BIODIVERSITY

As part of the initiatives promoted by the Italian Pavilion at COP30, held in Belém, Brazil, from 10 to 21 November, the UN Global Compact Network Italy, in collaboration with RemTech Expo, organised the event “Nature to Tackle the Climate Change Challenge: Businesses and Urban Regeneration.” In particular, the session curated by the Italian Network provided an opportunity to present the study “Italian Companies and the Role of Natural Capital Protection in the fight against Climate Change,” a research carried out in 2025 in collaboration with The European House – Ambrosetti and Ca' Foscari University of Venice, with the support of Edison SpA.

The meeting in Belém opened with institutional greetings from Francesco Corvaro, Special Envoy for Climate Change for Italy, and Alessandro Guerri, General Manager, Directorate-General for European, International Affairs and Sustainable Finance, Ministry of Environment and Energy Security of Italy.

Biodiversity still a weak point in corporate environmental strategies: only 42% of companies monitor impacts

Italian companies are becoming increasingly aware of the strategic value of nature, but biodiversity remains largely absent from environmental strategies. This is the message from the new report "Italian Companies and the role of Natural Capital Protection in the Fight against Climate Change", promoted by the UN Global Compact Network Italyin collaboration with The European House – Ambrosetti, Ca' Foscari University of Venice, with the support of Edison. The study has been presented during COP30 in Belém, at the Italian Pavilion, in collaboration with the Italian Ministry of Environment and Energy Security.