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Climate action

SDG 13

Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts

Climate change is a global challenge that does not respect national borders, therefore necessitating internationally coordinated solutions and cooperation.

People are experiencing the significant impacts that climate change has on their lives, from changing weather conditions, to rising sea levels and other even more extreme weather phenomena. Greenhouse gas emissions from human activities are the driving force behind climate change and continue to rise.

Today, accessible and flexible solutions are available to enable countries to become cleaner and more resilient economies. The pace of change is accelerating as more people use renewable energy and implement a range of measures designed to help reduce emissions and increase adaptation efforts.

 Our contribution in 2023

Environmental policy

In 2019 the Group adopted an Environmental Sustainability Policy

Carbon neutrality

target to be achieved by 2030

Global Compact

Since 2019 Poste Italiane is a member of the United Nations Global Compact (advanced member), signatory of the letter presented by the We Mean Business Coalition and in 2021 the Group became an official supporter of the Task Force on Climate Related Disclosures

€24 mln

invested in projects to reduce emissions from Group activities

Context

In Italy

-24%

greenhouse gas emissions in Europe in 2019 (vs.1990)

-9.8%

greenhouse gas emissions from the Italian economy in 2020 (vs. 2019)

2.2%

population residing in Italy living in areas with a high or very high danger of landslides 

11.5%

population residing in Italy living in areas with a medium danger of floods

Around the world

~5%

fall in wheat production per degree increase in global average temperature

19 cm

rise in global average sea levels from 1901 to 2010

~ +50%

global carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions since 1990

Global community targets

Strengthen resilience and adaptive capacity to climate-related hazards and natural disasters in all countries

Integrate climate change measures into national policies, strategies and planning

Improve education, awareness-raising and human and institutional capacity on climate change mitigation, adaptation, impact reduction and early warning

Implement the commitment undertaken by developed-country parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change to a goal of mobilizing jointly $100 billion annually by 2020 from all sources to address the needs of developing countries in the context of meaningful mitigation actions and transparency on implementation and fully operationalize the Green Climate Fund through its capitalization as soon as possible

Promote mechanisms for raising capacity for effective climate change-related planning and management in least developed countries and small island developing States, including focusing on women, youth and local and marginalized communities

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 13 by creating value with:

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Physical-structural
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 13 through the following pillars:

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Green
transition

Projects underway

Reduction of the Group's total emissions in line with the objectives of the Paris Climate Agreement and contribute to limiting global warming to 1.5°C