Sustainability and Competition Law in Italy

Before outlining the sustainability initiatives with a competitive impact that have been undertaken at the Italian level by the various competent authorities, it is necessary to briefly clarify some preliminary notions concerning the concept of sustainability and ecological transitions, the role that these issues have in the framework of competition law, and the role played by the Italian Antitrust Authority (IAA) in the context of ecological transition and in explaining how in concrete terms sustainability issues intersect with antitrust issues. Finally, some specific cases related to sustainability issues investigated by the IAA will be mentioned.