Circular economy and industry

The European directive banning disposable plastic objects such as cutlery, glasses and straws will officially come into force in 2021. In agreement with Legambiente (an environmentalist association in Italy) and Confcommercio (Italy's General Confederation of Enterprises, Professions and Self-Employment), the…

Plastic, now globally recognized as a problem, has for years been considered an important resource for economic development and easier daily life. From our homes to our cars, from supermarkets to entertainment venues: imagining them all without plastic can sometimes…

Let’s imagine that we are in a restaurant and that we are offered a zero kilometre menu. In addition to the advantage of eating food that has had presumably shorter transport and storage times, we are also convinced that what…

The bureaucratic definition, ISO 20400, does not give an idea of the impact that this standard has on the value that the company can transfer both to its customers and to the region. We are talking about sustainable procurement, i.e.…

People are demanding greater commitment from companies to supply chain management. This is confirmed by international research carried out by DNV GL, an international certification body, in collaboration with the GfK institute. A large-scale survey. The survey involved over 1,400…

Perhaps we should all do as salmon do: swim upstream to the source. More and more consumers are doing just that, and so are purchasing departments within businesses. Because behind every product or part of a product, there is a…

The Lacoste case Many newspapers have spoken about this. The most famous crocodile in the world of fashion has made way for other endangered animals. We are talking about Lacoste x Save Our Species: the new awareness-raising initiative launched during…

When we talk about natural capital, it is interesting to reflect on the potential of urban agriculture, a phenomenon which is spreading in metropolitan areas around the world and whose benefits have not been fully investigated. Recently the magazine Earth's…