the last 10 years, the Barilla Group has reformulated 476 products, improving their nutritional profile by and reducing CO2 equivalent emissions by -31% and water consumption per ton of finished product by 23%. Zero impact on the planet for four brands – Wasa, Gran Cereale, Mulino Bianco and Harrys – which have achieved total CO2 equivalent compensation. And again, the proximity to the communities, in a year characterized by the Covid-19 pandemic, in which Barilla made donations amounting to over 5 million euros and about 3,500 tons of products. And the support for the development of local agriculture in the name of quality, sustainability and economic support, with the Manifesto for the cultivation of durum wheat in Italy and the regulations for the sustainable cultivation of soft wheat in Italy and France.
These are some of the highlights of the new sustainability report of the Barilla Group published on the Barillagroup.com website.
§ -31% of CO2 emissions in 10 years per ton of finished product. Carbon neutral 4 brands of the Group.
§ Sustainable packaging: reduction of plastic and use of virgin fiber paper for packaging and packaging, towards 100% of packages designed to be recyclable.
§ In 2020 40 million euros invested in Research and Development activities. Cecille and Lentille, the new biscuits with legume flour, forerunners of 60 new or reformulated products, with less sugar, fat, salt and more fiber and legumes, which bring the total to 476 in 10 years.
§ 5 million euros and 3,500 tons of donated products: Barilla’s support for communities during the Covid emergency.
§ About 10,000 farms involved in sustainable agriculture projects for the main raw materials.