150 new trees in Milan's Parco Nord

There are 150 more trees in Milan's Parco Nord, more specifically in the Cormano area. TIM employees planted them on 9 April as part of a forest redevelopment event that helps expand urban green areas and generate ecosystem services for the local area and the residents, with the aim of strengthening TIM Group's commitment to environmental protection.

The trees planted will absorb around 50 tonnes of CO2 over their average 30-year life span, the equivalent of the emissions from approximately 500 refrigerators running for 1 year.

The initiative was promoted together with Rete Clima, a non-profit organisation specialising in promoting sustainability in organisations with the support of the Italian Ministry of Ecological Transition and in accordance with Rete Clima's Foresta Italia^® Protocol, which lays down a series of technical requirements focussing particularly on the use of native species and maintenance guarantees.

The Group is also planning a project in Umbria to support the management of the Pieve-Piegaro City Forest in collaboration with the PEFC forest certification system, with the aim of expanding natural ecosystems in the area, monitoring and protecting rare tree species to support the biological diversity of forests.

Urban forestry and expanding green areas

The Parco Nord in Milan, the result of important and careful planning and forest management, is an international success story in terms of urban forestry and redeveloping the territory with green infrastructure.

In fact, the expansion of green areas in metropolitan cities helps to reduce air pollution by absorbing pollutants in the air, lowering summer temperatures and making urban and suburban areas more usable for citizens.

In particular, forestry activities carried out by TIM in the Parco Nord included planting plants and shrubs that are native to the Po Valley such as ash, dog rose, hawthorn, linden and English oak.

The event at Parco Nord was attended by Paolo Viganò, Founder & Carbon Manager of Rete Clima and creator of the project, Maria Enrica Danese, Chief of Institutional Communications, Sustainability Projects and Sponsorships, and Laura Esposito, Sustainability Projects and ESG Agency Relations Manager for the TIM Group.

Climate change: What the TIM Group is doing

Together with Rete Clima, the TIM Group has also implemented a project to neutralise the CO₂ emissions of its Group websites through a carbon offsetting initiative in Brazil in the Amazon rainforest Maìsa REDD+ (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation) aimed at monitoring illegal deforestation and preserving biodiversity.

Offsetting emissions generated by our sites is part of a broader TIM Group sustainability strategy, which includes activities and projects focusing on climate strategy, circular economy, digital growth and human capital development, and will lead us to achieve concrete goals such as Carbon Neutrality by 2030 and zero net emissions by 2040.

The Group's activities focus on using renewable energy, reducing consumption by using fibre and 5G, offering green products and sustainable services and solutions for working, producing, learning, living and travelling. The TIM Group is developing and is committed to the deployment of technologies such as Cybersecurity, Cloud and IoT, which are essential tools for increasing the security, productivity and efficiency of individuals and organisations while reducing their impact on the environment.