Online course “Business and Human Rights Protection”

Online course "Business and Human Rights Protection"

In continuity with previous years, the online course “Business and Human Rights Protection”, launched in 2022, was made available to all Poste Italiane Group’s suppliers. A web page has therefore been implemented on the company website, from which suppliers can follow the eleven lessons that make up the course by connecting to the dedicated link. The course, delivered annually to the entire supply chain, promotes Human Rights as an integral part of the Poste Italiane Group’s value system. Indeed, the Group believes in social sustainability as an opportunity to transform profit into value, combining economic soundness and community expectations, and is intent on creating and disseminating a corporate culture that is aware of and respectful of human rights: values, history, legal instruments, protection systems, and the responsibilities of companies and institutions.

With the aim of managing the relevant impacts that may affect workers in the value chain, the Group deploys economic and human capital resources belonging to the relevant functions (e.g. Purchasing Function and Human Resources and Organisation Function) according to their respective fields of competence. Furthermore, in order to identify the actions necessary to respond to adverse impacts and risks relevant to workers in the value chain, if the Group becomes aware of the occurrence of adverse impacts, it implements a process that provides for the timely identification of the problem, the analysis of its possible causes and the adoption of the necessary corrective measures and, at the same time, provides for risk management to be implemented through the Group Risk Management (RMG) model based on the Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) framework. Specific internal organisational controls are identified at company level to define responsibilities, models and tools to manage the impacts and risks, with particular reference to legal aspects. On the other hand, regarding significant positive impacts, no further actions or initiatives are planned beyond what was already envisaged in the action plan described above. The Poste Italiane Group promotes the adoption of ESG requirements and criteria in the selection, evaluation and monitoring of suppliers also by implementing the indications contained in the Minimum Environmental Criteria (CAM). It therefore includes clauses requiring compliance with environmental, social and governance standards in its tender specifications, and thus in contracts. For the specific social component, criteria that demonstrate respect for workers’ rights and corporate social responsibility are mainly emphasised, through instruments such as company policies and certifications.
Finally, it should be noted that no serious human rights issues or incidents related to the Group’s upstream and downstream value chain were detected during the two-year period 2024-2025.
For the implementation of the actions described, reference CapEx and OpEx were not included as they do not exceed a materiality threshold of 5% of the corresponding values indicated in the Group’s Consolidated Financial Statements.