The search for sustainable development in all of our activities is one of the fundamental aspects of CIR’s mission. This is not only a question of affirming principles and values that are now rooted in our group, but is also a precise choice of the way we conduct business.

In fact, we maintain that the responsibility and sustainability of the company’s decisions and the careful evaluation of their impact on all stakeholders are critical for reaching our principal objective: the creation of value over the long term.

Various recent events demonstrate that “non-sustainable” choices – from taking on excessive risk to the limited attention given to the social, environmental and market impact of actions – can compromise a company’s capacity to compete and in some cases can threaten its very existence.

On the basis of this assumption, our group, keeping in mind the diversity of its various independent subsidiaries, is committed to following a sustainable path with a solid system of common values.

Rodolfo De Benedetti

Chief executive officer