The large skills gap in Italy's transition
Italy may be speaking about innovation, but its training programmes remain inadequate and poorly designed. According to the eLearning Maturity Report 2025 published by the Politecnico di Milano...
EIB and Gruppo CAP sign €100 million deal to modernise Lombardy’s water systems
The European Investment Bank (EIB) and Gruppo CAP have signed a €100 million finance agreement to support the company’s 2025–2030 investment plan. The announcement was made by EIB D...
Water crisis: the subtle rise of managed aquifer recharge
They allow water to be stored in its most precious reservoir, the subsoil, with lower environmental impacts and costs than surface aquifers. Yet, for decades, managed aquifer recharge (MAR) tec...
Feltrin (FLA): Tariffs and EUDR are a Damocles sword; let's revive the sector with EPR and the circular economy
The wood-furniture supply chain is one of the pillars of the Italian industrial system, with a positive trade surplus of €7.9 billion. The sector employs almost 300,000 people and counts over 6...
EPR furniture system: the Italian supply chain foresees a possible European scheme
Extended producer responsibility (EPR), a cornerstone of the circular economy, places the onus on producers to financially support waste treatment and recovery systems, aimed at promoting product re...
Sardinian Link: Terna’s 300-Million-Euro Investment to Power a Greener Sardinia
The Italian Ministry of the Environment and Energy Security has officially launched the authorisation procedure for the “Sardinian Link”, a strategic project by Terna aimed at reconstruc...
Inalca, an energy infrastructure geared towards biomethane
For over twenty years, Inalca, a subsidiary of the Cremonini Group and one of the leading players in Italy and Europe in the production and distribution of beef, cured meats and food products, has b...
Asbestos, thousands of schools contaminated: Italy is lagging behind in removal
The bell doesn't ring. Doors are closed and classrooms are empty, not because of a strike or technical malfunction, but because of asbestos lurking in the floors. This happened at the Tasso Institut...
Cyclus: A Circular Economy Network for the Automotive Sector
This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano According to Eurostat, 6 million end-of-life vehicles are generated annually in the European Union...
Ecomondo 2025 Roadshow Builds Global Path to Rimini Expo
This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano Italian Exhibition Group (IEG) has launched the international roadshow leading to Ecomondo 2025, s...
Italy, Terna Reports Record €1.3 Billion Capex in First Half of 2025
This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano In the first half of 2025, Terna, Italy’s national electricity transmission grid operator, d...
Smart Mountains by Design: The Example of Madonna di Campiglio
This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano One of the most significant challenges for tourism in Alpine ski resorts is mobility. By definitio...
From the Pacific to Sicily: the relentless Mediterranean odyssey of the Asian seaweed
This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano Edoardo Piretto’s weathered hands have been scraping scales off fish since he was nine, in t...
Sounds of the Dolomites, 30 years of music amongst the peaks
This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano I Suoni delle Dolomiti (Sounds of the Dolomites) festival turns 30 in 2025 and returns, from 27 Au...
Ecomondo 2025 Returns to Rimini as Europe’s Circular Economy Hub
This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano Ecomondo, the Italian Exhibition Group (IEG) event of reference in Europe and the Mediterranean ba...
Terna Invests in Innovation Hubs and AI to Drive the Energy Transition
Questo articolo è disponibile anche in inglese / This article is also available in English Terna, Italy’s national electricity transmission operator, is rapidly accelerating its transf...
Waste Oils and Biodiesel: A Cycle Worth Exploiting
This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano In Italy, the National Consortium for the Collection and Treatment of Used Oils and Fats (CONOE) i...
Not just microplastics: mineral water may also contain PFAS
This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano ‘Mineral’ does not necessarily mean pure. In recent years, there has been much talk ab...
Miteni PFAS Trial: Historic Ruling Condemns 11 Former Executives
This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano After four years of deliberation, 130 hearings, approximately 300 civil parties involved, and an i...
How CO₂ storage at sea works
This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano Roughly half of the oxygen we breathe comes from the oceans, which also serve as the planet’...