ASVIS 2024 Report: Italy is on an unsustainable development path, the 2030 Agenda Goals are far away

Oct 17, 2024 | News, Sustainability

Italy is proceeding along an unsustainable development path and, despite the commitments made at international level, including with the signing of the Pact on the Future, the country’s choices are insufficient to achieve the 17 Sustainable Development Goals of...

Plastic pollution, OECD road map to reduce it by 96 percent by 2040

Oct 11, 2024 | News

Comprehensive global policies addressing the entire plastics lifecycle can reduce plastic leakage into the environment by 96% by 2040, according to a new OECD report. By implementing a mix of policies – from enhancing plastic waste management and recycling, to curbing...

CSRD: new sustainability reporting requirements take effect on 25 september 2024

Sep 25, 2024 | News, Sustainability

The most important step within the European ESG reporting landscape has finally been taken. As of 25 September 2024, the Italian transposition decree, Legislative Decree 2024/125 (published in OJ no. 212 of 10 September 2024) , implementing Directive 2022/2464/EU...

Excellence in GPP: Compraverde Buygreen 2024 awards italian Green Public Procurement leaders

May 16, 2024 | Forum, News

The 18th edition of the Compraverde Buygreen Forum, promoted by Fondazione Ecosistemi, closed with the presentation of the Compraverde Buygreen Award: today the only award in Italy dedicated to the best Italian GPP experiences. The Compraverde Award was created in...

Green Public Procurement in Italy: the Green Procurement Observatory presents its 7th report

May 16, 2024 | Forum, News

In Italy, the handbrake is pulled on the application of Green Public Procurement and the Minimum Environmental Criteria which, eight years after their entry into force, are struggling to take off in a structured manner*. Out of a sample of 126 public administrations,...