Filiera: in Italian, an economic system capable of generating benefits for industries, the environment and the community. A new vision of companies, which is not a novelty for OMTRA Società Benefit.

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Make system for multiplier effect

As another way to give back, OMTRA Società Benefit is creating a new organization called ”FILIERA”. 

Literally this is the Italian word for a mechanical component called “spinneret”, but also the word in Italian for “supply chain” or “economy row”. We want it to be more than a simple network, for it to signify the creation of new assets, a new reality, in tune with making profit and also improving quality of life. This is a new vision of businesses working together toward a collective goal. However, this is nothing new. We’ve taken our inspiration from the American pioneers, the early settlers, the first groups of Protestant workers who understood the value of hard work, but also the value of community: by working together for a common goal, they achieved great things, all

sustainably, locally and in their own community.

In practical terms, this chain would unite Benefit Corporations/B-Corps and NGOs together in an alliance to not just add our forces and strengths together, but rather to multiply them. Why are we doing this? Our idea is for all businesses with strong ethics and values, NGOs and volunteer organizations to pool resources and work together. By offering services within this network beyond a network, we can be useful for ourselves not only in terms of profit, but also for the general population and the planet in terms of working together toward a positive future.

OMTRA for instance can offer new services such as to reuse, recycle and recondition electronics such as computers, phones and other IT equipment. With attention to social aspects, we would like to give this opportunity to people with learning or developmental difficulties to give them a new direction, to feel useful and to contribute to society.

Finally, B-Corporations can guide not only third sector actors in becoming more economically sustainable, but they can guide large corporations to become more socially and environmentally regenerative.

For instance in May 2020, Adidas and Allbirds announced a collaborative project aimed to

accelerate solutions for reducing the industry's alarming emissions numbers. The hope is they spur others to follow, scaling the innovation discoveries from 12-month collaboration, and not stopping until there is a total transformation of the economic model of the sector.