Earth Day 2024
Our earth is dying and, we know, a single spark is not enough to lead to a better future. Many sparks together yes.
Earth Day 2024
On the occasion of Earth Day we activated a social campaign aimed at all of us, in which in addition to summarizing the main objectives achieved during 2023 (DCNF data source from BPER Banca), we shared tips and commitments for both companies and single individuals. Because a spark alone can't do much, but many sparks together can light up the future, together.
Titolo paragrafo
To ensure a future for our planet we must change our present.
At the BPER Group, we do this by reducing consumption, purchasing products with environmental quality labels, managing resources better and supporting projects that safeguard the environment.
Efficiency of paper use processes and digitalisation of services
Energy efficiency and self-production of energy from renewable sources
Sustainable Mobility
Reduction of emissions deriving from the company fleet and the home-work commute of colleagues
Green Supply Chain
Purchasing eco-labelled products.
100%
Consumption of Electricity from Renewable Sources
Over 47 thousand
tCO2 not released or compensated
Target -23% by 2025
Emissions Energy Plan 2025/2030
-439 tons
Reduction in paper use
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We have launched various projects to reduce paper consumption:
newspapers supplied in digital format
dematerialised F24 forms
Finitalia paperless
BPER Factor's WIP platform (Web Interactive Platform)
Arca Fondi SGR initiative s
replacing ordinary mail communications with certified email (PEC)
promoting the use of FEA (Advanced Electronic Signature)
replacing printers with more effective ones
streamlining postal charge
The Group is committed to reducing direct greenhouse gas emissions by 50.2% by 2030. Highlights as at 31 December 2023:
- 100% electricity consumption from renewable sources
- 14 photovoltaic systems installe d, 1,829,294 kWh of renewable energy produced
- reduction in electricity and heat consumption: -1.2% compared to 2022
What does the Energy Plan include?
- con verting gas-fired generators into heat pumps
- electric car fleet
- implementing an IT platform for gas leak detection
- optimised use of Headquarters functional spaces
- developing a centralised BEMS (Building Energy Management System) management platform with AI algorithms
- implementing BEMS control and monitoring systems
For more information, Read Chapter 6 of the Sustainability Report.
Sustainable mobility
We are committed to implementing sustainable mobility initiatives to concretely benefit people who work at the Bank:
- installation of electric cars and bikes charging stations
- purchase of electric bicycles and repair kits
- car sharing app for employees
- awareness-raising activities about sustainable mobility for employees
- increase of company electric cars
- company shuttles between certain locations
- offsetting the emissions of fuels used with DKV Card Climate
Sustainability Projects
In 2022, we pursued internal awareness raising on sustainability issues. We entrusted our ESG Strategy function with
the responsibility of managing Energy and Mobility Management activities. Below are the concrete projects that involved people:
Progetti Correlati
BPER Bank Plastic Free
To reduce plastic consumption, in and out of the workplace, we provided more than 3 thousand employees with a branded water bottle. Each employee consumes about 220 half-liter plastic bottles each year. Since 2020, almost 20,000 water bottles have been distributed, which, filled from home, help make our environment increasingly sustainable and plastic-free.
Let's knock it off
To raise awareness of ESG issues among our people, we created a communication campaign that saw the birth of 11 Sustainability Pills for which we initiated or carried out concrete actions. Each pill represents one of the Agenda 2030 Goals and contains practical suggestions and contests to stimulate virtuous actions, as well as links and insights to the Sustainability Report .
Let's Stop Polluting!
An initiative in collaboration with Wecity, in which we involved about 500 employees over three months. All those who signed up cycled, walked or scootered to their respective offices, thereby reducing emissions caused by home-to-work commutes by 12 tons of CO2.
Let's stop wasting paper!
With the goal of reducing paper consumption by avoiding printed documents, we have involved more than 1,200 branches (in the first edition, in 2022) that have implemented behaviors aimed at paper dematerialization, resulting in savings of 8,222,883 sheets and 28.94 tons of CO2.
Energy Saving Vademecum.
To give substance to the sustainability pills, we have produced a document, to promote virtuous behaviors and change bad habits and actions, without giving up comfort and services, for example by optimizing the use of air conditioning and lighting devices and systems.
On Earth Day 2023, we took the lead together with WWF Italy and our customers in the "Valore Oasi" project. Thanks to fund raising we helped to protect and maintain two important Italian oases.
Regarding the assessment of environmental and climate risks with financial impact, we did a physical risk, transition risk, and carbon footprint assessment of the Bank's own credit (Corporate) and investment portfolios. These studies allow us to assess the potential business implications of climate and environmental risks, and to inform stakeholders on how the organization is positioning itself in light of these risks.