Invitalia’s Funding for Sustainable Projects

Risks from climate change, biodiversity loss, deteriorating social conditions, and the quality of business management-so-called environmental, social, and governance (ESG) risks affect the actual and potential growth of the economy. Globally, investor attention to ESG factors has increased: based on the World Economic Forum’s 2022 survey, environmental and sustainability profiles are among the most relevant risk categories, in terms of both probability and severity of potential impacts.

A list of reasons is enough to understand the importance of environmental sustainability for companies. Public funding for sustainable projects on ecological transition and sustainable innovation is becoming increasingly available and represents an unmissable opportunity for companies. Invitalia has made available a number of very interesting grants: three of them, in particular, make grants available to companies to cover a wide range of expenses and support projects on innovation, sustainability, decarbonization, and circular economy.

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€20 million grant for culture and sustainable projects

It is called TOCC and stands for Ecological Transition of Cultural and Creative Bodies. Thanks to a financial envelope of €20 million, included in the NRP, there are incentives granted in the form of non-repayable grants, up to 80 percent of eligible expenses, and a maximum amount of €75,000.

The incentive finances the implementation of activities, sustainable projects, or products marked by eco-design and sustainability. Events, cultural activities, and services with a low environmental impact, strategic planning actions, and energy efficiency programs. Also cultural products with a strong educational and didactic component aimed at raising awareness of respect for the environment; development activities and experimental prototyping, aimed at eco-design of products and the recovery, reuse, and recycling of products.

The measure is aimed at cultural and creative organizations, i.e., micro and small businesses (provided they are already established as of Dec. 31st, 2021), operating in the following areas: music, audiovisual and radio, fashion, architecture and design, visual and performing arts, cultural heritage and artistic crafts, publishing, books, and literature, including software development.

Expenditures for plant, machinery, equipment, software, trademarks and patents, certifications and technical knowledge, masonry work, and facilities, as well as utilities and rents and expenses for new staff hired for the funded project, are subsidized.

Applications can be submitted until 6 p.m. on July 12th, 2023, and will be evaluated through a ranking process.

€1 billion for sustainable projects related to industrial decarbonization

€1 billion to support industrial decarbonization plans aimed at replacing at least 10 percent of the methane and fossil fuels used in production processes in highly polluting sectors with low-carbon and/or renewable hydrogen and possibly the electrification of production processes. This is the amount allocated by the Hard to Abate (HTA) plan for manufacturing companies of any size, provided they have been in operation for at least 2 years. Facilities are granted in the form of a non-repayable grant, with different amounts depending on the type of project carried out and percentages that can reach a maximum overall intensity of 80 percent. In any case, each project must include eligible costs and expenses of no less than €500,000.

For research projects for the use of hydrogen, expenses, and costs regarding personnel, equipment, and materials, acquired knowledge and patents, and consulting services are eligible, while for investment projects involving the production of hydrogen, expenses for masonry works and for the design of the facilities and works to be carried out are also eligible.

Facilities are granted on the basis of a negotiated procedure with a counter-evaluation process and are reviewed and evaluated on a first-come, first-served basis. The window will close on June 30th, 2023, at 10 a.m.

Subsidized and non-repayable financing for green products

The Circular Economy incentive was created to encourage the reconversion of production activities, toward an economic model that maintains the value of products for as long as possible and minimizes the production of waste. Projects eligible for the facilities are those with eligible expenses and costs of no less than €500,000 and no more than €2 million.

The total resources available amount to €219.8 million. The facilities are composed of subsidized financing, up to 50 percent of eligible expenses and costs, and outright grants, with percentages between 20 percent for micro and small enterprises and research organizations and 10 percent for large enterprises.

Costs for employees, tools, equipment, and materials used to carry out the project, and consulting services are eligible.

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