The carbon footprint is the parameter that, better than any other variable, makes it possible to determine the environmental impacts of anthropogenic activities on climate change and, therefore, on global warming. The Carbon Footprint is a parameter that expresses...
Russia's invasion of Ukraine and the consequent rise in the cost of energy have put the issue of raw material supplies at the centre of the government's agenda. In this scenario, the circular economy represents a strategic response for...
Companies, organisations, institutions, start-ups and research bodies showed their circular path to encourage the birth of innovative and entrepreneurial activities at national and international level.
Five themes were covered during the two-day event: Agri-food, Textiles and Fashion, City, Materials and...
What is meant by green claims and greewashing?
A definition of green claim and greenwashing can be found in the working paper entitled "Guidelines for the implementation/application of Directive 2005/29/EC on unfair commercial practices" published by the European Commission on...
With the aim of fostering the emergence and spread of innovative and entrepreneurial activities accelerating the transition to a circular economy, Tondo, an international organisation working in this field, announces the next Re-think Circular Economy Forum.
The event is taking...
Developing a new process for the recovery of high-value materials and metals from end-of-life mobile phones with a view to the circular economy. This is the aim of the PORTENT project, co-financed by the Lazio Region with about 140,000...
Agri-food chain and environment
It would be unthinkable and irresponsible to discuss environmental sustainability today by leaving out the agri-food chain, given the significantly negative impact it has on climate, soil and biodiversity depletion, as well as on the use...
FSC celebrates sustainable furniture: FSC celebrates sustainable wood-furniture. This is the claim that inaugurates the first European edition of the competition created by the Forest Stewardship Council®, an international NGO that promotes the responsible management of the world's forests,...
In the sustainable sphere, investments are selected using various investment strategies. The first and simplest approach to creating a sustainable portfolio is to apply filters against benchmark indices (each fund generally has a benchmark index in the market against...
84% of companies consider themselves to be "very or fairly" sustainable, but only 30% envisage production bonuses for managers who achieve sustainability objectives, and in most cases there is a lack of investment and dedicated organisational policies in line...
