The environmental and social crises we are experiencing require a renewed commitment to sustainability.
With the awareness that there are no universally valid solutions and that every contribution, even small, is important.
Different countries can contribute in different ways, depending on their specific characteristics, production model, culture and history.
Thus, Made in Italy has always pursued a specific path towards sustainability. Consider the similarities between the district model and the industrial symbiosis model, the focus on customization – personalization, the propensity for circularity, the ability to produce things of affection.
In such a scenario, the Mics – Made in Italy Circular and Sustainable project represents a definite acceleration, addressing the country’s weaknesses – mainly incremental innovation, a generalised delay in the digital transition, high production costs, the difficult balance between supply and demand of skills, the inability to create a system…
Among the many solutions proposed are the definition of circular and smart materials, bio-inspired solutions, additive manufacturing, digital twins, mixed reality applications, and new business models. With direct and indirect repercussions on the business system: competitive plus in terms of communication, cost reduction, consumption limits, emission containment, reuse of processing waste, rationalization of the production process, improvement of quality in work, health and safety, adaptation to regulation or anticipation of it. But also on universities and research institutions: new labs and equipment, trained researchers who are up to deal with current and future challenges; used to work across disciplines; able to help businesses to be more competitive; able to attract funding – reading a research notice, writing a project, drawing up a report; skilled in speaking the scientific language of a research project at EU, national or local level; part of a network that will remain over time.
All this strengthens an Italian approach to the issue, capable of combining sustainability and competitive growth.
