ZERO IMPACK S.R.L. SOCIETA' BENEFIT O IN FORMA ABBREVIATA ZI S.R.L. SB

๐Ÿ“‚ Software Enterprise๐Ÿ“ Milano๐Ÿ—“๏ธ Founded: 2021

Zero Impack aims to reduce single-use food packaging waste in the take-away and home delivery sector through reuse and digitalization.

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About ZERO IMPACK S.R.L. SOCIETA' BENEFIT O IN FORMA ABBREVIATA ZI S.R.L. SB

Zero Impack โ€” ZI for short โ€” is a benefit company with a clear, measurable, and genuinely urgent environmental mission: eliminate single-use packaging waste from the take-away and home delivery food sector by replacing disposable containers with reusable ones, supported by a digital management infrastructure that makes the whole reuse system operationally practical and economically viable for businesses and consumers operating at scale. The problem Zero Impack is addressing is significant and continuously growing. The explosion of food delivery platforms over the past decade has generated an enormous and expanding stream of single-use plastic, cardboard, and composite packaging โ€” the vast majority of which ends up in landfill or waste-to-energy facilities after a single use of only minutes. While regulatory pressure on single-use plastics is intensifying across Europe and internationally, the food service industry has broadly lacked accessible, operationally realistic, and commercially viable systems for reuse at scale. Existing solutions tend to be either too complex for restaurant operators to adopt without disrupting their workflows, or too niche to achieve the network effects that make reuse economically competitive with disposal. Zero Impack was built to solve this specifically. The company's solution is flexible and modular by design โ€” engineered to adapt to the diverse operational contexts of independent restaurants, cloud kitchens, multi-location food operators, and large-scale catering organizations rather than requiring businesses to restructure their entire operation around a rigid new system. Operators can integrate Zero Impack's reusable packaging into existing workflows incrementally, supported by digital tools that track container movement through the reuse cycle, manage consumer deposit systems, coordinate return logistics, and generate the environmental impact data that operators increasingly need for regulatory compliance, ESG reporting, supplier requirements, and stakeholder communication. The environmental impact measurement capability is particularly rigorous and commercially important. Zero Impack works with qualified sector partners to quantify environmental data โ€” carbon savings, plastic displaced, waste diverted โ€” in an accurate, transparent, and certifiable manner. This capability distinguishes the company from sustainability initiatives that make ambitious claims without the measurement infrastructure to substantiate them credibly, and it is increasingly essential as brands, investors, and regulators demand verifiable rather than approximate sustainability performance. As a formally constituted benefit company โ€” Societร  Benefit in Italian law โ€” ZI is legally committed to generating positive environmental and social outcomes alongside its commercial returns. This legal structure aligns the company's institutional incentives with its stated mission and signals a long-term, binding commitment to the circular economy rather than an opportunistic positioning in a fashionable sustainability space.

The Story

Take away with zero impact Take away with zero impact Take away with zero impact Our mission Reduce the environmental impact of meal distribution through technology. Zero Impack was created to make large-scale meal distribution more efficient through technology, process automation, and waste reduction. Responsibility We believe that every delivered meal can generate less waste and more value.

How ZERO IMPACK S.R.L. SOCIETA' BENEFIT O IN FORMA ABBREVIATA ZI S.R.L. SB works

Business Model

B2B model based on services and customized solutions for businesses.

Revenue Model

Revenue from projects, consulting, and custom development.

Products & Services

Key Products

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Market & Clients

Key Customers

We work together with the most qualified partners in the industry to measure and quantify environmental impact data accurately and in a certifiable manner.

Geographic Presence

IT

How ZERO IMPACK S.R.L. SOCIETA' BENEFIT O IN FORMA ABBREVIATA ZI S.R.L. SB competes

Competitive Advantages

  • Presence of a network or community that strengthens distribution.
  • Declared technological differentiation on the product.

How ZERO IMPACK S.R.L. SOCIETA' BENEFIT O IN FORMA ABBREVIATA ZI S.R.L. SB grows

Growth Strategy

The growth strategy appears to be linked to partnerships and ecosystem development.

Distribution Model

Direct distribution with a consultative sales approach.

Moat (Defensibility)

The competitive advantage seems to be based on a community or network built around the product.

Founding Team

Key Executives

  • Irene Simone - CEO
  • Co-Founder Giulio Simone - CPO

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