Barilla Group launched its 2025 sustainability report and outlined its goals for 2030, which tells the story of 17 years of concrete commitment to people’s well-being, the environment, and support for communities.
“Our commitment takes concrete shape through a new strategic approach to sustainability, fully integrated with our business strategy,” explained Gianluca Di Tondo, CEO of the Barilla Group. He continued, “A path that will guide us through to 2030, transforming our vision into daily actions and concrete commitments.”
In the company’s words, “The basis of this pathway is a clear purpose: The joy of food for a better life, the expression of a vision that combines passion for good Italian food and responsibility for the future.” Over the past few years, Barilla has remained devoted to people’s well-being by constantly developing better recipes with improvements in nutritional profile. Barilla explains that its products are regularly reviewed to be tastier, safer, and suitable for a proper, balanced diet.
With respect to the environment, the Sustainability Report outlines Barilla’s vision for a more sustainable, resilient, efficient, and future-oriented agriculture model. The Barilla Sustainable Farming model involves over 7,000 farmers and covers 815,000 tons of purchase through four strategic supply chains, including durum wheat, common wheat, rye, and basil.
Additionally, Barilla’s “Academia del Basilico,” launched this year, is a comprehensive training program designed to empower farmers and teach techniques and practices for sustainable basil cultivation. By 2030, the group intends to have a supply of 250,000 tons of raw materials from certified regenerative production. Barilla has also instituted a new Energy and Water Plan to improve energy and water efficiency at all of its plants, and detailed a renewed commitment to using renewable energy sources.
The report displays Barilla’s commitment to its almost 9,000 employees, through continued policies that achieve gender equality. Furthermore, the company intends to have 40% female executives and managers by 2030, and has been involved in significant outreach and volunteering initiatives across Italy and the world.
Luca Guido and Paolo Barilla, Deputy chairmen of the Barilla Group, write, “The road will be long and complex as always, but thanks to the commitment and passion of our People, we are ready to continue the journey with the same intensity and determination with which we began.”
