We are going through a period of significant change in the corporate environment. The international initiatives on climate change, the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), the arrangements related to non-financial information, and the inclusion of sustainability criteria in the financing of companies and the investments promoted by the European Commission change the requirements for operation of a modern responsible company.
In this new environment, environmental and social issues are not a restriction on financial sustainability, an cost to be paid by the company. They are an opportunity for innovation, for new products, for competitiveness. So let the pioneering companies set the example. Going beyond mere compliance with institutional and Community requirements, and beyond even simply copying international practices. First and foremost, over time, they must create their own models for sustainable development, strategies which bear their own signature.