15 local companies have already started a process of saving and water efficiency, led by the Water Saving Kit. With this tool every company is able to perform a self-assessment, measuring the environmental performance related to water resources and then implement a plan of action to limit water consumption.

It is no coincidence that AQUA started in Emilia-Romagna, a region that hosts not only a large production area highly intensive and industrialized, but also small and medium enterprises that have made the territorial coverage of local products their point of strength. The proper use of water will result - now and even more in the future - in sustainability and competitiveness of the territory.

This will be done primarily through the Water Alliance, a document of commitments signed by a public-private partnership, proposed and approved by the Regional Government of Emilia-Romagna. The Alliance is open to all companies in the agri-food industry who decide to commit in improving the use of water resources. Cantina Villa Bagnolo (FC), Cantina i Colli Romagnoli (RA), Cantina Le Romagnole (RA), Fruttagel (RA), CAC (FC), Terremerse (RA), Granarolo (BO), Italcarni (MO), Conapi (BO), Caseificio Santa Vittoria (PC), UNIPEG – Castelcarni (RE), Cevico (RA), GSI (MO), Agribologna (San Pietro in Casale) e Apofruit (Cesena) are the companies that have signed the Alliance, joining a pact of co-responsibility with the territory and with the other stakeholders.

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