Autori: Francesca Romana Arduino, Alessandro Zattoni
Abstract:Chiesi Group is a global Italian private pharmaceutical company owned by Chiesi family. In 2024, the Group operates through 31 global affiliated companies, has 4 production plants located in Europe (Italy, France, Germany) and in Brazil, and 7 Research & Development
centers situated in various countries (i.e., Italy, Canada, UK, USA, France, China, Sweden). The company has over 7,000 employees, more than half are females, and its revenues exceeded €3 billion in 2023. The consolidated revenues of the Chiesi Group have shown a steady growth over the last ten years, in particular since 2019, when the company embarked on an incredible sustainability journey. Particularly, in 2018 Chiesi adopted the legal form of Benefit Corporation in Italy and in the US and in the following year achieved the B Corp certification at Group level. In 2022 the Group went through its first re-certification process, that was successfully completed with a higher score which meant an improved social and environmental performance and impact management practices. Notwithstanding its remarkable results and a steadily increasing performance, Chiesi, as many other companies, is going to face new challenges in both the near and long-term future. On 28th November 2022, the European Union, in fact, approved the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) that requires companies to disclose information – about the social and environmental impacts of their own operations as well as along their supply chain. As a result of this new directive, an increasing number of companies will submit in 2025 their CSRD-compliant report for the 2024 financial year. The Chiesi Group will be subject to the new reporting requirements by CSRD for the 2025 financial year, with the report that will be published in 2026. This law will increase the sustainability disclosure and probably also strategic approach to sustainability by large European companies. Also, in response to the evolving ESG regulatory framework as well as increasingly complex global environmental and societal challenges that threaten the world we live in, B Lab has launched stakeholders’ consultations in order to evolve the B Corp standards in alignment with the current revolution sustainability realm is facing. Chiesi has contributed to these consultations and it is looking with attention to the evolving moment that also the B Corp
community is undergoing, being committed to continue to measure and improve its social and environmental impacts by adopting standards that can push the company beyond compliance requirements, using business as a force for good to foster an inclusive and
regenerative economy.
