Eni presented its Natural Capital installation yesterday in Milan at the Brera Botanical Garden, created as part of the “Creative Connections” exhibition organized by Interni magazine on the occasion of FuoriSalone 2021.
The installation, designed by the international design and innovation studio CRA - Carlo Ratti Associati with the collaboration of Italo Rota and the scientific contribution of the University of Milan, through a large three-dimensional infographic intends to raise visitors' awareness of the role of forests. in the fight against climate change. Natural Capital shows the CO2 captured and accumulated by different tree species present in the Brera Botanical Garden and the risks deriving from deforestation, one of the main causes of an increase in CO2 in the atmosphere. Visitors were able to admire the installation immersed in the garden of the Brera Botanical Garden and thus experience a different point of view on the fight against climate change thanks to design, a universal language capable of stimulating collective reflection on the theme of decarbonisation.
The theme of forest conservation fits fully into the context of the "Creative Connections" exhibition, a concept that celebrates the 30th anniversary of the FuoriSalone by talking, through design, about the connections between human beings and nature and using various forms of creativity to identify solutions effective at ever new needs, such as global warming.
Eni's participation in the exhibition reflects the company's strategic commitment to achieve net zero emissions by 2050 through a path that will lead it to become a leader in the production and sale of totally decarbonised products, generated by industrial processes with net emissions equal to zero. The new strategy is largely based on technologies that are already available, on projects that are already operational or can be implemented in the short term and is based on the development of multiple integrated decarbonisation strands that Eni will carry out hand in hand. Such as forest conservation projects, inserted within a broader framework of interventions that aim, firstly, to reduce emissions deriving from industrial activities, and, secondly, to compensate for emissions that cannot be reduced with technologies current. Eni's commitment in this area follows the United Nations REDD + (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation) scheme, which accompanies forest conservation with the development of local communities through the promotion of socio-economic activities in line with and sustainable forest management and biodiversity conservation.