Being transparent pays off!

A recent study carried out in Italy by the Forum for Sustainable Finance with ALTIS - Alta Scuola Impresa e Società of the Università Cattolica di Milano has shown that SMEs are becoming increasingly aware that sustainability is not a…

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The value of the ESG reporting and transparency

Social reports, sustainability indexes, policies, certifications: for a responsible company, these tools are helpful to "do" as well as to “illustrate" its sustainability in a transparent way. Transparency has become a priority for companies that are increasingly exposed to the…

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A brief history of plastic

Man's search for “plastic” materials has an ancient origin. Scholars tell us that since 2000 BC natural polymers such as clay, argil and wax were used to build easily moldable objects suitable for home use. The history of plastic as…

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Plastic pollution, a problem. Especially at sea

Plastics, a curiosity at the beginning of the century, became ubiquitous by the mid decades, seemingly as essential to our way of life as the very air we breathe: Jeremy Rifkin's phrase well summarizes the role played by this material…

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Energy transition: few years left to change course

The next few years will be crucial to achieve the sustainability goals set by the UN Agenda 2030 and, today, the whole world is looking forward to the upcoming COP26, the conference on climate change to be held in Glasgow…

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