PQE Group has been awarded for the 2nd year in a row, starring in ESG evaluation and business growth.

Borsa Italiana (MI), Sept. 25th, 2019PQE Group received the Excellent Companies’ Award for 2019. For the company based in Reggello (Florence, Italy), and led by the founder and C.E.O. Gilda D’Incerti, this is the second time that it receives the award assigned by Global Strategy, delivered during the traditional appointment held yesterday September 25th in Milan, at Palazzo Mezzanotte, headquarters of the Italian Stock Exchange. The event, entitled “Sustainability and Value Creation. A pair to look for”, was dedicated this year to the relationship between Italian SMEs and ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance) issues, of which PQE Group is a long-time promoting brand.

Among more than 10 thousand companies of the starting panel, only 722 were the “Excellent Companies” awarded

Every year, the class of 2019’s Italian “Excellent Companies” was identified by Global Strategy’s PMI Observatory (Global Strategy is a strategic and financial consulting company): this year was the eleventh edition. Global Strategy analyzed a pool of 10,800 Italian companies across the entire national territory, whose VdP (Production Value) was worth 20 to 250€ Millions for manufacturing and services sectors and 20 to 500€ Millions for trade sectors.

Among the more than 10 thousand starting companies, only 722 are those that can boast the “Excellent Company” title: by being able to aggregate in the last five years an aggregate dimensional growth (Value of Production raised by 68% in 5 years) with a marked operating efficiency (with RoS % practically doubled, from 6.3% in 2013 to 12.2% in 2017), resembling, from north to south, the plug backbone of Italian production excellence.