In 1999, at the behest of then U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan, the Global Compact was created to stimulate businesses to be progressively more responsible by urging them to apply the U.N. principles related to human rights, environmental protection, and anti-corruption.…

Actions to counter the climate crisis must also consider the economic and social impacts generated by the green transition. To speak of a just transition, we need to very carefully evaluate the actions to be put in place to achieve…

Interview with Marcella Mallen, ASviS chair On the topic of partnerships, Soft&Green wanted to hear the opinion of Marcella Mallen, Chair of ASviS and Prioritalia and professor of Diversity management and organizational change at LUMSA University in Rome. This issue…

We dedicate this issue of Soft & Green to the value of partnerships. It is also a way of celebrating 15 years of the collaborative relationship between Sofidel and WWF. Today we are increasingly hearing about shared value creation. This…

The UN’s 2030 Agenda recognizes the unsustainability of the current development model in environmental as well as economic and social terms and refers to the need for an inclusive, participatory and responsible model: there are therefore many possible links between…

Many are now saying that Civil Economy is a more suitable model of development to respond to the change that is taking place, because it is more inclusive, participatory and sustainable. This paradigm – as opposed to that of political…

October 2019 – Soft&Green asked Enrico Giovannini, spokesman for the Italian Alliance for Sustainable Development, ASviS, to answer three questions about the future of sustainability. How is Italy positioned in relation to other countries for the 2030 Agenda? Globally, despite…