00:00In Italy, the number of benefit companies is growing rapidly, confirming the fertility
00:10of the country's impoverished substrate with respect to a new legal asset of enterprise
00:14focused on profit and the creation of shared value, the results of the national research
00:19on benefit companies conducted by Nativa, Research Department of Intesa San Paolo, Infocamere,
00:25University of Padova, Chamber of Commerce of Brindisi and Taranto and Asso Benefit.
00:30The numbers of benefit companies are very encouraging, we meet more than 4,500 benefit companies
00:37in December 2024, which all together lead to a total of more than 2,777 members throughout
00:47the national territory, for a total of 62 billion in production value.
00:52Pioneering in the field of benefit companies, the process started by the Chamber of Commerce
00:57of Brindisi and Taranto in 2016.
00:59The Chamber of Commerce of Brindisi and Taranto, then the Chamber of Commerce of Taranto alone,
01:03since 2016 has begun this path of opening up to a sustainable economy, given the tragedies
01:12that were experienced in Taranto from an environmental and social point of view.
01:15And so it was a precursor in the path of the creation of benefit companies, so much so
01:22that today it is a national dashboard and it is recognized the role that, among other things,
01:27also here it sees us protagonists together with the other organizers of the event.
01:32Benefit companies demonstrate that they have an approach to the government of business
01:36that is evolved, modern and inclusive.
01:38Compared to other companies, the presence of women is greater and the presence of people
01:46belonging to the younger anagraphic classes is greater.
01:50It is an evolution that scientific studies say is more capable of generating value within
01:58companies, both economic and impact value.
02:03For the Minister of Business of Made in Italy, Adolfo Urso, the ability to also carry out
02:08a social activity through business is part of the nature of our country.
02:13The very fact that companies benefit are also those that grow more and better.
02:18Innovation and research show that it is the right way.
