From SDA Bocconi and CRIF, among the most renowned sources of business information, comes the ESG ITA Growth Index, the first index for the ESG evaluation of SMEs listed on Euronext Growth. This is an essential initiative that aims to raise public awareness of an issue that is already growing rapidly, namely the sustainable ways in which companies operate. Today, businesses that appropriately communicate the application of ESG values can enjoy numerous advantages, first of all being able to attract funding and optimise fundraising. In addition, companies that communicate their ESG strategies transparently and effectively highlight their competitive advantage over their competitors. Proper communication of the sustainability path undertaken allows companies to interact effectively with their stakeholders, both direct and indirect. Finally, obtaining a positive ESG rating and communicating it effectively gives companies a solid reputation, improving their ability to attract new partners and customers.
We are deeply proud to be among the top five companies in the ESG Ranking compiled by these prestigious institutions: we thank them, with the promise to improve ourselves continuously.
ILPRA works in a field that in itself gives it a strong sustainability profile. The preservation of food, as well as its protection and the application of the latest technologies to prevent waste, are the cornerstones on which our work has always been based, thus going hand in hand with the growth of an ethical and civic sense regarding sustainability. Packaging is an essential necessity in countries that develop a welfare policy and improve the population’s standard of living. Access to hygienically processed and certified products increases and leads to sustainable thinking, educating on disposal and waste reduction. Implementing sustainability is not only ILPRA’s commitment, but our reason to be: increase the welfare of consumers who choose a quality product by evaluating information, appeal and freshness guaranteed by our technologies. If products are properly packaged, they can last longer, reducing spoilage and waste. Quality packaging helps to preserve food freshness, allowing consumption with the best product organoleptic properties. Transport is reduced, helping to decrease carbon dioxide emissions. In this way it is sustainability that requires packaging, and companies like ILPRA are responsible for implementing this important principle.
ILPRA SpA has started a conversion of its machinery that, thanks to the use of brushless motors and specially designed technologies, allows significant energy savings. The headquarters in Mortara, the hub of the entire production process, with about 200 resources, produced 80% of the required energy in 2022 and is expected to reach 100% by the next years. Between 2020 and 2022, ILPRA avoided the emission of about 600 tons of CO2 into the atmosphere. In addition, ILPRA does not generate any kind of emission into the air and does not discharge any kind of pollutant material from its production processes into water or soil.
The focus on sustainability not only applies to the products offered, but also to the way the company internally operates.
To promote internal sustainability, ILPRA has implemented several initiatives aimed at incentivizing sustainable production and
behavior. First, the company introduced rewards linked to the achievement of specific goals, to incentivize in terms of performance and growth all departments of the company. To promote employee well-being and incentivize sustainable behavior, ILPRA has provided indoor spaces such as a gymnasium and a company canteen. In this way, sports and a healthy lifestyle are encouraged, along with the consumption of healthy, local and zero mile foods, promoting sustainability in food as well. Our company is committed to promoting a culture of sustainability that involves all its employees and the company’s production cycle. This commitment is reflected in concrete initiatives, which encourage production and worker well being, helping to reduce environmental impact and to promote a healthy and sustainable lifestyle.
The focus on sustainability not only applies to the products offered, but also to the way the company internally operates.
To promote internal sustainability, ILPRA has implemented several initiatives aimed at incentivizing sustainable production and
behavior. First, the company introduced rewards linked to the achievement of specific goals, to incentivize in terms of performance and growth all departments of the company. To promote employee well-being and incentivize sustainable behavior, ILPRA has provided indoor spaces such as a gymnasium and a company canteen. In this way, sports and a healthy lifestyle are encouraged, along with the consumption of healthy, local and zero mile foods, promoting sustainability in food as well. Our company is committed to promoting a culture of sustainability that involves all its employees and the company’s production cycle. This commitment is reflected in concrete initiatives, which encourage production and worker well being, helping to reduce environmental impact and to promote a healthy and sustainable lifestyle.
Last but not least, our company’s listing on the Italian stock exchange places it among the SMEs that apply a total value of transparency in their relations with the market and stakeholders. The wealth of information with which we constantly communicate our results is carefully processed and screened by financial auditors, so that the utmost correctness of the information disclosed is guaranteed. The entire governance of ILPRA aims to ensure that those who manage the company act in the interests of all shareholders, ensuring that they receive an adequate return on their investment and do not engage in opportunistic behaviour for their own benefit.
You can find all information and financial news about our company here, on our corporate website.
