On the occasion of Open-es Act 2026, the event dedicated to defining the priorities and actions to strengthen the competitiveness of companies and supply chains, Eni, Confindustria, Enel, Snam, Unicredit, Q8 Italia, Webuild, Accenture, Avvale and Rina announced the launch of Systema Foundation, born from the shared will of the partners of the'Open-es Alliance to expand the capacity to involve key players in the country system.
What is the Systema Foundation?
Systema Foundation was born as a address and comparison space, with the ambition of progressively uniting the main entities of the Italian system and valorising the contribution of industry, finance, associations and institutions to define shared priorities, models and approaches that help the supply chains to address the risks and seize the opportunities generated by ongoing social, environmental, and technological transformations. The goal is simplify the path of businesses.
Open-es, which has already reached more than 48.000 businesses, represents the first concrete expression of this systemic approach and will remain at the heart of the process promoted by the Systema Foundation. Open-es will continue to engage businesses, support their development, and foster coordination along supply chains, leveraging the expertise and solutions provided by the Alliance's partners.
Unicredit: "Proud to help support Italian businesses"
James Marino, head of M&A and corporate development at Unicredit, stated: “Unicredit is proud to contribute to the creation of the Systema Foundation, whose mission is fully consistent with our commitment to support Italian businesses in their transformation and growth paths. The dual transition, digital and ecological, requires a profound renewal of business models, which no company can address alone. With the Systema Foundation, we are putting an open ecosystem with a common value, aimed at promoting the dissemination of skills, technologies, and practices along production chains. We thus confirm our vision of the bank as a strategic partner for the real economy.
Eni: "Concrete solutions to strengthen the production system"
“The industrial development of Eni has always accompanied the growth of the countries, territories, and supply chains in which it operates. The same spirit has guided the Open-es journey, providing all companies with concrete solutions to help strengthen the production system. The creation of the Systema Foundation marks a further evolution of this journey: an even more open and representative governance, to progressively expand the Alliance and bring the capabilities of the country's key players together on the priorities that impact the competitiveness of supply chains,” he stated. Claudio Granata, director of stakeholder relations & services at Eni and president of the Systema Foundation.
"Fondazione Systema is open to the participation of new entities that wish to contribute to the Alliance's priorities, expanding its representativeness and ability to support the competitiveness of supply chains over time," reads the joint statement from the companies.
