EVER Monaco: eco-innovations and sustainable ideas

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A regular feature in the annual Monaco’s programming, EVER Monaco, got held for the first time at the green setting of Espace Fontvieille.

A three-day event focused on eco-innovations, sustainable ideas and relevant institutional commitments.

The Sovereign Prince also visited the site and showed huge interest in pushing an ambitious sustainable development strategy grounded on a carbon-free mobility. Their two main missions are to reduce traffic which causes 30% of polluting emissions in Monaco and to lower the impact of motor park since carpooling prevent the use of five vehicles.

This year the forum welcomed also an interinstitutional agreement between Monaco and the vicinity to boost a closer cooperation aimed at reducing the impact of plastic and marine litter on the French Riviera and Corsican coastal line. In the presence of the Sovereign Prince and Alexandra Valetta-Ardisson, deputy of the Alpes Maritimes department, H.E. Bernard Fautrier, president of BeMed and EVER, signed a relevant partnership with major urban and regional representatives like Christian Estrosi, mayor of Nice, Jean-Claude Guibal, mayor of Menton, and Charles Voglimacci, European Counsellor for PACA region, reports Hellomonaco.

“Between 230 and 250 thousand tonnes of human plastic waste from land-based sources are poured into the sea every year able to endanger both natural and human food chain. Thus, for about four years Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation and other relevant actors have implemented a series of actions in favour of a civil society”, highlighted Bernard Fautrier, chairman of EVER Monaco.

“Let us imagine to replace everything that pollutes into something respectful of the environment through existing techniques, processes, systems, appliances, materials which are cost-effective for producers and users. All of this is possible and we succeeded in offering a new perspective combining consumption to efficiency, thanks to a common thread: the passion of any innovative talent”, stressed Bertrand Piccard, founder and president of Solar Impulse Foundation.

All the further details on the event can be seen on their official website. Photo EVER Monaco 2021