Chiara Maria Gemmo’s Post

🌍 Driving Global cooperation for Sustainable Development In today's global landscape, collaboration isn't just beneficial—it's essential. Recent trends reveal a doubling of external debt in Low-Income Countries (LICs) over a decade, and a stalling growth in global Human Development… Amidst the challenges posed by the pandemic, effective partnerships are paramount: SDG n. 17 underscores this urgency, emphasizing the need for multi-sectoral collaboration to address poverty, climate change, and inequalities. Upholding principles of equity, innovation, and sustainability, we can work together towards a resilient and inclusive future. This and more is what we discussed togheter with the friends from Economy of Francesco and Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development ! #SDGs #laudatosii #SustainableDevelopment #Goal17 #Partnerships 🤝🌱📊

In a few days, I will have to play the role of a real #senior. In #Milan, at Università Bocconi, in a debate organized as part of the "Salone della CSR" or #SustainabilityFair (https://lnkd.in/e2_zERHa), by Sustainability Makers, the organization coordinated by Secretary General Stefania Bertolini that brings together over 350 #sustainability managers in Italy, born from the CSR Manager Network, which I chaired from its foundation until 2008. It will be an exciting moment of discussion with Prof. Mario Molteni and Marisa Parmigiani, and we will take stock of the evolution of sustainability practices from #CSR (and even before) to #ESG and the issues that the #EU directive on #SustainabilityReporting will impose. A managerial generation has formed in this evolution and continues to evolve, setting standards and guidelines that keep progressing. As a practitioner with a certain #seniority, and in light of my #executivesearch activity at Hightech Partners, I see both the potential and interest in continuous growth. I witnessed some forward leaps that helped the practice, and its generated culture evolve further. At the same time, I must raise a flag, not red but orange: be careful of deviations that can create kind of a #wokeism, or #wokery, on the subject. This would help no one, especially those just beginning to embrace sustainability. It is certain that over the years of its evolution, sustainability has found the references and consolidated the #materiality it needed. Still, we must remember that, at its core, it remains a philosophical choice and a #moral approach to #capitalism and #industry.

Art and Business, two sides of the same coin since the rise of civilization. Even more connected in this period of rapid changes and uncertainty. A fascinating challenge in front of all of us, which the Art Thinking Project association can help facing in a structured and creative way!

ISDE Italia (Association of Physicians for the Environment) and the Colegio Médico del Chile (COLMED) proudly announce the signing of a memorandum of understanding aimed at promoting global health and environmental protection through joint research, training and awareness initiatives. The agreement, signed on November 23, represents a significant step in the fight for the protection of health and the environment at the global level. Both organizations share the goal of preventing risks and diseases related to environmental factors and encouraging policies that place sustainability at the heart of institutional decisions.

#communication and #cooperatives, what do they have in common? Cooperatives remain an enterprise that requires adequate presentation and communication of its objectives and aims. Next week at Università degli Studi di Ferrara for the project Coop4LESS, communication expert Eva Ratti, PhD will teach us how to do it!

After a workshop on Remedy a few months ago, I was happy to present the business case on DEI in person to a number of Italian companies thanks to the Italian Observatory on Business & Human Rights in Milan. So many great studies now showing that companies that invest in having a more diverse and inclusive company will do better than their counterparts - and that DEI too is an integral part of their sustainability journey. The recent updates to the World Gender Benchmark were of great interest (where Italian companies - particularly in the apparel sector - do not fare well). I introduced the group to the label ‘male, pale, and stale’ (which got a few chuckles) and highlighted some costly and reputationally damaging mistakes that companies have made by NOT having diverse and inclusive teams at all levels. Of course we could not ignore the very poor position of women in the Italian labor market vis a vis their European counterparts (even though they outperform the men in terms of educational attainment). I am hoping the new gender certification that the government has launched will have an impact. This certification gives tax credits to companies and provides advantages for procurement contracts if companies show what they are doing to improve the hiring and retention etc of diverse employees with clear benchmarks and targets. Of course, I do hope that companies ‘get it’ without the need for all this… so we can move beyond compliance to best practices. #BHR #DEI #dirittiumani #ESG #CorporateSustainability #humanrights #duediligence

🌍✨ Hosted in Bologna on October 17-18, the ENTRACK Project General Assembly brought together European partners and local communities to advance sustainable energy transitions across selected regions. The discussions provided a comprehensive overview of the progress made, the challenges faced, and the next steps necessary for fostering energy transition initiatives. 🔗 One of the key outcomes from the ENTRACK Project General Assembly was the unveiling of innovative tools and detailed analyses, including a finalized taxonomy of social energy plans that span EU to municipal levels, with a focus on pilot municipalities in Portugal, Spain, Italy, and Greece. This critical document aligns with the Paris Agreement and the 2030 Agenda, illustrating the predominant "top-down" approach of such policies. 🌱 The event also highlighted how policies are interconnected, either "directly" or "parallelly", emphasizing the significant role of environmental and climate policies, especially in supporting the vulnerable Mediterranean regions towards more sustainable and equitable energy futures. 🤝 In addition to policy discussions, the newly developed stakeholder matrix and engagement paths were shared, which aim to promote an inclusive approach in the co-design of social energy policies. This analysis identified 45 stakeholder types, predominantly from the public sector, and provided insights into effective engagement strategies for municipalities, NGOs, and associations. 📊 Also discussions were made regarding the insights from semi-structured stakeholder interviews and ethnographic research on citizen perceptions, conducted in the eight pilot rural municipalities. These studies exposed diverse knowledge on current energy plans and highlighted the economic barriers and discrepancies between community needs and institutional support. 💡 The insights and tools shared at the ENTRACK Project General Assembly have set a solid foundation for upcoming co-design initiatives and will continue to inspire discussions within Municipality-Region Partnerships, moving towards a more collaborative and effective approach in energy planning. CINEA - European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency LIFE Programme #CleanEnergy #Sustainability #EnergyTransition #EuropeanProjects #CapacityBuilding #EnergyVulnerability #LIFECET #SustainableDevelopment

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Some of the ideas discussed by our powerful panel have found reflection in the #G7 Matera Ministerial Statement and will likely inform further G7 work on women's economic empowerment https://lnkd.in/eBXiZUnV