Tim has joined the Venice Foundation, World Capital of Sustainability (FVCMS)/Venice Sustainability Foundation as co-founder.
What it is Fondazione Venezia World Capital of Sustainability
Venice Foundation, World Capital of Sustainability (FVCMS) was established on March 14, 2022, under the patronage of the Italian Government. FVCMS works for the realization of a new model of sustainability for Venice and its geographical surroundings which makes it possible to recreate in a stable form that fruition experience (residential, work, tourist) which for centuries has made these places without equal.
The Foundation is made up of a structured partnership, made up of regional and local territorial bodies, the main Venetian cultural and academic institutions and a group of large companies interested in the sustainable development of the Venetian surroundings.
Tim's entry into the foundation
Tim had already made Venice there first Italian smart city thanks to the project of Smart Control Room.
With entry into the foundation, the Group will put a disposal of the foundation its own knowledge and the skills in digital technologies in the 5G, IoT, Cloud, AI, Analytics, Cybersecurity and HPC fields to support sustainable mobility and tourism, environmental transition, safety and health of citizens. Thanks to data management, it will be possible to manage the phenomena that cross the city in the most appropriate way by governing their impact and improving the quality of life of those who live and carry out activities in the lagoon city and in its metropolitan surroundings.
The areas of intervention of the Tim Group fall within its own ESG strategy and strongly characterize the life of the city of Venice and its ability to develop in a sustainable way.
“We are very proud to be able to work alongside the Venice World Capital of Sustainability Foundation and to do so by making our skills and assets available. Venice is a very important city for our company: it is right here that we started developing together with local institutions the Smart Control Room, pilot project for the development of smart cities, synonym of innovation and sustainability, which we want to replicate on a national scale. Becoming a co-founder of the Foundation is the confirmation of ours link with Venice and of our commitment to be a Group at the forefront of accelerating the digitization of Italy” he declared Peter Labriola, Chief Executive Officer of TIM.
Foundation members
Among the founding members there are from FVCMS: Veneto Region, Municipality of Venice, Ca' Foscari University of Venice, IUAV University of Venice, Academy of Fine Arts, Benedetto Marcello Conservatory of Music, Cini Foundation, Confindustria Veneto, Snam, Eni, Enel Italia, Generali, Boston Consulting Group.
In the role of co-founding members of the FVCMS we find: Amazon, AdSP of the northern Adriatic Sea, Autostrade per l'Italia, Venice and Rovigo Chamber of Commerce, Eagle Pictures, Enfinity, Italian State Railways, Compagnia di San Paolo Foundation, Venice Foundation, Leonardo, Marsilio, Microsoft , Poste Italiane, San Lorenzo, SAVE Group, Sorgente Group, Terna, Ambrosetti, TIM, Umana, Venice International University.
Il president is the Hon. Professor Renato Brunetta, with vice presidents Luca Zaia, president of the Veneto Region, e Louis Brugnaro, Mayor of Venice.
"With the'entry of TIM among the co-founding members we welcome a leader of the digital transition process which, as demonstrated by the broad participation of the TIM Group, cuts across many of the strategic areas of interest to the Foundation. What we have in common, in addition to the desire to create a new model of sustainability that starts right from Venice, is the idea that the future must pass through skills and innovative solutions in favor of real changes in our daily life" declared the President of FVCMS, Renato Brunetta.
