Focus On: Our Commitment to Sustainability

Our commitment starts from everyday life

Among the innovation drivers for business models of forward-looking companies, Sustainability is now an essential factor.

61,000t less CO2 in 2022 with electronic tolling

June 2023 saw the publication of new research conducted by Ca' Foscari University of Venice aimed at quantifying the positive impact on reducing pollutant emissions achieved through the adoption of lanes dedicated to Telepass technology at toll booths across the Italian highway network.

In 2022, a year when traffic returned to pre-pandemic levels, over 61 thousand tons of CO2 were saved thanks to electronic tolling, equivalent to more than 9 thousand trips around the earth.

Creating an agroforest with PlanBee

In 2022, Telepass introduced a collection of 1000 NFTs, establishing itself as one of the first Italian companies to venture into the Web 3 world.

It is estimated that the carbon footprint of a single NFT is on average 211 kg of CO2 throughout its lifetime. Consequently, Telepass's 1000 NFTs could collectively produce up to 211 tons of CO2. Considering that a tree, during a life cycle of at least twenty years, can absorb approximately 500-600 kg of CO2, at least 400 trees would be needed to fully offset the emissions from Telepass's 1000 NFTs.

For this reason, Telepass, in collaboration with Soul Food Forest Farm and PlanBee, has supported the planting of 800 trees in the city of Milan.

This project aims to create an agroforest in Via Vaiano Valle, within the Vettabbia park, in the south-eastern area of Milan, accessible to all citizens.

The agroforest has also been equipped with an electronic control unit for bioclimatic monitoring, which will allow tracking the development and growth of the trees and other surrounding crops.

The acquisition of the Wash Out startup

The acquisition of the Wash Out startup has allowed Telepass to become a market leader in the waterless car washing services sector, which enables vehicles to be washed, even on public roads, with products that use no water and no solvents. This way, the washing process leaves no waste on the ground.

The business model is based on a digital ecosystem that allows customers to book the service through a dedicated app: you just need to register your vehicle details, whether it's a scooter, motorcycle or car, along with the date, time, vehicle location and license plate. Payment is made by card or PayPal. Subsequently, an operator goes to the location and provides the service.

This service, currently active in Florence, Milan, Bologna, Rome and Turin, saves up to 150 liters of water for each wash performed. In 2023, almost 30 million liters of water were saved, equivalent to approximately 185,000 showers.

With reference to the B2C scenario alone, the emissions saved in the cities where the service is active (thanks to avoiding travel from home or workplace to the nearest car wash) amount to approximately 5,000 kg of carbon dioxide and over 37,000 km of avoided travel in 2023.

Digital transformation, Telepass
becomes a Paperless Society

Telepass's digital transformation has undergone significant acceleration, accompanied by various initiatives aimed at facilitating change.

Among others, we can mention the progressive elimination of individually assigned printers (only those in common printing areas can be used), the simplification of processes, the dematerialization of communications to employees, such as employment letters, circulars, service communications, etc.

To facilitate the spread of the Paperless culture, staff have access to cutting-edge technological tools such as modern modular workstations that simultaneously facilitate the use of smart working.