Responsible supply chain and sustainable agriculture
We aspire to build responsible, resilient and long-term oriented supply chains, with the primary goal of ensuring the quality of raw materials through sustainable agricultural practices and sourcing methods that respect the environment, people, and animal welfare.
Our commitment begins on the farm
Responsible Supply Chain
At Barilla we are committed to responsible sourcing, requiring suppliers to comply with its Code of Ethics and corporate values. Barilla works alongside its partners to support the transition towards sustainable agriculture for our strategic raw materials, encourages innovation and ensures their long-term availability. By aligning efforts and ambitions, value is created not only for the business, but also for communities and the ecosystems that sustain them.
By 2030
250
of raw materials from regenerative agriculture.
Sustainable agriculture
We collaborate with the supply chain to ensure the long-term availability of strategic raw materials, to reduce environmental impacts, to preserve biodiversity and aiming to generate social benefits for farming communities.
816
tons of raw materials from sustainable agriculture.
4,160
tons of raw materials from regenerative agriculture.
Quality and respect for ethical sustainability principles across supply chains
At Barilla we are committed every day to bringing the world joyful, balanced and wholesome food, inspired by the Italian lifestyle and the principles of the Mediterranean Diet. For many years, Barilla has promoted sustainable and integrated management across its supply chains, with a particular focus on agriculture and animal welfare. This commitment has taken shape through the creation of a Sustainable Agriculture Code, known as SAC, which defines the principles and approach to be followed.
Animal welfare is key for us
We aim to ensure that all suppliers of raw materials of animal origin comply not just with legal requirements, but also with the highest animal welfare standards and criteria. For this reason, in collaboration with the organization Compassion in World Farming (CIWF), we have developed the Barilla Guidelines on Animal Welfare.
Responsible choices across the supply chain
Improving the health of the soil is becoming central to the future of food. Through the evolution of the Carta del Mulino, and starting from a familiar Mulino Bianco biscuit, Buongrano, Barilla is working with farmers, researchers, and partners to introduce regenerative agricultural practices across the soft supply chain while safeguarding the quality of this ingredient.
256
tons of soft wheat cultivated under Carta del Mulino program.
4,159
tons of soft wheat cultivated under Carta del Mulino program from regenerative practises on Buongrano.
From the sustainable agriculture code to the Barilla sustainable farming
Barilla has developed a structured approach to the management of its strategic supply chains, based on solid, transparent and collaborative relationships with all players in the agricultural sector. The Barilla Sustainable Farming represents the vision to improve the resilience of agricultural systems, by protecting natural capital and contributing to the development of farmers’ socio-economic conditions by generating shared value. The BSF is a system of sustainable agriculture that can accompany the transition to efficient and resilient production models.
The Carta del Basilico
The “Carta del Basilico” is a proprietary Barilla document that sets out the sustainability pathway for the entire basil supply chain, allowing the purchase of 8,884 tons of basil from the supply chain. The document establishes nine rules and recommendations that integrate agronomic, qualitative and relational criteria, promoting sustainable and responsible practices throughout the production chain, in close synergy with suppliers.
Regenerative agriculture
Caring for the soil means caring for the future of food. This is the principle behind re-generative agriculture. Through the evolution of the Carta del Mulino, starting with Buongrano, Barilla is working with farmers, researchers and partners to introduce regenerative agricultural practices across the soft wheat supply chain while safeguarding the quality of this ingredient.
Improving soil health and protecting biodiversity
At Barilla we encourage innovation and ensure their long-term availability. By aligning efforts and ambitions, value is created not only for the business, but also for communities and the ecosystems that sustain them. Techniques such as crop rotations and the creation of biodiversity areas help rebuild fertility, support pollinators and other useful insects and improve water cycles. One visible expression to this work is the soft wheat of a familiar Mulino Bianco biscuit: Buongrano.
100
of soft wheat flour from regenerative agriculture for the production of Buongrano biscuits.
-10
in CO₂equivalent emissions per year thanks to Carta del Mulino cultivation practices.
2
hectares dedicated to biodiversity areas supporting pollinators and beneficial insects.
More than
40
pollinating insects recorded in monitored areas.
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.