PBZ Group: €40,000 to the Vladimir Nazor Center

Karlovac/Zagreb, 12 December 2025 –  PBZ Group, part of the Intesa Sanpaolo Group, within its humanitarian project “Doing Good Every Day” and the Visa Card with a Heart, donated €38,851.52 to the Vladimir Nazor Community Services Center in Karlovac. This marks the 101st donation by PBZ Group as part of the “Doing Good Every Day” project, with the donated funds used by the Center to purchase an electric vehicle.
On the occasion of the donation to the Vladimir Nazor Community Services Center, Dinko Lucić, President of the Management Board of Privredna Banka Zagreb, stated:  “At PBZ Group, we are strongly committed to socially responsible business practices,  We have been confirming this commitment for many years through our project ‘Doing Good Every Day’ and the Visa Card with a Heart, within which we donate 10 cents for every transaction to projects supporting children and young people – at no cost to cardholders.” In this way, we have so far donated more than €5 million and carried out 101 donations to hospitals and children’s homes across Croatia.  By “Doing Good Every Day,” just during this year we have delivered eight donations within this project, with a total value exceeding €350,000.  With the donation to the Vladimir Nazor Center in Karlovac ahead of the holiday season, we wish to round off our donations for 2025 within the framework of the “Doing Good Every Day” project.  The electric vehicle, in addition to enabling higher quality work with children, also protects the environment and thus meaningfully represents our vision of the future, which we see through helping others and preserving the environment.”
 
The Vladimir Nazor Community Services Center became a public institution in 1965. It provides non institutional services and accommodation to children without adequate parental care.  It currently operates at four locations and will soon expand to seven. The Center cares for children in all aspects of their lives, placing significant emphasis on structured leisure activities and interpersonal relationships.
“Our institution, in addition to providing accommodation, also offers non institutional services such as psychosocial support, which is delivered to families throughout our county. In addition to professionals, we also need vehicles in order to carry out the service smoothly and ensure its accessibility.  We are immensely grateful to the PBZ Group for enabling us and our beneficiaries to continuously provide non institutional services, strengthening our professionalism, visibility, and sustainability,” emphasized Nataša Horvat, Director of the Vladimir Nazor Community Services Center.
 
About the “Doing Good Every Day” Project:
Donation to the Vladimir Nazor Community Services Center was realized as part of the socially responsible business project of the PBZ Group, a member of the Intesa Sanpaolo Group, called "Doing Good Every Day". This project has been continuously implemented by the PBZ group since 2008, providing aid to national, long-term projects for the welfare of children and young people and other persons in need of the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Labour, Pension System, Family and Social Policy, setting aside 10 cents for each transaction made with a Visa card with a Heart, with no additional cost for card holders. To date, through the “Doing Good Every Day” project, PBZ Group has donated over €5,3 million and carried out 101 donations, including to hospitals and social care institutions across Croatia. More information on the project's achievements can be found at www.cinimdobro.hr.