A Win for the Planet: Electroneum & One Ocean Foundation Partnership Nominated for Premio Aretè 2025

We are extremely pleased to announce that our joint project with One Ocean Foundation has been nominated for the "Award of Excellence 2025" at Premio Aretè, a distinguished honor recognizing projects at the intersection of innovation, sustainability, and social impact.

This nomination validates our mission to make blockchain a force for good and demonstrates that environmental action and cutting-edge technology can, and must, work together to create meaningful change.

The Premio Aretè Award: Honoring Innovation & Stewardship

The Premio Aretè Award (XXII edition) has recognized excellence in innovative projects with an emphasis on environmental and social stewardship since 2024. 

Past Honorees Include:

• Camilla Lunelli (Gruppo Lunelli/Ferrari Trento): Awarded "Master of Responsibility" for leadership in sustainable communication and achieving company-wide carbon neutrality.
• ForGreen Spa SB: Winner of Best Management Award for Sustainable Development for creating Renewable Energy Communities in Italy.
• Nazena Srl: Recognized as Best Innovative Start-up for upcycling textile waste into new design materials and packaging.
• BEE Incorporations: Honored as Most Sustainable Italian Company Abroad for sustainability analytics platform BEE Sense.

The awards are held at Bocconi University during the CSR & Social Innovation Fair and honors initiatives that blend technology, social responsibility, and sustainability. 

About Electroneum’s 2025 Nomination 

Our collaboration with One Ocean Foundation leverages Electroneum's ultra-low-energy blockchain to enable verifiable donation channels and tokenized tracking of sustainable practices, introducing transparency, accountability, and traceability to environmental funding.

One Ocean Foundation brings an impressive track record to this partnership. Their projects include the Blue Forest Project (supported by Pirelli and Giorgio Armani) and the Canyon of Caprera Project (supported by Rolex Perpetual Planet). 

For Electroneum 2.0, this moment underscores the power of pairing an efficient, environmentally conscious blockchain with mission-driven partnerships.

The winner of Premio Aretè 2025 will be announced on October 10, with full details of our joint project to be revealed on October 28 in Milan.

What This Nomination Means for Electroneum

This recognition reaffirms several of Electroneum’s core values and achievements:

Environmental Leadership 

We have consistently prioritized energy efficiency and sustainability. Our blockchain's design delivers extremely low transaction energy consumption, even lower than many Proof of Stake networks, including a magnitude of order less energy consumed by Ethereum and Solana.

Impact through Transparency

By applying blockchain for traceable donations and sustainable practices, we are creating tools for donors, NGOs, and businesses to see exactly how funds and efforts are deployed. Electroneum, from the start, has been a pioneer in social responsibility, one of the extreme few in the blockchain industry.

Momentum for Growth

As we continue building Electroneum 2.0, this nomination provides a strong narrative to attract developers, partners, and communities aligned with purpose and sustainability. The Electroneum 2.0 ecosystem is the first choice for businesses looking to move their operations onto the blockchain without causing serious disruption to the greater ecosystem at large, the Earth.

Check Out Electroneum’s New Green Credentials Page

To complement this announcement, we have published a comprehensive Green Credentials page on our website.

This page highlights:

• Our energy and carbon efficiency metrics
• Ethical design choices and sustainability commitments
• Real examples and case studies, including our work with One Ocean Foundation
• Future commitments and measurement frameworks

We encourage all community members, partners, and supporters to review this information and share it with the world, which we are working hard to unite and save as the greenest blockchain network!

What’s Next: Another Huge October for Electroneum

Mark your calendars for October 10 (winner announcement) and October 28 (project reveal in Milan). Once the project details are made public, we will invite community feedback, developer engagement, and broader collaboration opportunities.

We encourage you to share this news. This recognition represents more than an individual achievement. It validates climate action, transparency in philanthropy, and the potential of blockchain technology to build a more accountable and regenerative future.

From everyone on the Electroneum team, thank you for believing in a vision where blockchain and environmental responsibility advance together. We remain committed to innovation that creates tangible impact.