The swirl of companies moving to help the country face up again the coronavirus emergency. After the first series of donations, various Italian groups have released a new series of communications.
Intesa Sanpaolo, to adjust the donation of 100 million euros already announced, has signed a collaboration protocol with the Civil Protection Department at the Presidency of the Council of Ministers and with the Extraordinary Commissioner for the containment and contrast of the COVID-19 epidemiological emergency.
"Italy has suddenly found itself facing an unprecedented health emergency and must rapidly and significantly strengthen the medical facilities in the area - comments Carlo Messina, Chief Executive Officer of Intesa Sanpaolo - This is the objective for which Intesa Sanpaolo wants to compete with the donation of 100 million euros, making our economic solidity available". The main purpose of the donation is increase by 2.500 beds the intensive care unit of the Italian health system.
Not only. The banking institution has allocated others 350mila euros intended for the ANA Onlus Foundation to speed up the implementation times of thefield hospital of the National Alpini Association, at the Bergamo Fair. This contribution will make it possible to purchase various materials necessary for healthcare activities, such as fans, radiological systems, laboratory analysis equipment, monitors, aspirators, oxygen producers and many more.
“We want to express ours proximity to Bergamo communities – commented the CEO Carlo Messina – with this concrete commitment, which will bring essential tools and materials to make this structure put in place very promptly and readily available by the ANA Onlus Foundation. In such a serious moment, Intesa Sanpaolo wants to demonstrate its support for Bergamo and make a contribution that allows us to face and resolve the emergency together".
Furthermore, it is already active and open to all a fundraiser to increase the contribution of another 100 thousand euros to be allocated to the hospital, on the Group's crowdfunding platform. The deadline is set for April 6th .
Unicredit for his part, he announced that "thanks to the funds raised through the UniCredit Card Flexia Classic Etica", he will make a donation of 360 thousand euros to the Italian Red Cross and 20 local committees operating in the territories for the purchase of masks, medical supplies and medical devices as well as a mobile-operating unit equipped for emergency coordination. The bank in Piazza Gae Aulenti has also made available to the Italian Red Cross a completely free solidarity current account (IBAN: IT93H0200803284000105889169) in the name of the Italian Red Cross Association) for fundraising to support all the activities that the CRI is implementing to deal with the crisis.
Banco BPM has allocated a credit limit of 3 billion euros to which companies belonging to all sectors of economic activity, with no turnover size limits, and Third Sector operators can join. In evaluating the requests, which will follow an accelerated process, "priority will be given to those operating in those sectors of activity and in those production chains that have suffered the greatest impact from the emergency - explains the bank - or who are directly involved in the management of the itself". In particular, companies will be able to request a loan at particularly favorable economic conditions for a term of up to 24 months with a pre-amortisation, included in the overall duration, of up to 9 months.
The proceeds of the donation campaign launched by ING to support volunteers and operators they are making an important contribution alongside the Civil Protection and the Ministry of Health on various fronts: emergency aid, health, psychological, logistic, information, control and screening support, medical transport of potentially suspicious cases , of positive cases, as well as in case of resignation for home care.
Not only the bank will donate, but also the employees: in fact, the bank will double the amount donated by the internal staff.
La Cooperative Credit Bank of Rome has decided to donate 330.000 euros to health facilities involved in the Covid-19 emergency in Lazio, Abruzzo and Veneto. For the same purpose, the institute also promotes fundraising. Also in Lazio, Abruzzo and Veneto, Bcc Roma has also made available a ceiling of 150 million euros to support economic operators, businesses and families, who can access online financing in the form of an unsecured loan.
Solidarity also from the 136 Bcc of the Cooperative Banking Group Iccrea, who join the fundraising organized with the support of Federcasse and in coordination with the Ministry of Health.
There is no shortage of donations from small companies. Cogne Special Steels, a company that manufactures steel products, is supporting the local health authority of Valle d'Aosta with 100 euros to be used for the purchase of medical equipment and respiratory machinery for the Aosta hospital.
UBI Banca, in collaboration with Confcommercio Milano, Lodi Monza and Brianza, Asconfidi Lombardia, Fidicomet (the credit guarantee fund of the Milanese Confcommercio), communicated the decision to make "ad hoc loans available for commercial activities in the area".
"The loans - informs the bank - will have a maximum amount of 100.000 euros and a maximum duration of 36 months, of which 6 months of pre-amortization, with a direct guarantee on the assets of Asconfidi Lombardia". Requests will be prioritized with a free investigation.
The initiative by is also singular and important Tim linked to prisons: the TLC in collaboration with the Department of Penitentiary Administration - Ministry of Justice donated 1.600 cell phones and as many SIMs to the Italian Penitentiary Institutes to support and bring prisoners closer to their families in this period of forced distance.
Aid for 23 million euros to the Civil Protection, hospitals and the main health facilities for the creation of new beds and the purchase of equipment also come from Enel Heart, the non-profit organization of the electricity group: "We are an Italian multinational with strong roots in the territory that makes sustainability - commented the president of Enel, Patrizia Grieco - the cornerstone of its strategy and it is therefore completely natural, but at the same time dutiful, help the territories where we operate and the communities we work with every day".
In turn Pirelli, in collaboration with the China Construction Bank, donated 65 assisted ventilation devices, 5 overalls for medical use and 20 thousand masks to the Lombardy Region. Not only that, the Italian employees have donated 7.000 hours of work to support the Sacco hospital. The value, equal to approximately 220.000 euros, will be doubled by Pirelli. In this way, the 440.000 euros will be added to what has already been donated by Camfin, the Silvio Tronchetti Provera Foundation and the company's partners for a total of 750.000 euros.
Barilla, on the other hand, donated over two million euros to the Parma university hospital.
Even the Deloitte Foundation and the companies of the Italian network of Deloitte they supplemented the amount raised with additional donations and this made it possible to donate 1 million euros to the Civil Protection for the purchase of ventilation tools and protective devices for healthcare personnel, necessary for the management of the Covid-19 emergency.
FCA Bank and Leasys, FCA group companies active in the mobility business, have made available the Italian Red Cross a fleet of 300 Fiat and Jeep cars and 5 biocontainment ambulances based on Fiat Ducato, to help them too to counter the current health emergency.
Updated at 15:30pm on Tuesday, March 24, 2020
