Podcast: Todis, a project to certify suppliers' sustainability

From 27 September, generic and unsubstantiated environmental claims are, in all respects, unfair commercial practices: this is provided for by D.Lgs. 30/2026, which transposed the European directive against greenwashing. Todis—an Italian supermarket chain operating a controlled local discount format, controlled by the cooperative PAC2000A Conad—had anticipated this turning point as early as 2023. That year, it began with Sgs Italia, an independent third-party organisation, a process for evaluating the suppliers of its own-brand products: more than 325 companies and over 2.500 products subjected to a code of conduct, on-site and documentary checks, and a score from A to AAA. This led to the Sustainability Certificate, which now reaches customers in-store through dedicated tags and QR codes. The challenge is being played out across a network extending from Umbria to Sicily, where the ties with local producers coexist with those with international partners. We explored the topic with Marco De Angelis, Todis's quality manager.

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