From “Carbon” to “Social” Offsetting. An Italian Tool to Accommodate Workplaces for Persons with Disabilities

Abstract

The paper aims to share the idea that “Sustainable Development” is not only linked to an environmental dimension, but also to a social one. The reasoning focuses on a specific declination of sustainability within Labour Law, which is identified in the employment inclusion of persons with disabilities, and it develops by taking the Italian legal system as a reference point: after showing its weaknesses and opportunities, the paper sets out a proposal, which is based on the concept of “Offsetting”, embracing it from the environmental framework to the right to work of persons with disabilities.