March  2024 

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".

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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.

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«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.

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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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 February  2024 

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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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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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.

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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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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).

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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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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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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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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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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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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".

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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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