Building a Benefit Culture: the Community of Practice launches its new annual program

On Tuesday, October 7, at the Union of Industrialists’ Trade Union Halls in Turin, the Community of Practice on Benefit Corporations inaugurated its new calendar of meetings for 2025/2026.

The event, titled “Building a Benefit Culture: a new annual phase for the Community of Practice,” was a public moment of discussion and reflection in which 35 participants, together with 8 members of the Torino Social Impact and Unione Industriali teams, shared experiences, tools, and diverse perspectives — all united by a common goal: promoting the spread of the benefit culture across the territory.

A consolidated and growing co-design process

Since its launch in 2022, the Fit4Benefit project has fostered collaboration among Benefit Corporations within the TSI ecosystem through practical peer-learning exercises. After two successful editions, the Community of Practice continues its partnership with Amapola, FL20Studio, and Futura Law Firm, and, for its third year, expands to include co-design with Mercato Circolare, a Benefit Corporation, as well as new collaboration with Union of Industrialists Turin.

Highlights from the event

The meeting opened with institutional greetings from Daniela Laigueglia, Head of the Small Industry, Young Entrepreneurs, and ESG – Sustainability Area at Union of Industrialists, and Simona De Giorgio, from the Social Entrepreneurship Committee of the Turin Chamber of Commerce and Torino Social Impact.

The morning continued with a theoretical overview on Benefit Corporations by lawyer Emiliano Giovine, who framed the meaning and value of being, or becoming, a Benefit Corporation today.

Amapola, Futura Law Firm, and FL20Studio then shared their experiences and presented the Fit4Benefit 2024/2025 Report, outlining the results achieved in terms of peer learning and networking among partners.

Research and innovation for the benefit culture

The event also featured the presentation of the research project “The Dilemmas of Companies Towards Sustainability”, launched by Mercato Circolare in collaboration with the University of Turin, within the NODES project framework.

Speakers Nadia Lambiase (President and CEO of Mercato Circolare) and Roberto Di Monaco (Professor at the University of Turin) discussed how sustainability reporting can guide SMEs in their transition toward innovative and sustainable business models, with a focus on people and organizational culture.

The new 2025/2026 annual program

In continuity with previous editions, the calendar of meetings for the new annual program was presented, confirming both the ongoing direction of the initiative and its openness to new organizations in the territory.

The invitation is open to everyone interested in benefit culture: participation is free and cross-sectoral, encouraging knowledge sharing and contributing to the creation of a shared, self-learning benefit culture.

Discover the 2025/2026 calendar!

“The goal is to spread benefit culture and ensure that what emerges from the Community of Practice — knowledge, reflections, tools, and solutions — does not remain confined to the meetings, but becomes shared heritage, opening new trajectories for learning.”