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Environmental challenges and competitiveness: ISPRA tools for businesses, finance, and the insurance sector
Environmental challenges and competitiveness: ISPRA tools for businesses, finance, and the insurance sector
Feb 26, 2026 10:30 AM — Feb 26, 2026 01:30 PM Rome, Chambers of Deputies, Palazzo Montecitorio, Sala della Regina

ISPRA presents to the Chamber of Deputies the “Platform for the Sustainability of Finance and Businesses”

The new operational tool will be available after summer 2026 and will enable the scientifically rigorous calculation of pollutants, impacts, and physical risks.

ISPRA is transforming sustainable finance from a regulatory obligation into a competitive opportunity with the new “Platform for the Sustainability of Finance and Businesses.” Based on the 2024 technical document “The Environmental Challenge for Sustainable Finance,” the new tool introduces scientifically validated key environmental indicators that allow companies, financial operators, and SMEs to calculate, with scientific rigor, direct and indirect emissions (greenhouse gases and pollutants), various types of impacts, and physical risks.

The digital platform, which will become operational and available to users after summer 2026, was presented at the Chamber of Deputies during the conference “Environmental Challenges and Competitiveness: ISPRA Tools for Businesses, Finance, and the Insurance Sector.” The event is part of the communication campaign “Facciamo Circolare,” organized by ISPRA in collaboration with and funded by the Ministry of Enterprises and Made in Italy.

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Maria Alessandra Gallone is the new ISPRA president
Maria Alessandra Gallone is the new ISPRA president
Feb 25, 2026

Today the official inauguration

Today, Maria Alessandra Gallone officially took office as the new President of the Institute for Environmental Protection and Research (ISPRA).

Born in Bergamo in 1966, she holds a degree in Foreign Languages and Literatures from the University of Bergamo and is a certified teacher. She has gained extensive institutional experience at both local and national levels. She served as a Senator of the Republic for two legislatures and was a member of the Environment Committee, the Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry on Environmental Crimes, the Justice Committee, and the Agriculture Committee. In recent years, she has served as Advisor to the Minister of University and Research and as an expert for the Minister of Environment and Energy Security, contributing to processes aimed at strengthening integration between universities, research, innovation, and local territories.

“I thank the Minister of Environment, Gilberto Pichetto Fratin, for the trust he has placed in me by appointing me to this role, which I assume with a deep sense of institutional responsibility. ISPRA is a strategic institute for the country: a scientific authority of the highest level, a technical reference supporting public decision-making, and a cornerstone of the National System for Environmental Protection.

At a historic moment marked by climate change, hydrogeological fragility, water crisis, soil consumption, and the need to protect biodiversity, the contribution of science is essential. Sustainable development is not a slogan: it is a balance that must be built every day, with rigor, competence, and responsibility.

My priority will be to enhance the extraordinary professional expertise within the Institute—technologists, scientists, and researchers—promoting respect for skills and the scientific method, strengthening dialogue with ARPA and APPA, and consolidating a culture of prevention.

Education, accurate information, and transparency are fundamental tools to increase public awareness and support institutions in making the most complex decisions. ISPRA must continue to be an authoritative, independent, and credible point of reference, serving the State and future generations.”*

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Silent Plains: 2025 data released on bird populations associated with agricultural environments
Silent Plains: 2025 data released on bird populations associated with agricultural environments
Feb 25, 2026

The recent 2025 update on the “Common Birds of Agricultural Areas in Italy” produced within the framework of the National CAP Network with the support of Lipu, provides a crucial and concerning snapshot of the health of our countryside. At the center of the study is the Farmland Bird Index (FBI), an aggregated indicator that monitors trends in the populations of species closely associated with agricultural environments.

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ISPRA at “Fa’ la cosa giusta 2026”
ISPRA at “Fa’ la cosa giusta 2026”
Mar 13, 2026 — Mar 15, 2026 Fiera di Rho

“Fa’ la cosa giusta” aims to promote and disseminate “good practices” in consumption and production across the country, while enhancing local specificities and excellence through networking and synergy with institutional bodies, associations, and local businesses.

The 2026 edition will take place from March 13 to 15 at Fiera Milano Rho. ISPRA will participate in the event at Pavilion 16, stands H62 and H64, to present Facciamo Circolare, a communication campaign on the circular economy, with a focus on food waste, separate waste collection, the blue economy, and biodiversity.

The initiative is carried out by the Italian Institute for Environmental Protection and Research (ISPRA) with funding from MIMIT

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