Air and Climate Alliance
La transition towards a healthier and more livable city, capable of combating the problems caused by climate change, can only be done involving all the parts that compose it effectively. In fact, cities occupy only 2% of the Earth's surface, but host 55% of the global population (which will become 70% by 2050). They produce around 70% of global CO2 emissions, but alone they can only achieve 40% of the mitigation objectives set by the Paris Agreement as they control only 10% of carbon emissions directly.
It is therefore essential for city institutions to create organic collaborations with the private sector and it is precisely from these assumptions that theAlliance for Air and Climate of Milan, an initiative along the lines of other City-Business Climate Alliances spread around the world (e.g. London, Paris, Boston) which involves structured collaboration between local institutions and the private sector to achieve climate objectives more quickly and effectively and of air quality.
It is proposed as a common and shared path for
- involve companies that already have advanced sustainability strategies;
- stimulate companies that have not yet started this journey;
- to ease collaborative processes useful for the ecological transition.
To create this framework, a three-phase participatory process was designed.
FIRST PHASE - COMPLETED
It saw the involvement of the Municipality management and representatives of the business associations who discussed the issues fundamental elements to be taken into consideration for the development of the project.
SECOND PHASE - IN PROGRESS
Following theNotice To participate in the co-design phase of the Alliance, the companies involved and which have started to collaborate with the Municipality in the drafting of the Alliance Guidelines are twenty-one:
Biotitan Nanotechnology - Capgemini Italia - Carbotermo - Carrefour Italia - Cariplo Factory - Deloitte Italy - Edison - Havas - InVento Innovation Lab - Legacoop Lombardia - Liquigas - L'Oreal Italia - Maire - OpenDot - Re-Solution Hub - Sky Italia - SOS-LOGistica - SYNLAB Italia Srl - Taua Srl Benefit Company - TEKNE SpA - Up2You.
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The phase of co-design will end approximately around the middle of June 2024, after which the developed guidelines will be put out for public consultation so that all business community citizen can view them and contribute to their finalization in order to then join the actual Alliance.
The objective of the co-design phase is to define the structure and operational methods of the Air and Climate Alliance which will flow into a Guidelines.
The text will subsequently be put out for public consultation in order to allow the collaboration and participation of the entire city business community as well as the finalization of the document.
THIRD PHASE - SECOND HALF 2024
The actual launch of the Alliance will take place in the second half of the year and will allow, through participation in a dedicated Expression of Interest, the participation of all the city's businesses interested in contributing to the city's transition process.
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The Alliance will be operational approximately starting from the last quarter of 2024 when they will be able to join all the businesses in the city capable of contributing to the city's transition process and in line with the requirements established through a dedicated Expression of Interest
If your company is interested in the route it can request more information writing a Alleanzaclima@comune.milano.it.