BOLOGNA (ITALPRESS) – CNA Emilia-Romagna and the Northern Region of UniCredit have undersigned a collaboration agreement with the aim of encouraging access to credit, supporting digital innovation and dimensional and competitive growth of micro, small and medium enterprises in the region. Thanks to the partnership, companies associated with CNA can benefit from greater ease of access to consulting services, training paths, joint initiatives and dedicated financial solutions, developed in accordance with the main drivers of the current economic transformation: sustainability, digitization, internationalization, innovation. The protocol signed by CNA Emilia-Romagna and Region Centro Nord di UniCredit is located within the framework of the Digital Innovation Agreement and the dimensional growth of SMEs, concluded in 2026 by CNA Nazionale and UniCredit Italia. The regional agreement aims to promote greater interaction between the territorial networks of CNA and UniCredit, also through the promotion of joint events. The goal is to strengthen local relations to generate concrete impacts on the everyday life of associated companies, supporting them in the knowledge of ESG issues, with a ‘ offer of banking products and services that allow companies to achieve improvement goals in the environment, social and governance.
Andrea Burchi, Regional Manager Centro Nord UniCredit, says: “We strengthen the collaboration with CNA Emilia-Romagna with an agreement that allows us to be even closer to the companies of the territory. We offer dedicated financial solutions, consulting services and joint initiatives to accompany micro, small and medium-sized enterprises in the digital and sustainable transition. Our goal is to support the competitive development of the regional production system, meeting the real needs of entrepreneurs and providing them with an integrated ecosystem of resources to support the growth of their activities.” “For CNA Emilia-Romagna this agreement is a concrete tool to accompany micro, small and medium-sized enterprises in a transformation phase that requires adequate vision, skills and resources – says Diego Benatti, regional secretary of the Confederation -. Today companies need not only credit, but also interlocutors able to support them in the digitalization, innovation, sustainability and organizational growth. Strengthening collaboration with UniCredit means making available to our associated extra opportunities, with particular attention to the spatial dimension and proximity to the real needs of enterprises. It is on this ground that we want to continue to work: to help the crafts and SMEs of Emilia-Romagna invest, consolidate and address with greater competitiveness the challenges of the market”. The branches of UniCredit and the CNA territorial offices remain available for more details.
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