Business Model

Thanks to its widespread presence throughout Italy, in 2023 Poste Italiane once again assumed a central role in the country’s socio-economic development, confirming its key importance in supporting the community and the territory.
Operating in a changing environment and constantly influenced by external events, the Group has been able to demonstrate its resilience while fully carrying out its activities.
In order to achieve its objectives, Poste Italiane has collaborated with the institutions, supporting both the Public Administration and small municipalities, contributing to the country’s digital and sustainable transition.

The value creation process at Poste Italiane

KEY INPUTS

  • share capital (owned, floating,)
  • debt capital
  • expense of the universal postal service
  • postal savings and deposits
  • insurance premiums
  • properties, post offices, branches and ATMs
  • logistics network
  • hardware IT infrastructure
  • IT software systems
  • integrity and managerial skills
  • corporate governance system
  • intellectual property rights
  • talent
  • specialist and managerial skills
  • experience
  • integrity
  • health and safety
  • relations with entities and institutions
  • union relations
  • relations with other stakeholders
  • renewable energy
  • fossil energy
  • materials
INCOME
Resilience and Business Continuity Internal Control and Risk Management System / Sustainability governance system

Mail, Parcels and Distribution Services

  • Universal postal service
  • Delivery of mail and parcels
  • Delivery of e-commerce products
  • Electronic communications

Financial Services

  • Collection and management of postal savings
  • Asset Management
  • Collection and payment service
  • Placement and distribution of financial products
ECONOMIC VALUE

Payments and Mobile

  • Payments service
  • Mobile telephony
  • Digital services for the public administration
  • Digital services for the Group
  • Energy offer

Insurance Services

  • Protection of person, property and animals
  • Funding protection
  • Enterprise multi-risk
  • Guaranteed savings and asset management
  • Welfare
SUSTAINABLE FINANCE
INTEGRITY AND TRANSPARENCY
PEOPLE DEVELOPMENT
DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION
CREATING VALUE FOR THE COUNTRY
CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE
INNOVATION
GREEN TRANSITION
OUTCOME

OUTCOMES

  • revenue
  • assets
  • EBIT
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  • territorial capillarity
  • digitisation
  • accessibility and availability of services
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  • reputation
  • compliance
  • innovation
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  • talent
  • specialist and managerial skills
  • experience
  • integrity
  • health and safety
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  • partnerships and collaborations
  • collaborative business climate
  • stakeholder engagement
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  • emissions
  • waste
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Title: Poste Italiane's Value Creation Process

Block 1: Key Inputs

Financial Capital: Share capital (equity, floating), debt capital, universal postal service burden, postal savings and deposits, insurance premiums.

Physical-Structural Capital: Real estate, post offices, branches, and ATMs.

Intellectual Capital: Integrity and transparency, corporate regulatory system, intellectual property rights.

Social-Relational Capital: Relationships with entities and institutions, union relations, relationships with other stakeholders.

Natural Capital: Renewable energy, fossil energy, materials.

Block 2: Governance, Integrated Strategy, Business Areas, and Outputs

Governance Elements: Resilience and Business Continuity, Internal Control and Risk Management System, Sustainability Governance System.

Integrated Strategy Pillars: Innovation, Sustainable Finance, Integrity and Transparency, People Empowerment, Diversity and Inclusion, Value to the Territory, Green Transition, Customer Experience.

Business Areas: Financial Services (Collection and management of postal savings, Managed savings, Collection and payment services, Placement and distribution of financial products); Insurance Services (Protection of individuals, property and animals, Loan protection, Multi-risk business, Insured and managed savings, Pensions); Payments and Mobile (Payment services, Mobile telephony, Digital services for public administration, Digital services for the Group, Energy Offer); Mail, Parcels and Distribution (Universal postal service, Delivery of mail and parcels, Delivery of e-commerce products, Electronic communications).

Output: Economic Value.

Block 3: Outcomes

Financial Capital: Revenues, Assets and EBIT. Relevant Sustainable Development Goals: 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth, 9 Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, 10 Reduced Inequalities, 12 Responsible Consumption and Production, 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions, 17 Partnerships for the Goals.

Physical-Structural Capital: Territorial coverage, Digitization, Service accessibility and availability. Relevant Sustainable Development Goals: 3 Good Health and Well-being, 6 Clean Water and Sanitation, 7 Affordable and Clean Energy, 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth, 9 Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities, 12 Responsible Consumption and Production, 13 Climate Action.

Intellectual Capital: Reputation, Compliance, Innovation. Relevant Sustainable Development Goals: 4 Quality Education, 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth, 9 Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, 12 Responsible Consumption and Production, 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions, 17 Partnerships for the Goals.

Human Capital: Talent, Specialized and managerial skills, Experience, Integrity, Health and safety. Relevant Sustainable Development Goals: 3 Good Health and Well-being, 4 Quality Education, 5 Gender Equality, 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth, 10 Reduced Inequalities, 12 Responsible Consumption and Production, 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions, 17 Partnerships for the Goals.

Social-Relational Capital: Partnerships and collaborations, Collaborative corporate climate, Stakeholder engagement. Relevant Sustainable Development Goals: 1 No Poverty, 4 Quality Education, 5 Gender Equality, 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth, 10 Reduced Inequalities, 12 Responsible Consumption and Production, 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions, 17 Partnerships for the Goals.

Natural Capital: Emissions and waste. Relevant Sustainable Development Goals: 3 Good Health and Well-being, 6 Clean Water and Sanitation, 7 Affordable and Clean Energy, 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth, 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities, 12 Responsible Consumption and Production, 13 Climate Action, 17 Partnerships for the Goals.

The main forms of capital Poste Italiane uses to create value over time


The Poste Italiane Group’s business is based on heterogeneous types of capital characterised by their own identity and certain qualities. This feature makes it possible to both specifically analyse and measure them through performance indicators. The unique characteristics of each capital, including references to the paragraphs in this document where a broader description is given, are outlined in the following table.

CAPITALINPUTOUTCOME 

FINANCIAL

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Financial capital
  • Business continuity plan resources
  • Equity and liabilities
  • GRI 201-1 Economic value generated, distributed and retained
  • FS11 Percentage of assets subject to positive and negative environmental or social screening

PHYSICAL-STRUCTURAL

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Physical-structural capital

 

 

 

  • Corporate fleet data
  • Air transport fleet data
  • GRI 2-7 Widespread presence
  • Number of digital services offered
  • Number of contacts handled
  • GRI 305 Emissions
  • GRI 306 Waste
  • GRI 305-4 Intensity of GHG emissions related to real estate facilities
  • Wastewater reporting
  • Dematerialisation of procedures and corresponding transactions

INTELLECTUAL

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Intellectual capital
  • Business continuity plan resources
  • GRI 205-1 Companies assessed for risks related to corruption and percentage of operations audited for risks related to corruption
  • Specific training on procedures and policies of anti-corruption
  • GRI 207-1 Approach to tax
  • GRI 205-3 Reports managed by the
  • Whistleblowing Committee
  • GRI 418 Customer Privacy
  • IT security and cyber security breaches
  • Number of customers involved in IT security breaches
  • Cases of bribery and corruption and corrective actions
  • Anti-competitive practices
  • GRI 415-1 Political contributions

HUMAN

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Human capital
  • GRI 2-7 Number of personnel by contract type and gender
  • GRI 2-8 Number of non-employees by contract type and gender
  • GRI 401 Employment
  • GRI 403-5 Worker training on occupational health and safety
  • GRI 404 Training and Education
  • GRI 405 Diversity and Equal Opportunity
  • GRI 412 Human Rights Assessment
  • Number of participants in development programmes
  • Average annual hours of training for employees by gender and category
  • Training programmes and career development
  • Workforce trends (employee turnover)
  • GRI 403-9 Occupational accidents
  • Diversity
  • Number of cases of non-compliance with labour standards
  • Disputes

SOCIAL-RELATIONAL

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Social-relational capital
  • Suppliers with an ISO 14001 or EMAS certified environmental management system
  • GRI 402 Labour/Management Relations
  • GRI 203-1 Corporate giving and/or corporate citizenship initiatives
  • Existing tenders that incorporate specific social criteria
  • Number of contacts handled
  • Customer satisfaction
  • GRI 203 Indirect economic impacts
  • Quality of the Universal Postal Service
  • Customer experience in Post Offices
  • Customer complaints by type
  • Monthly complaints
  • Settlements
  • New customers in the categories most at risk of financial exclusion as a percentage of total new acquisitions
  • FS14 ATMs for inclusion
  • FS14 Post offices for cultural integration

NATURAL

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Natural capital
  • GRI 301 Materials
  • GRI 302 Energy
  • GRI 303 Water and Effluents
  • Total cost of energy purchased for real estate facilities
  • Existing tenders that incorporate specific environmental criteria
  • GRI 305 Emissions
  • GRI 306 Waste
  • GRI 305-4 Intensity of GHG emissions related to real estate facilities
  • Wastewater reporting
  • Weight of electricity consumption relating to real estate facilities by type of business