The Acqua dell’Elba Foundation is a non-profit organisation whose aim is to make the island of Elba an even more beautiful, attractive and environmentally, economically and socially sustainable place.
It is with this “triple sustainability goal” that the Foundation has worked to date and will continue to work in the future. Its main goals are:
The Acqua dell'Elba Foundation was established by Acqua dell'Elba in 2022 to give new impetus to its long-standing commitment to the island of Elba with a dedicated structure, to expand the impact of its activities on the island and to contribute to improving the quality of life of the people who live there.
Acqua dell'Elba has always placed great stock in being not just an agent but a social actor for society and the island; the Foundation represents the evolution of this approach, specifically set up for the island of Elba to carry out both individual activities and concrete interconnected projects.
The commitment of the Acqua dell'Elba Foundation
to protecting the environment and biodiversity of the Island of
Elba is embodied in three activities: La via
dell'Essenza, the Pollinator Project for
Biodiversity, and the Clean Sea Project.
The "Education" project from the Acqua dell'Elba
Foundation has the objective of enriching the libraries of Elban
high schools.
This aim will be achieved through the purchase and donation of new
texts chosen by the institutes themselves, plus a selection of
texts focussed around the theme of female empowerment, a subject
which is dear to both the Foundation and the Elban
educational community.
For the Acqua dell'Elba Foundation , 'culture'
means above all 'spreading a growing awareness on the issues of the
sea, at 360°. '
Making the culture of the sea by cutting transversely environment,
economy and society is a challenge and a commitment that we renew
every year with our festival SEIF - Sea Essence
International Festival.
The "Arts" department brings under the Foundation's remit the
historic project "Artists on Elba", through which Acqua dell'Elba
has always supported the Arts and creativity by promoting the work
of contemporary artists, organising exhibitions, and purchasing of
works of art. In the year of its new beginning, this fourth thread
turns into an operational arm for this occasion, becoming itself
the vehicle thanks to which the Foundation can set sail:
indeed, profits deriving from the sale of every single
piece of the collection "Le Spiagge degli Argonauti" ("Shores of
the Argonauts") will be devolved to the financial support of the
Foundation and its projects, in a virtuous circle
populated by people who "are" Acqua dell'Elba and who, we hope,
will soon also become "Acqua dell'Elba Foundation" people: the
employees, collaborators, partners, and, of course, all of our
customers and lovers of the sea and of Isola d'Elba.
