June 08, 2012
GREEN & SUSTAINABLE CHEMISTRY
Cà Foscari University of Venice
Massimo D’ONOFRIO – Confindustria Veneto
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Un Programma di Federchimica in collaborazione con
Confindustria Veneto da condividere nel territorio
Programma
Partners
T.A.C.E.C. Towards A Carbon
Efficient
Chemistry
8 Partners:
AGESI, Milano
Energy Cluster, Legnano
Fondaz. EnergyLab,
Milano
Euris Europe S.r.l..
Padova
LUISS Business School,
Roma
Polo di Innovazione
Energie Rinnovabili e
Biocombustibili, Tortona
«Suschem Italy», Bologna
Tholos S.r.l., Cagliari
•R&S
•Metodologie e Best
Practices
•Analisi e Position Paper
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Evoluzioni
2 Progetti:
CDM + Microcredito
LCA, Carbon
Footprinting
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Actual development model is NO MORE SUSTAINABLE
Western/Developed Countries are exciding in consuming resources
Along the last 10 years (and with an unexpected progression during
the last few ones) world wide financial flows seem to have inverted
the route; at the beginning were BRIC Countries leading the new
wave; today new comers are raising (Turkey, South Africa, S.Korea,..)
Emerging Countries (nowadays well emerged!) in spite having
moved/attracted huge resources, will generate new further & deeper
changes; in facts richness pro-capita is still poor compared to
Western Countries one and its distribution is far to be homogeneous
Financial flows so far seem welfare driven; they move, as per an
osmotic phenomenon, towards those Countries with less restrictions
in, ei, Labour & Environmental matters
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A new Development Model, more sustainable, has to be reached &
set; deliverables are:
 governance of financial flows
 risk mitigation in:
-> environmental matters
-> social conflicts
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Actual new models & protocols proposed by Western Countries like
 Kyoto’ Convention
 Reach’ Regulation
 Iso 14001
reside on economical starting bases very difficult to protect &
maintain.
The challenge is to let Emerging Countries accept these best
practices.
Developped Countries cannot jet play the “referee” role because in
«suspicion» conflict of interest.
The world Peaceful Governance pass through safeguarding collective
interests (in both Developped & Emerging Countries) applying the
same rules
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Italian and Veneto’ Region Contribution to a Sustainable Chemistry
Chemistry Manufacture at Country and Veneto’ Region levels, in the
largest part, is made by small & medium sized firms (PMI); it means
too small critical mass to may successfully manage Research &
Innovation matters
Research & Innovation is the ineluctable step to pursue a more
sustainable development (accompanied by internazionalization) to
compete in the actual globalized scenario
PMI’ size is limiting relationship with Academic institution (Green
Chemistry) making difficult the technology/innovation transfer
(Sustainable Chemistry); there is not a guilty on left or right side;
simply, there are not the right conditions
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the distance between scientific competences and pmi
@ a good idea
@ a good manager
@ a good market niche
@ a good “exit- route”
The “death valley”
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The relationship among Chemistry PMI Firms & Academic Institution
has still wide margin for improvements; each of us has to take care to
a piece of the puzzle
 Industrial Representatives (starting from Confindustria)
trying to facilitate a synthesis of needs
 Academic Institutions trying to appreciate a potential “virtuous
circuit” (basic-applied-basic) for new research opportunities
 Government Institutions providing, as appropriate, new rules to
establish ideal conditions to let social parties esiarly to cooperate,
starting by removing any potential conflict
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Thanks for your attention!
Thankful for documentation & suggestions is due to:
. Federchimica, dr Sergio TREICHLER
. Confindustria Veneto, dr Marco ARMILLOTTA
. Prof. Vincenzo BALZANI, Energia per l’astronave Terra - Zanichelli
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