Sparkalis and Glimpact announced a strategic alliance to create the first digital platform for measuring and reducing the global environmental footprint of food products. Sparkalis is the corporate venture arm of the Puratos Group, a global leader in the bakery, patisserie and chocolate industry. Sparkalis provides scalable support to accelerate the business growth of food tech innovators. Glimpact is a French technology start-up and creator of the digital platform Glimpact, which has been designed to evaluate, analyse and improve the overall environmental performance of products and organizations.

Glimpact is the first technology to have modelled the new scientific reference method, the Product Environmental Footprint (PEF), in the form of an application accessible to all companies. The PEF is the only method that has been recommended by the European Commission as part of the Green Deal for the definition and measurement of the environmental footprint of products and organizations.

The joint venture will launch a digital platform that allows companies active in the bakery, patisserie and chocolate industry to assess, understand and reduce the environmental footprint of their products. The unprecedented dynamic eco-design tool will allow producers to choose the best raw materials, processes and suppliers, and to work on all stages of a product life cycle. It will provide insight into the actions needed to make their products more sustainable for a better planet today and tomorrow.