"Italy is a superpower in the circular economy with the highest percentage of recycling out of total waste: 79%, double the European average, and thanks to this it saves 63 million tons of CO2 equivalent".
Here is one of the postcards describing a virtuous piece of Italy;
is part of Italy in 10 selfies.
An economy on a human scale to face the future ', the document that summarizes the strengths and talents of our country created by the Symbola Foundation in collaboration with Unioncamere and Assocamerestero, with the patronage of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (the report is used to tell about Italy in the world, and is translated into English, Spanish, French, Russian, Chinese and Japanese), and the Ministry of Ecological Transition.
Other 'photographs' that speak of Italian talents - presented today during an online conference - remind us that "Italian is the largest operator in the world in renewables.
Enel, also for this reason, is the largest private electricity company. capitalized on European stock exchanges ".
Then there are 'selfies' dedicated to the "432 thousand companies" that "invested in the period 2015-2019 in green products and technologies" and that are the same ones that "innovate more, export more, and produce more jobs".
Another postcard is, for example, the second place in the world occupied by Italy (according to a study by the University of Oxford) "in the ability to export technologically advanced green products, and potentially the first";
Italy's first place in Europe "for number of design firms with 15.5% of the total";
and our "world leader in boating trade balance".
And again the fact that "in the wood-furniture sector Italy is first in Europe in the circular economy with 93% of recycled wood chipboard panels and third in the world for the balance of the trade balance in furniture".
But also how much "we are ahead in sustainability in agriculture" by reducing emissions: we reach "30 million tons of CO2", much lower "than France with 76 million, and Germany with 66 million".
Finally, two-wheeled pedals: "we are the leading European exporter of bicycles with 1,779,300 bikes sold abroad".
"We have a leadership role in Europe in pharmaceutical production, with 32.2 billion euros, immediately after Germany with 32.9 billion".
It is one of the 10 pieces that work in our country, which is contained in the document 'Italy in 10 selfie.
An economy on a human scale to face the future ', a synthesis of our strengths created by the Symbola Foundation, in collaboration with Unioncamere and Assocamerestero, and presented today at an online conference.
A place that takes on even more importance bearing in mind the current historical situation, with the health emergency from Covid-19 which, to be won, looks in the direction of an acceleration of the vaccination campaign;
and requires - also given the recent problems in the supply of doses - an adequate production to the requests.
"This is a very delicate sector", observes the president of Symbola, Ermete Realacci, and linking this Italian 'talent' precisely to the "pandemic" he says: "We have seen how important it is to have a self-sufficient production system in terms of vaccines for the Europe; among other things, we must also push on treatments as well as vaccines ".
