The ranking, therefore, it is based on a set of worldwide standards, disconnected from economic or political goals of individual states.

Italy is the sixteenth of 163 nations considered: the top positions are occupied by northern European countries, such as Sweden, Denmark, Netherlands, United Kingdom.
Our country is still won a better position than other world powers like the United States, Australia and Japan.
The index is calculated using different datasets of the United Nations and other international agencies on criteria such as: science and technology, culture, international peace and security, the world order, environmental and climate policies, health and wellness, prosperity and equality.
All this in terms of what a given nation contributes with its policies, growth and improvement of these global indices.
Italy gets along very well in environmental policies (fifth in the index for partial parameter) and for the health and well-being (20th), and is rejected for security and international peace (74th) and for the prosperity and the ' equality (42nd).
Confirming the soul more and more Italian green economy is not only the Good Country Index, but the data collected by research conducted by Symbola Foundation.
Italy recorded in 2015 a sharp increase in professions related to the green economy, with a consequent increase in jobs, which led to a total of 2.9 million Italians employed in this sector.
Last year alone, the green economy has generated an employment requirement of 74,690 new jobs, of which 20.2% is difficult to find.
The data are clear: 66% of millenials (born 1980 to 2000) are more likely to invest in a company known for its CSR program (Corporate Social Responsibility), while only 48% of people over 35 is the same notice.

From Wired