Arla Foods EPR Compliance Case Study

See How Arla Foods Met EPR Requirements Across Five Markets

Arla Foods partnered with Source Intelligence to centralize and automate EPR obligations across core global markets.

Explore how centralized reporting replaced several fragmented market systems

Learn how a custom configuration solved Arla’s food-grade packaging challenge

Discover how improved accuracy helped Arla recover a $1M+ credit from Sweden

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The challenge of decentralized EPR reporting

Local spreadsheets weren’t built for multi-country EPR requirements.

Managing EPR for packaging across Arla’s five markets meant five sets of rules, five calculation templates, and five points of failure. As EU member states tightened reporting frameworks, the decentralized model broke down.

01

Fee calculations varied market to market

Each market followed its own rules and exemptions, with accuracy depending on manual work and local interpretation.

02

Thousands of SKUs raised the stakes

Managing packaging obligations at an enterprise scale created a high-risk setup for an already complex reporting process.

03

Regulatory change kept outpacing manual process

As EU member states tightened extended producer responsibility packaging requirements, teams struggled to keep multiple calculation templates current.

Inside the case study

How Arla Foods partnered with Source Intelligence to centralize EPR obligations across five countries.

This case study breaks down how Arla solved a unique packaging challenge, and what the partnership delivered in accuracy, savings, and scale.

Insight #1

Discover how a custom configuration solved a packaging challenge

Understand how Source Intelligence built new logic to classify Arla’s multilayered, food-grade packaging by material type and percentage.

Insight #2

Learn how integrations connected existing systems

Explore how SAP and 3DX PLM data feed into Source Intelligence’s platform through an automated FTP data load.

Insight #3

See the Sweden accuracy recovery

Discover how improved reporting accuracy helped Arla recover a credit of more than $1M (11 million SEK) from Swedish authorities.

Insight #4

Understand what scaling EPR requirements looks like next

Learn how the system Source Intelligence built for Arla supports expansion into new markets, including the Netherlands, Austria, and France.

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Compliance & Regulatory Teams

Supply Chain Compliance Leaders

Who should read it

Built for teams managing EPR obligations across multiple markets.

From sustainability and supply chain compliance leaders to the regulatory teams handling packaging obligations, this case study shows how producers can centralize extended producer responsibility (EPR) reporting across multiple markets.

Bring the same clarity to your EPR program

Explore how centralized reporting simplifies EPR obligations at scale.

EPR requirements don’t have to stay fragmented across markets. Download the case study to see how Arla centralized reporting, recovered costs, and built a system that scales with new regulations.