- Address
Via della Liberazione 6/C
40128BolognaBO
Italy
Description
Ecoinnovazione Srl is a research and consultancy company born in 2012 as spin-off of ENEA (large Italian technological research public organisation, www.enea.it) instrumental to apply knowledge, methods and tools developed in many years of international research.
Ecoinnovazione provides tailored services and solutions to companies finalised to a winning circular economy and sustainability strategy.
Its services are based on the most robust and scientifically sound assessment methods and they are continuously updated through the participation to international research projects and networks. Working in the Green and Circular Economy field, Ecoinnovazione offers industrial research and advanced services of environmental, economic and social impacts assessment of products, services, organisations with a life cycle approach (Life Cycle Assessment, Life Cycle Costing, Social Life Cycle Assessment). Applies Responsible Research and Innovation principles and stakeholder engagement in the research and development process to achieve acceptability and consensus on innovative technologies, products and methods.
Ecoinnovazione studies and improves own knowledge following regulatory and scientific evolution, and promote the integration of scientific and technical developments within the policy making, participating to multi-stakeholder boards and working groups with, besides others, the European Commission (e.g.: product and organisation environmental footprint; sustainable finance) and the United Nation Environment within the Life Cycle Initiative, as member of the Steering Committee as representative of the business constituency.
Ecoinnovazione is accredited as industrial research laboratory within the High Technology Network of the Emilia Romagna region in Italy and is “Participant” of the United Nations Global Compact. Moreover, Ecoinnovazione is part of the European Resource Efficiency Organisations (EREK), Italian Circular Economy Stakeholder Platform ICESP.
We have clients in Europe and in USA, we participate to Research and Development projects and to tenders of the European Commission.
Ecoinnovazione srl
Ecoinnovazione srl
Contact Person
Paolo Masoni
Equipment
As a methodology-specialized consultancy, we do not possess technological equipment but utilize software and databases to perform Life Cycle Assessment (LCA).
- LCA Expert (LCA software)+ GaBi (Database) by Sphera,
- SimaPro (LCA software)+ Ecoinvent (Database) by Pré
- Open LCA (LCA software) by Green Delta
- PSILCA (Data base for Social Life Cycle Assessment) by Green Delta
- Equipment Link
- https://www.ecoinnovazione.eu
Services
We assist our clients in fully leveraging sustainability and the circular economy to enhance their competitiveness through a bespoke approach that can commence from any specific service.
Our objective is to accompany the client on a collaborative journey wherein we understand the unique characteristics of the client, their products, and their target market. Concurrently, the client internalizes knowledge and competencies related to sustainability and the circular economy, progressively improving both their products and the overall sustainability performance of the organization.
We provide comprehensive support to our industrial clients in:
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Achieving Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) certifications through specific Program Operators tailored to their market.
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Obtaining EPD process certification and developing proprietary EPD tools, particularly for product portfolios comprising a large number of items.
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Conducting self-assessments of the carbon and environmental footprint of their products utilizing tailored software tools.
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Enhancing the carbon and environmental footprint of their products through Ecodesign practices.
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Quantifying the environmental and carbon footprint of the entire organization.
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Formulating transition plans to mitigate environmental footprints.
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Mitigating Scope 3 emissions through sustainable supply chain management and Ecodesign of their product portfolio.
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Scientifically identifying their environmental and social materiality.
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Developing technical, economic, and environmental assessments of innovative circular economy processes for the valorization of waste flows.
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Assessing the economic, environmental, and social sustainability of innovative technologies at early stages of development (Technology Readiness Level [TRL] 3-7) and providing recommendations for sustainable scale-up.
We integrate the above services with the needed training on sustainability assessment and Ecodesign.
- Services Link
- https://www.ecoinnovazione.eu
Other activities
Eco-design of products
Environmental certification of products and technologies
Social impact assessment of products and technologies
Decarbonisation plan