Novamont received the " UGO" certification, which is awarded by the Center for Innovation and Economic Development (CISE), a special branch of the Forlì-Cesena Chamber of Commerce in Italy. The UGO certification is given to organizations which: invest at least 5% of their value-added in basic or applied research activities; apply the "precautionary principle", if necessary, when launching new products which might, in the current state of the art, imply some degree of uncertainty in terms of their interaction with human health, safety or the environment; when applying the precautionary