ESG Ratings and Indexes

The main public ESG ratings of Banco BPM are shown below. These ratings reflect the assessment of Banco BPM’s results in its sustainability path by the ESG analysis companies. This path includes the commitment to maintain a constant relationship with analysts and investors interested in the ESG issues and to take into account the market interest in business activities and reporting.

 

Standard Ethics is an independent European rating agency on ESG issues. It provides ratings and gap analysis for companies and countries which intend to compare their positioning with respect to the indications of sustainability and corporate governance promoted by the EU, the OECD and the UN.

Standard Ethics Standard Ethics has upgraded Banco BPM’s Corporate Standard Ethics Rating (SER) to “EE+” from “EE” with a Positive Outlook. This upgrade takes into account the introduction and implementation of new governance of Sustainability and the high level of integration of ESG themes within the Bank’s internal procedures and industrial plans (updated in November 2023).
For further information www.standardethics.eu

 

Sustainalytics is a Morningstar company that provides ESG researches, ratings and data to institutional investors and corporations.

Banco BPM obtained a score of 15.7, improved from the previous 22.4 with consequent upgrade of the risk range from “medium” to “low”. This result derives from an assessment of exposure to risks associated with ESG factors and the ability to manage these risks, respectively equal to “Medium” and “Strong” (updated in October 2023).
For further information www.sustainalytics.com

 

S&P Global is an international provider of benchmarking, research and analytic services in the global capital markets, credit ratings as well as of ESG solutions.

Banco BPM achieved an S&P Global CSA Score of 57 (updated in October 2023) an improvement compared to 56 in 2022.
For further information www.spglobal.com

 

CDP is an international non-profit organization that manages an environmental measurement and reporting system, supporting thousands of companies and other counterparties, in measuring and managing risks and opportunities in the environmental field.

Banco BPM has been assigned a rating of B (updated in December 2022).
For further information www.cdp.net

 

ISS (Institutional Shareholder Services) is a global provider of corporate governance and responsible investment solutions, market information and fund services, events and editorial content to institutional investors and corporations.

Banco BPM has an overall ESG Corporate rating equal to C-, confirming the level assigned last year (updated in December 2022).

ISS also confirmed to Banco BPM a Governance Quality Score of 1, assigned last year (updated in December 2022).
For further information  www.isscorporatesolutions.com
Finally, ISS carried out the Second Party Opinion on Banco BPM’s Green, Social and Sustainability Bond Framework (for more information)

 

MSCI provides MSCI ESG rating that evaluates companies according to their exposure to industry-specific ESG risks and their ability to manage those risks relative to their peers.

Banco BPM obtained a rating of A, an improvement vs BBB assigned last year. (Updated as at March 2023).
For further information www.msci.com

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Banco BPM entered the Bloomberg Gender Equality Index with a score of 73.9, and with the maximum attributable regarding the breadth and level of transparency of the data.
This is an international index that measures the commitment of companies to promote and support gender policies within it and in the communities in which it operates. It includes 418 companies headquartered in 45 countries.
For further information www.bloomberg.com

Banco BPM stock became part of the MIB ESG Index, the first ESG index launched on 18 October 2021 by Euronext and Borsa Italiana and dedicated to Italian blue chips showing ESG best practices.
The composition of the index is based on the liquidity of the securities and on the analysis of ESG criteria by Vigeo Eiris (VE), a Moody’s ESG Solutions company, which identifies, among the 60 most liquid companies on the Italian market, the top 40 on the based on sustainability criteria and corporate social responsibility, in line with the principles of the United Nations Global Compact.
For further information www.borsaitaliana.it

Banco BPM is part of the SE Italian Index and the SE Italian Banks Index.
For further information www.standardethics.eu