References

Socio-economic impact assessment of the LIFE e-Natura2000.edu project, focusing on capacity building for Natura 2000 site managers. Implementation of ex-ante and ex-post assessment tools and qualitative interviews to evaluate the effectiveness of innovative digital learning methods in improving protected area management across the EU.

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2020-2021

Development of Payment for Ecosystem Services (PES) systems under the Interreg Healthy Forest Regions project. Mapping European best practices and designing a carbon sequestration framework to ensure the Geopark’s financial sustainability and natural hazard mitigation.

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2025

Development and application of a national methodology for the Economic Valuation of Ecosystem Services (EVES) across ten pilot areas in Serbia. Drafting of strategic guidelines to integrate natural capital into public budgets and the Biodiversity Financing Plan, supported by capacity-building activities for institutional stakeholders.

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2026

Development of innovative governance models for biodiversity conservation and the enhancement of the Natura 2000 Network management in Lombardy. Implementation of a methodological Toolkit to strengthen local management capacities, facilitation of participatory processes for environmental policy integration, and coordination of territorial design and animation teams.

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2016-2023

Corporate Carbon Footprint calculation according to the GHG Protocol and management of the offsetting strategy for business travel. Implementation of VCS Verra credits and sponsorship of FSC-certified impacts through forestry projects, ensuring transparency and methodological rigour in climate reporting."

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2024-2026

Design and implementation of environmental restoration interventions in the Lio Piccolo fishing marshes through the planting of forested hedgerows on newly constructed embankments. Technical coordination of silvicultural operations and enhancement of lagoon cycling infrastructure to integrate biodiversity protection with sustainable tourism.

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2025

Technical support for the FAO-EU FLEGT Programme to promote forest legality and combat degradation in the North Kivu and Ituri provinces (Democratic Republic of the Congo). Analysis of timber market flows, strengthening of local artisanal associations, and development of partnerships between small-scale enterprises and industry to ensure timber traceability and access to responsible international commercial channels.

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2016-2018

Development of the national communication strategy and stakeholder mapping for the REDD+ programme in Thailand. Coordination of regional participatory processes and production of bilingual multimedia assets to promote transparency and local community engagement in reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation.

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2019-2020

We have implemented several projects for the European Commission, including:

  • GoNaturePositive! A European initiative for the transition to a Nature-Positive economy through nature-based solutions.
  • BioFin Steering finance towards the protection of biodiversity.
  • EMMA4EU An alliance for innovation in training programmes for deforestation-free supply chains in Europe.

Consulting for the assessment and reporting of the ecosystem benefits generated by Gucci’s Nido di Seta project. A science-based pathway to measure impacts on biodiversity, ecosystem services, and the territory.

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2025-2026

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.

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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

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

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. Learn more
2017-in progress www.alisupermercati.it

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.). Learn more
2021-in progress eshop.wuerth.it

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. Learn more
2022 www.volksbank.it

  • 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)
Learn more 2018-2020 www.worldbank.org

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. Learn more 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. Learn more
2022 www.itto.int

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. Learn more
2020-2021 www.comune.torino.it

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. Learn more
2020-2022 www.ersaf.lombardia.it

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.
2022  www.regione.veneto.it

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. Learn more
2021-2023 visitsienaofficial.it  

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. Learn more
2022-in progress www.visittrentino.info

Calculation of the impacts of the tourist destination, development and implementation of a strategy for the reduction of climate impacts with participatory approaches and involvement of key stakeholders; restoration of WOWnature forests destroyed and abandoned in the Dolomites, FSC®-certified; use of the Greempact tool for hospitality operators. Learn more
2021-2022 www.altabadia.org

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). Learn more
2022-2o25 www.nextenergycapital.com

  • Consultancy for improving the management of forests hosting sources (2021-2022)
  • LCA according to ISO 14040 | 14044 standards and product EPD according to ISO 14025 standard, strategy and implementation of emission reduction actions in line with climate science, support of FSC®-certified projects
Learn more 2018-in progress www.levicoacque.it

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. Learn more
2021-2022 www.luxottica.com

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). Learn more
2022-in progress www.fondazionecariplo.it

LCA according to ISO 14040 | 14044 standards and product EPD according to ISO 14025 standard, strategy and implementation of emission reduction actions in line with climate science, support of FSC®-certified projects. Learn more
2018-2022 www.sgambaro.it

Calculation and certification of CFO according to ISO 14064 standard, restoration of WOWnature forests destroyed and abandoned in the Dolomites and around the world, FSC®-certified. Learn more 2020-2022 bulgarelliproduction.com

Consulenza per piano climatico di riduzione degli impatti sulla CO2 e sostegno di progetti certificati FSC®. Learn more 2022-in progress www.ambro-sol.it

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