"Compatibly with the public budget,
an extension to 2023 would therefore be welcome
, these are complex interventions with a long duration and an articulated planning process".
This was stated, in a video interview with ANSA, by
the vice president Abi Francesco Giordano, UniCredit Co-CEO commercial banking western Europe, regarding the superbonus
.
"It is reasonable to think that the construction sector in general can be a fundamental driving force for the post-pandemic recovery" he adds, "Italy has a very old building stock and in recent years it has been more renovated than built: if in 2007 the Extraordinary renewals represented about 50% of the interventions, up to now we have reached 70%. At the same time there is a growing awareness on the issues of energy saving, reduction of pollution and more efficient and safe use of the soil ".
For the UniCredit manager, "this adds to the need to support an important sector for GDP, which is already positive today, supporting the growth of businesses and the spending power of households: 5 thousand new businesses were born in the construction sector in recent months. We therefore believe it has been a measure of great importance, as the banking system we have adopted it very quickly. There remain some process complexities in the provision of these support elements, but we think it may be a crucial measure for supporting a rapid and dynamic recovery after the end of the pandemic ".
"We are happy to be able to continue now with the extension of all the measures" launched by the government against the crisis "in some cases to 30 June 2021. In this phase, total bank credit has grown by 5% and as regards credit to companies in the 7%, moreover with substantially decreasing rates ".
"We also hope for a greater adoption of long-term business support tools such as those promoted by Invitalia and CDP" added Giordano, according to whom "this crisis undoubtedly had considerable depth and was therefore important as a public sector and banking system. adopting important economic support measures from the beginning. We banks have made a strong commitment in this direction, allowing companies to manage this phase with more serenity "concludes the manager and vice president Abi.
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Sustainability issues have become increasingly central to the way of doing business and therefore of banking -
Giordano said in the video interview with ANSA -. The Italian system has already issued over two billion green bonds, while at the at the same time, at European level, asset management with characteristics or classification of environmental sustainability have reached over 50% ".
According to the vice president Abi, UniCredit Co-CEO commercial banking western Europe, "it is an issue on which we are therefore at the forefront as a banking system, supporting the issuance of green bonds (+ 15% this year, with 45% of these emissions, which are about to reach trillion euros in Europe) and at the same time raising awareness among our customers more and more towards the definition of development projects with the aim of corporate sustainability, also trying to increase the knowledge available to them ".
According to the vice-president Abi "it should be kept in mind that going forward the banking business will be increasingly oriented towards sustainability issues also in the provision of credit"
