Punto 3 – Sustainable development projects

Since 2007, we have specialized in the development of projects related to the UNESCO Man and the Biosphere (MAB) Programme and with actions of sustainable tourism: from designing services to territorial marketing.

Projects

• Experimental projects to enhance natural, cultural and eno-gastronomic values

From the ideation up to the development, through the identification of the most suitable financing channels and with the involvement of local stakeholders, we realize innovative projects that highlight and enhance the qualitative elements of a territory that does not yet expresses its full potential. As for instance wine and food productions, displays of tangible and intangible traditional culture or the presence of sites where the natural value or historical and cultural values excel.

• Process for the application towards the UNESCO MAB Biosphere Reserve Nomination

We coordinate the procedures for the application process of a territory to become a UNESCO MAB Biosphere Reserve by drafting and applying feasibility studies, dossier drafting, cartographic analysis and elaborations, activation of participatory processes that are combined with the candidature. Besides, we maintain a constant relationship with both National Technical Committees delegated to the MAB and Biosphere Reserves (established at the Ministry of Environment in Italy), with the Biosphere Reserves already designated and active as well as with the UNESCO Offices present on the national territory.

• Management Plans, Communication Plans, Branding strategies and Networking strategies for UNESCO MAB Biosphere Reserves

In the sphere of territorial marketing we also focus on the development of the governance and planning of Biosphere Reserves, plans that need to be developed after the designation as UNESCO MAB recognition.

• Planning and strategies for territorial marketing and sustainable tourism

Our work comprises the definition and drafting of Strategic Tourist Plan (STP), a Plan that identifies a strategy for the characterization of the tourist destination based primarily on the evaluation of the area’s potential and the identification of actions aimed at the promotion of the territory.

• Monitoring and analysis of touristic fluxes

Our analyses allow us to understand the development potential of a tourist destination and to set strategic combinations that can enhance attractiveness and competitiveness of a destination.

The areas in which CSR is applied include: Social-environmental reporting; Quality of work and employee welfare; Positive impacts on the local area; Supply of environmentally friendly materials; Circular economy and waste reduction; Sustainable mobility; Environmental innovation and green management; Social marketing; Corporate governance; Responsible financing. The main and most effective tool for reporting, transparency and communication is the Sustainability Report.

By helping companies to develop Social Responsibility projects, we are proud to collaborate with Emporio Solidale di Ferrara – Il Mantello, an innovative community welfare project that is very important for our city.

Projects

• Sustainability Report

Thanks to our experience we assist large organizations, SMEs and social enterprises (cooperatives, foundations, consortia) in the process of analysis, reporting and drafting of the Sustainability Report. We operate in accordance with the guidelines of the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), the international reference model for sustainability reporting.

The Sustainability Report is a Corporate Social Responsibility project as a tool for reporting, transparency and communication that requires significant stakeholder involvement. Through the Sustainability Report, we also support large organisations in preparing a non-financial statement in compliance with the terms of the Legislative Decree no. 254 of 30 December 2016.

• Impact Report

We assist Benefit Companies in preparing the Annual Impact Report and in assessing their activities against the objectives set, in accordance with the provisions of the B Impact Assessment and, alternatively, the GRI guidelines.

Benefit companies are a new form of business, created with the intention of combining the profit-making nature of companies with one or more social and/or environmental objectives, thus pursuing one or more objectives of common benefit and operating in a responsible, sustainable and transparent way. This form of enterprise, was established in 2010 as a Benefit Corporation in the USA and was introduced in Italy, the first country in the world outside the USA, with the Law no. 208 of 28 December 2015 (“Stability Law 2016”). Up to now, more than 170 Italian companies have transformed their legal form into a Benefit Company.

• Consultancy for SA 8000 certification

All organizations that want to have a Social Responsibility Management System can ask Punto 3 for assistance and support in the process of certification by an Accredited Organization, in compliance with the international standard of Social Accountability 8000 (SA 8000), to guarantee the respect of human rights and workers’ rights, the protection against child labour and to offer guarantees of safety and healthiness in the workplace.

• Sustainable Vendor Rating

We help companies to systematically adopt sustainability criteria for their supplies, assessing supply needs, identifying appropriate economic, social and environmental sustainability criteria in the process of finding and selecting suppliers, planning the relevant actions for the implementation and the systematic introduction of sustainability criteria in the selection, use and consumption of goods and services purchased.

We have several years of experience in supporting the organization of events in line with the principles of sustainability, in accompanying promoters, organizers, suppliers and event locations to achieve the international certification ISO 20121.

We also cooperate and develop research activities within national and European projects and carry out information and training activities on the sustainable management of events.

Projects

• Consultancy for the certification ISO 20121

Promoters, organizers, suppliers of goods, services and locations for events (trade fairs, conference halls, concert areas, theatres, etc.) can certify their management system according to the ISO 20121 standard. We support organizations in the implementation of the sustainable management system for events and assist them during the whole process of ISO 20121 certification. ISO 20121 is the most recent international standard for the certification of sustainable management systems for events. The certification ensures, at the international level, that an event or an entity involved in the event is operating in a sustainable way.

• Issuing of the brand Eventi Sostenibili®

Eventi Sostenibili® is a clear and credible CSR project that targets the stakeholders of all types of events: meetings, concerts, trade fairs, exhibition stands, festivals and country festivals. The release of the Eventi Sostenibili® brand is subject to an evaluation during the planning phase of the event and to a verification during the same. The event can bear the mark if it exceeds a minimum threshold of sustainability; there are four classes: A+, A, B and C.

Since 2008, we have issued the label to dozens of events: from the village festival to the international fair, from the meeting to the sporting event.

• Support for the sustainable organisation of events

From an initial assessment of the sustainablity degree of each activity associated to the event (organisational secretariat, set-ups, catering, mobility, accommodation and dismantling), we identify strengths, critical points and suggest sustainable alternatives: actions, technologies and suppliers of goods and services. The support given by Punto 3 is geared towards improving the performance of the event from an environmental, ethical and social point of view. The visibility of the event is increased in line with the mission of the promoter and by meeting the expectations of the main stakeholders involved.

• Training for sustainable events

We carry out tailor-made training projects on sustainable events, addressed to all the players in the sector: event organisers, suppliers of goods and services, locations, company representatives and, in general, to all those who intend to realise a sustainable event.