Poste Italiane and the Milan Cortina 2026 Foundation signed a partnership agreement in view of the 2026 Winter Games. Italy’s leading postal and logistics services group joins the team of partners of the major sporting event as Premium Logistics Partner.
The know-how of Poste
Poste Italiane will provide the its know-how to the Foundation, the athletes, the Federations and other partners by managing the transport and logistics of all the goods, equipment and materials necessary for the success of the event at the Olympic and Paralympic venues. The collaboration is born in the name of the values of sport and aims at supporting the Movements related to the big event.
A significant step
The agreement represents a significant step in the construction of the next Olympic and Paralympic Games that Italy will host in less than 500 days: the territories in which the Olympic and Paralympic competitions will be held are preparing to welcome more than 3,600 athletes who will compete in front of one and a half million spectators from all over the world.
Unrepeatable opportunity
An extensive version of the Games, with venues spread over a territory of 22,000 square kilometres, will be watched by billions of fans. A unique and unrepeatable occasion that will involve the entire Italian population and give unprecedented prominence to the image of the country and all the realities that are part of it. The partnership was signed at the Casina Poste, inside the Tiber River Park: a space undergoing a major redevelopment, dedicated to sport and leisure, in line with the Group’s focus on the values of integration, team spirit and fair competition.
Malagò’s words
The President of the Milan Cortina 2026 Foundation Giovanni Malagò emphasised: “We are proud to welcome the Poste Italiane group, which has always been close to the world of sport and is synonymous with history and tradition, but also with vision, future and innovation. The Milan Cortina 2026 Games are based on these same elements, a great event with which we will take the uniqueness of our country and our companies beyond the borders, involving all the realities that have chosen to embrace this wonderful project.”
Italian spirit
Andrea Varnier, CEO of Milano Cortina 2026, comments: “Poste Italiane, which has a widespread presence throughout the country, becomes a fundamental ally for us: we are building an event that involves the whole of Italy and companies that are active on national networks are indispensable. What is important is not only Poste Italiane’s knowledge of the country from a logistics point of view, but also of all those cultural characteristics that distinguish our regions and communities, a key element of the identity of Milan Cortina 2026. An identity inspired by the unique, dynamic and contemporary Italian spirit.”
Infrastructure of excellence
“We enthusiastically accepted the invitation of the Milano Cortina Foundation because of the universal value of Olympic sport and because being a Premium Logistics Partner confirms the level of excellence of the infrastructure and logistics services that Poste Italiane offers to the country and that represent our core business,” said Poste Italiane CEO Matteo Del Fante. “Ours is a company with a social vocation, which cultivates and respects the principles of inclusion and fair competition. We are, therefore, particularly proud of collaborating in the name of the Olympic and Paralympic Games with the Foundation in order to contribute our expertise to the success of a competitive and spectacular event that will bring prestige to Italy.”
System company
“Thanks to the Milan Cortina 2026 Olympic and Paralympic Games,” commented Poste Italiane‘s General Manager, Giuseppe Lasco, “Poste Italiane will once again have the opportunity to express its historical capacity as a system company. The partnership with the Milan Cortina Foundation represents a further prestigious chapter, at the highest world level, of Poste Italiane’s experiences in the social and sporting field, in which the company will be able to bring into play all its organisational and innovative capacity for the benefit of the organisation, the athletes and all the winter sports enthusiasts who will be attending the Olympic and Paralympic competitions.”
