April 2024
Geothermal Network's Study: "A strategic resource for Italy"
April 17, 2024
The first strategic study in Italy on the topic "Zero emissions geothermal energy to accelerate decarbonisation and create growth in Italy" was presented in Rome. Promoted by the Geothermal Network with the support of The European House - Ambrosetti, its objective is to estimate the contribution of geothermal energy to the a zero-emission decarbonisation process of the country and the impact of this technology on the Italian economy and local supply chains.
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Confcommercio Forum, the economy grows slowly but better than expected
April 17, 2024
The Italian economy is growing slowly but better than expected. GDP will grow by 0.9% in 2024 and 1.2% in 2025, with a consumption growth rate of respectively +0.9% and +1.1%, while inflation will rise to 1.3% this year and 1.7% in 2025. These are the outcomes of the research "Italy in Europe" presented by Confcommercio at the opening of the International Forum "The protagonists of the market and the scenarios for the 2000s", organized in Rome in collaboration with TEHA.
Heart and brain, Ambrosetti Meridiano Cardio survey: a quantum leap in clinical management
April 17, 2024
Cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases (heart attack, stroke and all others involving veins, arteries, heart, and brain) represent one of the major emergencies worldwide. Meridiano Cardio collected a timely dossier, then elaborated a proposal to reorganize patient management and optimize the use of available resources. The investigation, presented in the Senate, was carried out in collaboration with the Parliamentary Intergroup for Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Diseases, with the unconditional support of Amgen, Sanofi, Abbott Medical, W.L.Gore&Associati, and Sandoz.
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Heart attack, stroke and more, here are the six priorities to overcome the challenge of cardiovascular diseases
April 16, 2024
The experts gathered in the Italian Senate discussed how to deal with cardiovascular diseases. Meridiano Cardio, TEHA's platform for discussion and dialogue on cardio, cerebro and vascular diseases, in collaboration with the Parliamentary Intergroup for cardio diseases, is studying specific indicators to develop at a National Plan targeted for these diseases.
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10% of Italian electricity production depends on geothermal energy
April 16, 2024
Zero emissions geothermal energy can satisfy 10% of Italy's electricity need by 2050: a value chain that is relevant for the country's decarbonisation, with an estimated value of 38 billion euros: says a study sponsored by the Geothermal Network, the association of companies in the sector, in collaboration with TEHA.
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70% of hydropower plants are old. Security costs 50 billion euros
April 11, 2024
According to a study carried out by The European House Ambrosetti and A2A, the water and hydroelectric sectors would need investments of 48 billion euros in 10 years to develop and return greater benefits to the national energy system. But the concessions in Italy have a "limited" duration of 40 years, so the plant operator does not have enough time to spread the costs of renovations and maintenance over the allotted concession slot.
What is the future of the European Single Market? The priorities of the European business community
April 9, 2024
A re-development of the Single Market should be the priority of the next European Commission, simplifying the regulatory framework, creating new opportunities to finance large projects of European public interest through the Market, and balancing risk prevention with the drive for innovation and competitiveness. The evolution of the Single Market will be crucial to ensure the sustainability of the European economy in the current context of overlapping global crises, economic competition, and geopolitical tensions. These are the main findings of the Report "The future of the EU Single Market", presented by TEHA in Cernobbio.
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Corporate welfare, fringe benefits will increase consumption by 0.8% in 2024
April 8, 2024
Since 2020, the growth of consumption was boosted through vouchers offered by companies to workers. The European House - Ambrosetti has realised a survey commissioned by Edenred Italia.
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Pnrr, debates at the Ambrosetti Workshop
April 6, 2024
The National Recovery and Resilience Plan was one of the main topics at the Cernobbio Workshop. 2024 will be a crucial year for the implementation of the Plan, but the majority of entrepreneurs complain about issues in accessing tenders. The Undersecretary Fermi: over 200 billion euros have been spent through incentives on building renovations, more than the PNRR's resources.
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Gentiloni in Cernobbio: "EU Commission should confirm estimates for Italy"
April 5, 2024
The European Commissioner for Economic Affairs, interviewed at the Ambrosetti workshop, also pointed out that the new budgetary rules would be more flexible.
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Trump's re-election worries Italian entrepreneurs
April 5, 2024
For 40.9% of the entrepreneurs and managers attending TEHA’s "The Outlook for the Economy and Finance" Workshop in Cernobbio, a second mandate of Donald Trump to the White House could have a "negative impact on their business".
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The Outlook for the Economy and Finance, Cernobbio 2024: "conflicts have a low impact on businesses"
April 5, 2024
Asked about the effects of the conflict between Russia and Ukraine on the company’s business, the participants of the Workshop "The Outlook for the Economy and Finance" said that it has had a reduced impact (49.3%). Only 7.3% (down from 10.9% in 2023) of participants declared a very serious impact. The survey also analysed the influence of the war between Israel and Hamas on the businessess: more than half of the participants (62.2%) declared a reduced impact on their activities.
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The society is turning cashless but Italy still has a long way to go
April 4, 2024
Despite the progress that has been made in recent years - cashless transactions in Italy have reached 400 billion at the end of 2022, with a prospective growth to 450 billion by the end of 2023 - Italy remains one of the 30 worst economies in terms of the incidence of cash on the national GDP (Cash Intensity Index), as evidenced by the Report "Towards a Cashless Italy, cases of use and role of citizens, businesses, and merchants" by the Cashless Society Community of The European House - Ambrosetti.
In a surprising Italy, a cautious optimism and the issue of productivity
April 4, 2024
Valerio De Molli comments on the data of the survey conducted by the TEHA Club Economic Indicator (March 2024). Despite the reduced growth prospects, the business community is betting on a better year than what has been forecasted, as evidenced by an optimistic sentiment.
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Green Homes, without speeding up the renovation of buildings, we will reach the EU targets only in 2103
April 3, 2024
According to TEHA's Smart Building Community, the "smart" redevelopment of older buildings can generate 330 billion euros in investments and savings of 17-19 billion euros per year for citizens.
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March 2024
A National Plan for heart, brain and vascular pathologies
March 28, 2024
Italy's Ministry of Health, regional institutions, the Italian Higher Institute of Health, and the main scientific societies of the world cardio, cerebro and vascular - ANMCO, GISE, SIC and SICVE - are brought together to discuss the need of a National Plan for heart, brain, and vascular diseases by Meridiano Cardio, the thematic platform of The European House - Ambrosetti, which proposed to the Ministry of Health the creation of a working group for the development of a National Plan.
2024 White Book: too much waste of water, an Italy of two halves
March 22, 2024
The 2024 Blue Book of the Utilitatis Foundation, prepared with the collaboration of The European House - Ambrosetti, draws a picture of the Italian water service, showing the waste of the resource, and infrastructure and investment gaps between the North and the South. The 2024 White Paper of the "Value of Water for Italy" Community shows that the extended water supply chain generates value for 367.5 billion euros, equal to 19 percent of the entire national GDP, up 8.7 percent compared to 2021.
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Bianco: «Sustainability must become social»
March 20, 2024
«Our position paper overturns a paradigm that is usually focused on the economic point of view, but actually involves all the social factors, bringing together healthcare, environmental governance, research, and innovation», said Daniela Bianco, Partner and Head of The European House - Ambrosetti's Healthcare Practice, during the press conference entitled "Health and Sustainability: strategic combination for the Country System", held at the Italian Senate, sponsored by Senator Liris, with the support of Ucb Pharma.
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Proactive before the challenges
March 19, 2024
The data on Sicily shared in Catania, at the meeting of TEHA's Verso Sud initiative: Sicily records good growth after the Covid19. Blue Economy, renewable energy, and agrifood are the driving sectors on which the private sector is focused. Tamajo: «We are ready for a new way of doing business that is also sustainable»
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Green Homes, in Italy 81% of buildings are over thirty years old: "We need incentives on home automation and smart buildings, and a property book to give them more value"
March 16, 2024
The adoption of the European Directive on Green Homes has generated a debate within the construction industry, with a common thought: a renewal of the Italian real estate is much needed, and the European Directive will have to require a strong public support. Benedetta Brioschi (TEHA): "If we intervened on 20% of the buildings, we would reduce our expenditure on thermal and electrical consumption, that is 47 billion a year".
Offshore wind power, Italy is lagging behind
March 12, 2024
Italy has about 8,300 km of coastline, but there are only 10 operative offshore wind turbines: they were installed in front of the port of Taranto after a 14-year long authorization process. A drop in the sea of renewable energy that the country could derive from this technology, even if only focusing on floating systems: those not rooted on the seabed, but composed of a floating structure, moored to the seabed by means of an anchoring system and cables, which minimizes their environmental impact. A technology supported by the Floating offshore wind community, a project created by The European House - Ambrosetti together with Renantis, BlueFloat Energy, Fincantieri, and Acciaierie d'Italia
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More competitive companies and services without polluting, it is not a dream
March 12, 2024
A study by The European House - Ambrosetti in collaboration with Edison Next estimates a reduction in emissions of 28 million tons of CO2 and an economic benefit of 5.5 billion euros by 2030. It will be possible thanks to partnerships with integrated energy operators, combined with a long-term investment plan based on a wide mix of technologies, that would be able to ensure the achievement of the 2030 decarbonisation targets in Italy for industry and services.
«Cash pollution»: in Italy 2.7 kg of CO2 per inhabitant are generated by cash payments (2nd in Europe after Germany)
March 12, 2024
Cashless payments contribute to the ecological transition: Italy ranks second in Europe, after Germany, for the total CO2 emissions generated by cash payments, with over 160.8 thousand tons of CO2, about 2.7 kg per inhabitant. According to The European House - Ambrosetti's estimates elaborated through a survey to shopkeepers conducted by the Cashless Society Community, cashless payments have a carbon footprint that is 21% lower than cash.
Water, Italian dams can't use 6.5 billion cubic meters of water
March 11, 2024
The 2024 "Value of Water for Italy" White Book: poor maintenance and bureaucracy affect the water resource.
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Russia and the Middle East. A perfect storm
March 7, 2024
"Because of a war in the Middle East, for the first time an American president may not be re-elected," explains Federico Rampini, Scientific Director of the Forum "Open Dialogues for the Future", adding that when there is storm in the world, that is the right time to try to understand geopolitical drivers of change.
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Wars and elections, the world seen from "Open dialogues for the future"
March 7, 2024
The "Open Dialogues for the Future" Forum has been focused on geopolitics, current affairs, the United States and war in the Middle East. A debate that brought together geopolitics and geoeconomics experts, moderated by Filippo Malinverno (TEHA), with the Scientific Direction of Federico Rampini.
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Valerio De Molli (Teha): «Optimists on growth»
March 2, 2024
Valerio De Molli, CEO and Managing Partner of The European House - Ambrosetti, visited the Prealpina and outlined a wide-ranging picture on the economy in Italy and in the global framework.
February 2024
Sport is a driver of wellness, inclusion, and economic development
February 28, 2024
Sport contributes to shaping the ethics of respect, discipline, improving interpersonal skills, encouraging collaboration, and inclusiveness. The Vision "2050 - Italy in Motion" of the Value of Sport Observatory is commented by Valerio De Molli, CEO and Managing Partner of TEHA.
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Act tank Sicily: "Sicily's GDP per capita is among the lowest in Italy, but high-tech export is at the top"
February 27, 2024
The Forum of the second edition of the Act Tank Sicilia of The European House - Ambrosetti showed Sicily's strenghts and weaknesses. The event, hosted at Marina Yatching in Palermo, was also an opportunity to illustrate the 1.2 billion plan developed by the Schifani Government to stop industrial decline. The key topics were innovation and attracting investments.
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Digital Divide in Liguria, only 30 Municipalities out of 300 have access to fiber-optic Internet connection
February 26, 2024
Out of 198 Municipalities that should have been equipped with fiber-optic Internet connection in Liguria, only 36 are ready to go. 63 have already closed the construction site, but the network is still not operational, while in about 100 municipalities the work is in progress or has yet to start. The remarks by Lorenzo Tavazzi, Senior Partner of The European House - Ambrosetti.
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Towards the Winter Olympics. Lario and Valtellina work with Ambrosetti's consultants
February 24, 2024
The first meeting aimed at creating a Strategic Study on the Provinces of Como, Lecco and Sondrio - commissioned by Confindustria Como and Confindustria Lecco and Sondrio - took place in Sondrio with The European House - Ambrosetti. This meeting focused on the 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Olympics.
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Healthcare, De Molli (Ambrosetti): "More resources for Italian healthcare, +11.5 billions over the next 3 years
February 21, 2024
"For the first time there has been a boost of resources dedicated to Italy's National Healthcare System. There will be 11.5 billion more in the next three years and an additional 2.4 billion to be used to adjust salaries and contracts of new hires". This was said by Valerio De Molli, managing partner and CEO of The European House - Ambrosetti speaking at the "Inventing for Life Health Summit".
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EU Green Buildings Directive is almost ready, the steps to reduce emissions
February 21, 2024
The Green Buildings Directive is responsible for defining the guidelines that each European Union member country must follow to achieve the EU climate targets within their national plans. The remarks by TEHA's Smart Building Community.
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For Italians, investiments in healthcare take priority over jobs
February 21, 2024
"The Life Sciences industry represents a highly strategic sector for Italy, thanks to high multipliers of economic activity and social impact, a strong propensity to invest in research and production, quality human capital", highlighted Valerio De Molli, Managing Partner and CEO of The European House - Ambrosetti at the sixth edition of the "Inventing for Life Health Summit", dedicated to the theme 'Investing for Life: Health counts!', organized by MSD Italy.
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Digital, Ambrosetti: "The sectors needs new technologies and sustainable materials"
February 15, 2024
How do you implement the Twin Transition in companies, that is, the synergistic development of solutions that promote both the green and the digital transition? What technologies, processes and strategies should companies adopt to reduce their environmental impact without compromising their economic performance? The Strategic Report "Digital tools for a sustainable profit: the Twin Transition of companies and digital solutions to support sustainability and circularity" was produced by The European House - Ambrosetti in partnership with Avvale.
64% of Italians don't know what Smart Buildings are
February 15, 2024
The latest survey of the Smart Building Community of The European House- Ambrosetti certifies the lack of knowledge among Italians on technologies designed to make more efficient, anti-theft and comfortable homes. They prefer savings to investments, and fear the high costs and excessive bureaucracy related to house renovations.
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Value of Sport Observatory: 35 speakers and many ideas for Italy's sports industry
February 13, 2024
The goal of TEHA's Value of Sport Observatory Forum (35 speakers) was to bring back a culture of sports at the centre of the political agenda, to create value for Italy.
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Ambrosetti: corporate value is an asset for employees, but few companies have it
February 12, 2024
In a time when Italy has been experiencing the stagnation of productivity and a lower growth of the national GDP compared to other major European countries, optimising corporate welfare would improve productivity with a cost/benefit ratio that is favourable to companies. The research carried out by The European House - Ambrosetti in collaboration with Jointly.
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Corporate Wellbeing, a greater value for workers
February 12, 2024
With 2,500 euros invested in the workers' wellbeing, a company may generate benefits up to 4.5 times more. The study, which analysed the impact of corporate wellbeing strategies on Italian companies - «A new vision of corporate wellbeing: a value for the remuneration strategy, a fundamental lever of attraction and engagement» - was written by The European House - Ambrosetti, in collaboration with Jointly (consulting company that offers corporate wellbeing solutions).
More than 700 inmates have jobs at the Bollate prison
February 9, 2024
The theme of work has always been pivotal at the prison of Bollate (Milan). Currently, 174 prisoners work inside the second penitentiary institute in Milan. Hired by private companies, over 350 are engaged within the prison and 211 outside of it. This has been the topic of a conference, "Public-Private Partnership: the positive impact for communities and companies", realized in collaboration with The European House - Ambrosetti.
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Manufacturing and services: a delayed transition
February 5, 2024
How are Italian manufacturing, energy-intensive and tertiary companies addressing climate change and the consequences of the energy crisis? Are they really aware of the EU targets? Do they know the benefits of the energy transition and the opportunities offered by the technological solutions that are currently available on the market? These questions have been answered by The European House - Ambrosetti (TEHA) in a study, "The role of integrated energy solutions for the competitiveness of Italian companies", realized in collaboration with Edison Next.
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Retail 5.0 aims at the growth and competitiveness of the country
February 2, 2024
Italy is experiencing a change: sustainability, circularity, multichannel, and inclusiveness are becoming guiding criteria on which every retailer must base their challenges. Article by TEHA's Retail 50 Community.
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Ambrosetti, Offshore Floating Wind in Italy: decarbonisation, industrial opportunities, and new perspectives
February 2, 2024
The Floating Offshore Wind Community, a project created by The European House - Ambrosetti with the collaboration of partners such as Renantis, BlueFloat Energy, Fincantieri and Acciaierie d'Italia, has concluded the first year with a round table that has involved beyond 50 representatives of companies and institutions.
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Offshore wind, Italy can aspire to an industrial leadership position
February 2, 2024
Thanks to its efficiency and minimization of environmental impacts, the floating offshore wind technology could have very positive effects on the territory, contribute to the economy and employment, creating value for host communities, including through long-term compensation: these are the results of the Strategic Study of the Floating Offshore Wind Community, an initiative of The European House - Ambrosetti in collaboration with Renantis, BlueFloat Energy, Fincantieri, and Acciaierie d'Italia.
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Open dialogues returns to Udine to discuss future global scenarios
February 2, 2024
Geopolitical and geoeconomic scenarios and their global impacts, with a focus on the role of Europe, the Atlantic region, and Youth Leadership: these are the topics of the 2nd edition of "Open dialogues for the future", the forum realised by the Chamber of Commerce of Pordenone-Udine in collaboration with The European House - Ambrosetti, which will be held in Udine on March 7 and 8, 2024.
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January 2024
Edison Next, 2030 forecast: a decrease of 28 million tonnes of CO2
January 31, 2024
The Study "The role of integrated energy solutions for the competitiveness of Italian companies" by The European House - Ambrosetti in collaboration with Edison Next, achieved with the contribution and participation of important stakeholders in the energy sector and the business world, shows how the partnership with integrated energy operators, together with a long-term investment plan based on a wide mix of technologies, could ensure the achievement of the 2030 decarbonisation targets in Italy for industry and service companies.
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The turnover of the nautical field grows in Genoa
January 29, 2024
The turnover of the great yatch sector has reached 558 million euros in 2023 in Genoa, Italy. The estimate is quantified in a study elaborated by TEHA for "Genoa for yachting", the association that groups 60 companies operating in the nautical field - services, marine, yards, technologies and professional studies (lawyers and specialized accountants).
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De Molli “We are exporting the Cernobbio model, ready for new acquisitions”
January 28, 2024
In our history we have had three great phases: consultancy to the enterprises, started by the founder, Alfredo Ambrosetti; "managerialisation", happened between 2000 and 2008 with the entrance of new partners and the management buy out; and finally, internationalization. The interview with Valerio De Molli.
Arona, De Molli (TEHA): «Italy must be optimistic»
January 22, 2024
TEHA's CEO has spoken about the challenges of the Italian and international economy at the conference "Perspectives of Italian and Global Economy" (organized by the association Volarte Italia), in front of an audience of high school students of the Enrico Fermi Institute of Arona (Novara, Piedmont).
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Where are the WEEE going?
January 20, 2024
Lorenzo Tavazzi, Partner of The European House - Ambrosetti, comments on some evidence from a study on critical raw materials carried out for Erion, which estimates the savings in import quotas if Italy could collect the Waste from Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) as the European top performers.
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Tuscany Community Report: 3 priorities to support its economy
January 17, 2024
The Tuscany Community that we presented in Florence highlighted the regional economy. We presented a Tableau de Board that positions the territory compared to other Italian regions that has highlighted Tuscany's best assets but also some areas of improvement.
Private Labels keep growing: +1.2% market share
January 15, 2024
Convenience brings consumers to prioritize the modern distribution’s offer over industrial labels: in one year the growth in value was 15.4% and the turnover reached 13.5 billion euro. The data of the study of The European House - Ambrosetti carried out for ADM and presented at the opening conference of Marca byBolognafiere 2024.
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Liguria, GDP and exports are growing, but the Region needs to attract young people
January 15, 2024
At the TEHA Club's event, the Ligurian economy has been discussed. The indicators are above the national average, "but there are delays in infrastructures, which have a cost of two billion euro".
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Italian companies and artificial intelligence: a complicated relationship
January 10, 2024
A study by TEHA's Observatory on the Digital Transformation of Italy confirms the strategic role of AI in the future of the country, but also highlights that SMEs are lagging behind in adopting it.
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Private Label's saving effect on Italian spending
January 10, 2024
In 2023, Private Labels grew remarkably, with a total turnover of 25.4 billion euro, a record number that is worth 31.5% of the entire turnover of Italy's Modern Distribution market, including discount stores. The data emerges from an analysis carried out by TEHA for the inaugural conference of the industry fair, MarcabyBolognafiere 2024.
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The former Ambrosetti turns into TEHA. Cernobbio is worth 100 million euro
January 8, 2024
With the 50th anniversary of the Cernobbio Forum, The European House - Ambrosetti formalizes its new name, TEHA. "We needed a brand that suited the times", says CEO Valerio De Molli.
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Protecting the environment to live healthily
January 8, 2024
Italy's National Health Service can and must contribute with a responsible management to environmental sustainability. These are the conclusions that emerged at the end of the Statement of Responsibility "Innovation, health and sustainability in the field of diabetes", realized by The European House - Ambrosetti with the contribution of Novo Nordisk and presented in Rome at the Institute "Luigi Sturzo".
From Gucci to Brioni and Valentino: Kering, Italian fashion is worth half of global revenue
January 7, 2024
Revenues of 11.6 billion euros confirm Kering’s leading position in the luxury sector in Italy. The data comes from the first study conducted by an international group in the luxury sector in Italy, carried out in collaboration with TEHA, which evaluates the value added generated by Kering on the Italian territory and addresses key aspects such as production, and investment in skills, and training.
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Nine out of ten students fear climate change
January 5, 2024
The Value of Water for Italy Community of The European House - Ambrosetti analyzed the relationship between the water resource and 5,000 young people in high school
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In Italy there are three 3,000 rare-earth element deposits. But extracting them is not easy
January 4, 2024
Among disused and potential sites, in the Italian subsoil lie 16 out of 34 crucial raw materials. However, costs, timing and sustainability issues complicate the picture. The European House - Ambrosetti has calculated that by boosting the recycling of electronic devices, we could cover up to 32% of the annual need for strategic raw materials.
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