Partners
Impronta Etica
Impronta Etica, an association made up of companies, utilities, and SMEs, was founded as a non-profit organization in 2001. The association mission is promoting social responsibility and sustainable development among companies, public organizations and civil society. The association focuses on creating networking opportunities between companies and organizations that include social commitment in their mission and act socially responsible.
One of Impronta Etica’s main aim is the development of networks at the national and international level to promote the exchange of knowledge and good practice on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) between different organizations and companies. In particular, the Association is strongly committed to promote the participation of its members to international networks, so as to disseminate their experiences and allow them to get aware of the most innovative international CSR practices.
To this end, Impronta Etica operates as National Partner Organization (NPO) of the association CSR EUROPE, European network of companies and organizations operating for the international promotion of CSR.
In Italy in the last 10 years co-operative enterprises and private non-profit organizations, particularly foundations, government agencies and public utilities have gained excellent experience in the field of social responsibility, that networking can enhance and make more effective. Nationally IE, associated to AICCON and is member of the Forum on sustainable finance, is inserted in a structured and important network engaged in promoting CSR.
Impronta Etica organizes with member companies thematic working groups, identifying tools and processes, and ensures the update on the initiatives and experiences of excellence both at the national and european level.
Impronta Etica is also in contact with a number of universities with which it collaborates in developing studies and research on specific topics, but also through lectures in undergraduate and postgraduate courses.
Nowadays Footprint Ethics brings together 26 member companies: Coop Adriatica, Granarolo, Conad, Camst, Coopfond, Scs Azioninnova, Coop Ansaloni, Unipol Gruppo Finanziario, Coop Murri, Hera, Nordiconad, Coop Consumatori Nordest, Homina, Argon Sette, CMB, Manutencoop, Obiettivo Lavoro, Coop Costruzioni, GamEdit Srl, Emil Banca, CCC – Consorzio Cooperative Costruzioni, Palm Spa, Indica Srl, Tetra Pak, Mediagroup 98, CADIAI soc.coop.
Contact details
Via Marco Emilio Lepido, 182/3
40132 Bologna
Tel. 051 3160311 / Fax 051 3160399
info@improntaetica.org
www.improntaetica.org
Coordinamento Agende 21 Locali Italiane
The Coordinamento Agende 21 Locali Italiane (Italian Local Agenda 21 Association, www.a21italy.it) is an association set up in 1999 to spread Local Agenda 21 and promote sustainable development models whose members are those Municipalities, Provinces, Regions and other Local Authorities and all the protected areas management authorities that have promoted, adopted or intending to adopt a Local Agenda 21 Action Plan in the short term. The Coordinamento Agende 21 Locali Italiane is a very consolidated network that counts currently 422 members (municipalities: 280, Provinces: 42, Regions: 11, local authorities consortium, mountain communities and Natural areas: 30, supporters: 61).
One of the main aim of the Association is the promotion of principles, practices and tools of sustainable development by providing services, information and experiences to its members, by favouring networking between members and with other european cities networks active on LA21, by disseminating good practices.
The association has a good expertise in organising and managing networking projects and it’s also able to involve and mobilise a large number of local authorities, both as testers/reviewers of the projects products during their development, and as final users during the results dissemination.
Moreover, the association promotes technical-operational collaborations, through the setting up of working groups on specific issues and the realization of projects involving members and supporters.
The association has currently 16 Working Groups focusing on the following issues: Local Agenda 21 for Kyoto, Education for Sustainable Development, Sustainable Cities, LA21 in small and medium-sized towns and cities, Green Public Procurement, Sustainable Mobility, EMAS and Agenda21, LA21 in Mountain areas, City and Local environmental accounting and Reporting (CLEAR), Sustainable Tourism, LA21 and International Cooperation, Bike Offices, Local Agenda 21 and Waste Management, LA21 and rivers management, Agenda 21 Culture, Landscape and Biodiversity.
Contact details
C/o Provincia di Modena
Viale Martiri della Libertà, 34
41100 Modena
Tel. 059 209434-350 / Fax 059 209398/142
coordinamento.agenda21@provincia.modena.it
www.a21italy.it
Provincia di Livorno
The Livorno Province is a local government authority formed by 20 municipalities. It occupies a total surface of 1.217 Km2 (around 5% of the regional territory) along the Tyrrhenian coast. It counts 326.444 inhabitants.
The Livorno Province is characterized by different productive systems, which are nevertheless all deeply connected to the same natural resource: that is the sea. Hence, we find ports, chemical and metallurgical industrial poles, but also the tourist sector is a very important resources for the local economy. All these sectors implies high pressures on the local environment.
Moreover, the Livorno Province represents the main area of energy production within the Tuscany Region. Large energy plants are dislocated on the territory, and fuel refineries, fuel, biofuel and gas storehouses can be found along the coast.
As a consequence, from a sustainable development viewpoint, energy policies are extremely important within the activities undertaken by the local authority. For this reason the local authority has developed an energy strategic plan aimed at reducing progressively the GHG emissions, safe energy, promoting energy efficiency in the industrial and private sector and at introducing a more extensive use of renewable resources.
g.rossi@provincia.livorno.it
www.provincia.livorno.it
Provincia di Ferrara
The Province of Ferrara is located north-east of the Italian peninsula, within the Region of Emilia-Romagna. The northern borders are marked by the Po river, while the southern borders on the Reno river, which cross the provinces of Bologna and Ravenna. It counts 350.000 inhabitants, which are mainly located in the city of Ferrara and on the coast.
The Province of Ferrara is completely level. The territory has developed through the years a deep connection with land and water: in fact the land now cultivated has been taken from sea and swamps with a long process of land reclamation. This close connection with the surrounding environment is also perceivable by looking at the extremely high number of bicycles and cycle tracks, which cover the whole territory of the province.
For what concerns the economy of the territory, agriculture has always been the main activity. It gives work to the 8% of the population, the double of the national average. The industrial sector, with its 35.000 enterprises (the vast majority of them SME) occupies 35% of the population, while the tertiary the 57%.
Recently the Province has invested a lot in R&D activities, creating in the city of Ferrara a technological hub, which collaborates with new businesses to foster innovation.