• In accordance with its commitment to the field of sustainable development, UniCredit will participate, on March 26th, in the global mobilization event of the association by switching off the light in some of its buildings for an hour

UniCredit will attend again this year “Earth Hour”, a global event of the WWF which will be held on March 26th with the objective of generating awareness amongst individuals, institutions and companies on the problem of climate change.

Forty seven UniCredit representative buildings in Europe will switch off their lights for 60 minutes, starting at 8.30 pm local time, in order to symbolically bear witness to the commitment of the Group in combating climate change and to highlight the importance of reducing greenhouse gasses emissions. UniCredit also promoted the Earth Hour message through its internal communication channels by calling over 161,000 employees to participate in the event.

This is one of the initiatives promoted in recent years in the environmental field, with activities ranging from measures for energy efficiency, the utilization of renewable energy sources within headquarters and branch offices, and the inventorying of Group emissions. In accordance with this policy, UniCredit has selected the WWF in order to generate “symbolic visibility” of its awareness of the responsibility which financial groups have with respect to major environmental themes and sustainable development.

“UniCredit is increasingly convinced of the strategic importance of combining economic growth with the rational use of natural resources", declared Paolo Fiorentino, UniCredit Chief Operating Officer. “Our relationship with WWF has been ongoing for more than two years and during this period we have worked to integrate sustainability within our business. We have jointly worked to create the first inventory of our Group’s greenhouse gas emissions, with the objective of reducing them by 15% in 2012 and 30% in 2020".

Earth Hour, a global mobilization event against climate change organized by the WWF on Saturday March 26th, will cover 24 time zones (8.30 pm in Italy) with the lights of cities, symbolic monuments, institutions, companies, and houses across the world turned off. The objective for this year is to go “beyond the hour”, committing citizens across the world to adopt responsible energy behaviors during day to day life in order to protect the planet against climate change.

UniCredit buildings which will switch off their lights during “Earth Hour”:

COUNTRY	PALAZZO
Italy	Milano Bodio
Italy	Milano Cologno Monzese
Italy	GenovaVia Dante 1
Italy	BolognaVia del Lavoro
Italy	Reggio Emilia Via Rivoluzione di ottobre 16
Italy	RomaVia Tupini
Italy	Roma Fochetti
Italy	Palermo Magliocco
Italy	Palermo Ruggero Settimo 42
Germany	MunichKardinal Faulhaber Strasse 1
Germany	Munich HypoHochhaus Arabellastrasse 12
Germany	MunichKardinal Faulhaber Strasse 14
Germany	Nuremberg Lorenzer Platz 21
Germany	Hamburg Nagelsweg 49
Austria	ViennaLassallestrasse 1 (ZP1)
Austria	ViennaLassallestrasse 5 (ZP5)
Austria	ViennaJulius Tandler Platz (TZ)
Austria	ViennaSchottengasse 6 (SG6)
Austria	Vienna Hohenstaufengasse 6 (HO6)
Austria	Vienna Danube Tower 252 m (TD)
Serbia	Belgrade Rajiceva 27-29 (city centre) - roof top logo
Slovakia	BratislavaŠancová street 1/A in - logos and illuminations
Bulgaria	Sofia Central building - 7, Sveta Nedelya square
Bulgaria	Sofia Aksakov - 8, Aksakov steet
Bulgaria	Sofia Ivan Vazov - 1, Ivan Vazov str.
Bulgaria	Sofia Kaloyan - 3, Kaloyan str.
Bulgaria	Ruse Ruse flagship - 5, Sveta troitza square
Bulgaria	Varna Varna flagship - 1, Petko Karavelov str.
Bulgaria	Burgas Burgas flagship - 22, Aleksandrovska str.
Bulgaria	Stara ZagoraStara Zagora - 126, Simeon Veliki Bld.
Bulgaria	Plovdiv Plovdiv flagship – 4, Ivan Vazov str.
Czech Rep.	PraguePrague Náměstí republiky 3a
Hungary	Budapest, Szabadság square 5-6.
Romania	Bucharest Nicolae Caramfil Street, 25
Russia	Moscow, Prechistenskaya emb., 9
Russia	Moscow, Boutikovsky lane, 9
Russia	Moscow, B.Dmitrovka street, 5/6
Russia	Moscow, 1-st Kazachy lane, 9/1
Russia	Moscow, Zubovsky blv, 29
Russia	Moscow, B.Nikitskaya street, 15/1
Russia	Moscow, Krasnaya Presnya street, 21
Russia	Moscow, Podsosensky lane, 3
Russia	Saint Petersburg, Fontanka emb., 2/48
Russia	Samara, Chapayevskaya street, 178
Russia	Volgograd, Novorossiyskaya street, 11
Russia	Krasnodar, Krasnoarmeyskaya street, 64/1
Russia	Novosibirsk, M.Gorkogo street, 53

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