Iniziativa eco-responsabile e CSR

🌱 Allegrini released its first Sustainability Report in 2024, highlighting its dedication to environmental protection, community well-being, and local economic development. Since 2010, Allegrini eliminated herbicides, and in 2023 scored 93/100 on the Biodiversity Friend certification. The winery supports Valpolicella’s cultural landscape, promotes sustainable tourism, and has projects in eco-friendly packaging, reducing bottle weight from 600g to 410g. They reduced non-recyclable waste by 3,500 kg in 2022 and are constructing Tenuta Merigo, a new production center focused on sustainable practices. Allegrini's team is young, with an average age of 35, and saw a 30% increase in female presence in 2024.

🏨 Fiera Hotel in Bolzano is focusing on sustainability from October 21 to 24, introducing three special tours exploring themes like guest-resident connections and 360-degree sustainability. Tours start on October 22 with visits to projects by architects Stefan Marx, Elke Ladurner, Zeno Bampi, and Biquadra. On October 23, Tours 2 and 3 feature visits to Casa al Sole and Hotel Adler, with stories of maintaining building originality. The event will attract over 400 exhibitors and 18,000 visitors, alongside thematic talks and the Hotel Sustainability Award in four categories.

💸 Grupo Consorcio, Spanish leader in premium canned fish, publishes its 7th Sustainability Report in 2023, reflecting its business model based on tradition, innovation, and sustainability. Established in Italy in January 2024, the group has a sustainability strategy dating back 11 years. Valeria Piaggio, Vice President, emphasizes sustainability as a core value. The workforce is 64.4% female, and 99.5% of Cantabrian anchovy supply is MSC certified. In 2023, they saved over 58,000 kg of fish from waste in Spain and Peru and measured their Corporate Environmental Footprint with the University of Cantabria's collaboration.

🍴 Celebrated on October 16, World Food Day 2024's theme by FAO is "The right to food for a better life and future". Despite global food production exceeding demand, 733 million people face hunger, primarily due to conflicts, climatic shocks, and economic crises, leading to increased inequalities. About 2.8 billion globally can't afford a proper diet. The Italian Society for Human Nutrition (SINU) emphasizes balanced nutrition to combat malnutrition, organizing a high-level event "Science of Nutrition, Sports and Health" in Genoa, European Capital of Sport 2024, from November 21-23, 2024, aiming to reduce sedentariness by 15% by 2030. In Italy, around one-third of the population is sedentary. SINU also promotes sustainable eating models and Mediterranean Diet benefits, focusing on health and environmental sustainability.

📖 Acqua Minerale San Benedetto lancia "Baby Scrittory", un progetto digitale sulla Linea San Benedetto Baby, coinvolgendo bambini e famiglie. I partecipanti creano la storia di "Lady Fragola", disponibile come e-book su https://www.sanbenedetto.it/it/baby-scrittory. Celebrando il successo, un workshop "BABY ARTISTY" si è tenuto il 12 ottobre a Scorzè, per figli/nipoti di dipendenti San Benedetto (4-6 anni), con attività didattiche da MarbreBlond. Il progetto promuove la creatività e l'educazione ambientale, sottolineando il riciclo e la riduzione dei rifiuti.

☕ On October 12, Essse Caffè in Bologna celebrated its 45th anniversary with an art exhibition by Tuscan artist Andrea Polenta. Essse Caffè launched a new coffee bean line for home consumption, pledging 10% of proceeds for a year to the Fondazione Umberto Veronesi ETS for pediatric cancer research. Polenta's artworks, created between 2022 and 2024, utilized coffee sack jute to emphasize sustainability and circular economy principles. The event also featured high-quality coffee and pastries by Maestro Sebastiano Caridi, with Fabbri 1905 adding iconic products.

🏖 At TTG 2024, Italy's premier international tourism fair, the new edition of the travel book "Borghi del Regionale" was revealed, highlighting its collaboration with "I Borghi più belli d’Italia". The project promotes sustainable tourism and the appreciation of Italy's small historic and cultural villages, with seven new additions accessible through Treno+Link solutions: Deiva Marina, Diano Castello, Borgo Valsugana, Palmanova, Cisternino, Tropea, Gerace, and Militello in Val di Catania. This intermodal transport integration facilitates eco-friendly travel and is available digitally on Trenitalia.com.

💰 Acqua Amata, a mineral water bottling leader and part of Gruppo MGA, announced in 2024 ESG investments of €18 million following a positive 2023 financial outcome, with a revenue increase of 19%. The company, now a Benefit Society, aims for sustainable growth, targeting a 25% CO2 emissions reduction by 2026, using 100% renewable energy, reducing plastic use, promoting community well-being, and enhancing environmental education. Matteo Avella, the CEO, emphasizes the integration of social and environmental sustainability into their business model.

🍽 Panino Giusto, Italy's first BCorp in the restaurant sector, adds new partner Giovanni Gross following the entry of Gianfranco Tibollo, who aims to double the current outlets within two years. Led by CEO Antonio Civita and Co-owner Chairwoman Elena Riva for 14 years, the company plans to open at least six new locations by the year's end, including a fast casual format "Panino Giusto - Maestri dal 1979". The brand, established in Milan in 1979, became a Benefit Society in 2019 and joined B Corp in 2020.

📊 HOSTMILANO anticipates a 4-5% growth in Horeca sector revenues in 2024, as per the Fipe Confcommercio and Bain & Company Italia report. Tourism contributes about 10% to the national GDP, highlighted by McKinsey & Company. Smart Label – Host Innovation Award, in its 13th year, a collaboration between HostMilano, Fiera Milano, POLI.design, and ADI, has seen 950 applications and over 280 products awarded in six editions. HOSTMilano 2025, from October 17-21, will host the 7th Smart Label awards with an April 30, 2025, application deadline.