Membership in networks

These Working groups support the Association’s activities with a technical assessment of the main issues connected to banking operations. BPER Banca participates in ABI Working groups regarding Sustainability and Climate Change issues.

This is a network of companies from the Modena area from various sectors and of different dimensions that has set itself the objective of promoting the principles and practices of Corporate Social Responsibility. It comprises 40 companies employing a total of more than 30,000 actors throughout the whole of Italy. The association's activities also involve public events to promote CSR and workshops for experimenting different means of working in partnership for the co-design of socially responsible actions.

FEDUF supports all types of educational establishments in organising events with students to discuss education on “economic citizenship” and develop a greater awareness of the value of money, its use and the importance of saving with a view of an active and conscious citizenship.

The Fondazione Sodalitas was created in 1995 by Assolombarda and a group of companies and managers. The foundation was the first to promote Corporate Sustainability in Italy, by contributing to the evolution of the role of enterprises as social as well as financial players, and it was also the first to sustain the growth of the Italian non-profit sector, by putting the strengths of corporate culture at the service of civil society.

Il Forum per la Finanza Sostenibile is an association with the objective of encouraging the inclusion of environmental, social and governance (ESG) criteria in financial products and processes. The membership base is multi-stakeholder: financial practitioners and other organizations interested in the environmental and social impact of investments are members.

A non-profit association involved in promoting and developing Corporate Social Responsibility. Its aim is to promote, throughout Italy and Europe, processes geared towards Sustainability, by encouraging associate companies to take a leading role in transferring their innovation drive to sustainable competitive practices.

L’Organismo Italiano di Business Reporting is in charge of elaborating, issuing and disseminating studies, research, principles, standards and guidelines of a technical-practical nature in the field of business reporting, Non-Financial Statement (DNF), Sustainability and Integrated Reporting, TCFD indications, addressed to the Italian context, organizing working groups dedicated to the issues identified as of interest by stakeholders, while representing a meeting place for all Italian stakeholders and the unified voice of our country in the international debate.

Sustainability Makers is the Italian association that brings together professionals dedicated to the definition and implementation of sustainability strategies and projects, in companies and other organizations: it works to qualify and promote these professionals with the aim of increasing their competence and authority, through training and networking activities, studies and research, conferences, workshops and webinars.

This was the first association of large companies created in Italy to support female leadership of corporations. Its mission is to support and increase female representation in management positions, through tangible and concrete actions for promoting gender equality and an inclusive culture for the growth of companies and of Italy.