In Italy, half a million companies - despite having their core business in traditional activities - have focused on the Green Economy and sustainability in the last 5 years. And it is precisely these companies that have invested in green products and technologies that are able to react better to the pandemic: 16% of these companies have even managed to increase their turnover , against 9% of non-green companies. This is highlighted by Ener2Crowd.com, the first Italian environmental and energy lending crowdfunding platform.
"We too want to contribute to the Green Economy by encouraging and supporting the best talents in our country" underlines Niccolò Sovico , CEO, creator and co-founder of Ener2Crowd.com, chosen by Forbes as one of the 30 under-30 global talents of 2020. Through lending crowdfunding , the platform —in fact — only supports eco-sustainable projects .
In 2021, Ener2Crowd.com also launched a series of successful partnerships with top-level players committed to educating young people on the issues of innovation and environmental sustainability , to producing and distributing 100% green energy or - just to name a few - to create an eco-sustainable global marketplace .
The fact is that Italy - observe the analysts of Ener2Crowd.com - is now a "superpower of the circular economy". In fact, our country has a recycling rate of 80% of total waste : double the European average. And an increasing number of companies are embarking on a "green reconversion", insisting on energy efficiency and renewables.
"Today there is an extraordinary opportunity to insist on sustainability as a fundamental lever to strengthen the competitiveness of companies , especially in times when it is crucial to respond adequately to the crisis triggered by the pandemic and in which the Draghi government puts these issues at the top of the agenda politics, even setting up an "ad hoc" ministry of ecological and digital transition » points out Giorgio Mottironi , cso and co-founder of Ener2Crowd.com as well as chief analyst of GreenVestingForum.it, the forum of alternative green finance.
On the other hand, Mario Draghi in his programmatic declarations in Parliament was clear from the beginning about the European responsibilities towards the new generations: " we want to leave a good planet , not just a good currency" , said the premier on that occasion.
"The path of sustainability has so far allowed many companies to strengthen their competitiveness on global markets and to position themselves at the top of the international rankings" adds Mottironi, also referring to the 5 large Italian companies that the Sustainability, Environmental Achievement & Leadership (SEAL) Business Awards 2020 ranked among the 50 most sustainable companies in the world .
The Italian top-5 includes Enel , Leonardo , Pirelli , Snam and Terna , all of which are included in the Impact Award category, which aggregates 2 sustainability assessments globally: the A-List of the non-profit organization CDP (www .cdp.net) which manages the disclosure system in the context of the management of the environmental impacts of companies, cities, states and regions and the Corporate Sustainability Assessment (CSA) in the ESG - Environmental, Social and Governance of Standard and Poor's (www .spglobal.com / esg / csa /), among the top 3 rating agencies in the world.
Italy has therefore climbed the global sustainability ranking, placing itself in fourth place with 5 companies in the ranking, preceded only by Spain which is first with 7 companies and by the United States and Taiwan both countries with 6 companies in the ranking.
But not only large companies can transform their production model in a sustainable way and relaunch their competitiveness. Even —and perhaps above all— small and medium-sized enterprises, those that have greater difficulties in accessing credit for issues that are too often of a bureaucratic nature, can benefit from this great opportunity for growth, through — for example — the lending crowdfunding of Ener2Crowd.com as a resource that can guarantee them in a very short time the "ecological" liquidity they need.
We are therefore moving towards an all-round ecological transition that involves companies of all sizes interested in rebuilding a society in which reforms that are beneficial to the environment are carried out , to the benefit of all. And this change of course will not only allow us to build the foundations for a better future for the generations of our children and our grandchildren but will also allow us to stop the cycle of Italian low growth at a time when COVID-19 has put the whole humanity in front of a gigantic problem, showing all the weakness of our world-system in trying to face it.
Even before the Coronavirus we lived on a planet in great suffering. In this scenario where the earth increasingly struggles to sustain the impact of man, a change of course was now inevitable: a growth path that invests in the transformation of our development model into a sustainable development model.
"Italian companies have understood that the commitment to environmental sustainability is not just a communication and marketing operation but is above all the essential part of a forward-looking production strategy that looks at a global market of consumers increasingly sensitive to environmental issues and sustainable investments » comments Niccolò Sovico .
"We have implemented all possible initiatives to help companies overcome the emergency , also thanks to the growing interest of our investors in products capable of dealing with the pandemic and the consequent recession, without sacrificing an excellent economic return, being able savers can also achieve a 6.5% annual return » concludes the CEO of Ener2Crowd.com. (AJ-Com.Net).
