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Partnership for the goals

SDG 17

Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalize the global partnership for sustainable development

Urgent action is needed to mobilise, redirect and unleash the transformative power of trillions of dollars of private resources to realise the Sustainable Development Goals.

Long-term investments are needed in key sectors, especially in developing countries. These areas include sustainable energy, infrastructure and transport, as well as information and communication technologies.

The public sector will need to set a clear direction in this regard. Review and monitoring systems, regulations and incentive structures that enable such investments must be reorganised to attract investments and strengthen sustainable development. National control mechanisms such as supreme audit institutions and supervisory functions of legislatures need to be strengthened.

 Our contribution in 2023

Sustainability network

Poste Italiane is part of a network of national and international associations (the UN Global Compact, the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI), the Principles for Sustainable Insurance, UN Women, Il Salone CSR, etc.), with the goal of ensuring discussion on sustainability-related issues

Reducing the digital divide

through PostePay S.p.A., Poste Italiane has expanded its portfolio of products and services aimed at the consumer and business market with new ultra-broadband fibre optic services to reduce the digital divide in Italy

PosteCasa Ultraveloce Start

In 2022 PostePay launched the PosteCasa Ultraveloce Start product for the ultra-broadband market

~ €2.7 bln

of tax revenue: the Group’s contribution to the Public Administration in 2023

Context

In Italy

43.5%

share of GDP represented by Public Administration revenues in 2021 (+0.7 p.p. vs. 2020)

0.22%

ratio of Official Development Assistance (ODA) to gross national income in 2020, stable compared to the previous two years 

0.06%

Official Development Assistance intended for less developed countries on gross national income in 2020, remains unchanged compared to the previous year 

~€7,7 bln

remittances from migrant workers in Italy in 2021, +14.3% vs. 2020

0.36% of GDP

average outflow of remittances over the 2011-2020 period and in 2021 reaches 0.44%

80.2%

regular Internet users (16 to 74 years old) in 2021, of whom 34.1% use the Internet to interact online with the Public Administration or public service providers

Around the world

$135.2 bln

development assistance funds in 2014, highest level ever recorded

79%

imports from developing countries entering developed countries duty-free

~ 3%

of revenues related to exports, represents the debt burden on developing countries 

30%

young people in the world who are digital natives, active online for at least five years

> €4 bln

people who do not use the Internet, 90% of whom belong to developing regions

Global community targets

Strengthen domestic resource mobilization, including through international support to developing countries, to improve domestic capacity for tax and other revenue collection

Developed countries to implement fully their official development assistance commitments, including the commitment by many developed countries to achieve the target of 0.7 per cent of ODA/GNI to developing countries and 0.15 to 0.20 per cent of ODA/GNI to least developed countries; ODA providers are encouraged to consider setting a target to provide at least 0.20 per cent of ODA/GNI to least developed countries

Mobilize additional financial resources for developing countries from multiple sources

Assist developing countries in attaining long-term debt sustainability through coordinated policies aimed at fostering debt financing, debt relief and debt restructuring, as appropriate, and address the external debt of highly indebted poor countries to reduce debt distress

Adopt and implement investment promotion regimes for least developed countries

Enhance North-South, South-South and triangular regional and international cooperation on and access to science, technology and innovation and enhance knowledge sharing on mutually agreed terms, including through improved coordination among existing mechanisms, in particular at the United Nations level, and through a global technology facilitation mechanism

Promote the development, transfer, dissemination and diffusion of environmentally sound technologies to developing countries on favourable terms, including on concessional and preferential terms, as mutually agreed

Fully operationalize the technology bank and science, technology and innovation capacity-building mechanism for least developed countries by 2017 and enhance the use of enabling technology, in particular information and communications technology

Enhance international support for implementing effective and targeted capacity-building in developing countries to support national plans to implement all the Sustainable Development Goals, including through North-South, South-South and triangular cooperation

Promote a universal, rules-based, open, non-discriminatory and equitable multilateral trading system under the World Trade Organization, including through the conclusion of negotiations under its Doha Development Agenda

Significantly increase the exports of developing countries, in particular with a view to doubling the least developed countries’ share of global exports by 2020

Realize timely implementation of duty-free and quota-free market access on a lasting basis for all least developed countries, consistent with World Trade Organization decisions, including by ensuring that preferential rules of origin applicable to imports from least developed countries are transparent and simple, and contribute to facilitating market access

Enhance global macroeconomic stability, including through policy coordination and policy coherence

Enhance policy coherence for sustainable development

Respect each country’s policy space and leadership to establish and implement policies for poverty eradication and sustainable development

Enhance the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development, complemented by multi-stakeholder partnerships that mobilize and share knowledge, expertise, technology and financial resources, to support the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals in all countries, in particular developing countries

Encourage and promote effective public, public-private and civil society partnerships, building on the experience and resourcing strategies of partnerships

By 2020, enhance capacity-building support to developing countries, including for least developed countries and small island developing States, to increase significantly the availability of high-quality, timely and reliable data disaggregated by income, gender, age, race, ethnicity, migratory status, disability, geographic location and other characteristics relevant in national contexts

By 2030, build on existing initiatives to develop measurements of progress on sustainable development that complement gross domestic product, and support statistical capacity-building in developing countries

How do we share the value we produce?

We are a key protagonist of Italy’s economic, social and productive panorama, as a unique Company in the country in terms of size, recognisability and presence.

There is a close connection between the results we achieve through our business model and the needs of the Italian territory.

We collaborate to achieve the objectives of SDG 17 by creating value with:

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Capitale Finanziario
Financial
capital
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Capitale Intellettuale
Intellectual
capital
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Human
capital
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Social-relational
capital
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Capitale Naturale
Natural
capital

“Postenibilità” is...

Through our Strategic Plan, we set ourselves the objective of achieving responsible growth and accompanying the country’s path to sustainability and social inclusion. In defining the Plan’s investment choices, we also assessed the contribution of each intervention to the Group’s 8 Pillars of Sustainability.

Our sustainability strategy impacts SDG 17 through the following pillars:

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Integrity
and transparency
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Creating value
for the country
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Innovation
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Sustainable
finance

Projects underway

Adaptation of the Internal Control System framework on Sustainability Information in line with regulatory changes (e.g. CSRD)
Polis Project
Poste Italiane and Deutsche Post DHL Group
Participation in social initiatives (e.g. Access to Medicine Initiative, Access to Nutrition Initiative, Workforce Disclosure Initiative and collaborations with the climate change networks Land Use & Climate, Ceres, and Climate Action 100+