Forno Brisa: Scope 1 and 2 emissions calculation, Impact Report, and support for B Corp recertification
The challenge
Forno Brisa is a bakery founded in 2015 in Bologna on three core pillars: quality, transparency, and health. For Forno Brisa, "nourishing" also means building relationships, creating awareness, and changing the way we relate to food.
In 2022, that focus on sustainability led the company to earn B Corp certification and Società Benefit status. More recently, Forno Brisa joined four other Italian bakeries to create the Breaders group, an alliance that protects each brand's identity while giving members a shared way to take on the challenges the industry has in common.
To keep moving consistently along its sustainability journey, Forno Brisa chose to work with Up2You. Together, the company began calculating its Scope 1 and 2 emissions, received support in drafting the Impact Report shared with the Breaders group, and will be guided through the B Corp renewal.
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Needs and objectives
Build a shared way of working
With Breaders up and running, Forno Brisa needed to promote a single sustainability program across all 5 companies in the group.
Aligning the data
The creation of the Breaders Group meant aligning data and information across the five companies, an added organizational effort that led Forno Brisa to bring in Up2You.
Support for the B Corp renewal
Forno Brisa wanted hands-on support to renew its B Corp certification and extend it to the entire Breaders group.
Initial challenges
Coordinating several working groups
Coordinating across different teams and locations took significant organizational effort, and it was becoming hard to manage in-house.
Data collection
Gathering data for all five companies in the group proved complex. It called for substantial coordination and alignment work, which in turn called for outside support.
Changes to the B Corp renewal criteria
The recent update to the B Corp certification criteria made the renewal process even more demanding, raising the effort needed to meet the required standards.
Why Forno Brisa chose Up2You
- A straightforward working method that made it possible to align Forno Brisa with the other companies in the Breaders group.
- A data collection platform that simplified data gathering for all five companies in the group Forno Brisa belongs to.
- A professional approach and a team always ready to support the client at every stage of the sustainability journey.
Testimonial
“Sustainability has always been one of Forno Brisa's pillars. For us, business is not just about making a profit; it is about creating a positive impact on the people inside the company and on the world outside it. In 2022 we became a Società Benefit and, at the same time, earned B Corp certification.
We came to Up2You because this year we set out to produce a document covering not only Forno Brisa but the entire Breaders Group, gathering and presenting the data in a systematic, formalized way. Working in the Up2You platform, with help from the knowledgeable, professional people on the team, we turned our inputs into outputs that will support our decision-making.”
Marella Chiodini
Impact and CSR, Breaders Group
The project
The collaboration between Forno Brisa and Up2You began in 2025, with the goal of supporting the company on its sustainability journey. The first piece of work was calculating Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions, carried out in CliMax, Up2You's proprietary platform.
After an initial kick-off meeting, the platform was configured to launch data collection across March and April and then move on to processing the results.
In parallel, also in March, an introductory workshop on the Impact Report brought the company's staff up to speed on the work to be done with Up2You.
Once the workshop wrapped up, customization of the Choral platform got under way, and the whole month of April went to data collection.
May saw the start of drafting the Impact Report, which was completed the following month with graphic design work and delivery of the final document.
Today the work is focused on guiding the company through B Corp recertification. Three years have passed since it first earned the certification, and the assessment criteria have changed in the meantime, making dedicated support necessary.
Thanks to the work done with Up2You, Forno Brisa now has a clearer picture of the steps to take along its sustainability journey, and it has strengthened information sharing on these topics with the other bakeries in the Breaders Group.
