water, the economy of the sea is worth 156 billion – Corriere.it

A “transversal” good that has an economic but also a symbolic, ludic and artistic value, as well as being the necessary basis for human life and for living species on earth. Starting from this “holistic” approach, the annual conference organized by the National Federation of Cavalieri del Lavoro was held yesterday in Genoa, organized this year by the Ligurian group, led by Ugo Salerno, president and managing director of Rina – the former register naval shipyard, today a service and engineering company — on the theme “Water, the gold of all time”. The Federation, chaired by Maurizio Sella, today counts on a number of 638 Cavalieri del Lavoro, Italian entrepreneurs (and managers) who have distinguished themselves in the sectors of agriculture, industry, commerce and in all forms of relevant economic activity .

In this difficult transition phase towards a “green”, decarbonised and digitized economy, the value of water is enormously enhanced. The theme of scarcity and the alternation of drought and floods forces “investment planning and a fight against water waste” as underlined by the president of Confagricoltura Massimiliano Giansanti. But all sectors of the economy are interested in rationalizing and optimizing the use of water resources. From construction, as highlighted by the president of Assimpredil Ance Regina De Albertis, to industry, as evidenced by the examples of excellence of groups such as San Lorenzo, in top-of-the-range yachts, or Filtrex, which produces water filtering systems for ships they eliminate harmful microorganisms in the passage between the oceans. After all, the numbers of the sea economy are impressive. In Italy, the sector generated an aggregate product of 56 billion euros in 2021, but the entire supply chain, direct and indirect, created wealth of over 156 billion. Italy is in 2nd place in the maritime transport sector and 3rd in shipbuilding and coastal tourism.