Consulting services for developing a climate plan aligned with the highest international Net Zero standards, including greenhouse gas emissions measurement, a structured reduction plan, and CO₂ capture through FSC®-certified projects.
2019-ongoing
Consulting aimed at developing a Nature Positive strategy to mitigate impacts on climate, water resources, and biodiversity. The consulting service includes the use of the LUCAS method, which will help identify Alce Nero’s risks, opportunities, and dependencies on natural capital, enabling the company to mitigate risks and contribute to ecosystem regeneration.
2024-ongoing
- OptFORESTS: a project funded by the European Commission through the PRIMA Horizon programme.
Calculating the value of the irrigation network in Veneto: economic valuation of ecosystem services produced and maintained by irrigated ecosystems at regional level. Learn more 2022-2024
- INTERCEDE: a project funded by the European Commission through the Horizon Europe.
The project works on fostering and valuing the benefits that forests provide to society, through the development of novel policies and instruments targeted to support forest owners in managing their land.
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2024-2028
- EMMA4EU: a project funded by the European Commission through the Erasmus+ programme.
- LIFE CLIMATE POSITIVE: a project funded by the European Commission through the LIFE programme.
- LIFE BRENTA 2030: a project funded by the European Commission through the LIFE programme.
- UFOREST: a project funded by the European Commission through the Erasmus+ programme.
- REXUS: a project funded by the European Commission through the Horizon programme.
- LENSES: a project funded by the European Commission through the PRIMA Horizon programme.
- GREEN4CARE: a project funded by the European Commission through the Erasmus+ programme.
- ECOSTAR: a project funded by the European Commission through the Erasmus+ programme.
Governance e finanziamenti per la conservazione della risorsa idrica e della biodiversità nel medio Brenta. Applicazione degli approcci ecosistemici e di mitigazione e compensazione gerarchica al settore idrico potabile (ETRA multiutility, Consiglio Bacino Brenta). cinea.ec.europa.eu/programmes/life_en
Payments for Ecosystem Services (Forests for Water) è una rete europea di collaborazione e ricerca il cui principale obiettivo è supportare il networking sulle interazioni tra foreste e servizi ecosistemici idrici. (2018-2020) www.cost.eu
Inauguration of the planting campaign at the headquarters of Banca Etica with the planting of some trees as part of the initiative by the Banca Etica Group, in collaboration with Fridays for Future Italia. Learn more 2021 www.bancaetica.it
Growth and care of over 5,000 new trees in Lio Piccolo, a location in the Venetian lagoon where a forest is being established that, with its presence alone, can repopulate biodiversity in abandoned fishing valleys for more than 30 years. Learn more 2023-in progress www.lagardere-tr.it
Growth and maintenance of 14,000 new trees across 9 projects in the central provinces where the company operates. The projects are developed in urban and peri-urban areas that are easily accessible.
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Growth and care of 14,000 new trees in 11 projects located in 6 different Italian regions (Veneto, Trentino-Alto Adige, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Lombardy, Tuscany, Sicily) with various purposes (post-storm ecological restoration, agroforestry, creation of riparian forests, etc.).
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Growth and care of 5,000 new trees at Bosco Moranzani, a high social, environmental and landscape value project funded by the Ministry of Ecological Transition (MITE), fully co- financed by the Bank, and implemented by Etifor.
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- Strategic Environmental and Social Assessment for the implementation of the REDD+ program in Sudan (Reduction of Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation).
- Development of the communication strategy for the implementation of the REDD+ program in Sudan (Reduction of Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation)
Between 2022 and 2024, Etifor has partnered with Unioncamere and the Italian Telematic Commodity Exchange (BMTI) to develop a national price observatory for timber and other forest products. The project, funded by MASAF, involved 22 public agencies and collected data on 20 different wood species.
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2023
Through regular interviews with importers, analysis of the operational impacts of some European legislations, such as EUTR and FLEGT, on the Italian timber market.
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Economic evaluation of ecosystem services produced by public green areas in the City of Turin and scenarios for integrating Nature-based Solutions and their cost-benefit analysis.
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Experimentation of innovative governance models and Payments for Ecosystem Services for the management of the Natura 2000 Network in 3 study areas in Lombardy. Animation, facilitation and design for interventions to conserve biodiversity and ecosystem services in the Lombardy Region.
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Realization of the price list of agroforestry works of the Veneto Region. The service, through 2022 an analysis of scientific literature and interviews with operators, updated existing entries and added specific entries necessary to be consistent with the technological development of the sector.
Etifor, in collaboration with the University of Padua, conducted research for GAL Dolomiti Prealpi aimed at identifying an effective method to make rural development policies and GAL capable of supporting a new generation of local development 2020 galprealpidolomiti.it
Support service for brand strategy and content related to participatory activities within the branding actions of the "Vivere le Dolomiti: attuazione del Piano marketing territoriale" (Living the Dolomites: implementation of the territorial marketing plan) Project 2021 www.visitdolomitibellunesi.com
Advisory service to the City of Siena to achieve GSTC certification according to the standard for destinations. Main activities: stakeholder participation and involvement; pre-assessment and accompaniment to audit; development of certification dossier; strategy and tools for communication.
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Support to the involved A.P.T.s and accommodations in implementing the GSTC standard. Stakeholder participation and involvement: organization of participatory meetings; pre- assessment and accompaniment to the audit, assessment of weaknesses and improvement strategy; support for group certification for APT Valsugana accommodation facilities.
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Calculation of tourism destination impacts; development and implementation of strategy for reduction of climate impacts with participatory approaches and involvement of key stakeholders; implementation of widget for calculation and offsetting guest travel emissions and use of Greempact tool for hospitality operators.
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Verification of impacts on five categories of ecosystem services (biodiversity, carbon, water services, soil, recreational services) through the FSC® Procedure on Ecosystem Services Learn more 2020- in progress www.mcfiemme.eu
Feasibility assessment and multidisciplinary design of a wetland restoration intervention aimed at generating impacts on water services and biodiversity to achieve Acqua Panna's neutrality objectives. 2022 www.nestle.it
Guidance on commitments, goals, and framework for a group-wide strategy for a nature positive goal. Detailed assessment of production site effects on biodiversity in accordance with International Finance Corporation Performance Standard 6 (IFC PS6).
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- Consultancy for improving the management of forests hosting sources (2021-2022)
- LCA according to ISO 14040 | 14044 standards and EPD (Environmental Product Declaration) according to ISO 14025 standard, strategy and implementation of emission reduction actions in line with climate science, offsetting residual emissions with FSC® certified projects.
CFO calculation with V.I.V.A. protocol, strategy, and implementation of emission reduction actions in line with climate science, management of climate risks mainly related to water consumption, certification of FSC® owned forests, and support for external projects Learn more 2021-in progress www.rabosopiave.com
Project to restore 30 ha of forest damaged by storm Vaia for conservation and regeneration of carbon stock verified through the FSC® Procedure on Ecosystem Services.
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Technical assistance to protected areas and Natura 2000 managing authority in support of the BIOCLIMA initiative. Design of forestry interventions, biodiversity conservation, estimation and verification of impacts on ecosystem services (8mln €) and support in finding private sponsorships for co-financing (1.5 mln € target).
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LCA according to ISO 14040 | 14044 standard and product EPD according to ISO 14025 standard, strategy and implementation of emission reduction actions in line with climate science, offsetting residual emissions with FSC® certified projects.
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Calculation and certification of CFO according to ISO 14064 standard, offsetting residual emissions with FSC® certified projects. Learn more 2020-2022 bulgarelliproduction.com
Consultancy for a Climate Plan to reduce CO2 impacts and offset residual emissions with FSC® certified projects Learn more 2022-in progress www.ambro-sol.it