Ergo for the Italian Food Union

UNIONFOOD – LIFE MAGIS: Pilot implementation of the Made Green in Italy pathway in the food sector

Within the framework of the LIFE MAGIS project (MAde Green in Italy Scheme), alongside UNIONFOOD and in collaboration with the Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, we supported companies operating in the ice cream supply chains (Sammontana and Froneri), packaged snack products (Barilla and Ferrero), seasonal leavened bakery products (Balocco, Bauli and Maina), and coffee (Illy, Kimbo and Lavazza). The support focused on the definition of Product Category Rules (PCRs) for the selected product categories, as well as on the development of Product Environmental Footprint (PEF) studies and individual Environmental Product Declarations.

Sustainability Management & ESG

ERGO for Assogesso’s first Sustainability Report

We are pleased to have contributed to the preparation of Assogesso’s first Sustainability Report. Assogesso is the trade association representing manufacturers of gypsum board and other gypsum-based products, covering over 90% of Italy’s total production.

ERGO was responsible for the methodological framework (in line with the GRI – Global Reporting Initiative Standards), as well as for data collection and processing and the drafting of the report texts.

The Report provides a comprehensive overview of the Italian gypsum industry’s environmental performance over the three-year period 2020–2022, with specific insights into selected social and economic aspects. It also includes the Gypsum Sustainability Manifesto, outlining the sector’s commitments and the results already achieved.

https://www.assogesso.it/images/docs/sostenibilita/Assogesso_Rapporto_Sostenibilita_2023.pdf

Supply Chain Circularity

On October 27, at the Sala Portoghesi of the Terme del Tettuccio in Montecatini Terme (PT), the event “Dialogues on Nature” took place, promoted by the Blue Resolution Association in collaboration with Arbi Dario S.p.A.

L’evento ha previsto una serie di interventi e dibattiti sul tema della sostenibilità e circolarità, alla base dell’attività che l’Associazione Blue Resolution che, nata dalla volontà della famiglia Arbi con il sostegno della Arbi Dario S.p.A., contribuisce con le proprie attività alla salvaguardia del patrimonio ambientale e culturale.

ERGO and the Institute of Management of the Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna participated in the event, contributing to the discussion and presenting several ongoing projects developed in collaboration with Arbi Dario S.p.A. and the Blue Resolution Association.

In particular, ERGO, Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna and Arbi are working together on the implementation of the VALCHIRIA Tool – Value Chain Circularity and Capabilities Assessment, a tool designed to measure the circularity of Arbi S.p.A.’s supply chain.

The tool provides a broad and comprehensive analysis of both the circular management of resource flows among supply chain partners and their ability to integrate circular economy principles into their activities and processes. Specifically, it assesses collaboration capabilities among value chain partners, innovation capacity, circularity strategy management and risk management, as well as the ability to regenerate natural and social capital and to adopt a systemic approach across the entire value chain.

Thanks to the direct involvement of supply chain partners, the results generated by the tool make it possible to understand both the individual contribution of each actor and the role of the entire network in generating, preserving and optimizing circular value.

Another ongoing project concerns a Decision Making Tool (DMT), a decision-support instrument designed to identify effective strategies to address the issue of marine litter.

The DMT is a data platform capable of providing differentiated solutions based on the specific characteristics of marine litter in a given area and on the needs of those seeking to take action to reduce the related environmental, economic and social impacts.

The tool returns a set of 15 best practices, ranked according to a matching percentage that indicates the relevance of each proposed solution in relation to the selection criteria defined by the user when completing the questionnaire. The questions guiding the selection of marine litter solutions are few and simple, although they are the result of extensive research and in-depth analysis of the phenomenon, carried out with the involvement of sector experts. Likewise, the mapping of possible solutions is based on an analysis that will be continuously updated to reflect the most effective initiatives and to ensure a high level of collaboration among all stakeholders.

For further information:

https://www.associazioneblue.org/decision-making-tool

https://www.arbi.it/it/i-passi-green-di-arbi/economia-circolare

Sustainability Management & ESG

Sammontana’s First Sustainability Report

ERGO S.r.l. supported Sammontana in the preparation of its first Sustainability Report, published in recent weeks. The Report analyses and presents the company’s environmental, social and governance (ESG) performance and is structured around the three pillars of Sammontana’s sustainability journey: Health & Wellbeing, Sustainable Supply Chains, and Environment.

Prepared in accordance with the GRI (Global Reporting Initiative) Standards, the Report presents data covering the three-year period 2020–2022 and involved 441 stakeholders in the definition of the materiality analysis. The materiality assessment was developed by ERGO S.r.l. in line with the requirements of the main international standards.

Project team: Simone Guerriero, Sara Limone, Federico Merlo, Michele Merola, Alessio Novi, Silvia Vitale

https://www.sammontanaitalia.it/it/impegno/risultati/report.html

Sustainability Management & ESG

Assovetro: Second Sustainability Report

Assovetro’s second Sustainability Report, developed in collaboration with ERGO— a company of the Scuola Superiore di Studi Universitari e di Perfezionamento Sant’Anna of Pisa — is now available online. The Report presents the activities of 19 member companies operating in the flat glass and hollow glass sectors over the period 2016–2020. A preview of the Report was presented during the event held on April 12 at Hotel de la Ville in Rome, as part of the Association’s traditional annual meeting with the press.