When the Maganetti Group officially became a Benefit Corporation in 2019, there were 442 companies of this kind across Italy. In the first part of 2026, the total reached 5.968, up 15.6% on 2025, confirming a growth trend that has continued uninterrupted for years.
The Aosta Valley, Campania and Calabria are the regions that have recorded the largest increases compared with last year, while Lombardy tops the rankings in terms of the total number of active Benefit Corporations, with 1.825 businesses. Nationwide, Benefit Corporations employ more than 259,000 people, with small and medium-sized enterprises accounting for the majority.
These figures come from the Observatory on Benefit Corporations, established by the Brindisi-Taranto Chamber of Commerce and InfoCamere. The Observatory focuses specifically on businesses that choose to add the goal of creating a positive impact on society and the environment to their corporate purpose. This type of business is becoming increasingly widespread across Italy, spanning a wide range of sectors, from telecommunications and manufacturing to transport and logistics, with Maganetti among its early representatives.
One interesting feature of the Benefit Corporation model is that each business can define its common-benefit objectives according to its own activities and characteristics, while remaining committed to operating responsibly, sustainably and transparently towards people, the local community and the environment.
In Maganetti’s case, the objectives we incorporated into our articles of association in 2019, when we became a Benefit Corporation, include reducing vehicle emissions through the introduction of new technologies, adopting advanced biofuels (bioLNG), complying with regulations at both company and industry level, and involving all stakeholders in business processes.
In other words, our day-to-day priorities remain transport quality, service and efficiency, all delivered sustainably. As our Chief Executive Officer, Matteo Lorenzo De Campo, explained at the time, “the intrinsic quality of the service is no longer enough today; how it is pursued and achieved is just as fundamental”.
