Italo was born at a time in which models of sustainable economy have become mandatory to make sure that human activities have a little impact on our ecosystem. Thus, the company had to have a great green soul for all its activities, starting from the choice of the trains.
Indeed, Italo trains, apart from offering a safe and comfortable journey, have been made in line with the best practices in the field of sustainability.
98% of materials used to build Italo trains are recyclable, and their state-of-the-art technology allows us to save more energy compared to our competitors’ trains. This means a great reduction of CO2 emissions compared to other means of transport. Just think that a train trip from Rome to Milan produces 14 kg of CO2 emissions, whilst these emissions reach 66 kg and 94 kg respectively when using a car or the plane.
Even Italo’s Lounge Clubs – i.e. the spaces dedicated to transit passengers – comply with the most stringent directives on energy consumption and sorted waste collection.
Environmental safety and protection is a must we need to achieve and regularly improve, thus Italo’s commitments are to:
Italo’s commitment has been confirmed through the achievement of ISO 14001:2015 certification, which states that Italo has a management system suitable to keep the environmental impact of its activities under control.
Italo’s policy has always focused on respecting the environment also at official level by participating to important initiatives aimed at improving the knowledge of workers and passengers of the correct energy saving practices.
Italo participates in many initiatives through tailor-made information and promotional activities made to involve its passengers in the project and create awareness about conscious energy consumption.
Now a more deep-rooted reality in Italy, Italo is ready to face in the next years the many challenges linked to a greater focus on environmental sustainability.
In November 2016, Italo participated in ENEA's first Italian National "Italy in Class A" campaign, promoted by the Ministry of Economic Development to increase the awareness of companies concerning energy efficiency information and training
Italo will participate to the “Italia in Classe A” Campaign – the Energy Efficiency training and information initiative implemented by ENEA and promoted by the Ministry of Economic Development – also in the 2017.
Italo takes part to M'Illumino di Meno, by Rai Radio 2 and Caterpillar
Italo partecipa alla conferenza su "Trasporti e sostenibilità" organizzata dall'Università Milano Bicocca nell’ambito del Festival dello sviluppo sostenibile 2019 promosso da ASVIS.
Italo partecipa alla campagna M'Illumino di Meno, iniziativa Rai Radio 2 e Caterpillar
Anche nel 2017 Italo partecipa alla Campagna “Italia in Classe A”, iniziativa di informazione e formazione sull’Efficienza Energetica promossa dal Ministero dello Sviluppo Economico e realizzata dall’ENEA.
Nel novembre 2016, Italo ha infatti preso parte alla prima Campagna Nazionale ENEA “Italia in Classe A”, promossa dal Ministero dello Sviluppo Economico per sensibilizzare le imprese all’informazione e formazione sull’efficienza energetica