ReCommon

What ReCommon does

ReCommon is an Italian non-profit association (ETS - Ente del Terzo Settore) founded in 2012 and headquartered in Rome, focused on climate justice, fossil fuel accountability, and environmental advocacy. The organization operates through a portfolio of investigative journalism, litigation support, multimedia campaigns, and coalition organizing, targeting Italian and international fossil fuel companies (notably ENI), Italian banks financing fossil fuel projects (Intesa Sanpaolo, UniCredit, Generali), and public finance institutions. Its core 'products' are advocacy campaigns ('Stop alla finanza fossile', 'False soluzioni per il clima', 'Lo Stato a sei zampe'), the 'Giusta Causa' civil lawsuit against ENI, investigatory reports, webdocs, video documentaries, the 'Le Giuste Cause' podcast, webinars, and the 'Basta extra-profitti' petition.

ReCommon's business model is grant-based, not transactional. It is funded by a diversified portfolio of European and international foundations including European Climate Foundation, Open Society Foundations, Sunrise Project, KR Foundation, Sequoia Foundation, FILE Foundation, Tilia Foundation, Olin Foundation, CAN Europe, and Patagonia/CAF America, supplemented by individual donations channeled through the Italian 5x1000 tax designation (fiscal code 97686900586). The organization holds no proprietary technology and does not sell products or services; all publications, webdocs, and podcasts are freely distributed. Its go-to-market is coalition-based, channeled through memberships in international networks including Bankwatch, Climate Litigation Network, Counter Balance, Eurodad, Beyond Fossil Fuels, Europe Beyond Coal, Insure Our Future, and Real Zero Europe, as well as direct partnerships with Greenpeace Italia, ActionAid Italia, Global Witness, Source International, Corner House Research, and Southern partners HEDA, SIF, TANY, and Healthy Gulf.

The organization serves a tripartite stakeholder base: civil society organizations and climate activists (primary), communities affected by fossil fuel extraction and pollution (secondary), and policy makers and financial regulators (secondary). Geographically, ReCommon's work spans Italy (Val d'Agri, Sardinia, Basilicata), Europe (Turkey, Azerbaijan), Africa (Mozambique, Nigeria, Uganda, Madagascar), North America (U.S. LNG), and the Middle East (Pakistan). It operates with a small team of 11-50 employees and is registered as ReCommon ETS under Italian law, with its legal seat at via Lucio Lombardo Radice 9, Rome.

Name

ReCommon

Legal name

ReCommon ETS

Website

https://recommon.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2014

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

ReCommon is an Italian non-profit advocacy organization that investigates fossil fuel industry practices, supports climate litigation against ENI, and campaigns to stop fossil fuel financing through coalitions, investigative reports, webdocs, and podcasts, serving climate activists, affected communities, and policy makers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Environmental Advocacy Services

NAICS

Environment, Conservation and Wildlife Organizations (813312), Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations (813)

akta.pro primary industry

Disaster Risk Reduction & Climate Risk Management (BPADALAK)

Keywords

• Environmental advocacy
• Climate justice campaigns
• Fossil fuel finance
• Investigative journalism
• Civil society research

Headquarters

HQ city

Roma, RM

HQ country

Italy

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Individual Donations (5x1000): ReCommon collects individual donations through the Italian 5x1000 tax designation program (fiscal code: 97686900586), allowing supporters to direct a portion of their income tax to the organization.
2. Institutional Foundation Grants: ReCommon receives funding from various European and international foundations supporting climate, environmental, and social justice causes. Funders include European Climate Foundation, Open Society Foundations, Sunrise Foundation, KR Foundation, and other philanthropic organizations.

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

ReCommon is a non-profit civil society organization that conducts investigations and produces advocacy content targeting the fossil fuel industry, extractive corporations, and financial institutions financing fossil fuels. Its core offerings include investigative reports, documentary podcasts, interactive web documentaries, video productions, advocacy campaigns, public petitions, and online webinars. The organization supports legal actions such as the Giusta Causa climate litigation against ENI and campaigns on fossil fuel finance, gas infrastructure, and environmental justice for affected communities.

Product overview

ReCommon is a civil society organization (ETS - Ente del Terzo Settore) that operates as an advocacy and investigative platform rather than a technology product company. Its offerings consist of advocacy campaigns, documentary podcasts, interactive webdocs, investigative reports, video productions, and online events focused on exposing fossil fuel industry practices, financial corruption, and advocating for climate justice. The organization does not offer software products, platforms, or SaaS offerings.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Quantifiable outcome

• Filed civil lawsuit against ENI for environmental and health damages in Val d'Agri region
• +2 more outcomes

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

20 partnerships are on record, tiered core, major and minor.

• Bankwatch NetworkcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational network focused on monitoring public finance for development and environmental projects. ReCommon participates in Bankwatch's work on public finance oversight, particularly regarding PNRR (Italian recovery plan) funds.
• Climate Litigation NetworkcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational network supporting climate litigation efforts. ReCommon collaborates on cases including the 'Giusta Causa' lawsuit against ENI and other climate justice legal actions.
• Counter Balance NetworkcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEuropean network campaigning against harmful investments and advocating for sustainable finance policies. Focuses on European Investment Bank and public finance accountability.
• EurodadcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEuropean network on debt and development working on issues of financial justice, debt cancellation, and alternative financial frameworks for development.
• Beyond Fossil FuelscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational campaign working to stop public finance for fossil fuels and accelerate the transition to renewable energy.
• Fossil Free Finance CampaignmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCampaign focused on stopping financial flows to fossil fuel companies and promoting sustainable banking practices.
• Real Zero EuropemajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerEuropean campaign advocating for real zero emissions targets and climate justice.
• ECA WatchminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational network monitoring export credit agencies and their environmental and social impacts.
• Europe Beyond CoalcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCampaign working to move Europe beyond coal and accelerate the transition to clean energy.
• Insure Our FuturemajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCampaign pressuring insurance companies to stop insuring and investing in coal and fossil fuel projects.
• Greenpeace ItaliacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoint campaigns including climate litigation against ENI ('Giusta Causa'), TAR appeals against CCS projects, and fossil fuel finance advocacy. Collaborated on privacy complaint against ENI that resulted in Garante ruling.
• ActionAid ItaliamajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoint campaigns on Italian banks' fossil fuel financing and specific projects like Coral North FLNG in Mozambique. Collaborative petition campaigns and pressure actions on financial institutions.
• WeSmellGasmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration on webinars and campaigns about green hydrogen and fossil gas infrastructure, particularly regarding hydrogen colonialism issues.
• Source InternationalmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoint environmental investigation on air quality in Val d'Agri region, measuring volatile organic compounds near ENI's Centro Olio facility.
• Global WitnesscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration on OPL 245 Nigeria investigation and oil industry corruption cases. Joint work on exposing corporate corruption in fossil fuel acquisitions.
• Corner House ResearchmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoint publication on World Bank investments in fossil fuels, particularly the report on Seven Energy in Nigeria.
• HEDA (Human and Environmental Development Agenda)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerNigerian NGO partner in OPL 245 investigation and campaigns for accountability in Nigeria's oil sector.
• SIF (Solidarité des Intervenants sur le Foncier)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMalagasy land rights platform, partner in land grabbing investigations in Madagascar including work on Tozzi Green projects.
• TANY (Collectif pour la défense des terres malgaches)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMalagasy collective defending land rights, partner in documenting land grabbing impacts from agricultural and mining projects.
• Healthy GulfminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerUS-based environmental organization, partner in investigating LNG terminal impacts in Louisiana and US fossil gas exports to Italy.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Eurodad: European network on debt and development that ReCommon is a member of. Comparable on financial justice, sustainable finance, and development finance advocacy at the European level.
• Global Witness: International NGO investigating fossil fuel corruption (notably OPL 245 in Nigeria) with which ReCommon collaborates. A direct peer given overlapping target issues (fossil finance, extractive corruption) and similar investigative reports-and-campaigns model.
• ClientEarth: Environmental law charity using strategic litigation to drive climate and nature outcomes. Comparable to ReCommon on the climate litigation dimension (Climate Litigation Network membership) and on using law as an advocacy lever against fossil fuel companies.
• Legambiente: Major Italian environmental association active on climate, energy transition, and pollution issues. Operates as a comparable Italian nonprofit running campaigns, producing reports, and engaging regulators, with similar funding sources including 5x1000.
• Counter Balance: European coalition campaigning against harmful public investments, particularly through the European Investment Bank. ReCommon is a member; the shared focus on public finance and sustainable finance policy makes this a close comparable.
• Bankwatch Network: Central and Eastern European NGO network monitoring public finance for development projects; ReCommon is a member. Direct peer on fossil finance advocacy, particularly around PNRR and European public finance oversight.
• Beyond Fossil Fuels: International campaign coordinating civil society pressure to end public finance for fossil fuels. ReCommon is part of this network, and the shared campaign remit, funder ecosystem (e.g., European Climate Foundation), and policy targets make this a direct peer.
• ActionAid Italia: Italian civil society organization running climate, finance, and extractive industries campaigns (e.g., Coral North FLNG in Mozambique). Co-campaigns with ReCommon on Italian banks' fossil financing and is a direct peer on Italy-based advocacy targeting ENI and major banks.
• Greenpeace Italia: Italian branch of the global Greenpeace network running climate, energy, and fossil fuel campaigns. Jointly litigates against ENI ('Giusta Causa') and co-files TAR appeals with ReCommon, making it the closest direct comparable on campaigns, legal strategy, and Italian climate advocacy.
• Friends of the Earth Italy: Italian member of the Friends of the Earth network engaged in climate, energy, and corporate accountability work. Comparable scope and funding structure, with overlapping Italian campaign themes.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights6 records

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Profiles3 records

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