How can we deal with circular economy in our own small way?

An interesting example comes to us from Torino Social Impact partner Consorzio Equo: it is DRINN GREEN, an initiative of social and work inclusion aimed at economically fragile people, which provides for the collection of discarded objects, production and special wastes and their reuse in specialized centers.

In this interview with Mauro Fedele, Director of Consorzio Equo, we discover how this project was born and has evolved, in line with the objectives of the 2030 Agenda.

Torino Social Impact reinforces its international commitment through a new series of impact interviews to leaders and changemakers from around the world.

We are glad to introduce you Cliff Prior, CEO of The Global Steering Group for Impact Investment (GSG), the independent global organization promoting sustainable development and advanced education on impact investments.

Previously Cliff was CEO of Big Society Capital, the UK’s wholesale social impact investor and market developer; CEO of UnLtd the UK foundation for social entrepreneurs; CEO of Rethink for people affected by severe mental ill health; and has also worked in healthcare, elder care, social housing and homelessness.

Cliff has also participated as a government regulator and adviser across several social issue areas, and has co-founded social enterprises. He previously chaired working groups for the GSG on mission led business, impact investing wholesalers, and impact integrity.

Torino Social Impact is proud to be partnering with the GSG Global Impact Summit 2021, which will take place online from October 6-8 2021.

Watch the interview to get more insights about GSG.

Torino Social Impact is official partner of the GSG Summit, the most influential impact investing event delivering solutions for people and the planet, taking place online 6-8 October 2021. Established in 2015, Global Steering Group for Impact Investment (GSG) brings together leaders from the worlds of finance, business, and philanthropy whose goal is precisely the pursuit of positive social and environmental impact.

Torino Social Impact participates in the Summit with a large delegation representing the ecosystem, to learn and share best practices from around the world. The group, which is being defined, is currently composed of:

• Andrea Limone – PerMicro S.p.A.
• Angelo Perez – Consorzio Kairòs
• Caterina Soldi – Link4Good Srl Società Benefit
• Chiara Ferroni – Fondazione Torino Wireless
• Daniela Gregnanin – Fondazione Compagnia di San Paolo
• Daniele Caccherano – Cooperativa Sociale Liberi Tutti
• Davide Dal Maso – Make a Cube³
• Elisa Rosso – Torino Social Impact
• Federico Disegni – Brainscapital Srl Società Benefit
• Giovanna Bossi – Finpiemonte S.p.A.
• Guido Bolatto – Camera di commercio di Torino
• Giulia Spagna – Danish Refugee Council
• Giuseppe Dell’Erba – Fondazione Cottino
• Laura Orestano – SocialFare
• Marco Ramella – Fondazione Torino Wireless
• Mario Calderini – Tiresia Polimi
• Mario Montalcini – Brainscapital Srl Società Benefit
• Federica Fulghesu – Fondazione Brodolini
• Raffaella Scalisi – Torino Social Impact
• Simona De Giorgio – Torino Social Impact
• Stefania Coni – Fondazione CRT

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Giardino Forbito presents Googreen Regions of Italy, the Biodiversity Market on a national scale.

In the evocative Piazza Cavour, in the heart of Turin’s historic garden, two days dedicated to the agricultural, nursery and food and wine excellence of the Bel Paese in a showcase of those that are fundamental presidia of our territory, points of arrival and departure together of the vast and unique cultural heritage that belongs to us.

A circuit of conscious producers, secular actors in the places of our land, attentive to the impact on nature and the earth, who adopt criteria of eco-sustainability in the management of their companies in respect of the territory and good practices. A space is also dedicated to non-profit organisations, cooperatives or consortia dedicated to the principles of circular economy and inclusion. With the one great objective of spreading good, healthy, ethical food, made to sow culture.

Two days dedicated to the promotion of the best products – active online with Googreen shop all year round so that we can all become partners in the change underway, in support of the innovative cultural and environmental policies that are so necessary today.

Biennale Democrazia will return to Turin with the theme “One planet, many worlds”, which will start from our condition of inhabitants of a single planet, increasingly connected but at the same time more fragmented, and will focus on the factors that make it difficult to find common answers to global problems.

Biennale Democrazia is a cultural event promoted by the City of Torino, which aim is to spread a culture of democracy and put it to practice. It is an ongoing public workshop focused on the local context, while at the same time issues on a broader scale are also addressed.

The Chamber of commerce of Turin, through its platform for social impact entrepreneurship Torino Social Impact, is once again a supporter of this important initiative on the territory, bringing its contribution to the very rich program, with events conceived and designed with some of TSI’s 150 partners, including the exhibition “Distributed and connected, five years of Hackability. Technology and design as an infrastructure for innovation”; the meeting “Le Parole che curano” (Words that heal) by the Italian Network of Popular Culture; the event “Diritto al cibo, buono, pulito e giusto” (The right to good, clean and fair food) by the Giardino Forbito Cultural Association with interludes by the Terra Madre Orchestra.

Furthermore, on Thursday, October 7, at 6 pm at OGR Torino, Mario Calderini will dialogue with journalist Vitaliano D’Angerio on the theme of ecological transition and social vulnerability.

Following, the links with the events in detail.

• Dialogo su transizione ecologica e vulnerabilità sociale | 7 ottobre ore 18, OGR Torino
• Distribuiti e connessi, cinque anni di Hackability. Tecnologia e design come infrastruttura di innovazione | October 4-8,  3:00-6:00 PM, Rinascimenti sociali
• Le parole che curano live – coraggio | October 8, 6:30 PM, Fondo Tullio De Mauro
• Diritto al cibo buono, pulito e giusto | October 10, 11:00 AM, Giardino Sambuy

To download our calendar, click here!

Watch the talk on YouTube here.

Full details about Biennale Democrazia on http://biennaledemocrazia.it 

For the second year in a row, Torino Social Impact will be partnering with the 2030 Social Impact Special Prize, the award that aims at enhancing entrepreneurial ideas focus on tackling problems of inequality across Europe.

The prize is targeted at startups committed to finding solutions that address some of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, specifically numbers 1, 3, 4, 8, 9, 10, 11, 16.

Some of the selection criteria include: scalability – severity of the problem by the number of people affected; solvency – the problem is addressable with reasonable resources; and neglect – the problem is not currently widely addressed.

Winners will receive €30,000 of investment as a convertible note, access to system stakeholders and investors network.

Submission will be open from 9th September to 14th October at 2-0-3-1.com.

Good luck!

MinD – Mad in Design  is a cultural association born in Turin in 2019 that works in response to situations of discomfort and marginalization in the field of mental fragility by realizing creative, multidisciplinary, and inclusive projects

A concrete example of how a meaningful and creative experience can have an impact in our Turin. It was told to us by Giulia Mezzalama, architect and founder of MinD.