Our Approach
Main partnerships and affiliations
Legal entities Organization Description
The Global Compact is a strategic policy initiative for businesses
committed to aligning their operations and strategies with 10
UN Global Compact
universally accepted principles related to human rights, labor, anti-
corruption and the environment.
LBG is the internationally recognized standard for measuring
London Benchmarking Group (LBG)
corporate community investment.
UNEP FI is an initiative that addresses pressing, current issues in
UNEP FI
sustainable finance.
The CDP promotes understanding of the potential impacts of
Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP)
climate change on shareholder value.
This initiative is helping to create a framework for producing
Desertec Industrial InitiativeA sustainable solar and wind energy from the deserts of the Middle
East and North Africa.
This consortium develops standards for the Italian financial sector
Consorzio CBI in collection and payments, including electronic transactions, as
well as in document management.
UPA is owned and operated by companies with a common interest
UniCredit SpA in resolving issues related to advertising. UPA is in alignment with
Utenti Pubblicità Associati (UPA) the Istituto dell’Autodisciplina Pubblicitaria (IAP) in its efforts
to defend and promote responsible advertising as a vehicle for
consumer information, market competition and social welfare.
WWF is the world’s largest, most experienced independent
conservation organization. Its mission is to end the degradation
WWF International
of the planet’s natural environment and build a future in which
humans live in harmony with nature.
Valore D is an Italian association of 63 national and multinational
Valore D companies. Its mission is to increase and support female
representation in top positions at major Italian companies.
This forum is a non-profit organization that promotes a culture of
Forum per la Finanza Sostenibile
social responsibility in Italy’s finance industry.
This organization seeks to: promote sound management in the
non-profit sector; promote corporate social responsibility; enhance
Fondazione Sodalitas relationships between academia and the corporate sector; and
build partnerships among companies, non-profits, academia and
other institutions.
Pioneer Global The United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI)
Asset Management UNPRI initiative is an international network of investor working togheter
SpA to put the six principles for responsible investment into practice.
Global Player Initiative at BKA This initiative is responsible for working with the business sector to
(Federal Criminal Police Office) investigate reported cases of organized crime.
Association of Certified Fraud ACFE is the world's largest anti-fraud organization and provides
Examiners (ACFE) premier anti-fraud training and certification.
UniCredit Bank AG Verein für Umweltmanagement und VfU, or the Association for Environmental Management and
Nachhaltigkeit in Finanzinstituten Sustainability in Financial Institutions, is an industry-specific body for
e.V. (VfU) environmental management at financial institutions.
B.A.U.M. e.V. and Sustainability This German campaign promotes environmental awareness and
Leadership Forum responsibility among business managers.
A. UniCredit is a shareholder of the Desertec Industrial Initiative.
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