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Obiettivo dello studio è comprendere come l’orientamento alla sostenibilità influenzi le componenti del modello di business di un’impresa e come queste si colleghino alla creazione di valore economico, ambientale e sociale. La ricerca è stata condotta su un campione di 828 imprese appartenenti al settore vitivinicolo italiano. I risultati evidenziano che la creazione di valore sociale non influenza la dimensione economica della sostenibilità. Questa è invece la risultante di differenti approcci strategici: la sostenibilità è contemporaneamente strumento di differenziazione dell’offerta che un possibile driver di risparmio dei costi aziendali

Obiettivo dello studio è comprendere come l’orientamento alla sostenibilità influenzi le componenti del modello di business di un’impresa e come queste si colleghino alla creazione di valore economico, ambientale e sociale. La ricerca è stata condotta su un campione di 828 imprese appartenenti al settore vitivinicolo italiano. I risultati evidenziano che la creazione di valore sociale non influenza la dimensione economica della sostenibilità. Questa è invece la risultante di differenti approcci strategici: la sostenibilità è contemporaneamente strumento di differenziazione dell’offerta che un possibile driver di risparmio dei costi aziendali

Questa nota descrive la situazione attuale della geotermia italiana, sia per quanto riguarda le innovazioni tecnologiche e le prospettive di sviluppo, sia in relazione all’impatto ambientale di tale industria.

Questa nota descrive la situazione attuale della geotermia italiana, sia per quanto riguarda le innovazioni tecnologiche e le prospettive di sviluppo, sia in relazione all’impatto ambientale di tale industria.

The Antarctic continent plays a fundamental role in the global climate system and its role is particularly important in a climate change scenario. Since the '90s, the Ross Sea and the coastal area of Terra Nova Bay have been chosen as specific and peculiar research sites for climatic investigations within the LTER (Long-Term Ecological Research) network. Studies have been conducted by both Italian and international Universities and research centres.This macro-site area is characterized by abundant primary productivity, and zooplankton and benthonic communities. The objective of the research activities is the acquisition of long-term time series related to the biotic communities, the bio-geochemical fluxes and the physico-chemical parameters of the water column in the Ross Sea area. To this aim, four Moorings (A, B, D and H) were deployed to obtain the above-mentioned data, which will be very useful to improve the quality of the existing bio-geochemical models and to provide more precise information on the Antarctic marine ecosystem in relation to global climate change. In the Terra Nova Bay research site, the activities are devoted to the characterization of the relationship between the structure and the dynamic of the pelagic and benthonic communities and the ice cover. Numerous physical, chemical and biological data were collected from the four Moorings, the water samples retrieved at the Terra Nova Bay site and the sediments samples. Such fundamental data allowed establishing an important starting point to better understand the climate change phenomena occurred in the last twenty years, and that will occur in the future, in the Ross Sea Area.

The Antarctic continent plays a fundamental role in the global climate system and its role is particularly important in a climate change scenario. Since the '90s, the Ross Sea and the coastal area of Terra Nova Bay have been chosen as specific and peculiar research sites for climatic investigations within the LTER (Long-Term Ecological Research) network. Studies have been conducted by both Italian and international Universities and research centres.This macro-site area is characterized by abundant primary productivity, and zooplankton and benthonic communities. The objective of the research activities is the acquisition of long-term time series related to the biotic communities, the bio-geochemical fluxes and the physico-chemical parameters of the water column in the Ross Sea area. To this aim, four Moorings (A, B, D and H) were deployed to obtain the above-mentioned data, which will be very useful to improve the quality of the existing bio-geochemical models and to provide more precise information on the Antarctic marine ecosystem in relation to global climate change. In the Terra Nova Bay research site, the activities are devoted to the characterization of the relationship between the structure and the dynamic of the pelagic and benthonic communities and the ice cover. Numerous physical, chemical and biological data were collected from the four Moorings, the water samples retrieved at the Terra Nova Bay site and the sediments samples. Such fundamental data allowed establishing an important starting point to better understand the climate change phenomena occurred in the last twenty years, and that will occur in the future, in the Ross Sea Area.

The article is aimed at reading the 2022 Italian constitutional revision within the emerging “sustainability constitutionalismμ. Sustainability, according to empirical research, is mentioned in the text of 67 constitutions, very often in relation to the environment or the rights of future generations. As the vast majority of those references consists in very general substantive provisions, needing a legislative or judicial implementation, the article deals with the challenges brought by the “aspirational constitutionsμ and with the role of the courts in their enforcement. Finally, it maintains that, in order to achieve effectiveness, constitutions should include procedural provisions, aimed at integrating sustainability instances (throughout specialized bodies) into the legislative process

The article is aimed at reading the 2022 Italian constitutional revision within the emerging “sustainability constitutionalismμ. Sustainability, according to empirical research, is mentioned in the text of 67 constitutions, very often in relation to the environment or the rights of future generations. As the vast majority of those references consists in very general substantive provisions, needing a legislative or judicial implementation, the article deals with the challenges brought by the “aspirational constitutionsμ and with the role of the courts in their enforcement. Finally, it maintains that, in order to achieve effectiveness, constitutions should include procedural provisions, aimed at integrating sustainability instances (throughout specialized bodies) into the legislative process

Nel Piano di azione per finanziare la crescita sostenibile della Commissione Europea, si affida alla finanza sostenibile la missione di consolidare la stabilità finanziaria attraverso l’integrazione dei fattori ambientali, sociali e di governance (ESG) nel processo decisionale relativo agli investimenti. In tale prospettiva si colloca l’intervento del legislatore europeo sugli obblighi informativi e sulle regole di comportamento che la disciplina di derivazione MiFID II pone a carico degli intermediari nella prestazione dei servizi di investimento, segnatamente di consulenza e gestione patrimoniale. Il presente saggio contiene un’analisi critica dei provvedimenti europei (di modifica e/o integrazione) che hanno un impatto diretto (Regolamenti della Commissione Europea contenuti nel Sustainable finance package del 21 aprile 2021) e indiretto (Sustainability- Related Disclosures in the financial sector Regulation e Taxonomy Regulation) su tale disciplina. L’analisi mette in luce che l’attribuzione a regole tradizionalmente usate per la protezione dell’investitore in strumenti finanziari del ruolo nuovo e aggiuntivo di componente determinante della policy europea sulla finanza sostenibile potrebbe mettere in pericolo la finalità originaria. L’adozione per gli strumenti finanziari sostenibili del modello di distribuzione orientato al prodotto potrebbe, infatti, minare l’obbligo degli intermediari finanziari di agire nel migliore interesse del cliente. In the European Commission’s Strategy for financing the Transition to a Sustainable Economy, sustainable finance is assigned a fundamental task: strengthening financial stability by incorporating environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors into the investment decision-making process. This perspective has led to a legislative intervention on MiFID II package-based disclosure and conduct of business regulation for advisers and portfolio managers. The present essay critically analyses the amendments involving the legal framework concerned, directly through the delegated acts included in the Sustainable finance package, 21 April 2021, and indirectly through Sustainability - Related Disclosures in the financial sector Regulation and Taxonomy Regulation. The analysis argues that the EU policy on sustainable finance could jeopardise the rationale for conduct of business rules traditionally provided for protecting financial investors. In fact, the adoption of a product-oriented model for sustainable financial instruments might undermine the financial intermediary’s duty to act in the best interest of the client.