Blue like the sky, like the sea and like the colour of Cisambiente, the Confindustria association representing Italian companies in the environmental hygiene, recycling and energy sectors. This is the keyword chosen by Lucia Leonessi, Director General of Cisambiente, to describe her vision of sustainability: a balance between industry and nature, innovation and beauty, concreteness and serenity.

Present at Ecomondo 2025, the leading international event dedicated to the circular economy, scheduled from 4 to 7 November at the Rimini Expo Centre, Cisambiente brings the voice of a sector that works every day to make our cities cleaner, production systems more efficient and the energy transition more transparent.

Beyond green, a blue future

"I chose blue because it's a colour that calms me," says Lucia Leonessi, "but also because it represents the air I want to imagine as clean, just like the sea and the sky. Everyone thought I would have chosen green, but blue is the colour of Confindustria and, for me, of the future."

A future that Cisambiente envisions as free from fossil fuels, in which energy and the environment engage in dialogue within a "holistic hub", where different sources integrate to build a sustainable and resilient model. "There is no single clean energy," explains Leonessi. "What we need is a network: biomethane, hydrogen, carbon dioxide recovery, solid recovered fuels. Together, they can all paint a bluer sky and a more vibrant economy."

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The phrase Leonessi has chosen to sum up the meaning of her work is provocative yet powerful: "Life without Cisambiente would be fossil." Because, she explains, "without the work of the companies in our sector, energy would remain stuck in the past. Every day we prove that it is possible to produce energy from waste, reduce carbon dioxide and generate new employment. Because environmental sustainability must go hand in hand with economic sustainability."

In a world where industry and the environment are often set against each other, Cisambiente strives to build bridges, promoting energy circularity, technological innovation and the growth of companies that choose to invest in the transition.

Cisambiente is among the guest organisations in the Vip Lounge at Ecomondo 2025, an exclusive meeting and networking space dedicated to companies that make sustainability and circularity their primary objective.