Barilla People, health & safety
Barilla People are our central resource for the development and success of the business. At Barilla, health and safety area fundamental priority, together with inclusion and skills development they can make a positive contribution to organizational growth and to the social and local communities in which the company operates. That’s why respecting and valuing everyone’s unique differences is one of Barilla’s most important tasks.
The focus of the way we act
Barilla People
At Barilla, we aim to create an inclusive, innovative and sustainable work environment, where everyone can grow, express their talent and contribute to collective success, with the aim of becoming an international high-performance company that combines people's well-being and business growth.
35
of women in executive
roles.
80
Internal Reputation Index 2025 (RepTrak), which confirms the level of satisfaction achieved with the flexibility and wellbeing.
Health & safety
For Barilla, health and safety are a priority (Safety First). With the “Barilla Zero Accidents Programme”, active at all sites, the Group aims to achieve zero accidents through skills, dialogue and involvement, regularly investing in structures, prevention and continuous training for a shared safety culture.
-35
reduction of accidents in the production plants & mills.
By 2030
0
accidents as Group ambition.
People are the focus of Barilla’s development and success
At Barilla we consider people a priority and we make them the focus of our corporate strategy. Barilla’s ambition is to create an innovative, inclusive and sustainable work environment, where everyone can express their talent, grow professionally and contribute to the success of the company.
Within the People Agenda, diversity and inclusion (D&I) represents a strategic pillar and a concrete commitment to ensuring equal opportunities and valuing every individual. We strive to eliminate the gender pay gap by ensuring pay equity, offering fair parental leave for all, and adopting inclusive hiring policies. Through these actions, Barilla consolidates its role as a responsible employer, creating an environment based on shared values, innovation and inclusion.
Community relations
We have always promoted initiatives and projects aimed at ensuring access to food for vulnerable communities and those in economic difficulty or affected by humanitarian emergencies and natural disasters.
In addition to donations, we promote a culture of corporate volunteering as a concrete tool to strengthen the link with the communities in which we operate and generate a positive social impact.
Inclusive plants
At Barilla inclusion is recognized as an essential value in the Company's life into the Ethical Code and lived out by the people who make up the organization. From a bakery plant in Basilicata, to a pasta plant in Puglia, and a bakery in France, we tell three stories with one shared direction: making possible every person in every workplace is truly included.
Barilla People Goals and KPIs by 2030
We are committed to promoting gender diversity in managerial positions, to maintaining the current level of gender pay equality and to monitoring internal satisfaction levels.
By 2030
40
women in executive roles.
By 2030
85
internal reputation index to maintain.
Sharing more than food
We guarantee a safe working environment for all its employees, by respecting health and safety standards and by promoting training as a pillar of the Health & Safety strategy, essential for maintaining high awareness of occupational safety and health issues.
Putting people at the centre also means building relationships of trust and dialogue with communities, from moments of collective engagement to programs that build skills and create pathways into work.
Supporting, including and empowering talent
Impact on communities emerges through initiatives linked by an approach built on partnership and continuity: working alongside local ac-tors, supporting the development of skills and creating opportunities where inclusion becomes something concrete and lived.
4,000
tons of Barilla products donated to no-profit organizations.
2
donated to support social causes.
500
students involved every year in the Farm 4.0 school-enterprise programme.
2,500
of raw materials donated through the collaboration between Barilla and PizzAut for the PastAut project.
SUSTAINABILITY
Our way of doing business
Since 1877, we have been committed to offering quality food while respecting people and the environment, enriching and evolving this approach in relation to new knowledge that links the taste and goodness of our products to the way they are designed and manufactured, integrating what has long been defined as sustainability into our way of doing business.