Our values and principles
<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Our growth strategy aims at creating solid and sustainable values from the economic and financial, social and environmental standpoints, built on the trust of all our stakeholders and based on the following <span style="color: rgb(243, 121, 52);">values:</span></span></span></strong></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: rgb(243, 121, 52);"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><strong>Integrity</strong></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">We pursue our goals with honesty, fairness and responsibility, in full and true respect of the rules and professional ethics and in the spirit of signed agreements.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: rgb(243, 121, 52);"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><strong>Excellence</strong></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">We set ourselves the goal of continuous improvement, forward thinking, anticipating challenges and fostering creativity aimed at innovation, both recognising and rewarding merit.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: rgb(243, 121, 52);"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><strong>Transparency</strong></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">We are committed to making transparency the basis of our actions, advertising and contracts in order to allow all our stakeholders to make independent and informed decisions.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: rgb(243, 121, 52);"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><strong>Respect for specific qualities</strong></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">It is our intention to combine large-scale operations with profound local roots and to be a bank with a broad vision, without losing sight of individuals.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: rgb(243, 121, 52);"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><strong>Equality</strong></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">We are committed to eliminating all forms of discrimination from our conduct and to respecting differences in gender, age, ethnic origin, religion, political and union persuasions, sexual orientation and identity, language or disability.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: rgb(243, 121, 52);"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><strong>Values of the individual</strong></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The value of each single person is a guide for our modus operandi: we use listening and dialogue as tools to continuously improve our relationships with all of our stakeholders.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: rgb(243, 121, 52);"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><strong>Responsibility in the use of resources</strong></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">We aim to use all of our resources attentively, promoting behavior based on resource optimisation and avoiding waste and ostentation, and we give priority to choices that take sustainability into account.</span></span></p>