How can one pursue a career in sustainability? What does it mean to work in this sector? Returning this year to the “Salone della CSR e dell’Innovazione Sociale” (to be held at Bocconi University from October 9 to 11, 2024) is the “Meet the CSR Leaders” project, which facilitates dialogue between new generations and sustainability professionals. This initiative is born from a partnership between the Salone and Amapola Società Benefit, a company specialized in sustainability and communication. This year marks the third edition of the event, enriched by a new format that includes both online and in-person meetings and collaboration with CSRnatives, the first and only network in Italy that brings together young professionals and students united by their passion for CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility).

“Meet the CSR Leaders” is a space dedicated to university students and recent graduates who wish to explore career opportunities in sustainability by engaging directly with those who work in this field daily. The meetings offer a one-to-one orientation session lasting approximately 30 minutes with an expert present at the Salone. In this stimulating environment, participants will have the opportunity to deepen their understanding of hard and soft skills, educational and professional experiences, and receive advice on how to shape their career paths toward sustainability themes.

To encourage the participation of students from across Italy, the 2024 edition will also feature remote meetings scheduled for the last day of the Salone, exclusively for those from universities outside Milan.

Meeting Schedule:

• Wednesday, October 9: In-person from 2 PM to 5 PM
• Thursday, October 10: In-person from 10 AM to 1 PM and 2 PM to 5 PM
• Friday, October 11: Online from 10 AM to 12:30 PM and 2 PM to 3:30 PM

You can reserve your session at the following link: link to registration by Monday, October 7, 2024.

“‘Meet the CSR Leaders’ is a concrete opportunity for dialogue between the new generations and professionals who drive the sustainable transition daily”, says Rossella Sobrero, a member of the Promoting Group of the Salone della CSR. “Beyond educational offerings and skills updates, it is essential to create spaces for sharing, discussion, and mutual exchange of experiences. This is the goal of the Salone, which is increasingly open to the participation of young people, intergenerational dialogue, and reflection on the future, as evidenced by recent editions. This year, our cultural program will also feature meetings and roundtables on education, the labor market, evolving skills, and the role of new generations in change, always exploring the contradictions and solutions that characterize the sustainability dimension”.

This year marks the third edition of the project. In 2023, the initiative spanned three days, offered 10 hours of one-to-one orientation, and involved 50 young participants who met with 23 Sustainability Managers. Interviews with some of the key players can be viewed on YouTube here. “Supporting young generations interested in sustainability to find a career path in this field is one of our goals as a Benefit Company”, comments Elena Mancino, partner at Amapola. “From Greta Thunberg to eco-activist movements, young people are loudly demanding involvement, participation, and tools to change the world around us: it is our moral duty to facilitate this request. That is why we are very pleased to have the CSRnatives network by our side this year, which will help us expand the project’s impact thanks to their extensive network and shared commitment to spreading a culture of sustainability”.

“One of the main goals of our network is to generate interest around sustainability issues by encouraging younger generations to engage in this field”, explains Vincenzo Baccari, coordinator of CSRnatives. “The theme guiding our activities this year is precisely the promotion of young people and professions related to sustainability: ‘Meet the CSR Leaders’ is an event we couldn’t miss.”

ABOUT THE SALONE DELLA CSR E DELL’INNOVAZIONE SOCIALE

Promoted by Bocconi University, Sustainability Makers, Global Compact Network Italy, ASviS, Fondazione Sodalitas, Unioncamere, and Koinètica, the Salone aims to keep the focus on sustainability high throughout the year, sharing positive experiences and creating opportunities for dialogue among various social actors.

Key figures from the 11th edition include: 284 participating organizations, 115 events (available on the Salone’s YouTube channel), 549 speakers, 4,600 attendees over three days, 9,000 remote connections, over 2,800 media appearances, 10 stages of the “Giro d’Italia della CSR,” and 1 publication by Egea. The Salone has a significant online presence: its website; a weekly newsletter sent to over 16,000 contacts; and profiles on Facebook, X (formerly Twitter), Instagram, LinkedIn, as well as a YouTube channel.

Since 2015, the Salone has been ISO 20121 certified: Bureau Veritas Italia has certified the last six editions of the Salone as “Sustainable Event” in both planning and management phases.

THE 2024 EDITION
The theme for the 12th edition is “Challenging Contradictions.” Sustainability is complexity: in the current context, it is necessary not only to learn to navigate change but also to see problems from new perspectives. Every vision, statement, or choice contains the seed of contradiction; however, the coexistence of opposites opens up interesting opportunities for reflection, encouraging organizations and individuals to view reality from a different perspective. The path towards sustainable development remains steep, but it is important to remember that in moments of greatest challenge, innovative solutions are born. The commitment of all is needed—a collective action and continuous dialogue among stakeholders.

For more information: Monica Cesana 392 2169204 m.cesana@koinetica.it

ABOUT CSRnatives

CSRnatives is the first and only network in Italy of students and young professionals dedicated to CSR. Founded in 2015, it now has over 600 members and aims to spread the culture of sustainability. The network is divided into working groups that coordinate activities in publishing (blogs and eBooks), event organization (on specific sustainability topics), training (webinars, podcasts, generative workshops), communication, and external relations (social media activities and partnerships with other organizations).
For information: Vincenzo Baccari, coordinator, 333 8559165, csrnatives@gmail.com

ABOUT Amapola Srl Società Benefit

Amapola Srl Società Benefit is a consulting firm specializing in sustainability with a particular focus on communication. Founded in 2009, it helps companies and organizations develop sustainability projects and make them meaningful and shared with all stakeholders. To this end, it offers structured listening and stakeholder engagement services, institutional and environmental communication, sustainability reporting, media relations, content production, video production, event organization, conflict management consulting, and CSR project creation. Amapola has offices in Milan, Turin, and Alessandria, as well as a network of correspondents throughout Italy.
For information: Micol Burighel, Amapola Press Office, 380 4384930, micol.burighel@amapola.it

We’re coming to the city to discuss work, mental health, and Gen Z. We’ll explore concrete solutions to make the working world more sustainable.

We’ll come together to talk about the changes happening in the world of work, the younger generation’s need to prioritize mental well-being and work-life balance, and what companies can do to create truly human-centered environments.

Why? Here are some useful stats:

• 50% of Italian workers report feeling stressed because of work
• 1 in 5 reports experiencing work-related stress daily
• 67% say that psychological distress has impacted their work performance
• About 38% say that their company shows complete disinterest in the issue of psychological well-being at work.

Source: People at work: a global workforce view – ADP

Moreover, according to data collected by EU-OSHA, over 9 million people in Italy suffer or have suffered from work-related stress, and about 46% of workers surveyed across Europe feel under significant pressure in the workplace.

So, what are the most urgent issues concerning the emotional well-being of workers, and how can we encourage companies to listen to the needs of young workers, and vice versa?

We’ll bring together new generations with senior professionals and host inspiring speakers who are transforming the world of work.

Turin, are you ready?! We’ll be in the beautiful spaces of Toolbox – at Via Agostino da Montefeltro, 2 in Turin (TO), and we’re proud to present some remarkable speakers, including:

• Marwan Chaibi: President of Associazione Culturale NoSignal ETS
• Lidia Di Vece: President of the Federation for the Economy of the Common Good in Italy
• Simone Martinelli: Partner and COO of Hi!Founders

We’ll also discuss the fear of the future and financial stress with FunniFin (main partner) and concrete ways to focus on people development in companies with Ollipay (main partner).

• Community partners: Joinrs Italia, GRLS, GeCo Italia APS, and Hi!Founders.
• Media partners: Gli Stati Generali, FortuneUP, and smarTalks.

Turin, September 10, 2024
5:30 PM

Get your free ticket here

It’s going to be a great moment.

From September 12 to 14, the Summer School “DEIverse Futures” will be held at Open Incet. It is designed and promoted by the Master in Gender Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (GEDM) of the Giacomo Brodolini Foundation in collaboration with Forwardto – Studies and Skills for Future Scenarios.

This will be a 16-hour training program spread over three days, aiming to address key challenges and develop visions and proposals for a more equitable and inclusive future.

The course is intended for individuals working in environments where they perform roles related to Diversity and Inclusion.

Regional scholarship: how to apply

At Open Incet, we are pleased to announce that a full-coverage regional scholarship is available for one person who can demonstrate an active connection with District 6 of Turin (residence, domicile, work) through an official document (residence/domicile certificate, employment contract, housing contract, utilities).

The application for the regional scholarship must be submitted by Sunday, September 1, 2024, by completing the appropriate form.

For more information, write to master@fondazionebrodolini.eu.

If Turin Social Impact were a journey, it would have a map of places and buildings that have made the history of the city. From Palazzo Birago, created by Filippo Juvarra, to the trading floor in the former Stock Exchange building, and up to the Politecnico Citadel. Spaces that tell the story of a Turin with an unstoppable vocation for social impact.

A reportage that narrates the history of Turin Social Impact, starting from the Social Entrepreneurship Committee of the Chamber of Commerce and reaching the Center for Social Impact Assessment – CeVis, at the Cottino Social Impact Campus.

Read the article on Vita.it

Is it possible to concretely change the reality around us by interpreting impact economics?

Stratosferica, near the Einaudi campus, has successfully applied these principles to give a second life to a neglected area, offering a model of scalability for cities and territories. We talked about it with Luca Ballarini, founder and director of Stratosferica, who sat with us on the Bench-Mark bench.

Learn more in the interview by Francesco Antonioli.

Watch previous episodes here.

The first Italian eyewear company to measure the impacts of its glasses demonstrates through numbers that Made in Italy is better. A Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) quantifies the CO2 emissions

Manufacturing in Italy pays off, not only for the superior quality of the eyewear but also for the environmental sustainability of the products. This is proven by the numbers VANNI obtained through the Life Cycle Assessment of cellulose acetate eyeglasses, representative of VANNI’s collection designs.

The study, commissioned to the University of Bicocca in Milan, in collaboration with Liito, highlighted unequivocal figures: the CO2 impact (a principal cause of climate change) of the V1632 model is 2.35 KG, a weight below the industry reference values, achieved thanks to the use of Italian raw materials and the decision to produce everything domestically.

The same eyeglasses, if produced in Asia, would have generated 4.45 kg of CO2, approximately 89% more emissions, due to the high environmental impact of intercontinental transportation.

In addition to this assessment, there is the incalculable “social impact,” which relates to the working conditions of workers in factories far from our sight, where it’s impossible to verify the standards of protection and decent work.

Unlike many fashion and accessory brands that assess the impact of their “green” products, specific to limited production capsule collections, the results of the LCA study of VANNI’s products were calculated based on a representative eyewear model of the entire acetate eyewear production. The VANNI collection includes other models, different from the sample taken but comparable in the production process and materials used.

This data is highlighted in the second impact report that VANNI has published, documenting the results achieved in 2023 on environmental and social sustainability topics, filed with the Chamber of Commerce and available on the vanniocchiali.com website. This document is mandatory by law, but for VANNI, it’s truly an opportunity to focus on where it has come and where it is going.

“Made in Italy, for sure is our signature. We have always maintained that producing in Italy is a choice that makes a difference, and today we wanted to demonstrate – also in numerical and analytical terms – that it is the right choice for our environment, which we must seriously take care of, to preserve it and pass it on to future generations.

We value the Italian culture of the sector and demonstrate that reducing product transportation and harmful emissions to the environment – by rewarding the territory – decreases our footprint on nature. At VANNI, we make every phase of manufacturing transparent. In a period of growing claims on sustainability issues, we are keen to show where and how our glasses are born.

The positive data on our CO2 emissions is not an endpoint but a starting point, because we can improve it, finally knowing where to act. This is our commitment for the years to come, as we emphasized in our recently published report”, say Giovanni Vitaloni and Alessandra Girardi, owners of the company.

VANNI, the Turin-based design eyewear company founded in 1987, with distribution in over 50 countries worldwide, and 100% Made in Italy, has been a Benefit Corporation since 2021, the first in Italy in the sector. For the company, this choice means setting evaluation and measurement standards regarding the commitment to people, the planet, the territory, and the creation of shared wealth. The report monitors all the effects generated by its activities in every field, an accurate and measured radiography.

MyOrango has been selected among the 100 finalist startups that will participate in the ninth edition of DigithON, the prestigious digital marathon to be held from September 5th to 7th, 2024, at the Vecchie Segherie Mastrototaro in Bisceglie (BT) – PUGLIA.

DigithON represents a key event for the Italian startup ecosystem and will be a unique opportunity for MyOrango to present its project to a select audience of national and international investors.

The event will culminate on the evening of September 7th in Piazza Castello with the announcement and awarding of the winning startups, offering a unique and suggestive setting to celebrate innovation.

DigithON is an unmissable opportunity to showcase our commitment to innovation and digital transformation. We are excited to engage with other brilliant startups and seize the opportunity to meet important figures in the sector. We invite anyone interested in digital innovation to follow the event and support MyOrango in this exciting adventure.

For more information about the event click here.

The story of “Synergies in Canavese,” a project for the revitalization of the mountains built around the PNRR and the Turin Chamber of Commerce‘s initiative to create a business-driven energy community.

When they decided two years ago to establish a green community in Canavese to access PNRR funds, they aimed for an ecological and energy transition involving the 27 municipalities and five mountain unions in the area, partnering with the Piedmont side of the Gran Paradiso Park. The goal: to promote the growth and sustainable development of the area by integrating and enhancing local resources. Marco Bussone, national president of Uncem, the Union of Mountain Municipalities and councilor of the Valli di Lanzo Mountain Union – among the promoters of the green community – has repeated this many times: “We need impactful actions to ensure a future for the mountains. But on one condition: local communities must be involved, as they are the true driving force behind the revival. Without the territories, the transition and crisis cannot be addressed.” In fact, the “Green Community Synergies in Canavese” – led by Marco Bonatto Marchello, president of the Valli Orco and Soana Union – represents a fine example of impact economy. It places communities at the center, thus laying the foundations for an energy transition that takes into account the social dimension, without which it is now clear that a deeply sustainable and lasting environmental transition cannot take place. This is not a given in a context where even private investments must contemplate an additional approach, considering interventions in more challenging areas from a market profitability dynamics perspective. In this context, the significant contribution of public funds – over four million guaranteed by PNRR funds – is an important lever for a catalyst process of new initiatives. The funds are designed to create value for people and the territory. Some examples? The construction of six rainwater collection tanks to ensure water reserves in several strategic points of Canavese to draw upon in case of forest fires and to face drought periods in agriculture. Or the conversion of an industrial site into a wood processing plant, ensuring jobs and saving on land consumption. The impact is included in all nineteen interventions that the green community will implement within the next two years, as required by the PNRR: the investment, beyond risk and return, primarily considers the benefits of these territory regeneration models, in line with the principles of intentionality and additionality at the core of the impact economy. Moreover, the return, not only economic, that these interventions will have for the Canavese community is measured. “This is the vision of a mountain that thinks about the future,” insists Bussone. “After all, the highlands can indeed be the right field to experiment with investments that produce both social and environmental impact. The development of the wood supply chain is perhaps the most virtuous example: it ensures forest care and jobs in the mountains, also allowing another good practice: the circular economy.”

“Moreover, from the outset, our project aimed to include all nine thematic areas that underpin the development of Green Communities in a strategy from North to South: renewable energy, water and forest resources, building efficiency, sustainable development of tourism, mobility, and local production chains,” explain those from “Synergies in Canavese.” The green community’s projects also include a CER, an energy community to locally produce and share energy generated from renewable sources.

The Turin Chamber of Commerce is also interested in CERs. Guido Bolatto, the general secretary, explains: “It all started from the energy crisis two years ago, with skyrocketing electricity and gas prices and our members struggling with increasingly complex cost management. We ruled out the idea of blanket contributions because it wouldn’t have solved the problem; we focused on CERs. With a clear starting point: they had to be business-driven energy communities. We conducted a survey. In the end, we identified two primary substations: one in Turin, in the Aurora district, the other in the hinterland in Strambino. We aim to involve many retailers among consumers and some hotels among producers who can use their roofs to install photovoltaic systems.”

Professional orders were also involved in the project, particularly in the startup phase, with lawyers and notaries drafting the CER statute. The final goal of the Chamber of Commerce is to develop a replicable model. “Essentially, a turnkey CER model that includes a business plan, statute, and governance,” adds Bolatto. “In other words, a CER prototype that can then be adapted but initially solves some of the most complicated issues because there are indeed many unknowns, starting with understanding the tax issue. That’s why it’s important to rely on a team of professionals who know how to interpret the regulations correctly.”  The call, open to micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises of any sector in the province of Turin, is open until autumn. The chamber council has allocated over 220 thousand euros under the “Energy Transition Call – CER 2024,” providing contributions in the form of vouchers. Other calls (and contributions) are expected by the end of the year from the Piedmont Region (through Finpiemonte, for any company) and the Fondazione Compagnia di San Paolo (for already established CERs).

The first workshop of the OP4IMPACT Community of Practice was held yesterday, Thursday, July 18, at the Cottino Social Impact Campus. The OP4IMPACT – Professional Orders for Impact Community is composed of the Turin Order of Chartered Accountants and Accounting Experts, the Turin Bar Association, the Turin and Pinerolo Notarial Council, and the Turin Order of Labor Consultants.

The OP4IMPACT Community of Practice aims to work together on social impact, leveraging the distinctive and complementary skills and approaches of the involved professional orders.

A workshop dedicated to creating integrated and shared competencies

The first workshop, conducted by Caterina Soldi of the Cottino Social Impact Campus, was an important opportunity to identify and systematize the distinctive competencies of the four involved orders in order to develop a matrix of integrated and shared competencies.

The morning began with an icebreaking exercise to allow the 16 participants to get to know each other better through their hobbies. Subsequently, the four professional orders worked together on understanding the purpose of their participation in OP4IMPACT. Among the various positive aspects that emerged were the enhancement of the different professions and the willingness to step out of old-fashioned individualistic and order-based logics.

The second phase of the workshop was dedicated to defining the distinctive competencies of each order concerning social impact. The discussion continued with the identification of the complementary competencies of the Community of Practice: a stimulating work that will require further exploration in the next workshop.

Finally, the attendees reflected on possible themes and macro areas of work for OP4IMPACT, in line with the TSI target.

The Community of Practice project is an initiative of Torino Social Impact that represents a significant step towards strengthening the collective dimension of the impact ecosystem. Supported by the Chamber of Commerce and the Compagnia di San Paolo Foundation as part of TSI, it aims to create a collaborative space where partners can pool their competencies and work together on shared issues and challenges.

Presented today, July 18, 2024, at the Turin Chamber of Commerce, an agreement signed between the Chamber and the Metropolitan City for the drafting of a Plan dedicated to the social economy in the Turin area.

As explained by Guido Bolatto, Secretary General of the Chamber of Commerce: “Once again, Turin is a pioneer in implementing an important initiative strongly desired by European institutions. Our experience, which led to the birth and development of the Torino Social Impact ecosystem involving more than 300 entities, and our extensive network of contacts are fundamental for drafting the local Plan, but also for increasingly accrediting us as strategic interlocutors both nationally, at the working table with the Ministry and the national chamber system, and at the European level, where we have been repeatedly invited to present our activity model”.

According to Sonia Cambursano, Councilor of the Metropolitan City of Turin: “The Metropolitan City of Turin is working to integrate the Action Plan for the social economy with the metropolitan strategic plan, aware that social innovation practices are perfectly aligned with the already identified axes ‘Digitization, innovation, competitiveness, and culture’ and ‘Social inclusion,’ where it is already planned to enhance the business potential of personal and family service economies, community and territorial services, qualifying work, processes, techniques, and skills of the third sector and social enterprises. Moreover, the Metropolitan City of Turin is already investing in the InnoSocialMetro program to increase the capacity of the territory’s micro and small enterprises to generate socially desirable impacts through their for-profit activities: we have made financial support available, consisting of an interest subsidy and a non-repayable grant, for a total investment of 1.3 million euros”.

According to Mario Calderini, professor at the Polytechnic University of Milan and spokesperson for Torino Social Impact: “The background of this initiative is drawn by community documents that assign social enterprises a role not only in welfare and redistribution but also in industrial and economic development, considering the social and impact economy within the perimeter of industrial policies for more equitable and inclusive growth. The path outlined by Turin and some other territories moving similarly requires this paradigm shift, combined with rediscovering the value of bottom-up transformative processes, choosing local ecosystems as units of political action, within the framework of a national design. A new paradigm also for impact investing, so that it finally attributes a political dimension, defining a different relationship between public and private and a meeting point between technology transfer and the third sector”.

The context

In the Turin area, there are over 4,200 entities, including associations, social enterprises, volunteer organizations, and other entities registered in the National Register of the Third Sector: 576 of these are Turin social enterprises, accounting for 2.4% of Italian social enterprises. The Plan drafted by the Chamber of Commerce and the Metropolitan City, with the collaboration of Torino Social Impact, will be completed by the end of the year.

Employment, skills, and poverty reduction by 2030: already in 2017, the European Parliament, Council, and Commission included these principles in the European Pillar of Social Rights. Subsequently, in 2021, the Commission adopted an Action Plan for the Social Economy, with concrete measures to be implemented at both national and European levels, leading to the approval of the EU Council’s Recommendation to Member States in November 2023 for developing the framework conditions for the social economy.

Both the Plan and the Recommendation highlight the strategic role of local levels, as social economy entities are strongly rooted in the territory, serve the community they are in, and generally operate with a bottom-up approach.

In May 2024, a “Social Economy” working group coordinated by Undersecretary Honorable Lucia Albano was also launched at the Ministry of Economy and Finance with the aim of following up on the EU Council’s Recommendation.

Turin

Our territory boasts a leading position thanks to the Turin Chamber of Commerce, which already in 2016 established the Social Entrepreneurship Committee, which in turn promoted the Torino Social Impact platform, born in 2017 with the initial involvement of 12 partners and today a virtuous model aggregating over 300 entities including businesses, institutions, financial operators, and third sector entities.

The Plan: Content and Implementation Timeline

Starting tomorrow, extensive work will begin to survey and involve already active entities in the Turin social economy to compile a list of objectives, tools, and actions in the program.

The specific objectives of the Agreement are:

• To promote a new economic growth model throughout the Metropolitan City, further supporting the development of the social economy.
• To foster public-private collaboration for social impact.
• To support a socially sustainable environmental transition.
• To make the best use of all national and European opportunities for the social economy.
• To collect data on the social ecosystem and measure social impact.
• To position Turin and the metropolitan area as one of the best places in the world for social enterprise.

The plan will take into account the work underway at the Ministry of Economy and Finance and will be structured based on the EU Recommendation, focusing on promoting access to the labor market and social inclusion through the social economy and developing favorable frameworks for it.

It is expected that the plan will be completed by the end of 2024, following an extensive consultation process with all stakeholders.

Data on the Turin Social Economy

The Metropolitan City of Turin has over 4,200 entities, including associations, social enterprises, volunteer organizations, and other entities, that make up the Third Sector and are therefore registered with the RUNTS (data as of May 2024). This represents 3.4% of the national presence and over 46% of the 9,111 organizations in Piedmont.

44% are social promotion associations, and 32.3% are volunteer organizations.

Following are social enterprises, with 576 entities registered in the National Register of the Third Sector (13.6%): almost one in two social enterprises in Piedmont is based in the province of Turin. Turin hosts 2.4% of Italian social enterprises.

(Source: RUNTS National Register of the Third Sector at the Ministry of Labor and Social Policies).

To this pool, we can also add benefit corporations, for-profit organizational forms that pursue common benefit objectives according to responsibility and sustainability criteria: at the end of the first quarter of 2024, there are 201 benefit corporations registered in the Turin chamber registry, with a trend that has seen numbers almost decuple over the last five years. These are almost entirely corporations employing just under 4,400 people.

(Source: Observatory on benefit corporations, Chamber of Commerce of Brindisi-Taranto – Infocamere).

From June 27 to 30, the first “Circular Fashion Days” took place in Turin at Green Pea, a festival dedicated to circular fashion, created in collaboration with the startup Atelier Riforma.

Coinciding with Turin Fashion Week (which this year was held at Green Pea), the event offered four days of immersion in the fashion world, exploring what responsible consumption and a circular economy mean up close.

As circular fashion consultants for Green Pea, the Atelier Riforma team developed a packed schedule of activities to inspire and engage people on these topics:

• 7 Workshops: Participants had the opportunity to learn practical techniques in embroidery and painting on used clothing, fabric printing, customization of deadstock garments, eco-printing with flowers and leaves, plastic waste recovery, upcycling, and mending. These workshops not only provided practical skills but also emphasized the importance of reuse and creativity in a sustainable lifestyle.
• 1 Photo Exhibition: Showcasing the stories of 20 circular fashion artisans, celebrating their talent and commitment to greener fashion.
• 2 Art Installations: Offering reflections on the environmental, social, and economic impacts of the fashion sector, encouraging critical and conscious dialogue among visitors.
• 2 Fashion Shows: Presenting unique upcycled collections: one created from used clothing with the help of a social tailoring workshop and another from deadstock items, with proceeds going to fund a charitable project. These events demonstrated how creativity can transform waste into fashionable items while promoting social causes.
• Upcycling Contest: Aimed at fashion students to encourage future professionals to develop new ideas for material reuse, promoting circular innovation.
• Market: Featuring exhibitors from all over Italy, showcasing a variety of circular fashion and craft products, allowing visitors to discover and purchase unique items.
• Talks: Experts in the sector discussed sustainable fashion and how technological innovation can make the used clothing supply chain more efficient.
• 2 Swap Parties: One for children and one for adults, promoting reuse and sharing, reducing excessive consumption and waste.

Many professionals and entities in the fields of circularity, fashion art, and crafts from all over Italy were involved in the event, including: Laboratorio POI, photographer Chiara Agostinetto, the benefit corporation Mercato Circolare, the brand Italia90, the Batik collective, the association IB-Artemide, the brand Barone Ostu, eco-printer Laudisia Colonnelli, the brand Divergente, the social tailoring Kechic, various fashion institutes, the Belt Bag project, mender Natasha Goetz, Costanza vintage, Emporio Margherita, the brand CEA, Jukebox couture, the upcycling brand Eleven Daisies, the artisanal jewelry brand Manibargé, One Up Reuse, Cloré Handmade, Nobody is 100%, Poppi.lab, the artisanal brand Deda…

This rich initiative was born from the collaboration between Green Pea (the first large physical space in Italy dedicated to 360° sustainable living) and Atelier Riforma (an innovative social startup promoting circular fashion, also part of Turin Social Impact).

“We sincerely thank all the participants, exhibitors, speakers, and professionals who made this event possible, and especially Green Pea, for this valuable opportunity to leverage our expertise in circular fashion. The change that Atelier Riforma wants to bring to the fashion world also involves spreading awareness and educating consumers… and there’s no better way to do that than through fun and creativity!” – Elena Ferrero (CEO of Atelier Riforma)

This is the first edition of what is hoped to become a long-term collaboration, giving citizens a regular event and space to enjoy while exploring such a relevant topic as circularity.

A few days ago, while sitting on a bench in Piazza Paravia, we had the pleasure of meeting Diego Coriasco, legal representative of Patchanka, a type B social cooperative founded in 2012 with the goal of creating a more inclusive and humane work culture.

During our conversation, Diego shared their vision of social economy, which is centered on the concepts of community and person.To learn more, watch the new episode of Bench-Mark.

The interview is by Francesco Antonioli.

Watch previous episodes here.

From April to July in Turin, two different strategies have been tested to reduce the use of single-use plastic in packaging when shopping.
The Reusable Packaging Revolution project has involved citizens in using reusable containers at participating CRAI supermarkets, at the Crocetta market stalls, and in some local shops.

The first phase of the experiment will conclude in July, so it’s time to celebrate together!

We will do this on Tuesday, July 23, from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM at the University of Management and Economics (Corso Unione Sovietica, 220) with a Midsummer Aperitif.

It will be an opportunity to talk about what we have done and how it went, meet the participants of the experiment, partners, and institutions, and share thoughts and ideas to imagine future prospects in the spaces of the SME Garden at the University.

Entry is free, and reservations are appreciated at this link to help us with the organization!
Bring a friend and your glass to toast together!

A collaboration between the Chamber of Commerce and the Metropolitan City for drafting a Plan dedicated to the social economy in the Turin area: this is the content of the agreement that will be presented on Thursday, July 18th at the Chamber of Commerce in the presence of Guido Bolatto, Secretary General of the Turin Chamber of Commerce, and Sonia Cambursano, Councilor of the Metropolitan City of Turin with a mandate for tourism, productive activities, economic development, and strategic planning.

In December 2021, the European Commission adopted an Action Plan for the Social Economy, presenting concrete measures to be implemented at both the national and Union levels.
In November 2023, the Council of the EU approved a Recommendation on developing the framework conditions for the social economy, inviting member states to promote a strategy that facilitates its development through favorable initiatives, measures, and legal frameworks, collaborating with stakeholders at all levels in building it. The Recommendation also includes establishing national, local, or regional contact points for the social economy, aimed at promoting social innovation, supporting the development of the social economy, and enhancing its potential for economic and social transformation.
The Turin area is at the forefront of elaborating a local implementation of these principles and action plans. For years, Turin has stood out for its attention to the social economy, thanks to initiatives promoted by a variety of actors: public, private, philanthropic, and third sector entities, united in the Torino Social Impact ecosystem.

The press conference will also be an opportunity to present the latest data on the social economy in the territory.

On Friday, July 12, as part of the HUB for European Projects for Social Economy, a workshop on the Interreg Alcotra program was held. This opportunity was aimed at the partners of Torino Social Impact, focusing on harnessing the European Union’s financial opportunities within one of the European cross-border cooperation programs. The program’s objectives are to address environmental challenges, stimulate the cross-border economic and social system, and overcome major cross-border obstacles through local, integrated, and inclusive cooperation.

The workshop, organized in collaboration with Weco Impresa Sociale with contributions from the Turin Chamber of Commerce and the Compagnia di San Paolo Foundation, took place at the Cottino Social Impact Campus in Turin, which provided the space for hands-on learning.

A day dedicated to European project planning

The event saw the participation of 10 organizations interested in testing their skills in European project planning, aiming to learn and develop projects in the social field. The day was divided into two main sessions: a morning info session and an afternoon practical workshop.

Following the initial greetings, the morning info session included training on the Interreg Alcotra program. Maria Chiara Pizzorno, senior expert at Weco Impresa Sociale, presented an overview of the Interreg VI-A Italy-France Alcotra 2021-2027 Program. Her presentation gave participants the opportunity to delve into the program’s details, explore opportunities, and address challenges and key aspects to consider.

One of the highlights of the morning was the presentation of a successful experience by Elena Di Bella from the Metropolitan City of Turin, who illustrated the C.A.R.E. project – Community Support for the Resilience of Social and Health Ecosystems, an exemplary use of the Interreg Alcotra program funds.

The workshop resumed in the afternoon with a practical focus on Alcotra Single Projects, led by Weco Impresa Sociale. The goal was to work concretely on the call for single projects due at the end of the year. With the guidance of present experts, there were ample opportunities for discussing project ideas and receiving immediate feedback, thus laying the groundwork for effective applications.

An opportunity for training on European projects

The design workshop on the Interreg Alcotra Single Projects Call proved to be a valuable opportunity for all entities interested in European project planning and social economy. The combination of informative and practical sessions enabled participants to gain knowledge and practical skills, thereby facilitating their participation in European calls.

On July 9th, Mario Calderini, spokesperson for Torino Social Impact and full professor at the School of Management of the Politecnico di Milano, spoke during the hearings at the Senate of the Republic regarding bill no. 1049: a proposal for the promotion of social impact projects in the territory.

Prof. Calderini presented his vision of enhancing and supporting projects with a social impact that is intentional, additional, and measurable: true impact and not just positive externalities. This vision has been the foundation of Torino Social Impact since 2017 and currently drives an ecosystem of over 320 partners.

To listen to the hearing
Finance and Treasury Commission – Office of the Presidency
Promotion of social impact projects in the territory

As part of the 12th edition of the CSR and Social Innovation Fair, the third edition of the Impact Award returns. This award is dedicated to measuring the economic, social, and environmental impact generated by sustainability projects. The goal is to emphasize the importance of impact evaluation and the need to involve stakeholders in the process.

The award is open to all profit, non-profit, and public administration organizations based in Italy, which have implemented and evaluated a project between 2020 and 2023, with impacts also on Italian territory. Organizations must have communicated the impact of their initiatives through various channels such as events, workshops, websites, newsletters, or reports.

Participation Procedure

Applications must be submitted by August 31, 2024, using the project presentation form, differentiated by categories of businesses, non-profits, and public administration. It is possible to participate with multiple projects, each with a dedicated form. Each application must include information about the organization, a description of the project and methodology used, impact results, details on stakeholder involvement, and dissemination actions of the initiative.

Read the regulations
Application form for businesses
Application form for non-profits
Application form for public administrations

For more information: premioimpatto@koinetica.it

Presented on July 10 in Rome at the Chamber of Deputies, the National Center of Excellence for Social Innovation will be based in Turin, the only Italian city chosen by the EU, in the ex-Incet premises. This new institution aims to link public policies with innovative social practices. This is an important recognition for the City of Turin first and foremost, and for the entire social innovation ecosystem that the territory has fostered for years, also through Torino Social Impact.

The Italian Center of Excellence for Social Innovation was born in collaboration with similar centers across the European Union, thanks to an initiative supported by the EaSI program and funded by the European Social Fund Plus (ESF+). The Center will serve as a support platform for public administrations, businesses, and civil society, tackling complex social challenges with innovative approaches.

Among the partners involved are the Polytechnic University of Turin, the Polytechnic University of Milan, the University of Bologna, Euricse, and the Giacomo Brodolini Foundation. This collaboration aims to create an inclusive and collaborative ecosystem, facilitating the exchange of skills between public and private actors. The City of Turin is a founding partner of Torino Social Impact, as is the Polytechnic University of Turin. The Giacomo Brodolini Foundation is also an active partner in the territorial ecosystem, confirming the importance of networking on innovation and social economy issues.

The SEED (Social Innovation Ecosystem Development) project, coordinated by the Municipality of Turin, won the ESFA call for proposals to strengthen national centers and promote transnational collaboration. The main objectives of the Center are to disseminate knowledge about social innovation, be a reference point for public policy design, and create a bridge between Italy and other European competence centers.

The Center will offer various services, including strategy definition, consulting and training for public bodies, the third sector, and businesses, support for accessing European funding, and promoting cooperation among stakeholders for public-private partnerships.

For more information, click here and here.

Futura Law Firm starl SB, with the support of ICC Italia, has organized a roundtable on July 17 featuring experts from the platform world, with various backgrounds (compliance, software development, entrepreneurship, marketing).

The event will be followed by a networking aperitif.

We believe this will be a great opportunity for the digital community of Turin to meet, especially for operators involved in different stages of the supply chain.

Register here.

On July 8th, the second meeting of the Community of Practice on Gender Equality took place at Pink Coworking. Following an initial session focused on in-depth discussion of the topic and exchange among social economy organizations, this second meeting centered on Gender Equality Certification.

UNI/PdR 125: A Valuable Path for Businesses and Public Administrations

Monica Cerutti, an expert in social inclusion policies and gender issues, who curated the Community of Practice, was joined by Alessandra Brogliatto, head of the Research, Development, Training, and Equal Opportunities Sector for Confcooperative Piemonte Nord.

Additionally, in the second part of the afternoon, two ecosystem partners shared their certification journey: Synesthesia, a benefit corporation specializing in strategic consulting, software development, marketing services, ecommerce, training, and event organization, and Cooperativa Esserci, which has been dedicated to the inclusion of vulnerable individuals for over 30 years.

Both organizations showcased their corporate welfare models, the successes they achieved, and the challenges faced during the certification process.

The meeting was held at Pink Coworking, a welcoming environment where women of all ages, orientations, and backgrounds work together. The coworking space offers an alternative to the isolation of home-based smart working and fosters the creation of new alliances and professional opportunities. This space is a project of the Acca association, supported by the Circoscrizione 1 of the City of Turin.

The meeting was part of the Community of Practice project, supported by the Chamber of Commerce of Turin and the Compagnia di San Paolo Foundation.

The Movimento Consumatori APS, in collaboration with Sloweb, has launched the Observatorio Consumo Digitale Responsabile (OCDR), an initiative aimed at promoting awareness and responsibility in the consumption of digital technologies. This initiative is part of the “AgEnDa: Assistere, Educare, Diffondere” project, funded by the Ministry of Enterprises and Made in Italy, with the goal of fostering digital transition.

OCDR mission

The OCDR aims to become the first national platform and network dedicated to responsible digital consumption, enabling citizens to discover and utilize digital products and services that have a positive economic, social, and environmental impact. The mission is to make digital consumption more inclusive, sustainable, and conscious, in line with the objectives of the 2030 Agenda.

The Observatory is committed to identifying and giving visibility to profit and non-profit entities engaged in responsible digital consumption. By distributing a questionnaire, it collects data on products and services that promote sustainable technological consumption. The gathered data will be used to inform and raise awareness among citizens, as well as to produce position papers and an annual report on the topic.

The OCDR particularly addresses the most vulnerable consumers, helping them to identify and consciously use the technological services and products that best meet their needs. The Observatory does not judge the entities it monitors but provides a space for reporting unresolved consumer issues and can intervene in cases of unfair commercial practices.

How to join?

To join the OCDR, interested entities must complete a membership application form, available here. Membership is reviewed by Movimento Consumatori APS and Sloweb, which approve the publication of information sheets on responsible digital services.

For more information and to participate in the initiative, visit the OCDR website or contact info@ocdr.it.

With this initiative, Movimento Consumatori APS and Sloweb aim to create a more aware and responsible community in the use of digital technologies, contributing to a more sustainable and inclusive future.

The coexistence of differences is an essential ingredient for fostering well-being, competitiveness, and value within organizations. With this conviction, Amapola is launching an internal division dedicated to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI), further consolidating its commitment to social issues. Since its founding in 2009, the Benefit Corporation has specialized in sustainability consulting and communication. Senior consultant Emilia Blanchetti joins Amapola’s team to lead this initiative, bringing with her thirty years of experience in the field.

The New DEI Division: A Strategic Commitment

Amapola’s approach is based on a deep understanding of ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) issues and solid experience in sustainability consulting and communication. The new DEI consultancy areas include:

• Assessment
• Policy design
• Goals and strategy development
• Communication of the DEI journey
• Reporting on DEI metrics
• Support for certifications, including the gender equality certification UNI PdR 125:2022

Emilia Blanchetti has a long career in sustainability, with extensive experience in consulting, organizing, and managing events and stakeholder engagement projects. She has collaborated with public and private companies, public administrations, governments, and non-profit organizations both nationally and internationally. Among her achievements are complex communication and dissemination projects, as well as coordinating significant national festivals like the Verde e Blu Festival and the WE – Women’s Equality Festival.

Amapola’s Vision and DEI Networking

DEI policies are crucial for organizational growth: they represent a significant social commitment to people and communities, clearly define the company’s values, enhance credibility with stakeholders and the market, and have a tangible impact on results and competitiveness, as numerous studies have shown. Moreover, amid strong regulatory pushes on human rights issues – consider the latest European directives on reporting or due diligence – it is essential to raise awareness by reviewing business processes and extending it to the supply chain. Key application areas include gender equality, support for parenting and caregiving, creating an inclusive work environment, and valuing differences within and outside companies.

“Promoting diversity and inclusion has long been proven to generate competitive advantages. However, in Italy, the topic is still in the process of being fully adopted by many companies”, comments Emilia Blanchetti, the new team leader of Amapola’s division. “We face a multi-speed scenario where each organization must be guided according to its maturity level: some need help setting up a DEI policy, while others need a partner to highlight and enhance existing initiatives. Our proposal starts from an in-depth analysis of real needs using innovative tools and is always results-oriented and focused on improving competitiveness”.

The proposed methodology is based on stakeholder relationships, active listening, facilitation, and co-designing DEI strategies with the participation and involvement of all key interlocutors. This approach helps stabilize and solidify the process because it is based on shared values, projects, and objectives. Furthermore, thanks to a vast network of relationships at the national level, Amapola can activate synergies on DEI projects with accredited and institutional partners, creating profitable collaborations with businesses, associations, NGOs, and public administrations.

A New Milestone

“We embrace the words of activist Fabrizio Acanfora, who suggests talking about the coexistence of differences rather than inclusion: a horizontal and egalitarian perspective on the subject that convinces us”, explains Elena Mancino, Amapola partner. “For Amapola, this new division is not just a business goal but a new milestone in a journey. Emilia brings with her a wealth of valuable experience and passion for our reality.”

Amapola Srl Benefit Corporation specializes in sustainability consulting with a particular focus on communication. Founded in 2009, it accompanies companies and organizations in building sustainability pathways and projects, making them alive and shared with all stakeholders. To this end, it offers structured listening and stakeholder engagement services, institutional and environmental communication, sustainability reporting, media relations, content production, video production, and event organization, along with consultancy in conflict management and the creation of CSR projects. Amapola has operational offices in Milan, Turin, and Alessandria, as well as a network of correspondents throughout Italy.

On the occasion of the Terra Madre Salone del Gusto 2024, on September 28th and 29th, Giardino Forbito confirms its collaboration with Slow Food with a dedicated program. As always, this will take place within the context of the Googreen Biodiversity Market, which, for this event, will be held over two days and will host local farmers and artisans, as well as national excellence.

Saturday, September 28

• Interviews with producers conducted by Alice Poli and Antonella Giani
• Presentation of the book “Fail or You’re Dead” by Acquario Editions
• Environmental workshops by Metropolitan Pollinators, Beesù, and Erbabrusca
• Presentation of the “Googreen Immersive Walks,” in collaboration with Art Site Land, Andrate Nordic Walking, and Orchestra Terra Madre

Sunday, September 29

• Stand-up comedy by Serena Bongiovanni
• Talk Conversas: Recycling
• “Man Reads Nature.” In collaboration with Book Silent Torino
• Environmental workshops by Metropolitan Pollinators, Beesù, and Erbabrusca
• Lesson on the “Seed Planter” and presentation of the immersive walk at Palazzo Traversa and the Bra vegetable gardens, in collaboration with Aregoladarte and the Bra Civic Museums
• Photo and video reportage by Greta Stella

The first webinar for the European Week for Waste Reduction took place on Friday 21 June, entitled: “Let’s do it! Business strategy for reduce food waste“.

2024 will be the year dedicated to food waste and the environmental, social and economic consequences it entails. Precisely for this reason the webinar focuses on the solutions and strategies that companies can undertake or have already undertaken to solve this problem.

Here are the invited companies and their actions:

How to recover food and promote conscious consumption, with Matteo Guidi of LAST MINUTE MARKET – IMPRESA SOCIALE S.R.L.
Concrete food sharing solutions for charity in the profit and non-profit sector with Marco Raspati from Regusto – Recuperiamo Società Benefit
The impact of food waste and how large retailers can minimize it thanks to the first digital assistant against waste, with Andrea Albert Maria Gasco of iThanks
How to create a culture of regeneration, from systems to good daily practices with Fiorenza Genovese of the Iren Group
How does the European Week For Waste Reduction plays a fundamental role in guiding businesses to take action to reduce food waste, with Bernardo Piccioli Fioroni of Utilitalia

Since 2015, Progesia has been guiding companies on a journey of growth and awareness towards sustainability and social impact.

Today, with Antonella Moira Zabarino, Sole Administrator of Progesia, we discover how this organization is working to create a more conscious and committed work environment and community in promoting sustainable and inclusive practices.

The interview is conducted by Francesco Antonioli.

Watch previous episodes here.

Climate change is the most critical challenge of our time. The impacts of global warming, including droughts, storms and other extreme weather events, are already being severely felt around the world. Urgent and sustained action must be taken both to mitigate climate change and to adapt to what is already inevitable.

Green Growth Generation is proud to be a partner of FARClimate, a Horizon-funded project that aims to implement transformative solutions on the path towards climate resilience in at least 20 regions and communities across Europe. The project addresses the complex challenges of developing and expanding climate resilience strategies, making them available and understandable to all, paying particular attention to the social, political and economic barriers commonly found.

To launch the project in the Turin area, GGG has organised, in collaboration with Rete ONG, Fiësca Verd and Fuori di Palazzo, an inaugural event to be held on Thursday 11 July at 5pm at the Orto Boschetto. The event will include a participatory workshop based on the Living Lab methodology, with the aim of promoting hands-on learning and active participation. This initiative will offer community members the opportunity to engage in meaningful activities and meet representatives of Turin’s community gardens. By bringing together different perspectives and experiences, we aim to strengthen the local social network and improve the collective impact on sustainable urban development. 

LaGemma Venture s.r.l. is the new investment company established in March 2024 in Cuneo, by Fondazione CRC in collaboration with SocialFare | Centro per l’Innovazione Sociale, with the aim of creating an investment and growth hub based in Cuneo and capable of extending its operations nationwide.

The company’s mission is to attract the best startups at the Italian level, to help them grow within acceleration and investment paths implemented in collaboration with national partners.

To date, different companies have joined, as partners, LaGemma Venture: Fonti Alta Valle Po (Acqua Eva), Albertengo, Aurora Naturale, Baladin, Bio Poplar, eViso AI for commodities, GAI, JoinFruit, Michelis, Monge, Olimac, Rivoira Giovanni & Figli, San Bernardo, Golosità dal 1885 (Sebaste), Valgrana, Venchi.

LaGemma AGRIFOOD24 For A Sustainable Planet is the first call4future launched by LaGemma Venture, in collaboration with SocialFare IS Certified Incubator, and is designed to accelerate startups that can offer positive impact solutions through technology and innovation in Agrifood.

The goal of call4future is to attract the best ideas on four areas:

• Agriculture: innovation and technology supporting greater respect for soil, animals and people.
• Food supply chain: technology helps shorten the supply chain, finding solutions with less ecological impact, quality and proximity for the end user.
• Nutrition: modern food is culture; it must aim to provide a healthy balance, combining and using foods in even alternative ways
• Circular economy: reducing waste and reusing waste

Who can participate?

Startups with a validated prototype or in the revenue making stage, whose models have the potential to grow qualitatively, quantitatively and rapidly, nationally and internationally, can participate.

What does the program offer?

The program offers 4 months of intensive acceleration, a cash investment of up to €160k, prestigious partner companies in the agrifood field, access to a network of mentors and investors, and online and in-person coaching activities.

LaGemma AGRIFOOD24 is open until September 29, 2024: you can apply by filling out the form available here.

After the completion of the first stage of the initiative, the “Ideas Competition”, the 20^th edition of the contest for new entrepreneurial projects now enters into full swing with its Stage II, the “Business Plan Competition“, promoted by I3P, Innovative Business Incubator of Politecnico di Torino, and 2i3T, Business Incubator of the University of Turin.

The contest is free of charge and is open to all aspiring entrepreneurs over the age of 18 with the aim of encouraging and supporting the creation of innovative and knowledge-intensive start-ups to promote the economic development of the Piedmont and Valle d’Aosta regions of Italy.

Anyone can participate, either individually or as a team, even without having taken part in the previous stage, by submitting by July 29^th, 2024 an innovative business project in one of the five competition categories: Cleantech & Energy, ICT, Industrial, Life Sciences, Tourism and Cultural & Creative Industries.

Organised within the framework of the Italian National Award for Innovation (PNI) promoted by PNICube, Start Cup Piemonte Valle d’Aosta provides a unique opportunity to transform studies and research into business projects, regardless of their stage of development, and to join the network of innovative company incubators. The winners will in fact receive support for the birth of their start-ups, support in defining their strategy, accompaniment on the market through contact with their first customers, and introduction to investors and banks for raising capital.

The awards for the best projects

Following the closing of applications on Tuesday, July 30^th and after the intermediate evaluation phases of the applications collected, by the beginning of November the best start-up projects participating in the Business Plan Competition will be decided and then awarded with prizes of economic value, as well as special mentions, awarded with the support of a Jury consisting of entrepreneurs, venture capitalists and business angels.

Thanks to the endowment made available by the promoters and supporters of the 2024 edition, this year the total prize pool rises to more than €75,000 and will be provided in cash, intended to generate financial resources functional to the startup of innovative startups, and services, offered by various partners.

The three overall winners will receive cash prizes: the first place winner will receive a prize of €7,500, the second €5,000 and the third €2,500. The top six projects in the rankings will also be awarded a prize of 1,000 euros each for entry into PNI 2024, the Italian National Innovation Prize, the “champions cup” among the winning business projects of the regional Start Cups that this year will be held on December 5^th & 6^th, 2024 in Rome, organized by the University of Rome “Tor Vergata” in collaboration with the universities and research institutions of the Start Cup Lazio network, as part of the Lazio Innovation Ecosystem called Rome Technopole funded by PNRR.

As always, there will also be many special prizes up for grabs, offered by several sponsors interested in contributing concretely to the development of innovation:

• Fondazione CRC, which is attentive to interventions aimed at competitiveness and sustainable development, will award the Fondazione CRC Prize, worth €10,000, to the best entrepreneurial project that sets up business in the Province of Cuneo;
• the Autonomous Region of Valle d’Aosta, aimed at entrepreneurial development in the Aosta Valley region, will award the Valle d’Aosta Prize of €7,500 to the best entrepreneurial project that establishes the enterprise in the Pépinière d’Entreprises of Aosta or Pont-Saint-Martin;
• the Piedmont Aerospace Cluster, an association that aims to strengthen the aerospace sector-working with all players in the sector and also through the creation of projects for the dissemination of innovation, will award the Sustainability in Aerospace Prize, worth €7,500, to the best project that considers the theme of sustainability in aeronautics and space;
• Fondazione Laura & Franco Beltramo ETS, an entity that supports innovative projects in the field of scientific research and technological innovation, will offer two Social Innovation Prizes totaling €15,000 for two best entrepreneurial projects in the fields of medicine, pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, agriculture and food needs that promote social progress and the development of better living conditions;
• LINKS Foundation, a research center interested in fostering technological and economic growth, increasing ecosystem competitiveness and enhancing intellectual property, will award the City of the Future and Sustainability Prize, worth a total of €7,500 in the form of services, to up to two of the best projects proposing innovative products and/or services based on sustainability-related technologies;
• Jacobacci & Partners, a reference firm in the Italian scene and one of the leading European companies in the field of intellectual property protection, will allocate to the two best entrepreneurial projects with intellectual property features, two prizes with a total value of €7,000, disbursed in the form of services;
• the UniCredit Start Lab Prize, offered by UniCredit, which is interested in supporting innovative startups in the stages of business life with specific actions, will consist of a mentorship session to assess a project’s eligibility for targeted content of the Start Lab program;
• three 5G & Emerging Tech awards in services for the best 5G-related entrepreneurial projects, offered as part of the City of Turin’s CTE NEXT project.

Five special mentions will be also awarded:

• “Female Entrepreneurship“, for the best female business project with a female-dominated team (greater than 50 percent);
• “Social Innovation“. for the best ‘Social Innovation’ project, which proposes innovative solutions in one of the fields stipulated in Article 2(1) of Legislative Decree 155/2006 on social enterprise;
• “Open Innovation / Industrial Spin Off“, dedicated to the best project concerning innovative products and/or services resulting from a Research activity conducted in collaboration between a company and a university in Piedmont;
• “Climate Change“, for the best business project with an impact on climate change that can integrate innovation, technology, protection and enhancement of natural resources in order to generate economic growth and environmental protection;
• “Sustainable Technologies“, to the best project that stands out particularly for its originality in the field of sustainable technologies, awarded by Jacobacci & Partners.

To stay up-to-date on all the competition news, you can subscribe to the email newsletter via the form available at the bottom of each page of the competition website, or follow Start Cup Piemonte Valle d’Aosta on its official social channels: Facebook, LinkedIn and X.

Humanity has always looked to the future, both today and in the distant past. This is evidenced by the enormous legacy of the ancient Egyptians, whose history began over 6,000 years ago. We know it thanks to numerous innovations introduced into civilization and the monumental works—literally—constructed over three millennia to celebrate and preserve memory, with a vision centered on designing tomorrow.

The technology of the time is studied and narrated through contemporary technology, now projected towards the virtual era, by centers of excellence such as the Egyptian Museum of Turin, the oldest in the world and considered the most important after Cairo’s. This bridge between the past, present, and future will be the focus of the free meeting organized for Tuesday, July 16, 2024, by I3P, the Innovative Business Incubator of the Polytechnic University of Turin, with Christian Greco, Director of the Egyptian Museum.

Christian Greco has been directing the museum since 2014 and is responsible for the restructuring and reorganization projects of the museum itinerary in 2014-2015 and 2023-2025. Leading the museum, he oversees legal and financial aspects and all scientific activities, promoting numerous temporary and traveling exhibitions, organizing conferences, workshops, and social inclusion projects, and developing collaborations with museums, universities, and research institutes, both nationally and internationally.

Greco has served on the scientific committees of various Italian and international museums and institutions. He is also the author of over 90 scientific publications and has been a keynote speaker at numerous national and international conferences. Alongside his teaching activities in Egyptology and Museology, he maintains a busy schedule of public engagements for scientific dissemination.

The July 16 meeting at I3P is part of the special event series titled Scintille: a series of meetings with brilliant minds and prominent personalities, not only from the world of technology, who have made significant impacts in their fields and beyond. The series is promoted by the incubator on the occasion of its 25th anniversary, continuing to offer the innovation community new opportunities for gathering, discussion, and inspiration for the entrepreneurship of tomorrow.

How to participate

The meeting will be held on Tuesday, July 16, 2024, starting at 6:00 PM, in person at the Agorà Hall of the I3P incubator, located within the Campus of the Polytechnic University of Turin and accessible from both the main gate at Corso Castelfidardo 30/A and the pedestrian entrance at Via Pier Carlo Boggio 59.

Participation in the event is free, but registration on Eventbrite is required.

Program

6:00 PM | Participant Welcome

6:10 PM | Introductory Greetings – Paola Mogliotti, Director of I3P

6:15 PM | Opening of the Meeting – Adriano Marconetto, Entrepreneur In Residence of I3P

6:20 PM | Conversation with Christian Greco, Director of the Egyptian Museum of Turin

7:00 PM | Q&A Session with the Audience

7:20 PM | Conclusion of the Meeting

On July 3rd at 9:00 AM, at the Enviroment Park Congress Center, the City of Turin is organizing the event ‘Turin Towards Climate Neutrality: The Role of Energy Communities and Self-Consumption Groups’.

The event will focus on exploring the themes related to the journey towards climate neutrality undertaken by the City of Turin, with particular attention to the role that Renewable Energy Communities and local Self-Consumption Groups can play. The importance of these configurations for achieving future climate neutrality in Turin is evident, and the benefits extend far beyond the energy dimension: each community is called to respond to territorial and community needs, representing forms of local development, new entrepreneurship, and the construction of new supply chains.

The speakers’ presentations will delve into the main topics related to the current regulation of Renewable Energy Communities and Self-Consumption Groups, both nationally and locally, presenting the actions that the City of Turin intends to implement to support the spread of these configurations. In the second part of the morning, working groups will be created for all those interested in forming (or joining) a self-consumption configuration, in order to gather needs, opinions, questions, and requests towards the realization of a service that arises from co-design with the protagonists of the ongoing energy transition.

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The SocialTech4EU final conference “GREEN AND DIGITAL TOGETHER”, held at the European Economic and Social Committee in Brussels, concluded today, Thursday, July 27th. The event brought together numerous experts and professionals dedicated to social innovation and the green and digital transition, promoted by social economy clusters and entrepreneurs.

Among the highlights of the conference, the opening speech by Professor Mario Calderini, spokesperson for TSI and full professor at the Polytechnic University of Milan, captivated the audience. Calderini, an expert in Sustainability and Impact Management, emphasized the importance of overcoming territorial criteria in cluster policy modeling, focusing instead on knowledge and cohesion. “These two dimensions are particularly important within social economy clusters to promote innovation, demand aggregation, and solution scalability,” Calderini stated.

Another significant moment was the panel led by Raffaella Scalisi, senior advisor of Torino Social Impact, who explored the journey of SMEs and startups from idea to scalability. The discussion provided valuable insights on how to support and empower small and medium enterprises in the context of the green and digital transition.

The conference “GREEN AND DIGITAL TOGETHER” served as an important platform for discussion and networking, facilitating the sharing of experiences and best practices among participants. The event concluded with a strong message of cooperation and commitment towards a more sustainable and innovative future for the European social economy.

The SocialTech4EU project, co-funded by the European Union, aims to strengthen the resilience, innovation capacity, competitiveness, and sustainability of social economy ecosystems, startups, and SMEs in relation to the green and digital transition. The initiative is led by the Giacomo Brodolini Foundation in collaboration with five organizations from different European countries: ENSIE NETWORK (Belgium), Silicon Vilstal (Germany), ADV Romania (Romania), Cluster IDiA (Spain), and Coompanion (Sweden).

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Read the agenda for 27 June

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Torino Social Impact is pleased to announce an important initiative promoted by ISTUD Business School and the Università Cattolica of Milan, aimed at the educational and professional inclusion of young refugees and holders of international protection.

Two scholarships, each worth €18,000, have been established for the Master in Human Resources and Organization. These scholarships cover participation costs, travel, meals, and accommodation. The goal is to provide comprehensive training that integrates theory and practice, preparing participants for a successful career in human resources.

The Master, designed to offer high-level training, combines theoretical lessons with practical experiences, promoting education oriented towards personal and professional growth. Collaboration with companies and institutions, an integral part of the program, allows participants to connect with the job market during their studies.

Why participate?

• Inclusion and diversity: promote social inclusion through education and professional training.
• Professional opportunities: access to a wide network of companies and professionals in the HR sector.
• Complete support: cost coverage to ensure a learning experience without financial barriers.

How to apply?

Applications are open to all young refugees and holders of international protection interested in a career in human resources. Details and requirements for submitting the application are available on the ISTUD Business School website.

The Innovative Enterprise Incubator of the Politecnico di Torino (I3P) has organized a series of free training events in collaboration with Jacobacci Avvocati and Jacobacci & Partners. These events are primarily targeted at startups and innovative SMEs but are open to anyone interested in learning more about the protection and enhancement of intellectual property in the entrepreneurial and professional sectors.

Following the first event in May and the second in June, the third and final event will be held on Wednesday, July 10, 2024. Titled “Software, Data, and AI Protection: a practical guide for startups”, the seminar will focus on young innovative companies that engage with digital innovation with originality and boldness, and that grapple with managing and protecting their intellectual property (IP).

Can new software be patented? Is it possible to protect an invention that uses artificial intelligence? Can someone else’s database be used freely? And most importantly, how can it be done correctly? During the meeting, practical examples will be presented to address these and many other questions, providing answers to common queries and doubts on the subject. Special emphasis will be placed on success stories demonstrating how the European approach to software protection can be effectively applied to startups and SMEs, and how this strategy should be adapted to the new reality of AI.

After the introduction by Leo Italiano, Senior Consultant at I3P and Program Manager of ESA BIC Turin, the event will feature presentations by Edgardo Deambrogi, Partner & Italian and European Patent Attorney at Jacobacci & Partners, Valerio Verdecchia, European Patent Attorney at Jacobacci & Partners, and Alberto Spoto, Lawyer at Jacobacci Avvocati.

Event schedule

• 17:00 | Welcome and participant registration
• 17:10 | Opening remarks by Leo Italiano, Senior Consultant at I3P and Program Manager of ESA BIC Turin
• 17:15 | Presentation by Edgardo Deambrogi, Partner & Italian and European Patent Attorney at Jacobacci & Partners
• 17:35 | Presentation by Valerio Verdecchia, European Patent Attorney at Jacobacci & Partners
• 17:55 | Presentation by Alberto Spoto, Lawyer at Jacobacci Avvocati
• 18:15 | Q&A session with the audience
• 18:30 | Conclusions and networking aperitif

How to participate

The event will take place on Wednesday, July 10, 2024, starting at 17:00, in person at the Agorà Room of the I3P incubator, located within the Politecnico di Torino Campus. The venue can be accessed from the main gate at Corso Castelfidardo 30/A or the pedestrian entrance at Via Pier Carlo Boggio 59.
Participation is free, but registration is required on Eventbrite.

Organizers

Founded in 1999, the Innovative Enterprise Incubator of the Politecnico di Torino (I3P) supports the creation and development of innovative startups with high technological intensity and growth potential, founded by university researchers, students, or external entrepreneurs. It provides strategic consulting services, coaching, mentoring, fundraising support, and workspaces. I3P’s mission is to support the entrepreneurial ecosystem to generate economic development and employment in innovative industrial sectors.
www.i3p.it

Jacobacci Avvocati
Founded in the mid-1990s, Jacobacci Avvocati aims to be a reference point in the field of intellectual property protection, in Italy and abroad. Today, the firm has a consolidated team of 15 partners and over 40 professionals operating in 4 offices in Italy and France. Its professionals specialize in various areas of intellectual property, from trademarks to patents to design, protecting the innovative ideas of an international clientele in diverse sectors, from technology to services.
www.jacobacci-law.com/it

Jacobacci & Partners
An international group with 13 offices across Europe, Jacobacci & Partners has been working in the field of intellectual property protection and enhancement for over 150 years. It manages 100,000 patents and 120,000 trademarks for over 10,000 clients worldwide. The firm is consistently ranked at the top of major international intellectual property rankings and has been certified as a “Great Place to Work” for 2023-2024. In 2023, it also achieved Gender Equality Certification.
www.jacobacci.com

Today, June 26, during an informative seminar on Sustainability at the Cottino Social Impact Campus aimed at businesses, lawyers, and certified accountants (to consider sustainability in the evolving socio-cultural and economic context), the launch of a new Community of Practice under Torino Social Impact was announced, specifically dedicated to Professional Orders and named OP4Impact (Professional Orders for Impact).

Initiated by the Orders of Certified Accountants, Lawyers, Labor Consultants, and Notaries, the goal of this working group is to address the main challenges faced by organizations aiming to generate ESG impact. By bringing together the expertise of professionals in administrative, legal, accounting, and notarial fields, it aims to create a powerful network capable of supporting and guiding organizations towards sustainable and responsible practices.

The Community of Practice project is an initiative of Torino Social Impact, representing a significant step towards strengthening the collective dimension of the impact ecosystem. Supported by the Chamber of Commerce and the Compagnia di San Paolo Foundation as part of TSI, it aims to create a collaborative space where partners can pool their expertise and work together on shared themes and challenges.
The Cottino Social Impact Campus will support the new Community of Practice by playing a facilitation and guidance role in the co-design and implementation of its activities.

OP4Impact joins four other currently active Communities of Practice, each addressing fundamental and highly relevant social issues (Benefit Corporations, NEET, Circular Economy, Gender Equality).

As summer approaches, Fondazione Time2 kicks off its Summer Camp: an experience away from home, often for the first time, that the foundation has been organizing for four years. This vacation is designed to ensure that people with disabilities can enjoy the same experiences as their peers, with the support of highly specialized personnel where needed.

This year, for the first time, Fondazione Time2 has also created a program for parents: an immersive residential course of reflection and sharing for parents of people with disabilities aged 15 to 29.

It will be the first national Summer School on the new developments introduced by the implementation of the new Delega Law 227/2021 on disability, carried out with the support of Fondazione CRT as part of the Disability Agenda project.

The Summer School will be held at the “Santo Stefano” Relais in Sandigliano (BI) from Sunday, July 21 to Friday, July 26, and is aimed at 30 parents who will voluntarily participate in a training and in-depth experience with teachers and experts.

There will be many topics on the agenda: from personalized life projects for children with disabilities to communication strategies, from regional and national activation paths to the contents of Delega Law 227/2021, and many other impactful topics in the field. There will also be group activities, recreational and sports moments with professionals and the Conductors of Independent Life Workshops.

The Summer Camp and the Summer School are two different paths and stays but with the same approach and perspective: to create accessible contexts for all people, in the city and in the mountains, and empowerment paths for people with disabilities and their families.

The Summer School is an initiative of the “Sguardi al futuro” project and is carried out by: Fondazione Time2, Department of Philosophy and Educational Sciences of the University of Turin – Center for Independent Living Studies, DiVi, Committee for the implementation of Law 162/98 in Piedmont, Committee for the implementation of Law 162/98 in Valle d’Aosta and Lavazza Group. With the support of Fondazione CRT as part of the “Supporting Families” idea competition of the Disability Agenda.

On June 20th, the benefit corporations of the Torino Social Impact Community of Practice gathered for a new session of discussion and mutual learning. This time, the focus was on a key theme for effective and sustainable business management: good governance.

Using a card game created by operari, the 13 participating companies discussed both good and bad corporate governance practices, engaging in an innovative learning method.

Unveiling the secret of the “G” in sustainability

Game Masters Stefania Balliana and Giulia Gennaro guided the participants through a combination of gameplay and sharing, revealing how good governance can transform the future of their businesses. Through game-based learning, they learned to identify best governance practices and discard less effective ones. Working in teams, they navigated risks and opportunities, experiencing firsthand how to steer their companies toward a sustainable future.

The Fit4benefit initiative is part of the Community of practice project, supported by the Turin Chamber of Commerce and the Compagnia di San Paolo Foundation.

Second event in the series: Social Procurement, the responsible choice for businesses

A series of online meetings has been created from the collaboration between the Turin Chamber of Commerce, Torino Social Impact, the Torino Industrial Union, and the Compagnia di San Paolo Foundation to delve into the topic of social procurement, for a responsible choice by companies.

The meetings aim to explore the main aspects of this business strategy by examining both the elements of greatest interest for business development (supply side) and the main opportunities for entering a market (demand side) that, in addition to meeting the needs of companies, generates positive impacts on the territory.

The Turin Chamber of Commerce, which has been active for years in supporting local companies towards greater awareness and social responsibility, also through the Torino Social Impact project platform, has enthusiastically embraced this shared proposal

How can I integrate social procurement policies into my business strategy? How can I position my company’s offerings in the social procurement market? What characteristics must a business have to be considered a social supplier?

Experts and lecturers will attempt to answer these and other questions during the online meeting on Wednesday, July 3, from 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM.

Thanks to contributions from Torino Social Impact, the Department of Management of the University of Turin, the Cottino Social Impact Campus, and testimonies from two local companies, we will discover the dynamics that this impact-driven business practice requires and the tools available to entrepreneurs to adapt and integrate them into their business strategy.

Participation is free after registration here

Explore the potential of applied games with us in a free event with many engaging and practical examples.

Experience together with Drimlab an engaging and stimulating experience organized directly in its laboratory on the second floor of the Fondazione Casa di Carità Arti and Mestieri Onlus. Try firsthand the games we have developed in our immersive and interactive room. Together we will explore the world of Applied Games, or video games and digital applications that exploit the logic of game design to achieve a purpose other than pure entertainment.

Places are limited, click here to reserve your spot!

The program on 06/27/2024:

• 16:00 – 16:15 | Welcome coffee
• 16:15 – 17:15 | Drimlab and the Applied Games
• 17:15 – 17:30 | Immersive environmental experiences
• 17:30 – 18:00 | DrimCity, Drimlab’s Smart Social City

Social procurement is a pillar activity for Torino Social Impact, which has been committed to promoting innovative forms of supply in the territory since its inception to support the growth of businesses and activities with social impact.

To pursue this goal, the All Included campaign was launched, aimed at promoting social procurement in the private sector, encouraging the purchase of products and services from social enterprises that prioritize impact.

Focus on profit, focus on social. All included and everyone included. This is the message encapsulated in the digital communication campaign that kicks off this week and will be disseminated across various platforms and multiplied through Torino Social Impact’s channels.

The campaign also includes an experimental portal to find social impact enterprises, currently dedicated to the circular economy sector, which will soon be expanded. On the portal, you can find different social entrepreneurship entities, such as cooperatives and social enterprises, benefit corporations, and innovative startups with a social vocation. You can filter them based on the service or product offered, the type of enterprise, and the predominant social mission.

Consult the portal at this link

What is social procurement?

Social procurement is a simple way to integrate impact goals into your company through purchasing decisions.

When a company decides to introduce social procurement into its supply chain, it continues to seek the best product or service at the most convenient price but also considers the social impacts it can generate. The principle of best “value” for money is reinforced with social “value.”

This can be achieved by purchasing products or services from social enterprises that practice the work inclusion of disadvantaged people or pursue other social impact goals, or by integrating social criteria into their supplier selection procedures.

The campaign and the portal are part of the European project Buy Social, funded by the European Council for Innovation and the Executive Agency for SMEs (EISMEA) under the SMP-COSME-2022-BUYSOCIALB2BMARKET call.

The social procurement program of Torino Social Impact is supported by the Torino Chamber of Commerce and the Compagnia di San Paolo Foundation.

IAAD. – Istituto d’Arte Applicata e Design di Torino launches an unmissable opportunity for young talents in the field of social innovation and design. With the call for the Academic Year 2024-2025, IAAD offers four scholarships for the first year of the Academic Diploma of First Level in Innovation Design for Business, Culture, and Social.

The Initiative:

For over 40 years, IAAD has stood out as a center of excellence in design and higher education, connecting students, institutions, and companies. In 2021, Turin was recognized by the European Union as the only Italian city committed to developing social innovation projects, a recognition that positions the Piedmontese capital as a global hub for innovation. This initiative not only strengthens Turin’s reputation as a city of innovation but also assigns IAAD an international coordinating role.

Scholarship Details:

The scholarships will cover 25% of the annual tuition for the first academic year and will be awarded solely on the basis of merit. Graduating students with a final grade between 89/100 and 100/100 are invited to apply. There are no income requirements, making this opportunity accessible to a wide range of candidates.

How to Apply: Interested students must:

Submit their application online through the official IAAD website. Send the required documentation, including a copy of the high school diploma and a valid ID, via email to orientamento@iaad.it with the subject “Innovation Design Scholarship Application”.

The admission process includes a mandatory test to verify the candidates’ eligibility. The final selection will consider the high school grade and performance in the admission test.

Terms and Deadlines:

The application deadline is set for July 29, 2024. The results will be communicated via email to the selected students, who must confirm their acceptance and proceed with enrollment within the specified terms. In case of non-acceptance, the scholarship will be reassigned to the next candidate on the list.

Eligibility and Evaluation Criteria:

To be eligible, candidates must:

• Hold a high school diploma with a final grade not lower than 89/100.
• Be no older than 24 years.
• Complete the application process and pass the admission test.

The scholarships are not cumulative with other financial aid offered by IAAD. Moreover, to maintain the scholarship in subsequent years, students must pass exams with a weighted average of no less than 27/30.

Conclusion:

IAAD continues to support the growth of young talents by promoting social innovation through design. This initiative not only facilitates access to quality education but also contributes to shaping the leaders of tomorrow in the field of innovation.

For more information and to apply, visit the official IAAD website.

An event on June 28, open to everyone, on the following topics:

• Benefit Corporations: an innovative and virtuous model
• Gender equality in social sustainability
• Governance and artificial intelligence
• Greenwashing and Socialwashing

The event, scheduled from 3:30 PM to 6:30 PM, is accredited by the Order of Lawyers and the Chartered Accountants and Accounting Experts, but registration is required for everyone here.

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On June 6, at the Talent Garden Foundation Agnelli Auditorium, the event co-organized by Tribe by ToTeM and the SPORT INNOVATION HUB took place. This event brought together experts in innovation, technology, and sports, united by a common passion for the growth of startups and the improvement of athletic performance through innovative solutions.

The event kicked off with a speech by Vittoria Gozzi, President of the sportech incubator Wylab, a hub for technological development in the sports world.

Following this, the evening was led by Marta Serrano Valenzuela, Executive Director of Sport Innovation Hub.

The panel featured three important figures in the sportech landscape:

• Davide Berrino, CEO & Founder of ToSwim.

A passionate swimmer and pioneer in the field of conversational artificial intelligence, whose startup, ToSwim, aims to promote swimming as a healthy lifestyle.

• Elisabetta Merlo, CEO & Founder of Seere.

At just 24 years old, Merlo founded Seere, an innovative startup that develops wearable solutions to optimize training and prevent injuries in athletes. Using real-time data and artificial intelligence, Seere is revolutionizing the way athletes train.

• Giuseppe Pastore, CTO & Co-Founder of Postura Ergonomics (formerly Gymnasio).

A computer engineer, he co-founded Gymnasio to revolutionize home sports training through motion tracking. Later, the startup was renamed Postura Ergonomics and focused on improving ergonomic assessments in manufacturing companies.

The event offered an inspiring overview of how new technologies can be applied to the world of sports to enhance performance and safety.

A special thanks goes to Tribe by ToTeM and the Fondazione Agnelli for making this event possible, which represented an important opportunity for discussion and growth for all participants.

Innovation and technology continue to play a crucial role in the development of sports, and events like this are essential for building an increasingly advanced and sustainable future for athletes and sports organizations.

The JJB team from IIS Camillo Olivetti in Ivrea (TO) wins the Dream Jobs 2023/24 competition!

Dream Jobs is the national school competition exploring sports and the surrounding industrial, economic, and territorial ecosystems. This educational initiative promotes creative thinking and the passion most young people have for sports, enabling them to acquire valuable knowledge and skills for successful entry into the workforce or to facilitate their academic journey. Dream Jobs helps transform young people’s passion for sports into successful careers, making them true change-makers in the industry of the future.

The 2023/2024 edition saw the participation of 430 students from 18 high schools across 10 regions of Italy, engaging them in a path of education and growth.

Dream Jobs allowed students to discover new career prospects related to the world of sports while learning to appreciate the territories they live in. Cities, with their green spaces and community centers, became key players in a process of “sportivization.”

Meetings with experts and moments of inspiration

In collaboration with ASAG from the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart of Milan, a national itinerary was organized where students had opportunities to interact with sports industry experts, including executives, athletes, entrepreneurs, technicians, young startups, and scientific references.

And the winners are…

The wait is finally over!

Votes from the public through the Sporters app were combined with those from a distinguished jury composed of sports industry experts like Emanuela Confalonieri (Director of ASAG – Catholic University of Milan), Gianluca Rosso (SIH advisor), Fabio Santoro (former FIGC), Valeria Santagata (former DS of IIS Pacinotti in Rome), Marta Serrano (Director of Sport Innovation Hub), and Rocco Galasso (Vice President of ADISE) to determine the top eight winning teams of the Dream Jobs 2023/24 edition:

• Team 1 JJB – IIS OLIVETTI (Ivrea – TO)
• Team 2 I have a dream – ITIS GIORDANI (Caserta)
• Team 3 Operone Lac – LSS ROSETTI (Ascoli Piceno)
• Team 4 Rubber dog – IISS COPERNICO PASOLI (Verona)
• Team 5 Only Girls – ISIS VALDARNO (San G. Valdarno – AR)
• Team 6 Bobbio 1 – IIS NORBERTO BOBBIO (Carignano – TO)
• Team 7 Magnesia – LS MARCONI (Foggia)
• Team 8 SORS – LS GALILEI (Dolo – VE)

A special award for the best

The top eight winning teams of Dream Jobs will be awarded the opportunity to experience the Sport Innovation Growth Camp.

The camp, held at the end of September, will offer participants the chance to:

• Develop skills in sports innovation through training activities, workshops, and creative challenges.
• Meet excellent mentors, industry professionals, and key figures in the sports business world.
• Network with other young talents and make new friends.
• Enjoy an experience filled with fun and socialization.

The camp is not just a prize but a unique opportunity for professional and personal growth, discovering new opportunities in the sports world, and giving a boost to their future.

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Are you ready to turn your passion into a dream job?

Dream Jobs is the perfect launchpad for your future. If you have talent, passion, and a willingness to take on challenges, don’t miss the chance to participate in the next edition!

Go to the Dream Jobs page to see the national rankings and more info.

Monday, June 17, from 2 to 4 PM, the webinar “Fundamentals and Principles of Solutions Journalism” was held: the first in a series of webinars, part of the Torino Impact Journalism initiative, sponsored by Social Impact Agenda for Italy, which aims to explore how journalism can promote change by involving all societal actors, from institutions to businesses, to address major environmental and social challenges.

The importance of solutions-oriented journalism in the current media context

During the webinar – organized in collaboration with the Order of Journalists of Piedmont – 100 journalists, communicators, media experts, and interested parties participated, having the opportunity to listen and interact with prominent speakers to discuss the role and importance of the solutions journalism approach in the current media context.

Among the speakers sharing their experiences were Stefano Arduini, Director of VITA magazine and Vita.it; Peter Damgaard, Chief Operating Officer of the Constructive Institute; Alessia Gianoncelli, Director of Knowledge and Programs at Impact Europe; Jodie Jackson, author and founder of News Literacy Lab; Tina Rosenberg, Co-founder of the Solutions Journalism Network; and Assunta Corbo, journalist, author, and founder of the Constructive Network.

Testimonies of Solutions Journalism towards positive change in information

The meeting was an important opportunity for debate and exchange among national and international experts. Through two discussion sessions, the speakers shared their experiences and testimonies, addressing two central themes: the first roundtable focused on the question: “Can solutions journalism be the way out of the journalism crisis?“.

To answer this, the speakers delved into the causes of the decline in interest in news, the psychological effects of constant negative news, and why Solutions Journalism can be a solution to the journalism crisis; what are the distinctive traits of constructive journalism, and how to define journalism that has a social impact.

The second roundtable aimed to tell “experiences and cases of solutions journalism“: Tina Rosenberg presented concrete cases showing how solutions journalism can offer greater rigor as a methodology to ensure truth and accuracy in reporting news, while Peter Damgaard Kristensen shared a representative case of solutions journalism that embodies the principles of impartiality and independence.

Assunta Corbo shared the experience of the Italian Constructive network, while Jodie Jackson focused on the social responsibility of journalists in assessing the impact of news and increasing public trust, through a case study. Finally, Alessia Gianoncelli showed how journalism can contribute to advancing impact investing solutions.

Thanks to their diverse experiences and perspectives, the webinar overall allowed for a deeper understanding of how Solutions Journalism can be a powerful tool for positive change, promoting journalism that not only highlights problems but also proposes effective solutions and inspires concrete actions.

To learn more, don’t miss the upcoming webinars scheduled:

• September 16, 2-4 PM – Social impact metrics in journalism
• October 21, 2-4 PM – Stories that make a difference
• November 18, 2-4 PM – Economic sustainability of impact journalism

Yesterday, Monday, June 17, Mario Calderini, Professor at Politecnico di Milano and Spokesperson for Torino Social Impact, and Davide Dal Maso, Partner at Avanzi Sostenibilità per Azioni and Vice President of the Promoting Committee of the Social Impact Stock Exchange, spoke at the presentation meeting of the Social Impact Stock Exchange aimed at the members of the Sustainable Finance Forum.

The online meeting stemmed from the desire to engage with financial operators interested in impact investments during the study and design phase of the future capital market.

The Social Impact Stock Exchange is a project aimed at creating a capital market dedicated to “impact” enterprises, which intentionally, additionally, and measurably achieve a positive social impact, and where transactions are based on both financial value and the measured social impact value.

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From start-up to cluster in the framework of the new EU Innovation Agenda

To innovate means to introduce new products, services, processes, business models into the economic system for the first time, or to improve existing ones. The Piedmont region has a long manufacturing tradition that has led to the creation of many private companies and start-ups, attracting talented individuals and providing a rich environment for innovation. For the Piedmont innovation system to be highly innovative, transformative, and competitive, it needs to become an ecosystem where sectors and various actors are as integrated and dynamic as possible.

In this context, the ACCELERATE GDT project aims to enhance actions and policies related to clusters, strengthen their capacity to grow and cooperate with SMEs, and support their dual green and digital transition. On the other hand, the SKALE2CT project focuses on increasing the resources and capacities of public organizations to improve the scaleup services of enterprises, particularly in emerging sectors such as health and digital.

Based on a reflection on the local innovative context, the event’s goal is to contribute positively to a strategic reflection aimed at identifying possible key elements for developing a more effective and robust innovation ecosystem within the context of the European innovation perspective. The seminar brings together personalities active in the metropolitan and regional innovation ecosystem and the partners of the two Interreg projects. The meeting aims to stimulate the exchange of ideas and good practices.

Agenda

Registration Form

For more information: progetti.eu@cittametropolitana.torino.it

SAA School of Management, Fondazione Accademia Maurizio Maggiora, Unioncamere, and Enterprise Europe Network are pleased to invite you to the event titled “Frugal Innovation as a Model for the Development of the Piedmontese Productive and Social Ecosystem”, which will be held on July 8th at 5:00 PM.

This event provides an opportunity for discussion to understand the functioning of a new approach model aimed at simplifying product components and production processes into basic elements to create high-quality products and services at a lower cost.

The event will feature Jaideep Prabhu, Director of the Center for India & Global Business at the Judge Business School, University of Cambridge, one of the leading international scholars on frugal innovation and author of the book “Frugal Innovation: How to Do More with Less,” and Pietro Laureano, UNESCO consultant, founder of the Center for Traditional Knowledge Studies, who led the recovery and regeneration that brought Matera to become a UNESCO World Heritage Site and promoter of the World Bank on Traditional Knowledge and their innovative use, created by UNESCO together with the International Institute of Traditional Knowledge of Florence.

To view the program and participate, click here.

“GREEN AND DIGITAL TOGETHER”

On June 27th, Torino Social Impact will be in Brussels at the European Economic and Social Committee for the closing event of SocialTech4EU, a two-year project that began in September 2022, funded by the European Innovation Council and the Executive Agency for SMEs (EISMEA) through the joint cluster initiatives (EUROCLUSTERS) for Europe’s recovery (SMP-COSME-2021-CLUSTER).

Social economy organizations often face structural difficulties related to accessing new digital and green business models, particularly concerning precarious financial sustainability, access to funding, lack of skills, inability to attract talent, and poor market competitiveness compared to traditional SMEs.

This project aimed to strengthen the resilience, innovation capacity, competitiveness, and sustainability of social economy ecosystems, with a particular focus on social tech enterprises.

Through SocialTech4EU, a call for social enterprises was published, providing funds to undertake training courses in business, digitalization, and innovative technology management.

On May 16th, Open Incet hosted the event “SocialTech4EU: Innovate & Connect with Italian enterprises. Presentation of project results and networking session”, a meeting to showcase the results achieved and foster relationships between social enterprises and local stakeholders.

Organized by Fondazione Giacomo Brodolini Srl SB and Torino Social Impact, the event represented an opportunity to explore the SocialTech4EU project, which is currently the largest support and training program for social enterprises in Europe, co-financed by the European Union under the framework of Joint Cluster Initiatives (EUROCLUSTERS) for Europe’s recovery.

For the project’s closure, the SocialTech4EU conference “GREEN AND DIGITAL TOGETHER” is scheduled for June 27th, to learn more about social innovation and the green and digital transition driven by clusters and entrepreneurs.

The speakers:

• Giuseppe Guerini, member of the EESC and president of Cecop-Cicopa Europe
• Diego Dutto, member of the EESC and national coordinator of Legacoopsociali
• Anna Athanasopoulou, head of the Proximity, Social Economy, Creative Industries Unit (GROW.G.2)
• Margit Perko, policy officer at the Social and Inclusive Entrepreneurship Unit (EMPL.G.3)
• Mario Calderini, full professor at the Politecnico di Milano, high-level expert in Sustainability and Impact Management, and spokesperson for Torino Social Impact

TSI coordinated this initiative together with the Fondazione Giacomo Brodolini, collaborating with five organizations from Belgium (European Network of Social Integration Enterprises – ENSIE NETWORK), Germany (Silicon Vilstal), Romania (ADV Romania), Spain (Cluster IDiA), and Sweden (Coompanion).

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Read the agenda for 28 June

A new European funding opportunity has opened up for social economy organizations: under the European Social Fund (ESF+) Social Innovation+ program, a call for proposals has been published. This call aims to scale up already tested social initiatives focused on integrating long-term unemployed individuals into the labor market and promoting their social inclusion.

To facilitate participation in the call, on Friday, June 7th, the European Projects HUB for Social Economy organized an info session dedicated to exploring the call in depth. The webinar was led by Weco Impresa Sociale in collaboration with the National Contact Point for the EaSI program.
After presenting the European EaSI Program, the call for proposals was analyzed starting from its objectives and eligible activities. Additionally, significant attention was given to the purpose of the call, which is to transfer and scale up good practices to combat long-term unemployment.

At the end of the info session, organizations interested in participating in the call were invited to take part in a support pathway for the design and submission of their applications. This support can be activated within the European Projects HUB for Social Economy.

The European Projects HUB for Social Economy is an initiative launched in collaboration with Weco Impresa Sociale, thanks to the contribution of the Turin Chamber of Commerce and the Compagnia di San Paolo Foundation.

Dally Therapeutics is an innovative startup developing software as medical devices for managing metabolic diseases. The company’s most advanced solutions will be the focus of the event on June 18th in Turin.

The Dally team has organized an afternoon that will engage the entire community and stakeholders, featuring a usability workshop for the products developed in collaboration with the diabetology department of ASL Turin and several Patient Associations.

During the event, participants will be able to download and use Dally, provide feedback, and interact with other members of the community.

How to Participate:

The event will be held on Tuesday, June 18th from 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM at Vol.To – Centro Servizi Volontariato, Via Giovanni Giolitti 21, Turin.

To help us organize the workspace and activities efficiently, we kindly ask you to confirm your attendance.

For more information or to confirm your attendance, please write to info@dally.it or call 333 9976013 (Emanuele).

The Qubì Cultural Association has been granted by Circoscrizione 7 a portion of public green space on Lungo Dora Firenze, in front of its space in Via Parma 75/c.

We have been working on the redevelopment of the space through daily care, the installation of colorful planters full of aromatic plants used for children’s educational workshops, the affixing of explanatory and educational panels, and additional equipment that can be enjoyed freely, to make this beautiful space even more accessible to the citizenship.

We are pleased to announce that after months of work, the Qubì Garden is finally becoming the open and inclusive space we always wanted to create. To celebrate this milestone and kick off the summer season, we are pleased to invite the citizenry to an inauguration aperitif to be held on Wednesday, June 12, from 6 to 8 pm.

It will also and especially be an opportunity to celebrate all the volunteers who have helped us in the creation and daily care of the space.

The aperitif will be preceded by a children’s workshop to learn more about the garden, discovering herbs, from 5 to 6 pm.

Main Findings of the Social Impact Measurement Generated by PerMicro from 2009 to 2021

Growth Over 13 Years

In the 13 years covered by the study, PerMicro recorded an average annual growth of 30% in disbursements, increasing from €1.5 million in 2009 to €26 million in 2021.

Benefits for individuals:

• Over 1,070 entrepreneurs and 7,054 families transitioned from being unbankable to bankable.
• 3,052 new jobs were created by PerMicro-supported entrepreneurs.
• Each funded entrepreneur generated an average of 1.2 new jobs (64% of which were for young people, 28% for migrants, 46% for women, and 44% for the unemployed).
• 1,433 entrepreneurs moved from precarious to stable employment.
• 2,168 entrepreneurs experienced an increase in their monthly income.

Benefits for Public Administration:

• €132 million in state revenue (income tax from increased income + tax revenue from increased consumption).
• €17.4 million in reduced public spending (calculation based on undistributed social subsidies).

PERMICRO’S COMMITMENT

Since its inception in 2007, PerMicro has been the largest company in Italy dedicated to financial inclusion, providing credit to vulnerable individuals nationwide.

From its inception in 2007 until the end of 2023, PerMicro has disbursed 37,498 loans worth over €300 million, supporting families in temporary difficulty and fostering the creation and development of entrepreneurial activities across various sectors, including small commerce, catering, crafts, personal services, and more.

In 2023 alone, PerMicro enabled access to credit for 3,128 life projects: 2,348 family projects and 780 entrepreneurial projects, provided to people excluded from traditional credit channels. PerMicro disbursed over €32 million in loans and microloans, increasing assistance to micro and small enterprises (+37% compared to 2022) for starting or developing activities, as well as to families (+10% compared to 2022), helping them meet their basic financial needs.

In 2023, 37% of the financed businesses were managed by women (up from 34% in 2022); 37% by young people under 35, including approximately one-third (78) by entrepreneurs under 26 years old.

IMPACT MEASUREMENT METHODOLOGY

In 2015, PerMicro began collaborating with the research center Tiresia, Technology Innovation and Research for Social Impact, at the Politecnico di Milano to define the methodology for measuring the social impact generated by its activities.

In the initial phase, the impact of loans disbursed from 2009 to 2014 was measured. In two subsequent phases, the impact of loans disbursed in 2015-2016 and 2017-2018 was measured.

At the conclusion of this initial phase of developing the social impact measurement model, the measurement of the social impact generated by loans disbursed from 2009 to 2018 was completed in early 2020.

Since 2021, the study has taken on an annual character, measuring the impact generated by loans 24-36 months after disbursement.

“Microcredit is one of the most powerful financial innovations for inclusion and combating economic inequalities. Measuring its social impact is an essential part of the model, not only for accurately representing the social value generated but also for improving its effectiveness and transformative power on society. Therefore, and in sharing social objectives, Tiresia has been accompanying PerMicro for many years in its journey of innovation and growth”, stated Mario Calderini, Professor at the School of Management at the Politecnico di Milano and Director of Tiresia.

Benigno Imbriano, CEO of PerMicro, stated, “The benefits of PerMicro’s activity fall into two areas: individual and community. On one hand, there is the personal life of individuals who, with PerMicro, access basic financial services essential for daily life and realize their own work and life projects. On the other hand, there is the return for the community: it has been calculated that for every €1.5 loaned by PerMicro, the State receives €1 in increased state revenue. Microfinance is thus confirmed as a crucial tool for addressing future challenges: reducing inequalities, social inclusion, and supporting employment and housing policies”.

FINANCIAL EXCLUSION SCENARIO

The emergence of financial vulnerability in Italy is complex and multifaceted. Migrants are unfortunately at the forefront of experiencing access difficulties, but this type of exclusion also affects significant groups of young people (especially when they seek credit and insurance products) and people whose working and income conditions are compromised for various reasons. Precarious workers, the working poor, and women victims of violence are also sadly prioritized targets of financial exclusion. However, exclusion processes are becoming increasingly complex and severe, producing growing phenomena of outright expulsion from the financial system.[1]

Microfinance and financial inclusion can be fundamental tools for fostering equality and social justice, combating poverty, and improving the quality of credit and the functioning of the entire financial system.

“Inclusion is a powerful lever for developing a positive and sustainable economy”, stated Luca Ranieri, Head of ESG Strategy, Communication & External Relations at BNL BNP Paribas. “We have been industrial partners of PerMicro for years, which, with microcredit, accompanies and supports the life projects of people who are not financeable through traditional banking channels. Inclusion and commitment to economic, social, and environmental sustainability are fundamental parts of our identity as both a bank and a company close to society, its needs, and transformations. This concrete attention unites BNL and the entire BNP Paribas Group in its activities worldwide”.

“Banca Etica is a shareholder of PerMicro because it believes in microcredit as an effective tool for financial and social inclusion, responding to people at risk of marginalization. Over the years, we have seen many people and small businesses that were ‘unbankable’ and, after accessing PerMicro’s services, developed the requirements to access normal banking services. Microcredit is a launchpad, a link between financial exclusion and inclusion that requires professionalism and should increasingly be considered a social impact tool”, stated Nazzareno Gabrielli, General Manager of Banca Etica.

“The report presented by PerMicro allows us to estimate the scale of a widespread social problem in Italy today: the state of economic vulnerability in which many of our fellow citizens find themselves. At the same time, the report shows the positive impact that financial inclusion tools generate for families and entrepreneurs with difficulty accessing credit, producing a virtuous multiplier effect benefiting the entire economic system. Not surprisingly, PerMicro was one of the first impact companies to enter the investment portfolio of our Foundation, precisely for its ability to provide a concrete response to a historical but still current need, contributing to creating the conditions for achieving social equality“, declared Marco Gerevini, Board Member of the Fondazione Social Venture Giordano Dell’Amore.

[1] From a study by Gruppo Banca Etica, c.borgomeo&co., and RITMI.

Do you have an innovative idea and wonder where to start to bring it to life? Join us for the Open Day at I3P, the Innovative Enterprises Incubator of the Polytechnic University of Turin, on Tuesday, June 18, 2024, in the afternoon. This is your chance to meet I3P’s startup mentors for free and learn how to turn your idea into a successful business project!

At this event, you will gain an inside look at the world of innovative entrepreneurship and connect directly with I3P, an internationally recognized incubator that has been supporting the creation and growth of high-tech startups for 25 years. The goal is to provide valuable information and guidance for those seeking a starting point on their entrepreneurial journey. Hear firsthand experiences from Focoos AI, an innovative startup part of the I3P community and the ESA BIC Turin program, and receive practical advice from the incubator’s Business Analysts on the best opportunities to bring your idea to life.

The Open Day 2024 will also delve into the 20th edition of the Start Cup Piemonte Valle d’Aosta, a regional competition offering prizes for the best new startup proposals. The competition also provides free consulting, orientation, and mentoring services through the CTE NEXT project of the City of Turin and benefits from incentives provided by Invitalia, the national agency for investment attraction and business development.

After the presentations, in-person participants can engage in free one-to-one meetings with the Incubator’s mentors to discuss and receive practical advice on taking the first steps towards a successful venture. Online participants can schedule individual meetings with an I3P mentor in the days following the event.

Register today and start your journey as the entrepreneur of tomorrow!

How to Participate

The event will be held at 3:00 PM in person at the Agorà Room of the I3P Incubator, located within the Polytechnic University of Turin Campus, accessible from Corso Castelfidardo 34 and Via Pier Carlo Boggio 59, and streamed online.

To participate, you must register for free on Eventbrite. Register by 11:00 AM on Tuesday, June 18. If you choose the online option, you will receive a connection link via email before the event begins.

If you cannot attend the Open Day but still wish to meet with I3P mentors to discuss your business idea, contact the incubator to arrange a dedicated appointment.

Program

• 3:00 PM: Welcome participants
• 3:10 PM: Opening remarks and introduction by Giuseppe Scellato, President of I3P
• 3:15 PM: Presentation of the incubator and its activities within the startup ecosystem by Enrico Ghia, Operations Manager of I3P
• 3:30 PM: Starting points for launching your innovative idea: Start Cup Piemonte Valle d’Aosta 2024 and services offered by the competition partners by Martina Fiorin, Business Consultant at I3P
• 3:50 PM: Testimonial from a startup incubated at I3P and part of the ESA BIC Turin program by Antonio Tavera, Founder & CEO of Focoos AI
• 4:00 PM: Event conclusion and opening of one-to-one meetings with I3P mentors to discuss and evaluate your business idea’s potential

Stay updated with I3P by following their social media channels on LinkedIn, Facebook, X and YouTube, or subscribe to their free weekly email newsletter.

The Start Cup Piemonte Valle d’Aosta returns, aiming to foster the creation of innovative startups. Now in its 20th edition, this event is organized by the incubators I3P (Innovative Enterprise Incubator of the Polytechnic University of Turin) and 2i3T (Enterprise Incubator of the University of Turin).

As part of the PNI (National Innovation Award) promoted by PNICube, the Start Cup Piemonte Valle d’Aosta consists of two traditional phases: the Ideas Competition (Phase I) and the Business Plan Competition (Phase II). Over its previous 19 editions, the initiative has engaged more than 7,800 aspiring entrepreneurs forming teams that have presented over 3,700 business ideas and 2,000 business plans. The total prize pool of over 1.4 million euros has helped establish more than 180 companies, which today employ over 1,450 people.

Phases and timeline

The competition is divided into two key stages. Phase I, the “Ideas Competition”, awards the best entrepreneurial ideas with support and consulting services provided by business incubators to help develop the Business Plan, along with orientation and mentoring services from other partners. Submissions for Phase I are open until June 28 via the official competition website. The best ideas will be selected and teams contacted directly by the incubators for consulting services.

Phase II, the Business Plan Competition, starts on June 29 and ends on July 29, leading to the final selection and awards. Anyone can participate, including those not selected in Phase I or who did not submit an idea. Participants must submit a Business Plan on the competition website.

Participation in one or both phases is free. Entrants can present a business idea or project at any development stage, aimed at creating an innovative startup. The competition is open to all aspiring entrepreneurs aged 18 and over, university members, and newly established business owners, as specified in the competition rules. Applicants must choose a reference incubator among the Promoting Entities’ incubators (I3P, 2i3T, or Pépinières d’Entreprises in Aosta or Pont-Saint-Martin for the Valle d’Aosta Prize).

Eligible business ideas and projects must fall within five categories:

1. Life Sciences: Innovative products/services for improving health.
2. ICT: Innovative products/services in information technology and new media, cybersecurity, cloud computing, e-commerce, social media, mobile, gaming, and advanced hardware/software technologies.
3. Cleantech & Energy: Innovative products/services for environmental sustainability and energy management.
4. Industrial: Innovative products/services for industrial production not covered by the other categories.
5. Tourism and Cultural & Creative Industry: Innovative products/services for tourism and cultural/creative sectors.

Awards for the 20th Edition

Phase I – Ideas Competition

The best entrepreneurial ideas receive:

1. Free support and consulting activities to help teams develop their Business Plan, provided by contest organizers’ incubators through experts.
2. 5G consulting services for feasibility studies to evaluate the added value of 5G connectivity, provided under the CTE NEXT project of the City of Turin.

To compete for the 5G consulting services, select the relevant option during Phase I registration. Additionally, Invitalia, the Official Partner of the National Innovation Award, offers free orientation and mentoring services during Phase I registration for assistance in applying for various agency incentives.

Phase II – Business Plan Competition

By early November, the best startup projects participating in the Business Plan Competition will be awarded monetary prizes and services, plus special mentions, determined by a jury of entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, and business angels. This year, the total prize pool exceeds 75,000 euros, distributed as cash for startup development and services from various partners.

The top three winners receive cash prizes: 7,500 euros for first place, 5,000 euros for second, and 2,500 euros for third. The top six projects also receive 1,000 euros each for entry into the PNI 2024, the “champion’s league” for regional Start Cup winners, held on December 5-6 in Rome, organized by the University of Rome “Tor Vergata” and Start Cup Lazio network under the Rome Technopole initiative.

Special prizes include:

• Fondazione CRC Prize: 10,000 euros for the best entrepreneurial project based in Cuneo Province.
• Valle d’Aosta Prize: 7,500 euros for the best project based in Aosta or Pont-Saint-Martin’s Pépinières d’Entreprises.
• Aerospace Sustainability Prize: 7,500 euros for the best project in aerospace sustainability.
• Social Innovation Prizes: Two prizes totaling 15,000 euros for the best projects in medical, pharmaceutical, biotech, agriculture, and food needs.
• City of the Future and Sustainability Prize: 7,500 euros in services for up to two best projects in sustainability technologies.
• Intellectual Property Prizes: Two prizes totaling 7,000 euros in services for the best projects with intellectual property characteristics.
• UniCredit Start Lab Prize: A mentorship session for evaluating project suitability for the Start Lab program.
• 5G & Emerging Tech Prizes: Services for the best projects in 5G, provided under the CTE NEXT project of the City of Turin.

Also planned are five special mentions:

• “Female Entrepreneurship” for the best female-led business project with a majority female team (over 50%);
• “Social Innovation” for the best ‘Social Innovation’ project that proposes innovative solutions in one of the fields specified in Article 2, Paragraph 1 of Legislative Decree 155/2006 on social enterprises;
• “Open Innovation / Industrial Spin-Offs” dedicated to the best project concerning innovative products and/or services derived from a research activity conducted in collaboration between a company and a Piedmontese university;
• “Climate Change” for the best business project impacting climate change that can integrate innovation, technology, protection, and enhancement of natural resources, aiming to generate economic growth and environmental protection;
• “Sustainable Technologies” for the best project that stands out particularly for its originality in the field of sustainable technologies, awarded by Jacobacci & Partners.

Stay updated on competition news by subscribing to the newsletter via the form at the bottom of each page on the contest website or following Start Cup Piemonte Valle d’Aosta on Facebook, LinkedIn, and X.

The European project Buy Social aims to promote social procurement in the private sector, encouraging the purchase of products and services from social enterprises that prioritize impact.

After conducting three training sessions to strengthen the competitiveness and presence in the B2B market of social economy organizations, we have initiated a collaboration within the ninth edition of Torino Fashion Week 2024, organized by Unioncamere Piemonte and the Enterprise Europe Network with the support of the Chamber of Commerce of Turin.

During this event, on June 29th – 30th and July 1st, 2024, in Turin, the B2B Torino Sport & Fashion Match 2024 will take place.

The B2B Torino Sport & Fashion Match 2024 (June 29th/30th) will involve startups, manufacturing companies, fashion designers, investors, retailers, trade agents/buyers, and industry experts who will meet in Turin with the aim of creating agreements, finding commercial and technological partners, or developing new consortia to participate in international projects.

HOW TO PARTICIPATE IN THE B2B TORINO SPORT & FASHION MATCH 2024

• Register on the B2B platform by June 23rd.
• Select the participants you would like to meet from the Participants dropdown menu.
• Send them meeting requests and define your meeting AGENDA in advance.

Working Language: English

Address: TALENT GARDEN TORINO, Via Giuseppe Giacosa 38 – Turin

Furthermore, on July 1st, participate in the TALK DAY, where you can learn about new technological and digital trends, receive further updates on topics such as sustainability, future thinking, internationalization, innovation, and much more. The detailed program of the TALKS is available at this link.

Enhancing European culture and project design capabilities within the TSI ecosystem is one of the objectives of the European Projects HUB for social economy, initiated in collaboration with Weco Social Enterprise with support from the Chamber of Commerce of Turin and the Compagnia di San Paolo Foundation.

Among the numerous EU programs that fund socially impactful activities, Erasmus Plus is undoubtedly the most widespread and well-known. On Friday, May 31, TSI organizations interested in exploring the program gathered at the Volunteer Service Center Vol.To to work on developing a project to be submitted for the autumn 2024 deadlines. Specifically, some calls expiring on October 1, 2024, were examined: small-scale partnerships in the VET (Vocational Education and Training), ADU (Adult Education), and YOU (Youth) sectors – KA210 and the accreditation for mobility in the VET, ADU, and YOU sectors – KA120 and KA150.

A Day of Capacity Building and Peer Exchange

The morning began with an introduction to the Erasmus Plus program by Davide Prette and Matteo Maritano from Vol.to’s European project office. Following this, Ilaria Molendi and Guido Mandarino of AlgoritmoAssociates shared their project design experiences on two small-scale projects, highlighting how even a “negative” evaluation can be a valuable learning experience. Finally, Maria Chiara Pizzorno, a senior expert at Weco Social Enterprise and evaluator of numerous European programs, conducted an informative session on the program’s calls.

In the afternoon, the organizations, divided into working groups, designed projects based on the open calls for small-scale partnerships in the Adult Education (ADU) and Youth (YOU) sectors – KA210, and the accreditation for mobility in the VET, ADU, and YOU sectors – KA120 and KA150.

The Erasmus Plus Program

The Erasmus program, initiated in 1987 as an EU student mobility program, transformed into Erasmus+ in 2014. This simplified program combines all previous EU funding mechanisms in education, training, youth, and sports, including the Lifelong Learning Program (Comenius, Erasmus, Leonardo da Vinci, Grundtvig), Youth in Action, and five international cooperation programs (Erasmus Mundus, Tempus, Alfa, Edulink, and the cooperation program with industrialized countries).

Projects can be submitted under three key actions (KA):

• KA1: Individual mobility for learning purposes
• KA2: Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices (subdivided into Adult, Youth, Sports, etc.)
• KA3: Support for policy development and cooperation

The 2021-2027 program focuses on several priorities:

• Social inclusion
• Environmental sustainability
• Digital transition
• Promoting youth participation in democratic life

In which direction will technological evolution go? How will it affect our future, with the increasingly rapid changes it brings both in everyday individual life and in societies and markets? These are very common questions, especially for young innovative companies that build their value proposition on the frontier of cutting-edge technologies, a constantly changing boundary that brings revolutions—sometimes even sudden ones—to many industrial sectors.

To understand which technologies and development models might change our lives the most in the next five, ten, or even twenty years, the Incubator of the Polytechnic University of Turin, I3P, has organized a free in-person event on Thursday, June 20, 2024, with Massimo Canducci, a manager, technologist, and essayist who leads the innovation and future scouting activities of one of the most important Italian digital transformation companies.

There are two phrases that best describe what Massimo generally thinks about innovation and the future. The first is “We are just at the beginning“, highlighting how the growing availability of technology, which day by day changes our lives, is actually only the antechamber of what will happen in the future, which can be imagined by following the evolutionary curves of technological ecosystems. The second is “If you are not building a better world, then you are not innovating at all“, emphasizing that innovation is not mere application of technology for its own sake, but it is above all the search for a positive impact on the world around us and on our future lives.

Massimo Canducci is also a member of the Global Faculty of Singularity University and teaches innovation management at the Executive MBA Ticinensis and at the Universities of Turin and Pavia. Furthermore, he is part of the Advisory Group “Standardization for Emerging Technologies and Innovations“, which guides ISO’s strategic choices worldwide on emerging technologies and innovation.

The meeting on June 20 at I3P is organized as part of the special event series titled “Scintille“: a series of meetings with brilliant minds and prominent personalities, not only from the world of technology, who have made a significant mark in their field and beyond. The series is promoted by the incubator on the occasion of its 25th anniversary, to continue offering the community of innovators new opportunities for meeting, discussion, and inspiration for the entrepreneurship of tomorrow.

How to participate

The event will be held on Thursday, June 20, 2024, starting at 6:00 PM, in person at the Agorà Hall of the I3P incubator, located within the Campus of the Polytechnic University of Turin and accessible both from the main gate at Corso Castelfidardo 30/A and from the pedestrian entrance at Via Pier Carlo Boggio 59.

Participation in the event is free, with prior registration on Eventbrite.

Program

6:00 PM | Welcome of participants

6:10 PM | Introductory greetings – Paola Mogliotti, Director of I3P

6:15 PM | Opening of the meeting – Adriano Marconetto, Entrepreneur In Residence of I3P

6:20 PM | Conversation with Massimo Canducci, manager, technologist, and essayist

7:00 PM | Q&A session with the audience present

7:20 PM | Conclusion of the meeting

When: Wednesday, June 12 · 6 – 8pm 
Where: Impact Hub Torino – Piazza Teresa Noce 17D – Torino

Traditional control-oriented business models based on supply chain linearity are no longer sufficient to handle the complexity of today’s world. That is why it is necessary to build organizations based on decentralization, which encourage people to be active and responsible players. One such model is definitely the “platform model”, although many companies still mistakenly confuse the concept of platform with that of digital service.

On the occasion of the launch of Sara Malaguti’s new book “Impact Ecosystems”, we organized a panel to dialogue about the future of platforms as innovation tools to foster environmental and social sustainability.

Topics

• CASE HISTORY – Flowerista benefit company, innovative startup and digital ecosystem that offers training, business coaching, consulting and visibility to all those who want to start or grow their business, particularly in the creative sector
• Differences between a digital service and a platform
• Collaboration vs. competition
• What leadership model for platforms
• CASE HISTORY – Re4Circular, a platform created by Atelier Riforma that connects the companies that collect and sort used clothing with circular fashion companies that seek them out for resale, recycling or upcycling
• CASE HISTORY – Mercato Itinerante, an innovative startup that has developed a marketplace that empowers farmers, merchants and small businesses to replicate their stall or store also in online mode, stimulating the ‘purchase of local products, integrating fragile individuals in the logistics stages and reducing food waste
• Local vs. international

Speakers will include:

1. Sara Malaguti, CEO and founder @Flowerista benefit company
2. Daniel Trabucchi, Senior Assistant Professor @Politecnico di Milano and Scientific Director of Platform Thinking HUB
3. Edoardo Ramondo, Partner @Impact Hub
4. Elena Ferrero, CEO and Co-Founder @Atelier Riforma
5. Andrea Scalogna, CEO and Co-Founder @Mercato Itinerante

The panel will last about 1 hour, followed by a Q&A session.

A copy of Sara’s book, “Impact Ecosystems”, will be available for purchase on site.

You can register for free here

Sentie(Ri)Generativi is the new project launched by (RI)GENERIAMO Società Benefit and B Corp.

The project plans to define paths shared with businesses towards the implementation of actions and initiatives aiming to generate positive social and environmental impacts, wherein businesses can take the opportunity to play a role as “contributing” organizations and multiply their positive impact on society and the environment.

Also because of the new European regulations that make it mandatory for companise to assess and report their social and environmental impact, the “three stones” depicted in Sentie(Ri)Generativi’s logo, in addition to recalling the importance of simplicity and concreteness of the mountain world that inspired it, represent the three pillars lying at the roots of the project:

• Duty
• Innovation
• Enhancement.

The paths draw on the principles of Civil Economy and generativity and are organized in four stages:

• Guidance
• Path
• Roadmap
• Destination.

Luca Pereno, Cofounder and Director at (RI)GENERIAMO: «We want to make our knowledge and experience available to businesses interested in transforming themselves into “contributing” organizations».

A presentation of Sentie(Ri)Generativi is available on (RI)GENERIAMO’s website.

Appointment on Wednesday, June 26, 2024, from 2:00 PM to 6:00 PM at the Cottino Social Impact Campus for an informational seminar aimed at businesses, lawyers, and chartered accountants to explore sustainability in the evolving socio-cultural and economic context.

Session Program

2:00 PM Participant Registration

2:30 PM Opening

Marella Caramazza – Cottino Social Impact Campus, Istud, CeVis
Presentation of OP4Impact
Paola Baldassarre – Bar Association of Turin
Davide Barberis – Order of Chartered Accountants and Accounting Experts of Turin

2:50 PM Keynote Speech “Sustainability Beyond Compliance”

Emiliano Giovine, Scientific Director, Legal Impact Pillar CSIC and ISTUD

3:00 PM Governance: Third Pillar of ESG or a Prerequisite for Business Sustainability?

Manuela Monti and Emanuela De Sabato – Lawyers of the Turin Bar Association

3:20 PM Value Chain, Community, and Stakeholders – From Selective to Comprehensive Sustainability

Roberta Zizzari, Lawyer of the Turin Bar Association
Caterina Soldi, Cottino Social Impact Campus

3:50 PM Communication and Reporting. What Risks and Opportunities?

Giuseppina Cavasino and Filippo Traviglia, Lawyers of the Turin Bar Association
Davide Barberis, Order of Chartered Accountants and Accounting Experts of Turin

4:20 PM Break

4:45 PM Workshop and Final Feedback

A session to discuss insights gained in the first part of the event and to integrate the perspectives of professionals and businesses on the three areas covered in the panels: governance, value chain and community, communication, and reporting. The groups will be guided by the Cottino Social Impact Campus team, panel speakers, and representatives from the partner organizations.

5:30 PM Workshop Feedback by Group Spokespersons

6:00 PM Closing

Registrations for businesses here

Registrations for lawyers through the RICONOSCO platform. Participation provides 3 CFU.

Registrations for chartered accountants through the Formazione Commercialisti platform. Participation provides 4 CFU.

There is no sustainable and ecological transition without communication. This is the underlying thesis of the new book “Dove i fatti non arrivano. Antologia ragionata e appassionata della comunicazione ambientale” (Facts are not enough. A Rational and Passionate Anthology on Environmental Communication), published by Pacini and co-edited by Stefano Martello and Sergio Vazzoler. In a moment of profound transition towards a more sustainable paradigm, communication is the tool that can bridge gaps, combat misinformation, and stimulate behavior change.

The book is the concluding chapter of a trilogy that began with the “White Paper on Environmental Communication” (2020) and “The Missing Link. Environmental communication facing the ecological transition” (2022). The new text focuses on the investigation of 50 words – typical of the processes and challenges of an increasingly urgent present – within a hybrid, usable and multidisciplinary narrative framework, in which strategic communication and environmental responsibility mutually contaminate. A true manifesto that photographs the existing and speaks to the future.

Words. Yes, precisely the words

Along with 34 authors, the co-editors of this anthology seek to unravel the paradox surrounding the role of environmental communication today. On the one hand, under scrutiny is the drift of fake news created and fueled by those who intend to oppose or at least slow down the ecological transition. Simultaneously, environmental communication is also associated with the corrosive practice of greenwashing, which, through an inauthentic narrative, benefits in terms of reputation and image by deceiving citizens.
The mainstream solution to combat these distortions is a return to the primacy of facts. A primacy towards which the curators of this book harbor a sense of conscious skepticism, while still acknowledging the value the of scientific evidence and empirical data.

Facts and storytelling

“What prompted us to build this anthology,” explains Sergio Vazzoler, “and therefore, to accompany the primacy of facts with the necessity and urgency of words is a simple observation: there are many, indeed too many, who refer to communication while ignoring or forgetting its original meaning of “sharing” and incorrectly thinking of reality only as a series of facts rather than a collection of facts and their narrative (as Alessandro Baricco said).”

That is why the curators speak of a paradox: by confusing the distorting effects of environmental communication with communication itself, that crucial collective effort to address the epochal challenge of the ecological transition and sustainable development is being moved away. And how to succeed in this endeavor if not patiently sharing data and lived experiences, reasoning and feelings, rationality and emotions? Hence, the curators and authors of the book attempt with this reasoned and passionate anthology.

The identified words

“Along with some more technical words that concern methodologies and equipment, there are also others that are more generic and subtle, apparently generalistic and even off-topic,” says Stefano Martello. “It is not a provocation distilled among the pages, but a precise will. With decidedly surprising results, when ordinary and reassuring words have generated completely unexplored or simply less traveled paths that it will be the task of each individual to select, deepen, test, stress, recognize, or reject.”

Each word is then enriched by one or more insights: in this case as well, the curators have opted for a broad evaluation that includes not only the usual reference bibliography but also literary texts, films, comics, podcasts.

The volume is available on the Pacini Editore website.
Visit the dedicated page.

Dove i fatti non arrivano

Antologia ragionata e appassionata della comunicazione ambientale

Edited by Stefano Martello and Sergio Vazzoler
Contributions by Giulia Armuzzi, Federica Bosello, Micol Burighel, Pietro Citarella, Matteo Colle, Emilio Conti, Elisa De Bonis, Giulia Devani, Marcella Felerico, Daniele Fiani, Nicola Giudice, Giorgia Grandoni, Roberta Iovino, Fabio Iraldo, Irene Ivoi, Stefano Martello, Alberto Marzetta, Gloria Milan, Giuseppe Milano, Biagio Oppi, Luca Palestra, Leonardo Parigi, Riccardo Parigi, Luca Poma, Massimiliano Pontillo, Roberto Scalise, Francesca Schirillo, Rossella Sobrero, Donato Speroni, Marco Talluri, Francesco Testa, Massimo Vaccari, Luca Valpreda, Sergio Vazzoler

Pacini Editore, 2024
New Fabric collection
ISBN 979-12-5486-359-6

Yesterday afternoon, May 28th, the CIS – committee for social entrepreneurship of the Turin Chamber of Commerce convened, with Mario Calderini reconfirmed as president by the chamber’s board. Professor Calderini has been instrumental in collaborating with the committee to establish and support Turin Social Impact, the city’s ecosystem for social entrepreneurship and impact investment. The committee, officially established in 2016, built upon the work of the previous decade by the civil economy observatory, which aimed to comprehensively understand the structure and dynamics of the third sector.

The work carried out by the committee in recent years has contributed to the debate on new forms of social impact entrepreneurship, especially in light of the reorganization decree for the third sector, emphasizing the importance of impact measurement and social impact finance. This has been further bolstered by the chamber’s adherence to the Social Impact Agenda for Italy and support for social innovation projects at the territorial ecosystem level.

One of the committee’s most significant initiatives during its first term was the 2017 launch of the Turin Social Impact project platform. This initiative aimed to promote Turin’s metropolitan ecosystem for social entrepreneurship, social innovation, and social impact finance, positioning it on the international map of social economy ecosystems. The platform now boasts over 300 partners, up from 100 in 2020 and 12 in 2017, including public and private entities, both for-profit and non-profit, forming a vast ecosystem that represents a cluster of competencies, activities, and services to strengthen and promote the region.

To ensure continuity of the work and support ongoing and future activities benefiting social impact entrepreneurship and the development of its ecosystem, as well as to better monitor the progress of these initiatives, it was necessary to renew the appointments of the committee members and its president, as stipulated by the specific regulations.

The newly appointed committee, which convened yesterday, is composed as follows:
Mario Calderini, president
Federico Michele Bellono, representing trade unions within the chamber’s council
Giuseppe D’Anna, representing AGCI Piemonte
Irene Bongiovanni, representing Confcooperative Piemonte Nord
Paolo Petrucci, representing LegaCoop Piemonte
Paolo Biancone, representing the University of Turin
Francesca Montagna, representing the Polytechnic University of Turin
Silvio Magliano, representing the world of volunteering

AGCI Piemonte joins the CIS for the first time with President D’Anna. Dr. Bongiovanni and Prof. Montagna are new members of the Committee, representing Confcooperative Piemonte Nord and Politecnico di Torino.

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The votes cast through the app will be added to those of the special jury to determine the winner of Dream Jobs

The special jury consists of:

• Emanuela Confalonieri – ASAG | Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
• Gianluca Rosso – Sporthype | Università degli Studi di Torino
• Fabio Santoro – formerly Lega Serie A | FIGC Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio
• Valeria Santagata – formerly DS IIS Pacinotti – Archimede
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180 Degree Consulting Turin is excited to announce the opening of applications for new projects to be developed during the 2024-2025 academic year. We are a student-led consulting organization based in Turin, committed to providing innovative and sustainable solutions for the social sector.

Who we are

Part of a global network operating in over 35 countries, 180 Degree Consulting Turin consists of university students from various disciplines, including economics, management, social sciences, and engineering. Our mission is to support non-profits, social enterprises, and impact-driven initiatives by offering high-quality consulting services for free.

Our offer

For the 2024-2025 academic year, we offer members of Torino Social Impact the opportunity to collaborate on projects aimed at enhancing the social impact of their initiatives. Here are some of the services we provide:

• Market and Competitor Analysis: We conduct in-depth studies to better understand your operating environment and identify growth opportunities.
• Fundraising Strategies: We assist in planning and implementing effective fundraising campaigns.
• Communication and Marketing Plans: We develop strategies to improve visibility and engagement with stakeholders.
• Operational Efficiency: We optimize internal processes to enhance productivity and impact.
• Development of New Services or Products: We support the ideation and planning of new offerings that address community needs.

How to collaborate

Collaborating with us is simple and free of charge. Our approach includes:

• Initial Meeting: Brainstorming sessions to understand your needs and identify priority areas for intervention.
• Project Definition: Creating a detailed work plan and defining specific project objectives.
• Execution and Monitoring: Implementing the proposed solutions and continuously monitoring progress with regular feedback.
• Final Evaluation: Presenting the results achieved and recommendations for the future.

Why choose 180 Degree Consulting Turin

Partnering with us means benefiting from a fresh and dynamic approach, enriched by the innovative perspectives of our students. Our team is driven by a strong passion for social change and a commitment to making a difference. Each project is an exciting challenge and an opportunity to grow alongside our partners.

Contact us

For more information and to submit your project application, please visit our website or contact us via email at info@180dc-turin.org.

Starting in May and continuing throughout 2024, a comprehensive program of activities has begun to engage those who live, study, and work in Turin. This marks the launch of “Voci di Quartiere” (Neighborhood Voices), an initiative created by Urban Lab in collaboration with the City of Turin, the Network of Neighborhood Houses, the Foundation for Culture, and Turismo Torino e Provincia. The initiative aims to foster dialogue, listening, and exchange with citizens and local communities, initiating a citywide reflection on the quality of life, public spaces, and services in Turin’s neighborhoods.

Additionally, starting from May 20th, the ‘Challenge Voci di Quartiere‘ has been launched and will be active until June 21, 2024, as part of the program.

PARTICIPATE, WIN PRIZES, AND SUPPORT YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD! THE FUTURE OF THE CITY IS ALSO IN YOUR HANDS!

With “Voci di Quartiere,” you can have your say, get to know your neighborhood community, have fun, and discover new things about your city.
Prizes include free entries to pools, museums, and concerts!

How does it work?

• Sign up for the challenge;
• Earn points by completing daily, weekly, monthly, and special missions;
• Win prizes: free entries to pools, museums, and concerts for the top 30 participants!

Prizes:

• 1st PLACE:
  20 municipal pool entries, 8 museum entries, 4 MITO concert tickets
• 2nd PLACE:
  10 municipal pool entries, 6 museum entries, 2 MITO concert tickets
• 3rd PLACE:
  10 municipal pool entries, 4 museum entries, 2 MITO concert tickets
• 4th to 16th PLACE:
  2 museum entries, 2 MITO concert tickets
• 17th to 30th PLACE:
  2 museum entries

The winners’ leaderboard will be announced on the website on July 15, 2024.

Winners will receive an email from Torino Urban Lab with instructions on how to claim their awarded prize. Join the challenge and start earning points here.

There are more and more companies applying supplier selection criteria for goods and services that not only evaluate the economic and qualitative offer of the product but also consider aspects related to their environmental impact.

But what if the selection was also based on criteria for evaluating social impact?

What if companies, in selecting suppliers of goods and services, started with those that can also generate a positive impact on the community in which they operate?

A series of online meetings has been created from the collaboration between the Turin Chamber of Commerce, Turin Social Impact, the Turin Industrial Union, and the Compagnia di San Paolo Foundation to delve into the topic of social procurement, for a responsible choice by companies.

The meetings aim to explore the main aspects of this business strategy by examining both the elements of greatest interest for business development (supply side) and the main opportunities for entering a market (demand side) that, in addition to meeting the needs of companies, generates positive impacts on the territory.

The Turin Chamber of Commerce, which has been active for years in supporting local companies towards greater awareness and social responsibility, also through the Torino Social Impact project platform, has enthusiastically embraced this shared proposal.

The series of online meetings begins on Wednesday, June 5, from 11 AM to 1 PM: thanks to the contributions of Torino Social Impact, the Polytechnic University of Turin, and the testimony of a local company, it will be possible to discover the opportunities that this responsible business practice offers and what tools are available to entrepreneurs to seize them. The series continues on July 3 and concludes on September 24, always from 11 AM to 1 PM.

Registration is free upon signing up at this link, available through the Turin Industrial Union: SIGN UP

The event is part of the Turin Capital of Business Culture 2024 calendar.

The activity is part of BUYSOCIAL, an European project that aims to strengthen partnerships between social enterprises and traditional businesses to improve the market for social enterprise products and services.

The innovative and sustainable startup, iThanks, was recently featured on Circular Economy Let’s Talk, where they were interviewed by Simone Martino, a journalist specializing in sustainability and circular economy.

Is there a concrete way to monitor shelf life, avoid waste, help the planet, and simultaneously benefit businesses?

The answer is yes, thanks to iThanks, the first digital assistant for supermarkets that addresses the issue of expired products on shelves by predicting expiration dates and simplifying product control and management in stores. But that’s not all—iThanks offers many other advantages. We asked the two founders, Marco Cartolano and Andrea Gasco, to tell us more.

What is iThanks and what are the benefits of using it?

iThanks is the digital assistant for supermarkets, the first of its kind, bringing the food retail sector directly to 5.0 by automating the entire product management and control process on shelves while also making the store sustainable. The benefits are numerous: firstly, the heavy work of control and management is entirely handled by our digital assistant, meaning less stress and effort for staff and, importantly, less wasted time.

Secondly, and equally important, is the real control over shelf products, something previously unimaginable. This means better control over the store and the business. Our tested Control Food Line system helps stores improve revenue by optimizing processes and reducing losses.

With real-time analytics and AI, we can map and control everything from an entire chain to a single department or even an individual product, tracking performance. In short, we enhance and optimize stores.

iThanks is also beneficial for retailers, distributors, and producers. Our innovative real-time product control system helps producers with market research and distributors optimize their orders.

Lastly, iThanks truly helps the environment! We genuinely reduce waste and can calculate precise sustainable data for each product, not just estimates. By using iThanks, stores reduce labor time and losses, cut food waste, CO2 emissions, and other greenhouse gases, decrease plastic and paper use, and save on electricity and other resources in the food chain.

Is there a particular achievement you are proud of?

There are several, but if we had to choose, it would be the economic savings combined with improved sustainability that we bring to stores. We’ve calculated that we save thousands of euros for each department and cut CO2 emissions by over 50% every month. These figures show that it’s possible to be sustainable while improving profit margins.

Where are you now and what are the next steps?

We are currently expanding rapidly and are already in ten Italian regions. More stores want to activate iThanks every month! Our next goals are to cover the remaining Italian regions and eventually expand abroad.

For some time now, we have launched our data storytelling campaign—a relatively new concept in Italy but widespread in many other countries. Through this campaign, we creatively and accessibly share our sustainability efforts and numbers. You can see some examples on our social media channels.

Additionally, we have an exciting project nearing completion that will further enhance the entire sector. But for now, we’ll leave you in suspense—we can’t reveal more just yet.

Join us for the inaugural talk of the Business Club 2024 program on May 30th from 12:00 to 13:00. This event is organized by the Women’s Entrepreneurship Committee of the Turin Chamber of Commerce, in collaboration with Torino Social Impact and Confcooperative Piemonte Nord.

This webinar aims to showcase the services and opportunities available to social enterprises and aspiring entrepreneurs interested in this dynamic sector.

Social enterprises are at the heart of transformative change, forming part of a broader social ecosystem that demands a shift in mindset and approach. The discussion will cover key topics such as the social economy and its ecosystems, the processes of starting and sustaining a social enterprise, and the critical need for measuring social impact. The program will also feature testimonials from established social enterprises and cooperatives.

Speakers:

• Simona De Giorgio – Turin Chamber of Commerce, Committee for Social Entrepreneurship, and Torino Social Impact
• Alessandra Brogliatto – Confcooperative Piemonte Nord

Moderator:

• Monica Pisciella

Participation is free with online registration required by May 28, 2024, at 11:00 PM. Registered participants will receive the event link the day before the webinar.

For more details and to register, visit: Turin for Social Enterprises: Services and Opportunities for the Community | Turin Chamber of Commerce.

On May 21, numerous organizations from the TSI ecosystem came together for an initial discussion on the topic of gender equality. This is a subject that is currently at the forefront of public attention, both in public debate and in policies and projects, such as the national recovery and resilience plan (PNRR), which considers gender equality a cross-cutting priority.

The meeting was led by Monica Cerutti, an expert in social inclusion policies and gender issues. The 19 participants, representing the public, private, and third sectors, discussed gender equality not only as a means to achieve greater equity but also as a lever for community development.
The meeting was once again hosted by Open Incet, an urban innovation space managed by the Brodolini Foundation.

The next steps? Continue active discussion, focusing on gender equality certification for social economy organizations and reducing the gender gap in the digital sector.

The meeting was held as part of the community of practice project, thanks to the support of the Turin Chamber of Commerce and the Compagnia di San Paolo Foundation.

The Innovative Enterprises Incubator of the Polytechnic University of Turin (I3P) has organized a series of free training events in collaboration with Jacobacci Lawyers and the Jacobacci & Partners group. These events are specifically designed for innovative startups and SMEs but are open to anyone interested in deepening their understanding of intellectual property protection and enhancement in a business and professional context.

Following the first session held in May, the second event, titled “Mastering the Art of Trademarks: Essential Strategies for Success,” will take place on Wednesday, June 5. Chiara Ferrari, Trademark Attorney at Jacobacci & Partners, will lead the session, focusing on various methods for protecting and enhancing trademarks. Key topics will include critical steps in choosing a name for products and services, common mistakes made by startups in this initial phase, and basic strategies to avoid disputes with regulatory offices and third parties.

The session will cover the importance of trademark distinctiveness, the necessity of prior art searches, and the best practices for using the mark once granted, to maximize its commercial potential and prevent genericization. The advantages of trademark registration and available services to protect its uniqueness will also be highlighted.

The third event in the series is scheduled for July, focusing on “Protecting Software, Data, and AI: A Practical Guide for Startups,” featuring contributions from Edgardo Deambrogi, Partner & Italian and European Patent Attorney at Jacobacci & Partners, Valerio Verdecchia, European Patent Attorney at Jacobacci & Partners, and Alberto Spoto, Lawyer at Jacobacci Lawyers.

Event Participation

The event will take place on Wednesday, June 5, 2024, starting at 5:00 PM, in-person at the Agorà Room of the I3P incubator, located within the Polytechnic University of Turin campus. The venue is accessible from the main gate at Corso Castelfidardo 30/A and the pedestrian entrance at Via Pier Carlo Boggio 59.

Participation is free, but registration on Eventbrite is required.

Program:

• 5:00 PM: Welcome and participant registration
• 5:10 PM: Opening remarks by Leo Italiano, Senior Consultant at I3P and Program Manager of ESA BIC Turin
• 5:15 PM: Presentation by Chiara Ferrari, Trademark Attorney at Jacobacci & Partners
• 6:15 PM: Q&A session with the audience
• 6:30 PM: Closing remarks and networking aperitif

About the Organizers

Founded in 1999, the Innovative Enterprises Incubator of the Polytechnic University of Turin (I3P) supports the creation and development of highly technological and growth-potential startups, founded by university researchers, students, and external entrepreneurs. I3P offers strategic consulting, coaching, mentoring, fundraising support, and workspace. Its mission is to foster the entrepreneurial ecosystem to generate economic development and employment in innovative industrial sectors. Learn more at I3P.

Jacobacci Lawyers, established in the mid-90s, aims to be a reference point in intellectual property protection in Italy and abroad. The firm comprises 15 partners and over 40 professionals operating in four offices across Italy and France. Their expertise spans various areas of intellectual property, including trademarks, patents, and design, protecting innovative ideas for an international clientele across diverse sectors. Over the years, their professionals have represented clients in complex legal matters, setting significant precedents in Italian and European courts. Learn more at Jacobacci Lawyers.

Jacobacci & Partners is an international group with 13 offices in Europe, including Turin, Milan, Rome, Brescia, Padua, Bergamo, Bologna, Madrid, Alicante, Paris, Lyon, Nantes, and Bordeaux. For over 150 years, they have been dedicated to protecting and enhancing intellectual property, managing 100,000 patents and 120,000 trademarks for over 10,000 clients worldwide. They are consistently ranked among the top in global intellectual property rankings and have been certified as a “Great Place to Work” for 2023-2024, achieving Gender Equality Certification in 2023. Learn more at Jacobacci & Partners.

The RETURN project (acronym for Multi-Risk Science for Resilient Communities under a Changing Climate) is a comprehensive partnership funded by the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR). This initiative aims to enhance research on environmental, natural, and anthropogenic risks at a national level, fostering participation in strategic European and global value chains. By advancing foundational knowledge and applying cutting-edge technology, the project bolsters key competencies, facilitates technology and knowledge transfer, and strengthens Italian governance in disaster risk management, engaging public administrations, stakeholders, and private enterprises.

Coordinated by the University of Naples “Federico II”, the RETURN partnership includes the Polytechnic University of Turin, leading Spoke 6 – TS2: Multi-Risk Resilience of Critical Infrastructures, and involves 26 partners. These include 12 universities, 5 research entities and competence centers, 6 private firms, 2 territorial entities, and the Civil Protection Department, with funding exceeding 115 million euros provided by the Ministry of University and Research. Managed by the RETURN Foundation, the project also features calls for enterprises, aiming to identify and support innovative startups, spinoffs, and SMEs focused on the prevention, management, and mitigation of environmental, natural, and anthropogenic risks. I3P, the Incubator of the Polytechnic University of Turin, has organized a series of events to disseminate the opportunities offered by the RETURN calls to its network of innovative startups and to engage young companies aligned with the sought technological solutions.

The fourth and final event in this series, dedicated to the vertical segment Environmental Degradation (related to Spoke VS4 of the project), will take place on Thursday, May 30, 2024, at 3:00 PM, as a free online webinar. During this digital meeting, held in Italian, the RETURN project and its calls for SMEs will be presented, with a focus on mitigating environmental degradation risks such as forest fires, anthropogenic impacts on marine-coastal ecosystems, and chemical contamination in the environment. Additionally, a startup from the I3P network will share its innovative entrepreneurial project in this field.

Event Details and Registration

To receive the webinar link, please register on Eventbrite.

Program:

• 3:00 PM: Opening remarks and introductory greetings by Negar Mokarram, Business Analyst at I3P
• 3:05 PM: The RETURN project and its calls for innovative SMEs – Ciro Del Vecchio, RETURN Foundation
• 3:30 PM: The Environmental Degradation vertical (VS4) and its applications – Marina Lipizer, Researcher at the National Institute of Oceanography and Experimental Geophysics (OGS)
• 3:50 PM: Presentation by a startup active in the relevant field
• 4:00 PM: Closing remarks and conclusion of the meeting

On Saturday, May 18th, Torino Social Impact participated in Rieti at the Regional Festival of Social and Civil Economy, discussing “The European Action Plan on Social Economy and Its Connection with Civil Economy.”

This event is a stepping stone from Lazio to the national festival, aimed at sharing and discussing local policies and practices gaining traction in the country, with a European perspective in mind.

The national festival of civil economy is now in its sixth edition and is held annually in Florence during the first week of October.

The festival aims to be an open forum for discussion and debate, highlighting the various forms of civil economy present in Italy and Europe, and seeking to combine economic sustainability with social and environmental sustainability.

Regional editions

Starting this year, regional editions are being introduced, with Rieti being one of them. A central theme of the national edition is the participation of individuals, organizations, and the community.

Each pre-festival regional event aims to bring forward a proposal for change that can be refined with the local network leading up to the October festival.

The goal is to engage local communities at the regional level across all components of civil society and as actors in the social and civil economy, to create tangible improvements in their lives and future-building capacities. This involves raising awareness of Europe’s strategic and practical directions in social economy, starting from the action plan.

Specifically, the Rieti edition aimed to:

• Contribute to a shared understanding of social and civil economy in Italy and Europe by identifying priorities, common intervention strategies, and the social and environmental benefits to be achieved.
• Experiment with new tools and models for sustainable local development through the creation of hybrid networks and social and civil economy districts. These aim to connect public and private best practices and collaboratively design sustainable development solutions at the local level.

For more information, visit here

Apply to Green Culture to become a Green Coordinator!

With free training, both online and in-person, lasting 100 hours, you will acquire skills in cultural project design, learn about the latest environmental policies, and master collaborative tools and facilitation methods specific to design. You will actively collaborate within an Italian cultural organization selected by the Green Culture project to guide it on its ecological transition journey.

Green Culture is a training and capacity-building program designed to address the challenges of environmental sustainability in the cultural sector. The ecological transition is a complex challenge that Green Culture addresses by building a program rooted in the intersection of three disciplines: scientific environmentalism, cultural economics, and design.

Apply by June 28, as spots are limited.

On Wednesday, June 12 at 3 PM, join the webinar to learn about the program dedicated to Green Coordinators.

Green Culture is one of the winning projects of the Ministry of Culture’s “TOCC – Capacity Building for Ecological Transition” call for proposals. It is implemented by Circolo del Design, Fondazione Santagata, Legambiente Piemonte and Valle d’Aosta, and funded by the European Union – Next Generation EU.

The two years since the launch of the SocialTech4EU project are almost over: a journey that set itself the ambitious mission of strengthening the innovation capacity, competitiveness, and sustainability of startups and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) that make up the social economy ecosystem, with particular focus on technological enterprises.

Today, social economy organizations face multiple challenges related to access to new digital and green business models. Examples include precarious financial sustainability, access to funding, inability to attract talent, or low market competitiveness compared to traditional SMEs.

The project’s mission was to help address social challenges on a larger scale, inspiring systemic changes in the traditional economy to accelerate the realization of impactful innovative solutions that would not have been achieved otherwise.

A networking event

On May 16, the Open Incet spaces hosted the event “SocialTech4EU: Innovate & Connect with Italian enterprises. Presentation of project results and networking session”, a meeting to illustrate the results achieved so far and to create connections between social enterprises and local stakeholders.

Organized by the Giacomo Brodolini Foundation Srl SB and Torino Social Impact, the event represented an opportunity to explore the SocialTech4EU project, which is now the largest support and training program for social enterprises in Europe, co-financed by the European Union under the Joint Cluster Initiatives (EUROCLUSTERS) for Europe’s recovery.

From knowledge exchange to new collaboration spaces

During the event, thematic tables were organized where companies, providers, and stakeholders could share their experiences and ideas. The goal was to promote the exchange of knowledge and open up spaces for collaboration, starting from the activities of the companies and reflecting on the sector’s opportunities and policies.

ExploreFuture: The City of Tomorrow is part of the Sustainable Development Festival and aims to stimulate reflection on ecological transition and social innovation through interaction.

The event promotes awareness of the environmental and social challenges of future cities and encourages concrete solutions. During the event, participants explore ideas that guide the transition towards a more sustainable and inclusive city, reinforcing awareness of Goal 11, which aims to make cities inclusive and sustainable, and Goal 13, which aims to adopt impactful measures to combat climate change. Together with workshop participants, we seek to develop concrete solutions for the future of the city of Turin.

The event is conducted on two levels: an initial expert panel discusses challenges and opportunities in building the city of the future, exploring strategies to engage the community and promote innovation. Subsequently, participants divide into thematic tables where they interact with local stakeholders who present innovative challenges to ensure a fair and inclusive transformation of cities. The workshop aims to create concrete guidelines on the themes of the tables, potentially to be delivered to the city of Turin as a legacy, a sort of ExploreFuture manifesto.

The event is born from a solid partnership between the Brodolini Foundation and Connecting Talents, in collaboration with SitUnito, Omnia Torino, Greencome, and Escape4Change.

Register by clicking here.

The application process for admissions for a.y. 2024/25 to Collegio Einaudi is now open to assign 150 accommodations to students.

At Collegio Einaudi, the study experience is enriched by a welcoming and comfortable environment. Each student will be guaranteed hospitality in a single room with a private bathroom and will have ample common areas such as study rooms, music rooms and gyms, making it an ideal environment to pursue academic results.

In addition to the university academic experience, students will benefit from a parallel enriching training. This additional training aims to develop soft skills and provide opportunities for personal and professional growth.

The call for admission will remain open until June 30, 2024.

For more information about the admission process and to present your application, visit here

Opening and closing dates of the different admission processes

Admission: for enrollees in the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd year of a Bachelor’s degree or Single Cycle degree and the 1st year of a Master’s or Level I Master’s programs. Application period: March 18, 2024 – June 30, 2024

Postgraduate Admission: For enrollees in PhD and Level II Master’s degree programs, postgraduate courses and graduate schools. Application period: July 1, 2024 – June 30, 2025

Exchange students Admission: for foreign students taking part in mobility programs or internships. International students (EU and Non-EU) participating in mobility/internship projects. Application period: July 1, 2024 – June 30, 2025

International students Admission: for regularly enrolled foreign students. For international students of foreign nationality regularly enrolled in university courses at Politecnico di Torino and at the University of Turin. Application period: July 1, 2024 – September 15, 2024

In 2019, Al Cicapui was founded between the Valli di Lanzo and the metropolitan city of Turin: a place where excellent craftsmanship meets the third sector and strives to carry out social projects, with the aim of revitalizing the territories in which it operates.

Chiara Ferraris and Nicolò Starnai, respectively founder and collaborator of Al Cicapui, shared their vision of circular economy with us.

Interview by Francesco Antonioli.

Watch previous episodes here.

Impact Prototypes Labs, the program offered by Cottino Social Impact Campus and the Turin Chamber of Commerce, is dedicated to businesses in the Piedmont region and students from the Master’s programs at the Polytechnic University of Turin and the University of Turin, within an ecosystem of 13 partners. It is a strategic, organizational, and managerial development program, perfect for any company aiming to generate social impact by engaging with new generations and expert tutors in impact measurement.

In the first three editions, 62 Piedmontese companies have already participated, involving 200 students. For this fourth edition, 120 students from the Master’s programs at PoliTo and UniTo have applied to learn about impact and work alongside local businesses.

Now it’s the businesses’ turn!

Each company will:

• Receive dedicated training on impact planning, management, and measurement
• Be able to envision new opportunities and develop an innovation project in teams with students and expert tutors in impact strategy and organizational evolution
• Have the opportunity to experiment with social procurement

All activities will follow the impact logic step by step: intentional, measurable, additional. These principles will be at the heart of every activity in IP Labs.

Impact Prototypes Labs is a systemic program that for four years has involved some of the major players in the Piedmont region: the Turin Chamber of Commerce, UniCredit, API Torino – Association of Small and Medium Enterprises of Turin and Province, Confindustria Canavese, Unione Industriali Torino, Polytechnic University of Turin, University of Turin, Renato Einaudi University College of Turin, Piemonte Innova Foundation, UniGens – Volunteer Organization, YES4TO, Torino Social Impact.

For information: innovazione@to.camcom.it – applications open until June 30, 2024.

Today, Monday the 13th at 2 PM, Raffaella Scalisi, Senior Advisor and International Relations Manager at Torino Social Impact, will be in conversation with Carla Bertuzzi, Vice President of Nexto and Head of Sellalab Torino, on impact economy and finance. How can professionals support the social economy?

How does Torino Social Impact plan to involve professional associations in support of impact economy?

Professionals have played a crucial role in the Social Impact Stock Exchange project: an initiative launched by Torino Social Impact aimed at creating a capital market dedicated to companies that intentionally, additionally, and measurably achieve positive social impact, where transactions are based on both financial and measured social impact value. This will also be discussed today at the Salone Internazionale del Libro, pavilion 2, booth L27 at 2 PM.

The contents of this intervention have been organized in collaboration between Nexto, Sellalab, and Torino Social Impact.

Today marks the beginning of the second edition of Fit4benefit, an initiative involving the Community of Practice of Benefit Corporations for the 2024-2025 period. The program aims to generate shared knowledge among participants through the pooling of skills.
Amapola, a consultancy specialized in sustainability strategies and projects, inaugurated this season’s journey with a discussion on stakeholder engagement in an online meeting titled “Sustainability is elsewhere“.

A new way of understanding people and businesses, between communication and participation

Alberto Marzetta, partner and client director, together with Micol Burighel, head of marketing and communications, led the group in reflecting on how organizations can better relate to their stakeholders.

“The importance of relational capital is also growing: great attention is paid to the company’s ability to dialogue, interact, and share strategies with stakeholders. Today, no organization can be a closed system but must become an entity capable of managing relationships with other social actors.”

For the 21 participants, this was a valuable opportunity to discuss doubts, implementation methods, and the challenges of stakeholder engagement practices.

The Fit4benefit journey is carried out as part of the Community of Practice project, thanks to the support of the Turin Chamber of Commerce and the Compagnia di San Paolo Foundation.

As part of the 3P4SSE – Social and Solidarity Economy – CentralEurope Network project, where LINKS is a scientific partner, a series of meetings on social and solidarity economy themes has been organized.

The third seminar in the series, “Polycentrism and Territorial Marginality,” will be held in Italian and will examine territorial development dynamics, focusing on the role of social economy regeneration.

The event will take place on May 22, from 2:30 PM to 6:00 PM, at the University of Turin – Luigi Einaudi Campus (Lungo Dora Siena, 100) – Red Graduation Hall.

The program includes in-depth discussions with various public and private practitioners who will help explore existing best practices aimed at promoting the construction of territorial networks in the social economy, highlighting their innovative dynamics.

To attend the event, registration is required here.

When: May 22, 2024 – 2:30-6:00 PM
Where: University of Turin – Luigi Einaudi Campus (Lungo Dora Siena, 100)

The Argotec SpacePark aims to be one of the most advanced space factories in Europe, with the capability to build more than 50 satellites per year and encompassing its own Mission Control Center to operate missions. This way Argotec, the Italian aerospace engineering company founded in 2008 in Turin, can maintain full ownership of the programs, from inception to the final operations in space.

The SpacePark is situated in the iconic building designed by architect Oscar Niemeyer in San Mauro Torinese, just outside Turin. With over 11,000 sqm of operational spaces, about 17,000 sqm of open green areas, and 1,200 sqm dedicated to its industrial accelerator, the SpacePark will undoubtedly be one of the places where the future of space comes to life.

In this context, the Argotec SpacePark Accelerator provides access to state-of-the-art laboratories and instruments, offering participants a unique opportunity to establish commercial partnerships with Argotec, executing a range of projects and missions aimed at revolutionizing the space landscape. With these resources at their disposal, start-ups and small companies can conduct in-depth research and development, innovate faster, and bring their ideas to fruition. This access extends further to international opportunities, enabling start-ups to connect and collaborate with space professionals and enthusiasts from around the globe.

Argotec, already a corporate partner of the ESA BIC Turin incubation program, will introduce and present its SpacePark Industrial Accelerator to the innovation ecosystem with a public event hosted by I3P, the Incubator of Politecnico di Torino. The event is open: it is intended not only for start-ups and small companies involved in the space sector, but also for those who want to learn more about the space business and the available opportunities with Argotec.

The presentation will be held mainly in Italian language, but non-Italian speakers are welcome and will be able to interact in English during the Q&A session.

How to join the event

The event will be held on Monday, May 20^th, 2024, starting at 5 PM (CEST), in presence in the Agorà hall of the I3P incubator, located within the Campus of Politecnico di Torino and accessible from both the main gate of Corso Castelfidardo 30/A and the pedestrian entrance of Via Pier Carlo Boggio 59.

Participation in the event is free of charge, subject to registration on Eventbrite.

Event programme

• 17:00 | Welcoming and registration of participants
• 17:10 | Introductory remarks by Leo Italiano, Senior Consultant of I3P and Program Manager of ESA BIC Turin
• 17:15 | Introduction to Argotec SpacePark, the new space factory in Europe
• 17:30 | “SpacePark Industrial Accelerator: open innovation to scale up the global space market” – Aurora Bontade, Chief Growth Officer of Argotec
• 17:45 | “Latest updates from Argotec: technology excellence at a glance” – Alessandro Balossino, Head of R&D of Argotec
• 18:00 | Q&A session
• 18:20 | Networking aperitif

SAN SALVARIO HAS A GREEN HEART returns this year to transform the central avenue of the neighborhood into a lush garden.
Under the ancient trees of Corso Marconi, a day dedicated to greenery, art, and culture along with associations, nurseries, florists, artisans, sustainable and zero-kilometer agricultural producers.
An horticultural and floricultural event created to involve the citizens in a moment of active participation in the public space.

On Saturday, June 1st from 10 AM to 7 PM, Giardino Forbito will share best practices with the neighborhood through botanical meetings, workshops, lessons with art and garden masters, contests, and photographic exhibitions, tours, guided visits to discover the neighborhood, and literary and musical moments.

San Salvario Has a Green Heart is a project of the Women’s Association for the Defense of Civil Society, organized in collaboration with Giardino Forbito.

Legambiente Piemonte e Valle d’Aosta organizes the fourth edition of the Energy Forum, a moment of discussion among administrations, companies, and third sector entities on the topic of energy transition in Piedmont.

The event will take place in Turin at the Music Hall of the Circolo dei Lettori, at Via Bogino 9, at 10:30 am.

With the introduction by Alice De Marco, President of Legambiente Piedmont and Valle D’Aosta, three themes will be explored:

1. Energy welfare and combating energy poverty with Caritas Italiana
2. CERS: a social tool for energy transition with the Polytechnic University of Turin, AEG Cooperative, and Planet Smart City
3. #Foraclassleap: energy efficiency of the building heritage with the European Environmental Bureau, Techbau SpA, and Veos SpA.

The conclusions will be presented by Katiuscia Eroe, Energy Manager of Legambiente.

The first six episodes of Voci | Words without limits are online. Voci is the column of the Benefit Corporation Amapola, specializing in sustainability and communication. The project intends to shine a light on important social issues that risk being submerged in the constant stream of daily news. The last episode addresses the theme of language in the face of diversity and inclusion, or rather, “coexistence of differences”, as the interviewee Vera Gheno, sociolinguist, specifies, quoting the activist Fabrizio Acanfora.

Is inclusive language scary? And if so, does this mean that inclusion is also scary? What is the relationship between reality and language and how do these two dimensions influence each other? The episode featuring Gheno as the protagonist starts from these questions to stimulate a reflection on how communication, today and increasingly, can be a tool for enrichment and emancipation.

The playlist with all the interviews is available on YouTube.

The design of forms and contents determines who that communication/product/environment is addressed to and who will participate as a user or as a represented and protagonist person. Designing accessibility “by design”, intentionally, means involving, from the early stages of ideation, those who are most often excluded from places, languages, and representations.

Time2 Foundation in collaboration with GiustiEventi organizes a talk and a workshop to reflect on the accessibility of communication within the framework of Graphic Days in the City.

Talk

Thursday, May 23 at 6:00 PM @ Open, 62/b Corso Stati Uniti, Turin

We will discuss accessible languages and communication with:

• Anita Donna Bianco and Laura Polazzi from Dear Onlus, on the C.I.A.O. project – Inclusive Alternative Communication in Hospitals (Regina Margherita);
• Dajana Gioffré, Chief Visionary Officer of AccessiWay;
• Anna Peiretti, project manager of Libri per tutti at Fondazione Paideia;
• Arch. Rocco Rolli from Tactile Vision Lab.

Free admission. Reservation recommended but not mandatory: seating is guaranteed until the start of the event!
Reservations here

Workshop

Friday, May 24 from 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM @ Open, 62/b Corso Stati Uniti, Turin

Hikimi leads the graphic design workshop for the accessibility of environments and contents, through dialogue with the coordination of Disability Pride Turin. The workshop is free and is aimed at a maximum of 12 people. No specific skills are required. Send your registration request by May 22 to: scrivici@giustieventi.it

For information: open.fondazionetime2.it | www.giustieventi.it

Saturday, May 11th at 6:30 PM a dialogue on language and the words we use when talking about disabilities.

A dialogue on the representations we create when speaking and communicating about disabilities, with Vera Gheno, sociolinguist, and Valentina Tomirotti, freelance journalist and activist for the disability community.
Moderator: Samuele Pigoni, General Secretary of the Time2 Foundation.

The event will take place at Open, an open space of diversity, the headquarters of the Time2 Foundation in Torino, at 62/b Corso Stati Uniti.

Reservation recommended but not mandatory: what does it mean? It means ensuring yourself a seat during the event. Your seat is guaranteed until the beginning of the event!

Reserve your spot

During the meeting, the Binary Bookstore will be present with a selection of books as the event’s bibliography.

Accessibility Information

• The spaces at Open are wheelchair accessible.
• The event will be subtitled (with automatic transcription).
• The front rows are reserved for those who need to read lips.
• Noise-canceling headphones are available for those who need them.
• In the adjacent room where the event takes place, there will be a decompression space where you can follow the meeting on video.