“Our new headquarters in Milan is not only our new home, but ideally wants to become the home of all companies, especially local SMEs, which we listen to and serve every day. New open, transparent, inclusive and sustainable spaces as the values that guide us in our mission together with companies in Italy and around the world – declared Alessandra Ricci, Executive Director of SACE –. In Milan, a strategic area for the economic and business fabric, some 200 SACE people distributed among the different operations, services and companies of the Group, work together to create agile solutions to the evolving needs of Italian companies through a network of relationships, knowledge and financial services.
The new office is located in a building capable of meeting not only the operational needs of the Group’s people present in Milan, but also offering spaces dedicated to exchange and informal dialogue that, from milan Design Week, they will also be open to companies and interested parties. In this sense, the building becomes a communication platform for the activities, but above all for the values of SACE and its partners. The facades are characterized by large windows and a contemporary style that comes from the work of thearchitect gio ponti, while the interiors reflect the design guidelines that the Group will follow for all offices. Special attention has been paid to the overall sustainability of the building, which achieves the Gold level of the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) protocol, an international system for classifying the energy efficiency and ecological footprint of buildings that provides a set of measures which include, for example, efficient water management, energy efficiency and emissions, materials and the general quality of work environments.
There new House of Companies in Milan falls within the scope of Business Plan Together 2025 which is based on four pillars: sustainability as a founding principle of action, the technological and digital transformation of companies and the Group, support for SMEs with local coverage, the SACE team people who work with passion and team spirit . The initiatives organized by SACE will begin on the occasion of Milan Design Week with the global Design Dialog, talk show broadcast live on SKY channel 507 and produced in association with Class CNBC from SACE Terrace in Milan. In detail, the four episodes will feature some of the main players in the industry and the protagonists of Italian design, discussing together with SACE experts on the issues of internationalization of companies in the sector, the market evolution scenario, the new challenges global and the sustainable transition as a strategy from design to recycling; How are new innovation tools for the sector, design intellectual property and the role of training in companies supported and financed???????