Eni and UniCredit today announced their partnership in Open-es, the system initiative that aims to strengthen collaboration between companies and to accompany them in measuring and improving their ESG performance.
Open-es is an open alliance that involves the entrepreneurial, financial and associative world in supporting all companies in the path of sustainable development through a digital platform.
The initiative was launched by Eni in 2021 and today involves more than 10.000 companies and 20 partners and thanks to an inclusive and collaborative approach it forms a virtuous community of realities committed to achieving ESG objectives.
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The entry as Value-Chain Leader partner in this alliance will allow UniCredit to play a strategic role in the sustainable development of the Italian entrepreneurial system, with initiatives and tools useful to all companies, regardless of size.
By joining Open-es, UniCredit once again confirms its ambition to achieve Net Zero goals by 2050, as well as the bank's ongoing commitment to supporting customers and communities on their journey towards a just and equitable transition.
The partnership between the financial and industrial sectors created by Open-es not only promotes synergies for companies in terms of information sharing efficiency, but also plays a decisive role in encouraging investments and promoting concrete actions for the sustainability of the entrepreneurial system .
This collaboration represents a further step in the path towards a system alliance, which sees the full involvement of the corporate ecosystem in line with the evolution of ESG legislation.
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Fiona Melrose, Head of Group Strategy & ESG at UniCredit, said: “At UniCredit we want to equip our clients with information, tools and training on innovations to better support them in their climate transition plans. Our partnership with Eni as part of Open-es represents a further step in this journey and underlines the importance of collaboration on all segments of the value chain.
Costantino Chessa, Head of Procurement at Eni, he added: “Two years ago we launched Open-es with the aim of creating an open, inclusive and cross-industry alliance to foster the sustainable development of all companies with a spirit of system. Unicredit's entry into this open alliance confirms that by joining the efforts of large industrial and financial operators, we can accelerate the energy transition and ESG objectives with a spirit of system and involving the entire production system."