Highlights

Sylvie Goulard

The EU roadmap towards nature credits: new opportunities for business and risks management

Currently, if you cut a tree, you get revenues from timber. In some cases, you can even get money when you replace it through “reforestation schemes”. If you keep it alive, allowing it to continue to capture carbon and keeping intact the larger forest ecosystem, you are not remunerated. This is what should change and what nature credits (or biodiversity credits) could make possible. Recently the ...

Andrea Beltratti, Alessia Bezzecchi

The glorious revolution of urban regeneration and the value of (Well)being Earnest

Urban regeneration has become an increasingly central lever in tackling the major challenges of our time: social inclusion, ecological transition, and economic resilience. But it is no longer enough to treat regeneration as the mere physical rehabilitation of spaces. What is needed are long-term visions capable of generating widespread well-being, building trust between public and private actors, ...

Francesca Romana Rinaldi, Chiara Piancatelli, Fahimeh Khatami

Cut Through the Greenwashing. Strategies for Authentic Sustainability in Fashion

Introduction Growing environmental awareness among consumers is driving higher demand for eco-friendly (green) products (Pimonenko et al., 2020; Zhang and Sun, 2021; Zhang et al., 2024). These goods, which aim to enhance quality of life, require rigorous, continuous assessments (Baines et al., 2013). Green manufacturing techniques are considered a promising way to improve the environmental impact ...

HIT Radar: Application Focus – Information Technology

Le principali applicazioni emergenti abilitate dalle tecnologie mappate nell’HIT Radar per quanto riguarda l’area dell’Information Technology sono Blockchain-based Smart Contract, Intelligent Cloud Orchestrator e API (Application Programming Interface) Management Platform. Blockchain-based Smart Contract Un Blockchain-based Smart Contract è un codice che permette di facilitare, eseguire e attuare ...

HIT Radar: Application Focus - Finance

Cryptocurrency A cryptocurrency is a digital token whose creation is regulated by the blockchain technology, which also ensures the legitimacy of transactions conducted using that digital asset. Despite the humongous hype around cryptocurrencies, the real value of this technology is still unclear – due to the lack of mainstream services and real business cases. Cryptocurrencies are the first technology ...

Innovation & Growth

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