The Intesa Sanpaolo Group is officially one of the 342 global
companies most actively committed to social and environmental
sustainability, as confirmed by the addition of its shares to the
'Dow Jones Sustainability Index World' and the 'Dow Jones
Sustainability Index Europe' - two financial indexes managed by Dow
Jones Indexes and SAM (the Swiss investment boutique specialised in
sustainable investing), for approximately 8 billion dollars.
Each year, SAM invites some 2,500 of the world's biggest
companies, distributed across 57 sectors, to respond to an in-depth
questionnaire on the financial, environmental and social areas of
their business.
For the banking sector, the financial area includes, among other
things, corporate governance, anti-corruption policies, customer
relations, risk management and stakeholder engagement; the
environmental area focuses on products and services for the
protection of the environment, the assessment of environmental and
social risks in lending, the carbon footprint and environmental
reporting; finally, the social area covers initiatives promoting
financial inclusion, employee development, health and welfare and
philanthropy.
In all areas of the survey, Intesa Sanpaolo scored well above the
average, confirming once again the seriousness of the Group and the
tangible outcomes of its actions.
Source: http://www.group.intesasanpaolo.com/scriptIsir0/si09/eng_index.jsp