The aim of the Coeclerici Group in the development of its business is to ‘create a home’ in the regions and communities where it operates. This means recognising and satisfying the requirements of the environment, appreciating the local culture and differences and interacting actively and honestly with the communities.
The Group realize and supports social and environmental, cultural and sporting projects through the Fondazione Paolo e Giuliana Clerici (Paolo and Giuliana Clerici Foundation). The Foundation was set up in October 2017 by Paolo Clerici with the support of Coeclerici S.p.A. and aims to contribute, also through philanthropic work for civic, solidarity and social utility purposes, to the valorisation of regions and the communities living in them.
The Group has committed—through formalization in its Charter—to donating 1% of its consolidated net profit to the Foundation each year, provided there are profits. In 2023, €405,000 were disbursed.
Numerous Foundations and Associations are supported by the initiative:
The Group Holding is based in Milan where Coeclerici is a partner in projects to improve and maintain green areas and urban enhancement. In particular, the company supported the renewal and renovation of city flowerbeds, including the one in Piazza Cairoli, in front of Castello Sforzesco.
The Group also participated in the innovative LED lighting project for the historic Poldi Pezzoli museum, sponsoring the work in 3 rooms dedicated to Alfonso Clerici, the company founder, and Urbano Rattazzi and Alfonso Menada, the two historic partners and vice presidents.
The gardens in Via Martin Piaggio, with which Coeclerici pays tribute to Genoa, were inaugurated in December 2019, thus celebrating the memory of Jack Clerici, a historic Genovese ship owner and entrepreneur, and a key player in the development of the maritime and commercial sectors of the city. The gardens have a surface area of about 800 square metres. The vegetation planted includes about 1,100 bushes of 56 different species, all labelled, with shrubs of several sizes and features. The gardens are not only formative and informative but they also have an air purifying function – the plants are of the ‘smog-eating’ type.
Coeclerici entirely financed the restoration work and staging of a new hall in the Galata Museo del Mare (Marine Museum). Sala Coeclerici hosts the Navigare nell’Arte (Sailing in Art) exhibition, which offers a selection of 60 works donated to the museum and chosen from the more than 250 works of the Collezione Marittima (Maritime Collection) of the Fondazione Paolo e Giuliana Clerici, one of the most important in the whole of Europe on seafaring topics.
The room, which includes a teaching area for children and an example of a ‘tactile picture’ for visually impaired visitors, has been visited by more than 297,000 people since its inauguration in June 2018. As a result of the digitalisation project, the Navigare nell’Arte exhibition can be visited on the Virtual Tour 360° platform.
Access to the Terrazza Coeclerici, a splendid open panoramic space used for conferences and cultural events, is next to the room.
The ‘La Storia della marineria Italiana’ (History of Italian Seafaring) initiative, in 4 volumes of which 2 have already been published, arose from the collaboration between MUMA and the Fondazione Paolo e Giuliana Clerici. The work retraces the fascinating voyage of Shipping in Italy.
The Coeclerici Group has single-handedly funded the project to restore and showcase Sala dell’Annunziata in the Cloister of Sant’Agostino, an important area of the convent dating back to the sixteenth century in Pietrasanta. Today it is the prestigious home to the Luigi Russo Centre, with premises dedicated to exhibitions and events.
Concluded in 2023, it involved complex restoration work on frescoes dating back to the early seventeenth century, as well as installing new air conditioning and lighting systems, renewing furnishings with the addition of 100 extra seats and the use of multimedia and internet connection equipment, in order to place a welcoming yet practical site back in the hands of the public.
The project required funds totalling 350,000 Euro overall, of which more than 90,000 for the first stage in 2020-2021, and more than 260,000 to complete the work.
IMS Technologies Inc., the U.S. subsidiary of the Group, donated $5,000 to Team Healing Hearts of South Jersey, part of the largest and oldest charitable organization in the United States dedicated to combating heart disease.
As an associated company of ITS Lombardia Meccatronica and a partner of Confindustria, IMS participated in the Km Rosso Open Day in Bergamo, guiding students on post-diploma professional training paths and potential career opportunities within the company.
Additionally, employees from IMS’s mechanical and software design departments collaborated with teachers and students to delve into specific topics through co-teaching activities.
IMS also took part in the Job Festival Bergamo and the career day at ITI Marconi, conducting 47 interviews to help senior-year students navigate the job market and evaluating recent graduates for potential hiring.
Coeclerici is a sponsor of the Hockey Club Lugano for the 2022–2023 season.
The historic hockey team, founded in 1941, competes in Switzerland’s top division and boasts 7 national titles in its record, along with several prestigious achievements at the international level.
In 2022, IMS Technologies and the Coeclerici Group sponsored one of the four crews of Team Tecnosport competing in the 44th edition of the Dakar Rally. Giacomo Clerici, Managing Director of Coeclerici Far East Ltd, drove one of the Classic category cars. The experience was repeated in the 45th edition, which began on December 31, 2022, with Urbano Clerici, Deputy Chairman and CEO of Coeclerici Commodities SA, competing and winning five special stages.
In Italy, the Coeclerici Group supports the amateur association promoting Mytennis and the Tennis Club Santa Margherita Ligure.
Abroad, it sponsors the Tennis School by Margaroli in Switzerland and the Indonesian professional tennis players Jessy Priskila Rompies (since 2017) and Denny Boy Pandapotan (since 2023).