Environmental impacts monitoring
The Group's Code of Ethics and the Environmental and Energy Rules, approved by the Top Management, define the principles and guidelines relating to the Group's environmental responsibility and the control of direct and indirect impacts generated by its business.
For this reason, a responsible management of energy and natural resources is a priority for the Intesa Sanpaolo Group in order to mitigate its impact on the environment.
With regard to the direct impacts on the environment, arising from the operation of the Bank, Intesa Sanpaolo in Italy has adopted an Integrated Management System Health and Safety, Environment and Energy, implemented according to the most important international reference standards (ISO 45001, 14001 and 50001), and subject to an annual certification by a third and independent party.
In addition, to translate the commitment to environmental protection into concrete actions, the roles of the Energy Manager and the Mobility Manager have been established, constantly overlook their areas of expertise.
With reference to the Energy Manager, the Italian law no. 10 of 9/01/1991 provides that companies in the tertiary sector that consume more than 1,000 tons of oil equivalent (TOE) per year appoint the person responsible for the conservation and rational use of energy (Energy Manager) with simultaneous reporting of consumption to be transmitted annually to the Ministry of Economic Development through the inclusion in the IT platform of FIRE (Italian Federation for the Rational Use of Energy).
Great attention is paid to the progressive reduction of energy consumption and related carbon dioxide emissions into the atmosphere: where possible, the use of electricity from renewable sources is preferred, but above all energy monitoring and optimization actions are put in place, to reduce waste and related costs.
To give an idea of the importance of energy consumption, it may be useful to know that, in Italy, while a citizen consumes about 1,100 kWh of electricity per year, the per capita demand in the banking sector is on average four times as much. Intesa Sanpaolo, one of the largest banking groups in the euro area, consumes, in Italy alone, the equivalent of electricity needed by a city of about 300,000 inhabitants.
The Group companies that, in 2024, recorded consumption of more than 1,000 TOE and that have appointed the Energy Manager for the current year are the following:
- Intesa Sanpaolo S.p.A. (61,012 TOE)
- Fideuram - Intesa Sanpaolo Private Banking S.p.A (2,220 TOE)
- Intesa Sanpaolo Private Banking S.p.A (1,279 TOE)
The Mobility Management function defines strategies and guidelines on sustainable mobility, in particular with reference to the home-work journeys of the Group's people in Italy.
This is an important commitment made concrete by researching, promoting and implementing solutions that allow to combine the well-being of our people with the well-being of the cities in which we live and work.
The Mobility Manager, in coordinating the initiatives and the best solutions to the needs of home-work travel, is supported by a team and by the Territorial Mobility Referents with the aim of detecting and interpreting the demand for mobility expressed in the area by spreading culture and initiatives promoted by the company.
Since 2009, the Group's Mobility Manager has been drawing up the Home-Work Travel Plans every year by mapping needs, listening directly and actively involving colleagues. By way of example, in detail the one carried out in Turin (Home-Work Travel Plan 2024).
The Employee commuting figure relating only to the italian perimeter was 33,441.00 tonnes in 2024 compared to 58,018.46 tonnes in 2023.
A monitored and certified process
With the aim of responsibly managing the environmental and energy impacts related to its business, Intesa Sanpaolo Group has launched a process of monitoring its environmental and energy impacts, knowing that only after having analysed effective consumption data it is possible to initiate actions for optimization and energy efficiency with long-lasting results and constant improvements.
Thanks to these monitoring actions, consistent with its Environmental and Energy Policy, the Intesa Sanpaolo Group has acquired important environmental certifications.
Environmental and Energy management system
In Italy Intesa Sanpaolo adopted an Environmental Management System (in accordance with UNI EN ISO 14001) and, as of June 2010, became the first Italian bank to integrate it with an Energy Management System (certified since April 2012 UNI CEI EN ISO 50001).
The certification perimeter has expanded over the years to include – starting with the 2019 renewal check that will end in autumn – all branches and Gallerie d'Italia, in 2019.
The sites are subject to a constant monitoring process of environmental and energy performance and to cycles of internal audits carried out with the aim of assessing the degree of adherence to the practices adopted compared to the expected; corrective actions are implemented when necessary to bring performance back within a defined range.
The Management System also provides a specialized training course for all employees involved.
Annually, the headquarters and a fair number of subsidiaries and buildings are subject to the verification of maintenance or renewal of certification by a third international body.
The coordination Headquarters of the system is the New Directional Centre in Turin that, equipped with the most advanced technological and plant solutions, is considered one of the most eco-friendly buildings in the world.
With regard to foreign banks, the first subsidiary to have implemented an Energy Management System (pursuant to UNI CEI EN ISO 50001) is the Hungarian CIB Bank. The Bank passed the audit process, focused on employee training, compliance with regulations, internal processes and energy management in the branches, thus obtaining the renewal of the certification.
Intesa Sanpaolo's sustainable skyscrapers
The tower is powered by renewable energy, one-of-a-kind project that combines innovative architecture, environmental sustainability, and an integration of spaces for work and for the public.
The Turin's Headquarters was designed by Renzo Piano Building Workshop. It is 166 meters high and has 38 floors above ground, including 27 intended for the Bank operating offices. On the lower ground floors 338 parking spaces are available.
A multipurpose room, that can host up to 364 spectators (in auditorium set-up) is situated on the ground floor.
In October 2015, the Intesa Sanpaolo Tower was awarded the LEED Platinum certification, the highest given by the Green Building Council, the most authoritative international body for eco-assessment of buildings. In November 2015, the building received the "Award for Commercial or Retail Structures" for the Expedition Engineering and Studio Ossola structural design, award promoted by the Institution of Structural Engineers of London (https://www.istructe.org/structuralawards/home).
In 2016, the skyscraper won the "Building of the Year" award in the "Offices" category, promoted by archdaily website (http://www.archdaily.com), the most visited architecture website in the world, and was finally ranked among the European finalists of the CTBUH Awards in Chicago (read more).
Since September 2019, the Executive Centre in Turin is the only one in Europe to have obtained the Leed Platinum certification (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) in both the "new construction" category and in the category "sustainable management" building." The Green Building Council, the most authoritative international body for the eco-evaluation of buildings, has given the skyscraper the second recognition for continuity given to the solutions and good practices adopted in the construction. The tower designed by the Renzo Piano Building Workshop scored 85 points, thus exceeding the threshold needed to reach the most prestigious level. This is thanks to effective actions taken for energy efficiency, sustainable water consumption, material and resource management, employee habits in home-work travel and indoor environmental conditions, such as lighting and air quality.
In 2023 the Turin Skyscraper obtained confirmation of the LEED Platinum–Existing Buildings Operations & Maintenance certification from the Green Building Council in the sustainable management category, achieved in 2019. Previously the Skyscraper had already received the LEED Platinum–New Construction certification, for construction of the building, thanks to the design characteristics and technological solutions adopted.
Characteristics
- Nighttime free-cooling system using a natural ventilation system
- Reduction of drinking water consumption thanks to a rainwater collection system for toilet flushes
- Reduction of drinking water consumption thanks to a rainwater collection system for toilet flushes
- Presence of a multi-function bioclimatic greenhouse and a winter garden
- A double skin system on the east and west facades designed to interact better with external climatic conditions
- LED lighting for 80% of the light fixtures
- High energy efficiency internal air conditioning system.
The Gioia 22 Skyscraper in Milan, opened in 2023 and headquarters of some Group companies, also acquired LEED Platinum–Core and Shell certification for the design and construction of its mechanical, electrical, hydraulic and fire-fighting systems. It is the first Milanese skyscraper to be awarded NZEB–Nearly Zero Energy Building status with 65% of its energy requirements self-produced on site using photovoltaic and geothermal energy. The installation of 150 EV charging columns for cars owned by Intesa Sanpaolo Group employees inside the building was also completed in 2023, the first step of a broader project that involves the installation of EV charging stations in Group properties all over Italy.
2024 Efficiency measures
Below are outlined a number of most relevant efficiency interventions realized in 2024.
- New datacenter heat recovery system for the decarbonization of the entire campus;
- High-performance uninterruptible power supply (UPS) replacement
Overall, the measures adopted in Moncalieri will generate savings of 200,000 m3/year of gas and energy savings of 700 MWh/year in 2025.
In 2024, the Bank completed the installation of a photovoltaic system on the roof of a building in Cakovec and replaced gas boilers for heating with heat pumps in 6 branches. This activity will lead to an estimated annual energy saving of about 5,250 m3 of natural gas.
In line with the Bank's commitment to energy efficiency, CIB has a Certified energy management system in place – replaced boilers in 2024 with the latest generation heat pumps in 7 branches. This measure is provided for to produce annual energy savings of about 21,000 m3 of natural gas.
In addition, the Bank upgraded the air conditioning system in the Petrezselyem building in Budapest, which will lead to an estimated energy saving of around 6,500 m3 of natural gas and 211,000 kWh of natural gas electricity.
VUB Bank in Slovakia replaced and modernized the air conditioning and treatment systems in 20 branches and in the head office and boiler in the Zilina branch. These activities will lead to an estimated annual energy saving of about 54,000 kWh of electricity and 100,000 m3 of natural gas.
Last updated 19 June 2025 at 13:53:25
