Financing Italian innovation by drawing inspiration from the ethical, social and environmental values Pope Francis expressed in the encyclical “Laudato Si'”. It is with this goal that the investment company Impatta4Equity was launched. Promoted by IMPATTA, a network of businesses and professionals inspired by Earth Day Italia and coordinated by club deal investor Next4, the company was presented last June 23 at Binario F, a new Facebook space in Rome. It was attended by promoters Pierluigi Sassi, Davide D’Arcangelo and Angelo Paletta, founders of Next4. For the evaluation of investment proposals, the Impatta4Equity program will rely on Value Metrics, a measurement tool born from the collaboration between Core Values, PWC, Anima and the Movement for the Economy of Common Good and capable of combining ESG criteria with the principles expressed by the encyclical Laudato si’ and the Social Doctrine of the Church.“As the climate crisis escalates and institutions face obvious difficulties,” – said Pierluigi Sassi, CEO of Impatta4Equity – “Pope Francis has called on every responsible citizen to do his or her part and has launched a global action platform, Laudato si’ Action Platform, thanks to which we can all contribute to generating the change that humanity and the planet increasingly urgently need.. In addition to an increasing attention by citizens and consumers to sustainability and social responsibility, recent changes are forcing the global economy to change pace.“The ECB is about to conclude its second stress-test on the impact of climate change in the eurozone, but already in the first edition” – Sassi points out – “the analysis of 4 million companies and 1,600 banking institutions showed the unreasonableness of continuing to work on economic models based on fossil fuels and the senseless exploitation of natural resources. “.

There are currently two pilot projects launched by the new firm. The first, “Green Mobility Platform,” is in the area of sustainable mobility: in partnership with Fleet Support, the market leader in corporate fleet management, and AIAGA FMFE, the European network of mobility managers, the project involves the creation of a blockchain platform intended for businesses that certifies the reduction of CO2 emissions from corporate fleets. The second, launched in partnership with the Istituto per il Credito Sportivo and FEDERESCO, is also based on the launch of a digital platform backed by a blockchain, but designed for future Energy Communities: in fact, the tool will be able to certify the production and self-consumption of energy.

Impatta4Equity will benefit from the know-how and track-record gained by Next4: in just two years since its founding, Pierluigi Sassi, Davide D’Arcangelo, and Angelo Paletta’s company has managed to increase its value by 150 percent by investing in digital health and digital.