Dear Readers,


I am pleased to introduce the second Sustainability Report of Petrone Group, which was drawn up on a voluntary basis and covers the 2021-2023 three-year period. The aim of this document is to report in a timely, transparent and comprehensive manner our environmental, social and governance performance. Compared to the previous year, the scope of the current report extends to all the group's foreign commercial companies of the group, thus reporting a total of twenty-two companies.

This document is published at a time when the international situation continues being rather challenging. 2023 saw a sharp increase in energy costs that significantly affected the business and the entire supply chain. Furthermore, there are still ongoing humanitarian emergencies and conflicts between countries, with all the economic, social and geopolitical consequences that this entails.

During this intense and complex year, we have supported business growth by strengthening our focus on internationalisation, with the acquisition of two new companies in France and England, as well as by continuing to invest in technological improvement and innovation, without neglecting environmental and social sustainability projects on a global scale. Indeed, we firmly believe that growth is only possible if our foundations are sound and concrete, and thanks to the shared responsibility of all the people who work fot the company.

That is why we are particularly grateful to our people, who continue enabling us to tackle complex challenges times such as those we are currently experiencing with the serenity of having common business objectives based on shared values.

The growth that the group is experiencing remains in line with our values and our identity, the beacon that guides us towards a responsible and sustainable future.