Sustainable development is linked to the environment but also to the economy and the social. Thus, it is essential to set up initiatives based on solidarity. The aim is to promote a more just, egalitarian and sustainable world.
Also, sharing, support and education are essential in order to raise awareness and change habits.
Finally, a green economy can be put in place. In this sense, concrete solutions such as the circular economy can be initiatives.
Zaragoza
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Everdome
Project presented by ECOS (Federation of Commerce and Services Businessmen of Zaragoza and Province) This project is dedicated to transferring the process of purchasing a traditional commerce to a web page. Through it, sales will be made with a new digital channel but maintaining the personalized treatment that differentiates small shops. The initiative can be applied to more than 500 local businesses in Zaragoza, facilitating a technology, only available to large commercial firms, at an affordable cost for the little ones.
Local
Ecology
Innovant
lLisboa
AID Global
They promote Education for Development and Global Citizenship that aims to sensitize children and young people to global inequalities, encouraging them to participate in the public debate, contributing to their development. Their vision is to improve the levels of Literacy and Education, essential to an active Citizenship, promoting a more just, equal and sustainable world. They have different projects in Portugal such as: cleaning the sea at Porto Santo, youth at the Politics, from the school to the world, etc...
Social and solidarity
Ecology
Sustainability
Lisboa
Agencia Portuguesa do Meio Ambiente (APA)
A new public institute, within the scope of the Portuguese Ministry of the Environment and Energy Transition. Their mission is to propose, develop and monitor, on an integrated and participated manner, the public policies for the environment and sustainable development, in close cooperation with other sectoral policies and public and private entities. APA counts nowadays with more than 800 highly skilled employees and consultants.
Sustainability
Ecology
Economy
Águeda
Municipio de Águeda
Águeda was one of 32 Portuguese municipalities distinguished with the EcoXXI award, an initiative of the European Blue Flag Association, which aims to recognize the good sustainability practices developed by the municipalities. A system of sharing electric bicycles, LED street lighting and the conservation work at Pateira de Fermentelos were some of the municipal projects that contributed to the award.
Sustainability
Ecology
Innovant
Lisboa
BCSD Portugal
Business Council for Sustainable Development (BCSD) Portugal is a non-profit company-based association that aggregates and represents more than 90 leading businesses in Portugal, which are actively committed to the transition to a sustainable world. They help the member companies in the journey towards sustainability, promoting positive impact for stakeholders, society and the environment. The sales volume of BCSD Portugal’s members represents 38% of the national GDP or 65 billion euros in turnover, with more than 270 thousand employees. BCSD Portugal is part of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) network, the largest international organization working in the area of sustainable developmen.
Ecology
Sustainability
Social and solidarity
Milano
GREEN RESET SRL
Circularity arises from the need to provide companies with tools, answers and concrete solutions on their path towards the Circular Economy, which is increasingly necessary for the competitiveness and sustainability of the companies themselves
Sustainability
Innovant
Ecology
Lisboa
Planetiers World Gathering
PWG is the world's biggest event for sustainable innovation, connecting the most innovative social and environmental impact startups, communities and cities, day-to-day sustainable solutions and the most inspirational change-makers in the world.
Social & solidarity
Sustainability
Innovant
Braga, Lisboa,
Porto
Viseu
Universidade Catolica Portuguesa
The University have many projects to help the environment, the comunity and apply many sustainable actions in their campus, encouraging and teaching their students to apply those actions in their habits.
Social & solidarity
Ecology
Sustainability
Oeiras
Oeiras Valley
The Oeiras Valley is a project supported by the City Council of Oeiras whose mission is to create a unique ecosystem for the innovation and development of the country. Bringing together the whole municipality, Oeiras Valley intends to attract more and new companies and investments to the territory, to promote the already existing companies, to innovate and to project Oeiras onto the international radar of Innovation and Science. The ambition of Oeiras Valley is to be the number one ecosystem in Portugal in attracting technology companies.
Local
Sustainability
Economy
Portugal
Crescimento Verde
It's a project created by the Ministry of the Environment in colaboration with APA (Portuguese Agency of the Environment), ADENE (Energy Agency), GSEA (Office of the Secretary of State for the Environment), GSEOTCN (Office of the Secretary of State for Planning of Territory and Nature Conservation) and GSEE (Office of the Secretary of State for Energy). They're vision: Encourage green economic growth in Portugal with national impact and international visibility, stimulating green economic activities, promoting efficiency in the use of resources and contributing to sustainability. Goals: The initiatives should contribute to the sustainable development of Portugal by promoting the country's competitiveness and its international affirmation as a reference for global green growth.
Economy
Ecology
Sustainability
Reggio Emilia
Sinergie
SINERGIE is a non-profit Consortium. Sinergie is a training institution accredited to the Emilia-Romagna Region and CRTT - Research and Technology Transfer Center. Sinergie support and assist companies and people in human capital development paths, through simple and complex training interventions, which promotes the development of innovation and sustainability.
Social and solidarity
Sustainability
Ecology
Adria
EVERGREEN RECYCLE
Italian company leader in the sector of incentive eco compactors, through an innovative business model that combines green and sharing economy, from expertise in pre-sales, to sales consultancy and after-sales assistance, you can rely on EVERGREEN RECYCLE for the best eco compactors incentives
Ecology
Sustainability
Innovant
Lisboa
4change
They support both investors and entrepreneurs in their impact management - mapping, implementing and evaluating the best initiatives; create and develop transformative interventions, engaging communities and partners to collectively generate more social impact; use participatory tools to develop capabilities and capacities within individuals and organisations and produce and share actionable knowledge to allow a leaner adoption of shared processes, languages and metrics across their partners and network.
Economy
Ecology
Innovant
Sustainability
Lisboa
Fundação GALP
The Foundation's mission is to serve the community and its sustainable development. For this, it is guided by criteria of equity, rationality and operational effectiveness in the application of the means that the Founding Group places at its disposal, seeking to be an active agent and, simultaneously, to have a close link with the community. The Foundation intervenes in several areas, namely Social Development, Energy and Environment, Education and Culture, with the goal of fulfilling its commitments in social intervention and supporting the development of the Galp Group, and is present on two continents.
Social & Solidarity
Sustainability
Economy
Setúbal
Myplanet
Created by The Navigator Company, #MYPLANET is a vehicle for social and environmental responsibility through the sharing of knowledge and support of actions. They help with many enviromental and social actions throughout Portugal, promoting and also getting involved in it.
Social and solidarity
Ecology
Sustainability
Lisboa
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CORE
Founded in 2013 and based in Santarém, CORE currently works with several companies and other public and private associations, committed to CSR for social change. In 2014, they received the status of public utility, which came to recognize the importance of social responsibility in the current social context, understanding companies as strategic players in the processes of social change. Their statutes incorporate a mission to develop projects that focus on social issues, so our action has been activated by investing in projects to promote youth employability, active aging and education.
Ecology
Sustainability
Economy
Trento
Quater coop
The Quater cooperative deals with communication, environmental education and sustainability, training, social research, recovery and environmental studies. Quater proposes projects and actions that, through research, training, communication, innovation can improve the quality of life and the use of territorial assets and in general help the development of a community.
Ecology
Sustainability
Social and solidarity
