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FieraMesse on the road to sustainability

What we think, say and do every day to become the greenest fair in Italy

  • Our job is to bring together supply and demand in a productive sector. We want the way we do this to be the most sustainable in Italy. 
  • To achieve this ambitious goal we set for ourselves, every day we take an extra step to reach it. Think sustainable, talk sustainability and act accordingly.
  • From where have we started? From our facility and our everyday work. Here are some of the steps we have already taken. Proud to be #FieraMesse!
100% use of green energy
-156 t of CO2 without carpeting
1 M kWh year produced by solar panels
15.000 bees in our hive
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  • We have achieved the EarthCheck Silver Certification 2025, the world’s leading sustainability certification for the tourism and events industry. 
  • In Italy, we are the first and so far the only ones to reach this milestone. In Europe, we are second only to RAI Amsterdam – one of the most important exhibition centers in Europe and globally – which holds the EarthCheck Platinum Certification and began its sustainability journey 12 years ago.
  • This makes us even prouder and happier about our success! Thanks to the hard work of our Team, of Terra Institute and to our stakeholders and partners who support us in this daily effort.
  • But we’re not stopping here: we’ve taken a decisive step towards becoming the greenest exhibition center in Italy, and now comes the exciting part – continuously improving wherever possible, leading by example, and inspiring those who work with us every day. 
  • We’re aiming higher and already looking ahead to the next milestone: the EarthCheck Gold Certification, which we strive to achieve by 2030!
Thomas Mur
Domenique Hopfgartner
André Consolati
Vivien Lambacher
Alessandro Pizzo

Our promise? To become the greenest fair in Italy!

Thomas Mur

Director FieraMesse

For my family, the switch to electric mobility was a logical consequence: the advantages in terms of comfort, but also the economic aspects and of course the environmental factor made it very easy for us to switch from a classic vehicle with a combustion engine to a fully electric car.

Domenique Hopfgartner

Coordinator Brand & Communication

I always use public transport to get to work in order to reduce the environmental impact.

André Consolati

Brand Manager

The motivation for my choosing to take the train to work is not only one of environmental consciousness, but also one which allows me to take full advantage of this time to complete small, non-work related errands and thus being able to fully relax at home.

Vivien Lambacher

Project Manager

To be more sustainable and to protect the environment, I use my bike
every day to come to the fair.

Alessandro Pizzo

Graphics & Production
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Energy

  • our connection to the waste-to-energy plant in Bolzano Sud allows us to receive hot water for heating and cooling our facilities;
  • our photovoltaic roof on the exhibition pavilion is almost as big as a football field (6.958 m²) with a maximum output of 1 MW;
  • our solar panels produce around 1.000.000 kWh of energy per year, of which about half is consumed by us while with the remainder, statistically speaking, we could supply a small village of about 300 people;
  • our electric car charging points - 7 in total, 2 of them ultra-fast and all of them utilising the photovoltaic energy of our roof;
  • our Service Centre has a 500 m² green roof, which reduces the heat in the building, retains dust, provides a better microclimate and is home to a colony of 15.000 bees which produce 15 kg of honey per year;
  • NEW! After sector A, the current lights in sectors B+C+D will also be replaced with new LED lights; 
  • NEW! Our FieraMesse H1 Eventspace will soon be equipped with an energy-efficient air conditioning system, also powered by our photovoltaic system.

Our photovoltaic energy

CO2 risparmiata da inizio anno

kg

CO2 annua assorbita da

alberi

Energia fotovoltaica prodotta da inizio anno

kwh

Energia annua consumata mediamente da

famiglie in Provincia di Bolzano

Produzione Energia Attuale (kWh)

Recycling & prevention

  • 75% of the waste produced at the fair is collected separately;
  • waste water from brush washing or other set-up operations is collected in 3 tanks and treated separately before disposal;
  • for waste produced by visitors, there are 40 recycling bins in the district.
  • we have given up carpeting on the aisles, which is equivalent to 156 tonnes less of CO2 emitted each year;
  • no plastic for bottles, cutlery and disposable tableware from our official caterer and restaurant supplier GIKU;
  • during events, every evening a cooperative takes unsold (but still good) food from the bars and delivers it to those who need it most;
  • every year 360m² of synthetic sheets of our backlights are recycled to produce new ones.
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  • For us, environmental responsibility is not a trend, it is an important commitment, in which we firmly believe. 
  • A concrete step to actively involve all our stakeholders, partners and customers in this path is our "FieraMesse Sustainability Policy", the document that you can download here below.
  • Read it, think about it and do not hesitate to ask us questions about it. If you share it, you can try to put it into practice (at least in part) also in your work. 
  • If, on the other hand, it excites you 100%, as it excites us, spread it on the web and on social media #FORABETTERFUTURE!

Sustainability Policy

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