Ponti spa
Province of Novara, Italy
August 2023
Food products
Manufacturing
Albania,
Armenia,
Australia,
Austria,
Belarus,
Belgium,
Brazil,
Bulgaria,
Burundi,
Canada,
Chile,
China,
Croatia (Hrvatska),
Cyprus,
Czech Republic,
Denmark,
Dominican Republic,
Ecuador,
Estonia,
France,
Georgia,
Germany,
Greece,
Guatemala,
Hungary,
Ireland,
Israel,
Italy,
Japan,
Jordan,
Kuwait,
Lebanon,
Madagascar,
Malaysia,
Malta,
Moldova,
Morocco,
Netherlands The,
Norway,
Peru,
Poland,
Portugal,
Romania,
Russia,
San Marino,
Saudi Arabia,
Slovakia,
Slovenia,
South Korea,
Spain,
Switzerland,
Taiwan,
Turkmenistan,
Ukraine,
United Arab Emirates,
United Kingdom,
United States,
Uruguay,
Vatican City State (Holy See),
Vietnam
Ponti has always been synonymous with vinegar and vegetables in Italy. Tradition, territory, protection of natural resources, passion for quality and innovation are the pillars of an expertise centuries-old which brought this family-owned business, founded back in 1787 and now helmed by its 9th generation, to become a leader in the food industry, both in Italy and overseas. For Ponti, a benefit Company since 2021, the achievement of the highest levels of Corporate Social Responsibility is a fundamental objective, always with an eye to the generation of added value for his employees, consumers and communities. Ponti’s commitment includes continuous investments into production efficiency programmes, product lifecycle sustainability, environmental impact mitigation, fostering of inclusion and gender equality within the workplace as well as support to charity initiatives, alongside key civic sector organisations. As of 2022, Ponti employed 224 people and scored a €120 Million turnover.
Overall B Impact Score
Governance 18.0
Governance evaluates a company's overall mission, engagement around its social/environmental impact, ethics, and transparency. This section also evaluates the ability of a company to protect their mission and formally consider stakeholders in decision making through their corporate structure (e.g. benefit corporation) or corporate governing documents.
What is this? A company with an Impact Business Model is intentionally designed to create a specific positive outcome for one of its stakeholders - such as workers, community, environment, or customers.
Governance 18.0
Governance evaluates a company's overall mission, engagement around its social/environmental impact, ethics, and transparency. This section also evaluates the ability of a company to protect their mission and formally consider stakeholders in decision making through their corporate structure (e.g. benefit corporation) or corporate governing documents.
What is this? A company with an Impact Business Model is intentionally designed to create a specific positive outcome for one of its stakeholders - such as workers, community, environment, or customers.
Workers 25.1
Workers evaluates a company’s contributions to its employees’ financial security, health & safety, wellness, career development, and engagement & satisfaction. In addition, this section recognizes business models designed to benefit workers, such as companies that are at least 40% owned by non-executive employees and those that have workforce development programs to support individuals with barriers to employment.
Community 18.9
Community evaluates a company’s engagement with and impact on the communities in which it operates, hires from, and sources from. Topics include diversity, equity & inclusion, economic impact, civic engagement, charitable giving, and supply chain management. In addition, this section recognizes business models that are designed to address specific community-oriented problems, such as poverty alleviation through fair trade sourcing or distribution via microenterprises, producer cooperative models, locally focused economic development, and formal charitable giving commitments.
Environment 14.8
Environment evaluates a company’s overall environmental management practices as well as its impact on the air, climate, water, land, and biodiversity. This includes the direct impact of a company’s operations and, when applicable its supply chain and distribution channels. This section also recognizes companies with environmentally innovative production processes and those that sell products or services that have a positive environmental impact. Some examples might include products and services that create renewable energy, reduce consumption or waste, conserve land or wildlife, provide less toxic alternatives to the market, or educate people about environmental problems.
Customers 3.6
Customers evaluates a company’s stewardship of its customers through the quality of its products and services, ethical marketing, data privacy and security, and feedback channels. In addition, this section recognizes products or services that are designed to address a particular social problem for or through its customers, such as health or educational products, arts & media products, serving underserved customers/clients, and services that improve the social impact of other businesses or organizations.