In the new WWF #ThePandaWeAreWe video, there is a scene of shopping sprees, reminiscent of Black Friday, the discount period. Some people are competing, literally tearing cheap clothes out of their hands, as if being able to grab them was a vital need, a necessity. The image is deliberately excessive, a symbol of the over-consumption The post Black Friday: the Planet is not discounted first appeared on SmartGreen Post | news about the environment.

The three-year campaign co-funded by the EU with the aim of transferring the benefits of organic food for people’s health and the environment, raising awareness of a more ethical and healthy consumption, supports the main events of the Festa del BIO (Organic Festival) that is animating Saturday 23 September, from 10.30 a.m., Palazzo Re Enzo The post EU Organic Day: organic farming increases biodiversity first appeared on SmartGreen Post | news about the environment.

It is greenbickering, or green squabbling, the new phenomenon with which companies, public opinion, administrators and especially judges and courts will have to become familiar. “That is,” explained Rita Santaniello, a lawyer with the multinational firm Rödl & Partner, in the conference organized by Economy magazine on the topic of greenwashing, “that practice whereby a The post Greenbickering, companies now fight over who is not so green first appeared on SmartGreen Post | news about the environment.

“In our country, approximately one person in two owns a car, i.e. 666 cars for every 1,000 inhabitants, a figure that puts Italy in second place in Europe for the highest motorisation rate, after Luxembourg,” explains Roberta Roberto, ENEA researcher in the Energy Technologies and Renewable Sources Department and co-author of the survey, together with The post Smart working is good for your health, also for the Planet first appeared on SmartGreen Post | news about the environment.

The European Commission presented on 22nd June a new approach to EU trade agreements to promote green and fair growth; an important step towards making EU trade greener, fairer and more sustainable with a focus on climate protection, the environment and workers’ rights worldwide. The EU is firmly committed to ensuring that EU trade agreements The post The EU towards green and fair economic growth first appeared on SmartGreen Post | news about the environment.

On 28th July, the UN General Assembly passed the resolution on the universal right to live in a healthy, clean and sustainable environment. The resolution states that ‘climate change and environmental degradation are some of the most urgent threats to the future of humanity‘ and calls on states to ‘intensify efforts to ensure that their The post Living in a healthy environment is a universal human right first appeared on SmartGreen Post | news about the environment.

The report, in general, is a representation of what the company achieves. It is a tool for representing the virtuous actions/activities implemented by the company and should be seen as a new opportunity and way of doing business.Reputation, sustainability, socio-environmental impacts and intangible capital represent the new ‘productive elements’ that must be included in corporate The post The impact report, far beyond the sustainability report first appeared on SmartGreen Post | news about the environment.

The carbon footprint is the parameter that, better than any other variable, makes it possible to determine the environmental impacts of anthropogenic activities on climate change and, therefore, on global warming. The Carbon Footprint is a parameter that expresses in tonnes of CO2 equivalent the total greenhouse gas emissions associated directly or indirectly with a The post Carbon footprint: what it is, how it is measured and why it is important first appeared on SmartGreen Post | news about the environment.

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the consequent rise in the cost of energy have put the issue of raw material supplies at the centre of the government’s agenda. In this scenario, the circular economy represents a strategic response for Italy in terms of diversification of sources and a vector of sustainable growth for the immediate The post Global Recycling Day: focus on circular economy and raw materials first appeared on SmartGreen Post | news about the environment.

Companies, organisations, institutions, start-ups and research bodies showed their circular path to encourage the birth of innovative and entrepreneurial activities at national and international level. Five themes were covered during the two-day event: Agri-food, Textiles and Fashion, City, Materials and Digital Technologies with a single common focus, the Circular Economy. More than 60 companies, startups The post Food, fashion and digital technologies with a single focus: the circular economy first appeared on SmartGreen Post | news about the environment.