Avanzi S.p.A

Avanzi – Sostenibilità per Azioni SB S.p.A. is an independent company that has been promoting change for sustainability through social innovation since 1997.

Avanzi’s mission is to develop innovative solutions and support their implementation through concrete initiatives, projects, and experiments. It works with businesses, non-profit organizations, foundations, and public institutions that are committed to innovation and social responsibility.

For over twenty-five years, Avanzi has facilitated processes of social and environmental innovation in areas such as urban regeneration, local development, housing policies, social cohesion and integration, creativity and culture, personal services, innovative welfare, agriculture, tourism and land stewardship, circular economy, sustainable finance, and trading.

Avanzi’s team includes over 40 professionals with multidisciplinary skills, enabling a multifaceted approach to problem-solving. This group of experts, driven by a shared vision and strong ethical values, combines knowledge to develop innovative responses to environmental and social challenges.

Avanzi operates in three main areas:

• Territories – Urban regeneration and sustainable territorial development processes;

• Organizations – Consulting services for companies and non-profits to design innovative solutions for sustainable change;

• New Enterprises – Incubation and acceleration of social enterprises with high social, environmental, and cultural value.

It also includes three cross-cutting centers of expertise focused on:

• Social impact assessment

• Impact finance