CSR in a Tuscan Biscuit Factory

Daniele Scapigliati

Biscottificio Scapigliati is a small factory that bakes biscuits using time-honoured family methods. Some information on the staff, market outlets and main clients will lead to our reasons for choosing to be socially responsible in a small company. Why did we choose to obtain the SA 8000 standard, and what obstacles and advantages have we found? What is the internal path we have taken and how is our relationship with old and new external stakeholders? A project of biscuits produced with Tranfair ingredients earned us the Ethic Award 2004. Does analysis of the costs-benefits show it to be economically worthwhile to obtain a certification standard in social responsibility? How to overcome the limitations of a certification standard?

He graduated from the University of Florence in 1992 in Economics and Commerce, with a thesis in ‘A critical analysis of the sustainability of economic development’. Since 1992 he has been collaborating in a variety of ways with local NGO’s that deal with economic and environmental analysis. Since 1998 he has been dedicated to running the biscuit factory his grandfather founded 1926. Born in Florence in 1966 Daniele Scapigliati is married and has two children.