(Finance) – Intesa Sanpaolo and Bluenergy, energy multiservice companies, have finalized a financing operation aimed at the sustainable growth of the company based in Udine, present with over 30 stores in Friuli Venezia Giulia, Lombardy and Piedmont. The loan from Intesa Sanpaolo – reads the note – is of 7 million euros and is intended for the Bluenergy development plan which includes some ESG improvement objectives, in particular the increase in the percentage of hiring new female employees and the introduction of policies to promote gender equality. Bluenergy has signed a collective policy of the Insurance Division of Intesa Sanpaolo for the protection of its employees, to cover seven types of serious illnesses.
“We believe that the choice to operate in the wake of social, environmental and economic sustainability is today a duty that we are committed to pursuing every day – he said. Alberta Gervasio, CEO of Bluenergy. – We are aware that ESG actions have a positive impact on the well-being of our collaborators and represent a source of motivation and strengthening of the bond with the company, and that is why we have decided to commit ourselves by planning challenging objectives that can guarantee in every dividing the necessary tools to encourage this change and building a welfare plan which, thanks to Intesa Sanpaolo, is now enriched with new benefits. The growth of the company is built on the well-being of the people who work there and the collective policy has precisely this purpose, to guarantee the serenity to our employees to be able to face any event in their life. Being sustainable means building shared culture e we have chosen to carry it out day after day starting from the inside and thanks to the support of important partners such as Intesa Sanpaolo. “
The ability of companies to understand and govern their own impact in environmental, governance and social terms is central to projecting them into an increasingly competitive market also on the issue of sustainability – underlines Francesca Nieddu, regional director of Veneto East and Friuli Venezia Giulia Intesa Sanpaolo -. Supporting companies that, like Bluenergy, focus on sustainable growth and ESG criteria is for us a satisfaction but also a responsibility, which allows us to be an active part in the creation of collective value. Intesa Sanpaolo has already activated in 2020 a 2 billion euro ceiling for the new S-Loans, a specific line of loans, which goes alongside the 8 billion euro ceiling for investments in the Circular Economy, aimed at supporting the initiatives of companies towards the sustainable transition. Since their introduction, Intesa Sanpaolo has disbursed over 60 million euros in loans in Friuli Venezia Giulia. “