Intesa Sanpaolo Reports Strong H1 2025 Results and Expands ESG Commitment

Intesa Sanpaolo announced its first-half 2025 results, which showed a net profit of € 5.2 billion , up 9.2% from the previous year. Intesa Sanpaolo expects to achieve a record net profit of over €9 billion in 2025, including management actions in the fourth quarter of the year to further strengthen the future sustainability of the group’s results.

Intesa Sanpaolo’s ESG commitment

Intesa Sanpaolo has confirmed its strong commitment to ESG issues in the first six months of 2025.

Environmental: focus on innovation, supporting clients in the ESG/climate transition
Intesa Sanpaolo promoted 117 innovation projects launched by the Intesa Sanpaolo Innovation Center in the first half of 2025, reaching a total of 763 by 2022. Neva SGR also invested 53.3 million euros in start-ups in the first half of 2025, reaching 172 million euros by 2022.

To support small and medium-sized enterprises in their approach to sustainability, 16 ESG Laboratories have been activated in Italy and S-Loan products have been provided in 2024, aimed at financing projects aimed at improving their sustainability profile, revised from six to three lines ( S-Loan ESG , S-Loan CER , and S-Loan Diversity ). €2.6 billion has been disbursed in the first half of 2025, up from €9.4 billion since the launch in 2020.

The commitment to achieving net zero emissions continues. From 2022 to 2024, 2030 targets have been set for the 10 highest-emitting sectors in the group’s credit portfolio. Overall, absolute financed emissions decreased by 32.9% in 2024 compared to 2022, with the group’s own emissions decreasing by 35% at the end of 2024, compared to a 53% target for 2030.

Furthermore, on January 27, 2025, SBTi obtained validation of its own emissions targets and the group’s financed emissions, with 93% of purchased energy coming from renewable sources by the end of 2024.

Regarding customer support in the ESG/climate transition, €78.6 billion of the €76 billion in new credit available was disbursed between 2021 and the first half of 2025, to support the green economy, the circular economy and the ecological transition. Furthermore, approximately €3 billion in Green Mortgages were stipulated in the first half of 2025 (€11.9 billion between 2022 and the first half of 2025), of the €12 billion in new Green credit to individuals over the 2022-2025 Business Plan.

In the circular economy sector, €8 billion in credit lines have been established, as announced in the 2022-2025 Business Plan, and €1.4 billion will be disbursed in the first half of 2025 (€14 billion between 2022 and the first half of 2025). With a strengthening of the offering of ESG asset management investment products, the impact on Eurizon ‘s total assets under management stands at 76%; investment options for insurance products available to customers amounted to 82.5% as of June 30, 2025.

With regard to commitment to Stewardship activities, in the first half of 2025 Eurizon Capital SGR participated in 1,227 shareholder meetings and 459 engagements, of which 45% on ESG issues, Eurizon Capital SA and Epsilon SGR participated in 2,902 and 21 shareholder meetings respectively, Fideuram participated in 37 shareholder meetings and 95 engagements, of which 96% on ESG issues.

Social: fighting poverty, social housing, and cultural promotion

In support of social needs, virtuous examples include the expansion of the Food and Shelter for People in Difficulty program , dedicated to combating poverty, providing concrete assistance on the ground in Italy and support abroad, totaling 60.3 million interventions carried out between 2022 and the first half of 2025; 49.1 million meals; 4.3 million beds; 6.3 million medicines and 621,000 items of clothing.

On the employability front, the Youth and Work program , aimed at training and accessing the Italian labor market for over 3,000 young people within the scope of the 2022-2025 Business Plan: in the first half of 2025, over 2,200 students between the ages of 18 and 29 have requested enrollment, with approximately 1,200 students interviewed and over 480 trained or in training with 19 courses and 2,480 companies involved since the launch of the initiative in 2019.

Partnerships with leading Italian universities and schools have been strengthened in the areas of inequality and educational inclusion. This is part of the educational inclusion program, which in the first half of 2025 involved over 2,600 schools and over 18,000 students, supporting merit and social mobility (over 6,400 schools involved between 2022 and the first half of 2025).

Regarding social housing , the group has strengthened its initiatives to promote housing units, including by identifying new partnerships with leading operators in the sector, to achieve the objectives of the Business Plan, with the promotion of 6,000-8,000 social housing units and student accommodations. With a strong focus on financial inclusion, €3 billion in social credit and urban regeneration has been granted in the first half of 2025 (€23.4 billion granted between 2022 and the first half of 2025);

Finally, the commitment to culture continued , with four locations of Intesa Sanpaolo’s Gallerie d’Italia in Milan, Naples, Turin and Vicenza, which had approximately 420,000 visitors in the first half of 2025, for a total of approximately 2,335,000 since 2022.

Governance: ESG certifications and development in corporate training

In the governance area, Intesa Sanpaolo was the only Italian bank included in the Dow Jones Best-in-Class Indices and the CDP Climate A List and is the only Italian bank, first bank in Europe and second in the world in the 2025 Corporate Knights Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations in the World Index and first among banks in the peer group in the Sustainalytics ratings.

Furthermore, Intesa Sanpaolo was recognized as the first bank and seventh company in the world, and the only bank in Italy, among the 100 most inclusive and diversity-conscious companies in the FTSE Diversity & Inclusion Index – Top 100.

In addition, it was included in the Equileap Top Ranking 2025 in March 2025 among the top 100 companies in the world for gender equality. Furthermore, the bank was the first among the major Italian banking groups to obtain the Reference Practice (PDR) 125:2022 certification for gender equality , required by the PNRR, for its commitment to diversity and inclusion.

In terms of training and hiring , Intesa Sanpaolo has hired around 5,000 professionals since 2021, retraining around 8,600 people and providing around 46 million hours of training since 2022. Around 315 talents have already completed the development path within the International Talent Program , which is still underway for another 190 people, and around 465 key people have been identified , especially in middle management, for dedicated development and training initiatives.

Finally, Intesa Sanpaolo was recognized as a Top Employer Europe 2025 and confirmed as a Top Employer Italy for the fourth consecutive year by the Top Employers Institute and ranked first among banking and finance companies in the LinkedIn Top Companies 2025 ranking for career development and professional growth.

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