Being an essential element in the Group’s strategic and financial choices, sustainability is an integral component of Poste Italiane’s activities, processes and strategy.
Over the past few years, the Group has embarked on an ambitious path to consolidate its Sustainability Strategy, recognising its importance. This strategy, in fact, targets the creation of shared value for Poste Italiane’s stakeholders and the improvement of its own reputation.
The Group is therefore committed to disseminating a corporate culture focused on sustainable issues, which are concretely implemented according to three main guidelines - Reporting, Strategy and Governance. From the very beginning, this commitment has allowed the achievement of important evolutionary changes and, at the same time, has enabled Poste Italiane to hit a number of prestigious national and international milestones.
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| Poste Italiane is Top Employer Italia 2024, winning said award for the fifth consecutive year. The prestigious award was given to Poste Italiane by the Top Employers Institute, the global certification body for excellence in HR practices. |
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| Poste Italiane re-enters the Brand Finance Global 500. The ranking, which includes the 500 brands with the highest financial value worldwide, places Poste Italiane in 231st place in 2024, jumping 52 places from the previous year. |
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| The certification, issued by “EQUAL-SALARY”, an independent Swiss non-profit organisation in cooperation with the University of Geneva, allows companies to verify and publicise pay equity, for equal work, within the company organisation. Poste Italiane is the first among the companies in the FTSE MIB insurance sector and the largest company by number of employees to have received the “EQUAL-SALARY” certification for the strict application of remuneration policies without gender bias, demonstrating its commitment to creating an inclusive working environment and a corporate culture based on respect and equal opportunities in career paths. |
| Certification for gender equality UNI/PdR 125:2022 | Poste Italiane obtained UNI/PdR 125:2022 certification for its ability to ensure gender equality in the workplace. The certificate was issued by IMQ, an international certification body, recognising Poste Italiane’s ability to guarantee an effective level playing field in the design, direction, control, coordination and delivery of Postal, Logistics, Financial, Insurance and Digital Services. |
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| In 2023, “Postepay Digital” received the “Elected Product of the Year 2023” award in the “Financial Services” category. PostePay Digital is the payment solution for everyone, enabling payments in shops and on-line via smartphone. This award is an important recognition of Poste Italiane’s innovative capacity: totally digital, the product can be requested in a few minutes online and via App or SPID. |
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| In the twenty-seventh European edition of the “Webranking Europe 500” research, conducted by Lundquist in collaboration with the Swedish company Comprend, on the quality and transparency of companies’ digital communication activities, Poste Italiane was placed fourth. |
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| At the NC Awards 2023, Poste Italiane was honoured for its advertising campaign for Poste Energia, the offer that marked its entry into the electricity and gas market. The prize, which celebrates the best Italian digital communication projects, was awarded in the category “Integrated Digital Campaigns - Services of Public Interest”. |
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| Poste Italiane won another prestigious award, the 20th POP Key Award at the Media Key Awards. In particular, the Poste Energia campaign won the special “Best Engagement Key Award” as the best integrated campaign. |
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| Poste Italiane was awarded first prize in the “Large Listed Companies” category in the 59th edition of the Oscar di Bilancio, promoted by FERPI, Borsa Italiana and Università Bocconi. The Group has distinguished itself for the completeness, transparency and innovation of its communication of its financial results to the market and stakeholders. |
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| Poste Italiane was awarded first prize in the “Diversity & Inclusion” category at the fifth edition of the “Premio al Report di Sostenibilità” (Sustainability Report Award), promoted by the Department of Economic and Business Sciences of the University of Pavia, distinguishing itself for its mention of activities supporting diversity and inclusion in the company and a healthy gender balance in top positions. |
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| Poste Italiane won the “Premio Impatto” (Impact Award), the initiative promoted by the Milan CSR and Social Innovation Trade Show, which recognised the company’s social value and ability to plan investments in the fleet overhaul plan, combining the financial framework with sustainability. |
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| In 2023, Poste Italiane took first place globally in S&P Global’s Corporate Sustainability Assessment, within the “Insurance” sector, achieving a score of 85/100. In 2023, Poste Italiane consequently confirmed its presence in the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index (DJSI) and in the more selective Dow Jones Sustainability Europe Index for the fifth consecutive year. |
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| Poste Italiane was awarded a rating of 4.2 by the FTSE Russell ESG Rating agency. Poste Italiane has been included for the fifth year running in the prestigious FTSE4Good sustainability indices. The FTSE4Good Europe and FTSE4Good Developed indices include companies that stand out for their transparent management and application of ESG criteria. The Company stood out in particular for its Social and Governance performance. |
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| The Company is positioned within the “Leadership” band with an A- rating in the annual classification drawn up by CDP (formerly the Carbon Disclosure Project) for the fourth consecutive year. In particular, Poste Italiane distinguished itself in the area of risk and opportunity disclosure, for its risk management system and for defining business strategies that include climate-related objectives. |
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| In 2023, Poste Italiane obtained a score of 79 out of 100 in the ESG Overall Score of Moody’s, consolidating its presence in the Euronext Vigeo-Eiris World 120 index and in the Euronext Vigeo Eurozone 120 and Europe 120 regional indices. |
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| As of October 2021, and confirmed also in 2023, Poste Italiane is included in the new Euronext MIB ESG index, ranking first among the best performing companies. The MIB ESG represents the first blue-chip index for Italy dedicated to sustainability, combining elements of economic performance with Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) values. |
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| As of November 2022, also confirming its position in 2023, the Group entered the gender equality index “Euronext Equileap Gender Equality Eurozone 100”, becoming one of the 100 companies in the Eurozone that have demonstrated a strong commitment to improving gender equality in the workplace. |
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| In February 2024, the Company was awarded an ESG Risk Rating of 16.9 (Low risk) by Sustainalytics, within the sub-industry Regional Banks. |
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| In 2024 Poste Italiane was recognised by Sustainalytics as a top ESG performer, earning the 2024 Industry Top-Rated Badge. |
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| For the fourth year running, Poste Italiane has been confirmed in the Bloomberg Gender Equality Index (GEI), the world’s leading gender equality index. The Company improved its performance compared to the previous year, once again scoring well above the average score of the companies evaluated within the GEI, which includes 484 companies, belonging to 11 manufacturing sectors with a combined market Capitalsation of USD 16 trillion, based in 45 countries and regions. |
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| In 2023, Poste Italiane was assessed by Equileap for its performance in the area of gender equality. The Group has been recognised in particular for its commitment to supporting paternity and maternity, for obtaining the Equal Salary certification, and for its policies on occupational safety and employee protection. |
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| Poste Italiane has confirmed its presence in the 2024 edition of S&P Global’s Sustainability Yearbook, which assesses the ESG performance of major companies globally. The Group is in the top 1% of the 9,400 companies evaluated for entry into the Sustainability Yearbook, falling into the “Top 1% S&P Global ESG Score 2023” bracket. |
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| In 2023, the Poste Italiane Group confirmed its rating of 1, considered the highest rating, in the areas of Environment, Social and Governance as part of the Institutional Shareholder Services Inc. (ISS). |
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| In 2023, Poste Italiane confirmed its corporate sustainability performance and leadership in the sector by earning an “AA” rating from MSCI, one of the leading agencies, for the huge progress made with regard to the social aspect. |
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| In 2023, Poste Italiane maintained its presence in the STOXX Global ESG Leaders Index, the index that includes around 400 leading global companies in terms of corporate sustainability, which is structured from the basket of companies belonging to the STOXX Global 1800. |
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| Poste Italiane is among the top three companies in the ranking of the “Integrated Governance Index (IGI) 2023”, the index that measures the degree of integration of sustainability policies in corporate strategies. |
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| Poste Italiane is awarded the prestigious Platinum medal by EcoVadis, which assesses the sustainability of companies along the supply chain, further improving its position from last year’s Gold medal by placing within the top 1% of companies assessed by the team of international experts. |
Poste Italiane, being an integral part of a network of associations operating nationally and internationally that aims to seek continuous stimuli and opportunities for discussion on sustainability issues, is able to propose a strategy in step with the evolution of the global context on ESG matters.
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| UN Global Compact: the largest corporate sustainability initiative in the world. An appeal to companies to align their strategies and operations with universal principles in the areas of human rights, labour, environment and anti-corruption and to take actions that promote society's objectives. It is a universal voluntary initiative to implement the principles of sustainability and adopt measures to support the goals of the United Nations. |
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| Principles for Responsible Investment: the PRIs are a set of six principles that set out the main actions to be taken by investors and provide specific tools (e.g. frameworks, guidelines) aimed at incorporating environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors within traditional investment policies. |
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| Principles for Sustainable Insurance: the PSIs are a voluntary initiative, supported by the United Nations, aimed at addressing risks and opportunities relating to ESG issues in the insurance sector. Launched in 2012, the PSIs are aligned and complement the principles of the UN Global Compact. |
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| UN Women: is the UN entity dedicated to gender equality and the empowerment of women and was established to accelerate progress in meeting their needs worldwide. UN Women supports UN member states as they define global standards to achieve gender equality and work with governments and civil society to design the laws, policies, programmes and services needed to ensure that the standards are effectively implemented and truly benefit women and girls around the world. |
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| CSR Exhibition: is the most important event in Italy dedicated to sustainability. It is an opportunity to share ideas and find common paths through dozens of meetings, hundreds of speakers and thousands of visitors. The exhibition allows getting to know the companies that have made sustainability a strategic driver, meeting young people, helping build the future of CSR. The exhibition takes place for two days, which are intense thanks to a rich cultural programme, many stimulating appointments, many opportunities for networking. |
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| Sodalitas: established in 1995 on the initiative of Assolombarda, this foundation was the first organisation to promote corporate sustainability in Italy, and aims to contribute to the development of the role of companies as social as well as economic players, and putting the strengths of corporate culture at the service of civil society. A unique organisation in Italy, it brings together the commitment of more than 100 leading companies and a group of volunteer managers, and is a reference point for companies that consider sustainability to be a vital strategic dimension. It has gained respect as a partner of European institutions for implementing the sustainability agenda in Italy, and stands out for its ability to implement multi-stakeholder initiatives for generating shared social value. |
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| Anima per il Sociale: an association that brings together a group of managers and companies with the mission of spreading the culture of corporate social responsibility and Sustainability among local companies, at an economic, social and environmental level. The partnership enables the Group to access the association's network- consisting of large companies, associations, non-profit organisations, bodies and authorities - in order to keep up to date through monitoring, communication and training activities and by participating in Corporate Social Responsibility initiatives and events. |
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| CSR Manager: a network made up of professionals working in all kinds of organisations (companies, business foundations, trade bodies, the Public Administration, non-profit entities) who manage social, environmental and sustainability issues relating to business activities. This network of association provides the opportunity to participate in conferences held, access documents and studies prepared by the network and share best practices with the other members. |
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| Valore D: founded in 2009, this is the first association of companies to promote women's diversity, talent and leadership in support of greater gender balance within its 150 member organisations. This collaboration enables Poste Italiane, as a supporting member since 2012, to actively participate in programmes and workshops organised by the association, as well as to take part in benchmarks and the sharing of best practices regarding the issues of diversity management, achievement of work-life balance and welfare. |
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| ASPHI: an organisation that has been promoting the integration of disabled people in schools, employment and companies via the use of ICT technology for over 30 years. The collaboration with Poste Italiane has been consolidated over several years, in relation to participation in programmes for the inclusion and enhancement of disabled people in corporate environments. |