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Case history / D'Orsogna Dolciaria
D'Orsogna Dolciaria

Measuring emissions to build a stronger sustainability strategy

Carbon Footprint measurement
Agri-food

D'Orsogna Dolciaria

D'Orsogna Dolciaria is an Italian company founded in 1957 that produces and markets semi-finished products for the food industry.

 

With over 55 years of experience and deep product know-how, the company has become a benchmark in the confectionery decorations sector, supplying many companies operating in the food processing field.

 

Since 2017 it has been part of the Barry Callebaut group. The production unit analyzed is located in San Vito Chietino (Abruzzo).

The context

D'Orsogna Dolciaria, which joined the Barry Callebaut group in 2017, needed to align with the ambitious sustainability plans of its parent company, which required emissions monitoring and reduction.

 

However, the Abruzzo-based company did not have a greenhouse gas emissions inventory for the San Vito Chietino plant, nor a complete mapping of emission activities across all Scope 1, 2, and 3 categories.

 

There was therefore no reliable starting baseline to set up a carbon reduction strategy and report progress toward the group's sustainability goals, nor a structured data collection system for the items with the greatest impact and uncertainty.

 

 

The objectives

Equip the San Vito Chietino plant with its first complete greenhouse gas emissions inventory for the year 2021 according to the GHG Protocol methodology, identify priority emission activities, and create a reliable baseline for the future Carbon Management Plan aligned with the sustainability goals of the Barry Callebaut group.

Circularity's intervention

We built the plant's first complete emissions inventory by strictly following international carbon accounting standards.

1

GHG Protocol methodology study, Corporate Accounting Standard: applied the international reference protocol to ensure methodological rigor and comparability of results with the Barry Callebaut group standard and best practices in the agri-food confectionery decorations sector.

2

San Vito Chietino production unit perimeter: defined the organizational and operational boundaries of the analysis, focusing exclusively on the Abruzzo plant specialized in semi-finished products and decorations for the food industry.

3

Scope 1 emissions calculation: quantified direct emissions from fuel combustion in confectionery decoration production processes (natural gas boilers, any machinery fuels).

4
Scope 2 emissions calculation: measured indirect emissions from the purchase of electricity to power semi-finished product production lines, utilities, and climate control at the San Vito Chietino plant.
5

Scope 3 emissions calculation: mapped indirect emissions along the value chain (decoration raw materials, packaging, transport, logistics, waste, business travel), identifying items with the greatest impact and uncertainty in data collection.

6
2021 emissions profile and hotspot identification: defined the 2021 baseline with emissions distribution by Scope category and activity, highlighting intervention priorities for reducing and containing carbon impact.
7
Data collection system and Carbon Management Plan guidelines: structured the data collection process for critical items with high uncertainty, defined a roadmap for the progressive refinement of results, and provided strategic guidance for the emissions reduction plan aligned with Barry Callebaut's sustainability goals.

The results

  • First GHG 2021 emissions inventory: D'Orsogna Dolciaria San Vito Chietino obtained the complete Scope 1, 2, 3 mapping according to the GHG Protocol standard, creating a reliable baseline for future monitoring.

  • Identification of priority emission activities: identified items with the greatest carbon impact and data uncertainty along the confectionery decoration value chain, defining intervention priorities for the Carbon Management Plan.

  • Structured data collection system: implemented a data collection process for the progressive refinement of results and annual emissions reporting to the Barry Callebaut group.

  • Alignment with group sustainability goals: created a solid starting point to respond to the ambitious emissions reduction plans of parent company Barry Callebaut, with a strategy for monitoring and containing the Abruzzo plant's impact.

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