Arla Foods Simplifies Global EPR Reporting with Source Intelligence

Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) compliance case study

How Arla Foods centralized EPR packaging compliance and recovered $1M+ in overpaid fees

Arla Foods replaced fragmented spreadsheets with a centralized system for managing complex EPR packaging obligations across five markets. In this case study, learn how improved data accuracy, automation, and forecasting helped Arla reduce risk, recover significant overpayments, and scale compliance with confidence.

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Overview

When Arla Foods, one of Europe’s largest dairy cooperatives, faced growing complexity around Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) regulations, its local reporting systems couldn’t keep up. Each Arla market managed its own local solutions and manual calculations to track packaging obligations. The result was an error-prone, time-intensive process that was vulnerable to regulatory change.

To replace this fragmented, manual approach, Arla partnered with Source Intelligence to centralize and automate EPR reporting across its five core markets. Through close collaboration, Source Intelligence tailored its EPR platform to Arla’s unique food-grade packaging structure and built new functionality for separability and forecasting.  

The partnership delivered measurable results, including faster reporting, greater accuracy, and multimillion-krona savings (equivalent to roughly $1.1M or €1M). 

Arla Foods Snapshot

• Industry: Dairy manufacturing and distribution 
• Headquarters: Viby, Denmark 
• Employees: 19,000+ 
• Core markets: Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Germany, and the UK 
• Solution: Source Intelligence Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) 
• Implementation: Custom configuration based on Arla’s food-grade packaging data structure 
• Integrations: SAP and 3DX PLM (ENOVIA) → FTP data load to Source Intelligence platform 

See how Arla Foods streamlined EPR packaging compliance across five markets

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