Casillo Group - Sustainability

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SUSTAINABILITY

Environmental protection at the heart of our commitment

For Casillo Group, environmental protection is a fundamental principle. Our work originates from nature, which is why we are committed to safeguarding it and respecting the people who work in the various areas where we operate. The short supply chain, energy savings within the plants and attention to waste are some of the tools we use to fulfil our commitment.

For us, being sustainable means first of all preventing and minimising the impacts of our processes and products on the environment, which is why we have created programmes and initiatives intended to ensure a gradual reduction of environmental impacts and improvement efficiency in the use of resources. We are convinced that recognising the close relationship between the economy and the environment is fundamental for an authentic sustainable development. It is a two-way interaction: the way the environment is managed impacts the environment and environmental quality impacts economic results.

Since 2008, the Casillo Group has committed energy and investments to research activities intended to identify solutions for generating electricity through “renewable systems” to facilitate the reduction of electricity supply costs, which increasingly affect the company’s overall turnover. The complexity of the research work and the high level of skill required to control the results achieved, prompted the Casillo Group to set up a new Business Unit solely dedicated to managing all the issues related to ongoing and future projects.

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WITH EGEA ON THE ROAD TO SUSTAINABILITY

The historical moment we are experiencing requires a real and constant commitment on everyone’s part to create a more sustainable future, particularly with a view to achieving the objectives of the UN’s 2030 Agenda. In Egea, one of the organisations that are most sensitive to issues of sustainability and respect for the land, we have found the ideal partner to work together on the objectives we have set for ourselves. For the electricity needed to power all the work and production activities of our 14 milling plants located across the country, we have decided to use 100% green electricity from Egea, an Italian multiservice group established in Alba (Cuneo) in 1956 that operates in the electricity generation and distribution sectors, district heating services, water plants and other public utility services.

PRIME TERRE, A JOURNEY THROUGH ITALIAN AND REGIONAL CULTIVATIONS

By recovering and ensuring the sustainable development of numerous crops - many of which are indigenous - we enhance the territories in which we operate and respect them with the utmost care. We are convinced that only by implementing environmentally sensitive policies can we pay tribute to the earth and ensure that we and future generations can live in a world in which nature can still manifest itself in all its precious biodiversity.  Prime Terre is the controlled and certified regional supply chain project, with a strong local imprint, that guarantees the authenticity and local origin of the milled grains. Run in collaboration with Coldiretti, the project promotes local production, ensuring that each member brand produces indigenous flours obtained by milling 100% Italian wheat. The wheat is grown, harvested and milled on the spot, and produces flours and semolina that speak and smell of the land where they were born. Underlying the PRIME TERRE project is a desire to physically demonstrate our love for the agricultural tradition that has always characterised regional and Italian producers.

SUSTAINABLE PACKAGING AND THE CIRCULAR ECONOMY

Our commitment is truly and strongly focused on the subject of sustainability, one of the pillars of our work. For this reason, in addition to respecting the environment and the local area at every stage of the production process, we use FSC® certified material for our packaging. Furthermore, with a view to ensuring a circular economy, all parts of the wheat, including any that are not suitable for consumption, are retained and become part of other production chains, from cosmetics to the animal feed sector.

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