We are fully aware of the environmental and social impacts of our activities, as well as of the importance of maintaining collaborative relationships with all our stakeholders. For this reason, ethics, integrity and transparency are foundational to our identity and guide our everyday operations.
Our Code of Ethics sets out the principles and rules of conduct relating in particular to legality, impartiality and fairness, community support, respect for individuals, quality and professionalism. These values, shape our culture and inform our behaviour. They are essential to ensuring our long-term credibility and reputation, and to strengthening the trust of all our stakeholders.
Our Commitment to Sustainable Finance
The integration of environmental, social and governance factors into investment processes is, for us, a key driver in generating long-term sustainable value.
Our financial companies, BancoPosta Fondi SGR and Poste Vita, have set objectives aligned with our commitment to sustainable growth.
They are driven by the belief that the asset management sector, through the integration of ESG factors, can play a key role in creating value, by protecting society, fostering innovation, and supporting economic progress.
BancoPosta Fondi SGR and Poste Vita have adopted specific policies and guidelines aimed at supporting key sustainability goals, including tackling climate change and safeguarding human rights, through their investment decisions and day-to-day operations.
Both companies are signatories of the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI), which promote the integration of ESG criteria into investment strategies and across portfolio companies.
As of 2024, 100% of Poste Vita’s investment products incorporate ESG elements.
Our financial companies, BancoPosta Fondi SGR and Poste Vita, have set objectives aligned with our commitment to sustainable growth.
They are driven by the belief that the asset management sector, through the integration of ESG factors, can play a key role in creating value, by protecting society, fostering innovation, and supporting economic progress.
BancoPosta Fondi SGR and Poste Vita have adopted specific policies and guidelines aimed at supporting key sustainability goals, including tackling climate change and safeguarding human rights, through their investment decisions and day-to-day operations.
Both companies are signatories of the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI), which promote the integration of ESG criteria into investment strategies and across portfolio companies.
As of 2024, 100% of Poste Vita’s investment products incorporate ESG elements.
We Prevent and Combat Corruption
We have adopted specific policies to ensure fairness and prevent corruption in our relationships with public authorities, associations, political and trade union organisations, suppliers and partners.
In particular, we do not provide any benefits or contributions, either directly or indirectly, to political parties, movements, or political and trade union organisations. We have also established clear principles and prohibitions regarding gifts and hospitality, facilitation payments, charitable donations and sponsorships, recruitment and hiring, as well as mergers, acquisitions and significant investments.
Poste Italiane and the Group’s main companies have adopted ISO 37001:2016-certified management systems for anti-bribery.
In particular, we do not provide any benefits or contributions, either directly or indirectly, to political parties, movements, or political and trade union organisations. We have also established clear principles and prohibitions regarding gifts and hospitality, facilitation payments, charitable donations and sponsorships, recruitment and hiring, as well as mergers, acquisitions and significant investments.
Poste Italiane and the Group’s main companies have adopted ISO 37001:2016-certified management systems for anti-bribery.
We have adopted a structured system for collecting and managing whistleblowing
In line with our values, we have established a Whistleblowing System and a Whistleblowing Committee responsible for handling reports of any unlawful or suspicious conduct, irregularities in the company’s management, or any act that may constitute a breach of external or internal regulations or of our Code of Ethics.
We have drawn up specific Guidelines, updated in 2024, which set out the procedures for submitting whistleblowing reports.
The Whistleblowing System includes:
Our Whistleblowing System has obtained a certificate of conformity with the ISO 37002:2021 Guideline, which is reviewed annually.
We have drawn up specific Guidelines, updated in 2024, which set out the procedures for submitting whistleblowing reports.
The Whistleblowing System includes:
- A Portal, accessible to all our stakeholders, both internal (our people) and external
- The Whistleblowing Committee, responsible for receiving, reviewing and assessing all submissions, ensuring that reports are handled confidentially and with due care. In doing so, we protect the identity of the whistleblower and prevent and counter any form of retaliation against employees who submit reports.
Our Whistleblowing System has obtained a certificate of conformity with the ISO 37002:2021 Guideline, which is reviewed annually.
Training in Support of Corporate Culture
To promote a corporate culture based on ethics, legality and compliance with regulations, we continuously carry out training initiatives addressed to all our people.
- As part of our anti-corruption efforts, from July 2023 to the end of 2024, we launched the online course “The Integrated Management System: The Rules of the Game”, which was attended by 95,000 employees.
- Since February 2024, we have launched the online course “The New Code of Ethics of Poste Italiane”, which provides a comprehensive overview of the Code’s principles, objectives and practical implementation.
- In July 2024, we launched the course “Galassia 231: A Challenge Among the Pillars of the Organisation, Management and Control Model”, with the aim of addressing recent developments in the relevant regulatory framework and aligning the 231 governance system with the best practices of listed companies.