- A man-sized economy to face the future taly has not given up during the pandemic, it has fought, reacted, and never stopped looking to its future and the future of the world, while at the same time facing the climate crisis. Italy has sided with Europe to eliminate CO2 production by 2050
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and can give a great hand in doing this. This year’s research “Italy in 10 selfies - a man-sized economy to face the future” carried out by Symbola Foundation for Italian Quality, with the patronage of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation and the Ministry of Ecological Transition, with
Italy is the European country with the highest recycling waste rate. In fact, 79.3% of waste is sent for recycling, a quantity which is almost double the European average.
It is an increasingly green country, so much so that in the period 2015-2019 almost one in three companies invested in green products and technologies, and the number of companies that have invested in order to become more sustainable almost tripled compared to 2015.
the collaboration of Unioncamere and Assocamerestero has the very intention of showing the country’s strengths in this area and how it is contributing to this direction. The research tells through 10 “selfies” the Italian primates in the circular economy, in the green economy, and design.
Italy has the largest operator in the renewable energy sector. ENEL, with its subsidiary Green Power, is the largest operator in the sector with 47GW of managed capacity in the third half of 2020.
Second place for the export of green products, thanks to the number of environmental patents filed, low CO2 emissions, and strict environmental policies. Also, it is estimated to be the country with the most development potential in this area.
First country for trade balance in the field of pleasure boating and second for exports in this field.
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Italy is the country with the largest number of companies operating in the design sector, with 15.5% of the total European companies in this sector. Milan reconfirms itself as the capital of design.
The Italian furniture wood industry is the first in Europe in the circular economy: 93% of chipboard panels produced in Italy are made of recycled wood.
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Second place, after Germany, for pharmaceutical production, thanks to exports which grew by 168% in the period 2009-2019. In the last ten years, the Italy is the European leader in bicycle exports, sector has reduced both energy consumption and covering 16.6% of total European exports, and with greenhouse gas emissions by 50%. a growth of 15.2% compared to the previous year.
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Italian agricultural sector is also among the most sustainable in Europe, with a number of emissions equal to 30 million tons of CO2. This sector reduced the use of pesticides by 20% (2011-2018), increased the use and production of renewable energy, and reduced water consumption.
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