GENOA– The Grendi Group, through its parent company Grendi Holding S.p.A. Società Benefit, has become a B Corp™. The certification issued by the non-profit organization B Lab certifies the achievement of high standards of social and environmental performance, responsibility, and transparency by companies. The certification evaluates a company’s ability to generate sustainable value in the long term, balancing profit and purpose.
Grendi explains in a statement that with this step it “joins the international community of businesses that use business as a positive and regenerative force for people and the planet. The Group now represents the first entity in the maritime transport and integrated logistics sector to join the B Corp™ movement, bringing a sector with high environmental and social impact, but essential for economic development and territorial cohesion, into the community.”
“Becoming a B Corp™ as a maritime operator is a complex but necessary challenge,” states Cavaliere del Lavoro Costanza Musso, CEO of the Group. – “Our sector moves goods and generates emissions and impacts on people and territories. Joining the B Corp™ movement means increasing our commitment to measure, report, and improve our impact along the entire logistics chain, from the port to the warehouse, from the sea to the community. It is a step that confirms our vision of an economy that navigates towards regeneration, not just towards efficiency.”
It is not an award, but the outcome of an objective measurement process – the B Impact Assessment – which evaluates a company’s ability to generate sustainable value in the long term, balancing profit and purpose.
In economic terms, it represents the adoption of an evolved business model, capable of competing by integrating positive impact as a strategic lever for innovation, resilience, and competitiveness.
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The second-level B Corp™ certification, with a proprietary standard from a third-party body, verified without public accreditation, evaluates companies in five key impact areas – governance, workers, community, environment, and customers – measuring how each integrates sustainability into its daily decisions.
For a group that combines maritime transport, port terminals, and integrated logistics, this process meant rigorously analyzing all dimensions of the impact: from the energy consumption of ships, warehouses, and port terminals, to the self-production of renewable energy, through the efficiency of routes and loading methods, to the inclusion, ethics, and safety of personnel.
“The evaluation process, which lasted more than 4 years, was challenging precisely because of the complexity and size of our ecosystem,” explains Daniele Testi, the Group’s Marketing and Impact Manager. – “But it is precisely in these sectors that the sustainable transition can make a difference. Joining the B Corp™ community means helping to redefine the role of logistics as a platform for shared value, capable of generating innovation and positive impact for the environment and coastal communities.”
“Sustainability for us is a route, not a destination,” adds Antonio Musso, CEO of the Grendi Group.
– “From improving energy efficiency to employing technologies for emission reduction in transport, every decision stems from the desire to make our logistics system more equitable, regenerative, and human. This recognition strengthens our ‘Route 2028’, which will culminate with the Group’s 200-year history.”
The B Corp™ recognition fits into a sustainability journey already undertaken by Grendi and founded on management tools certified according to recognized international standards: ISO 9001 (for process quality) and ISO 14001 (for environmental management). To these is added the recent adoption of the 231 management model, which organically structures continuous improvement initiatives with an ESG focus.
Becoming B Corp™ therefore constitutes a further step that completes this system, integrating the measurement of social and environmental impact with a global assessment of governance and corporate responsibility.
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