In the awareness that the challenge for a more sustainable world can only be won by joining forces, illycaffè has developed a platform to tell how sustainable quality can help protect and improve the well-being of the planet and remind consumers that everyone's actions can be done. the difference. Through the use of the best technologies and research applied to raw materials and production processes, a multi-year program for the development of increasingly environmentally friendly products marked with the hashtag #ONEMAKESTHEDIFFERENCE has been implemented.

Inspired by the 17 Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations, illycaffè pursues economic sustainability by sharing the value generated, social sustainability through personal growth and environmental sustainability through respect for the ecosystem, which translates into the principles of not polluting, do not waste and use renewable resources. The ability to move towards a company that decarbonises, in which individual businesses and individuals can make a difference, represents a fundamental step for the company.

This includes a series of investments in green products and technology, which led illycaffè to obtain B Corp certification in 2021, for its high standards of social and environmental performance. The company operates in such a way as to optimize the positive impact on the supply chain through sustainable agriculture (relationships with suppliers oriented towards continuous improvement, regular monitoring of working conditions, purchase of raw materials at a higher price than that of the market and activation of training programs), the quality of life, the circular economy and respect for the Planet, ensuring correct use of water, attention to ecosystems and biodiversity, and the correct disposal of waste.

Among the products that contribute to sustainable quality and to protect and improve the well-being of the planet, the X1 Anniversary E.S.E. & Ground, coffee machine for domestic use equipped with new energy saving technologies and which combines two different preparation systems: E.S.E. (single portion with the dose of coffee enclosed between two layers of filter paper) certified compostable and transferable in the organic, available in the Classic toasted variants in the double reference espresso and long, Intense and Decaffeinated, and ground coffee to minimize the impact environmental. A classic of contemporary design that is renewed by combining sustainability, innovation and versatility: thanks to the fast heating technology, the machine is always able to deliver coffee, steam and hot water, eliminating the waiting times associated with reaching the correct temperature and automatically entering the stand by after each delivery.