Nexi ESG strategy

Nexi
Sustainability Strategy

Driving Sustainability & Impact in our societies

Nexi Group is committed to driving sustainability throughout its own operations, its solutions and the entire value chain. Nexi aims to generate positive impacts in the societies it operates in by leveraging on its digital payment solutions, innovations and skills.

 

Group Sustainability Strategy 2026 - 2030

The Group Sustainability Strategy 2026-2030 ‘Driving Sustainability and Impact in our societies’ is an integrated part of the Group Business Plan. The sustainability strategy evolves and leverages on the execution and achievements of the previous ESG Strategy 2023-25. It is comprised of 5 pillars and 3 flagships. 

Simplifying payments for People

We work to make a positive impact in our societies by:

  • Enabling digitalization through simple, innovative and secure solutions to merchants across Europe
  • Providing digital payment inclusion card solutions in direct license for selected vulnerable groups (e.g.  visual impaired)    
  • Ensuring customer satisfaction, services and support

Secure Resilience & Trust

We are committed to ensuring resilience and maintaining the trust of end users in our services and solutions. Across the Group, we apply best-in-class standards, practices, and technologies to continuously strengthen the resilience of our payment infrastructure. At the same time, we actively monitor and detect potential fraudulent activity, helping protect both end users and merchants while reinforcing trust in our payment ecosystem.

Top-of-mind objectives:

  • Ensuring 99.99% guaranteed services
  • Maintaining security and resilience-related certifications
  • Responsible use of Artificial Intelligence  
  • Fraud awareness program towards cardholders

Net Zero & Circularity

Nexi is committed to reducing its environmental impact across both its own operations and value chain, with the ambition of achieving Net Zero carbon emissions by 2040. To support this goal, Nexi has set interim CO₂ reduction targets for 2030 aligned with the Science Based Targets initiative and the 1.5°C pathway of the Paris Agreement. In addition, Nexi applies circular economy principles to minimize waste, extend the lifecycle of products used in its digital payment solutions, and promote reuse and recycling of materials in close collaboration with its business partners.

Our commitments and objectives:

  • SBTi Scope 1 & 2 targets 2030
    • reduce Scope 1 & 2 CO2e by 42%
    • 100% use of renewable electricity
  • SBTi Scope 3 targets in our supply chain:
    • Purchased Goods & services: at least 78% of Nexi’s suppliers by spending have SBTi-aligned CO2e targets
    • Capital Goods: at least 70% of Nexi’s suppliers by emissions have SBTi-aligned CO2e targets
  • Increase the eco-friendly material in cards
  • Reuse, repair, refurbish at least 80% of the payments terminals returned by the merchants. Recycle payment terminals and batteries throughout their life cycle.
  • Offer digital receipt solutions and inject awareness among merchants and end-users about digital receipt as sustainable choice vs paper


People

Nexi is committed to ensuring a safe, engaging and inclusive workplace for all people across the Group.

Top-of-mind targets and actions :

  • Increasing the number of women in management positions, starting from 33% baseline achieved at year-end 2025
  • Maintaining high employee satisfaction
  • Ensuring a safe, inclusive and workplace 
  • Assessing needs and developing a group based parental framework

Business Ethics & Supplier Due Diligence

Nexi Sustainability Strategy 2026-2030 Driving impact in our societies is built on five pillars.

Our corporate culture, our internal policies and trainings and awareness of our people at Nexi play a critical role in combination of the adoption of governance in line with international standards and best-in-class practices.

Nexi is also committed to managing suppliers responsibly, by identifying and addressing possible social and environmental risks in the supply base and engaging suppliers proactively to mobilize for a common netzero ambition.

Our focus areas:

  • Promoting and ensuring that the qualified suppliers working with Nexi commit social and environmental criteria in line with Nexi expectations. 
  • Implement a due diligence practice throughout the group with the aim to identify, monitor, manage and ensure possible remediations in connection to the identified ESG risks and adverse issues in the supply base
  • Continue to cultivate and promote a corporate culture by training and educating employees in areas such Group Code of Ethics, Anti-bribery and corruption, responsible use of AI technologies.

Our Sustainability impacts

Secure Resilience & Protection

Our commitments​

Secure digital payment infrastructure and protect all users

 

Our​ targets & actions​

  • Service continuity and response​
  • Cybersecurity best practices​
  • Preventive antifraud & continuous monitoring​

Enpower Business & Society

Our commitments​

Empower people, businesses, public administrations and communities to achieve their full potential with digital payments

Our​ targets & actions​

  • Digitization of SMEs, PA & Citizens
  • Financial digital literacy​
  • ​Payment digitization for non-profit and community

Act for Climate & Circularity

Our commitments​

Reduce our environmental impact and support sustainability in payment sector and in other industries​
 

Our​ targets & actions​

  • SBTi & Carbon Net Zero by 2040​
  • Circularity in products and business models​
  • Digital payment as enabler for climate actions​

Our Corporate Responsibility

We work continuously to strengthen our actions grounded in governance principles, business practices and ethics, with a focus on building and maintaining trust, transparency and a diverse and inclusive working environment.

Our People

Our commitments​

We create culture for diversity  equity and inclusion and develop an enviroment for employees' growth opportunities

Our​ targets & actions​

  • Deversity, Equitya & Inclusion​
  • Growth and Development​
  • Employees' Engagement​

Our Business Operations

Our commitments​

We adopt best-in class governance, policies, and disclosing practice. 

Our​ targets & actions​

  • Ethic, Compliance, Responsible Business and Policies
  • Trasparent communication and Risk Management
  • Remuneration Strategy

Our Supply Chain

Our commitments​

We are committed to mobilise our supply chain towards sustainability standards

Our​ targets & actions​

  • Mobilise our supply chain towards sustainability standards
  • Risk assessment to critical supplies​
  • ESG suppliers due diligence
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