IRIS CERAMICA GROUP IN ASSOCIATION WITH MIT TECHNOLOGY REVIEW FOR THE GREEN FUTURE INDEX 2022

Iris Ceramica Group announces its collaboration with MIT Technology Review for The Green Future Index 2022.

MIT Technology Review is one of the most prestigious international publications in the field of technology and innovation, founded in 1899 by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston, the most important university and research center in the world.

The prestigious study ranks 76 countries and territories based on their progress and their commitments to a green future. The publication examines how these countries reduce carbon emissions, develop clean energy and green innovations. This project will help shape the future of the global green economy. Iris Ceramica Group is a partner in this important global analysis project that underlines the company's commitment to research and innovative development that has allowed it to increase the sustainability of the production system.

Federica Minozzi, CEO of Iris Ceramica Group, explains: “We are proud to partner with MIT Technology Review on this world-class study. Environmental sustainability has always been a priority from the beginning, more than 60 years ago, when we started producing surfaces. High performance ceramic. We are convinced that ethics, technology and aesthetics must share a path in which they can reinforce each other. For this reason, many of our ideas and innovations have been revolutionary in the ceramic sector. Today our commitment is aimed at creating an even more sustainable world, an ambitious challenge, which for us materializes in the construction of the first ceramic plant designed to work with green hydrogen. The plant will be ready by the end of this year.”

The Group, which has the goal of carbon neutrality by 2050, considers this collaboration essential to communicate the importance of sustainability and the decarbonisation of production.

“The Green Future Index has become a benchmark for the qualitative assessment of the sustainability of individual countries. For our second edition of the global 'green' rankings, it is with great pleasure that we welcome the leading company Iris Ceramica as our partner. Group," says Nico Crepaldi of MIT Technology Review. Iris Ceramica Group's collaboration in this important research confirms its commitment to act for a more sustainable future, by engineering ceramics and creating new cutting-edge production standards based on green technologies.