(Tiper Stock Exchange) – Standard Ethics has changed the outlook Of UnipolSai (the main insurance operating entity of the Group Unipol) to “Positive” from “Stable”. The Corporate Standard Ethics Rating (SER) “EE+” is confirmed. This is the seventh notch out of nine (in the “Very Strong” range) on the scale used by the London-based independent rating agency focused on sustainability.
At international level, UnipolSai is placed by Standard Ethics among the best examples of social and environmental sustainability. The company has faced corporate transformations, rationalization of the structure, organizational and technological innovations in line with the voluntary ESG policies of the European Union, the United Nations and the OECD.
There reporting, aligned to the highest standards, finds completion in the group documents that report ESG strategies and safeguards. With the launch of the 2022-2024 Strategic Plan, new objectives were assumed, also in the area of Sustainability.
L’update of the Sustainability Policy has created a system of annexes on environmental (Climate Strategy), social (Guidelines on Human Rights) and governance (Anti-corruption Guidelines). The revision of the Climate Strategy has made the targets in the environmental field even more ambitious. Policies have been introduced to guarantee the creation of long-term value for stakeholders through a transparent tax strategy and a reference framework for fair competition, which add to the already operational ESG risk management methods.
With the introduction of multiple assembly voting in 2020, policies and procedures have been implemented to ensureadequate transparency towards minority shareholders and the marketand the qualitative and quantitative composition in terms of independence and gender balance has been improved