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Table A5.

Examples of benchmark analysis of both CREDEM and BPER (2019 and 2020)

Topic	Examples	Year	Report	Page
Economic performance	Above market loan growth: +9.8% y/y compared to the +3.9% of the market	2020	CREDEM, Consolidated Non-Financial Statement 2020	77
Economic performance	The European Central Bank has recognised us as the least risky commercial bank in Europe	2019	CREDEM, Consolidated Non-Financial Statement 2019	7
Economic performance	An operation of extraordinary strategic value that will allow BPER to become the third Italian Group for number of branches and total collection, acquiring 1.4 million new customers	2020	BPER, Sustainability Report 2020	19
Environmental – water	Also confirmed by the comparison with the data collected by the ABI Lab Consortium, which shows significantly lower consumption compared to the average of the banking sector	2020	CREDEM, Consolidated Non-Financial Statement 2020	28
Social – employment	BPER Banca also confirms for 2021 the “Top Employer Italia” certification for 2020 data: this is attested by the Top Employers Institute which every year identifies companies that offer excellent working conditions to their staff, identify and develop the best talents and constantly strive to optimise their management and organizational processes	2020	BPER, Sustainability Report 2020	118
Social – diversity and equal opportunity	BPER Banca continues to be an ordinary member of “Valore D”, the first association of large corporations in Italy created to support female leadership in business	2020	BPER, Sustainability Report 2020	116

Topic	Examples	Year	Report	Page
Economicperformance	Above market loan growth: +9.8% y/y compared to the +3.9% of the market	2020	CREDEM, Consolidated Non-Financial Statement 2020	77
Economicperformance	The European Central Bank has recognised us as the least risky commercial bank in Europe	2019	CREDEM, Consolidated Non-Financial Statement 2019	7
Economicperformance	An operation of extraordinary strategic value that will allow BPER to become the third Italian Group for number of branches and total collection, acquiring 1.4 million new customers	2020	BPER, Sustainability Report 2020	19
Environmental – water	Also confirmed by the comparison with the data collected by the ABI Lab Consortium, which shows significantly lower consumption compared to the average of the banking sector	2020	CREDEM, Consolidated Non-Financial Statement 2020	28
Social – employment	BPER Banca also confirms for 2021 the “Top Employer Italia” certification for 2020 data: this is attested by the Top Employers Institute which every year identifies companies that offer excellent working conditions to their staff, identify and develop the best talents and constantly strive to optimise their management and organizational processes	2020	BPER, Sustainability Report 2020	118
Social – diversity and equal opportunity	BPER Banca continues to be an ordinary member of “Valore D”, the first association of large corporations in Italy created to support female leadership in business	2020	BPER, Sustainability Report 2020	116

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