Sustainability Indexes

The Eni share price has once again been included in the Dow Jones Sustainability World index for 2009.

It was first included in 2007 and, in 2008, Eni was named best performer in its sector.

The DJSI World 2009 includes 317 companies – selected on the basis of economic, social and environmental criteria – from among the top 2,500 companies by market capitalisation in the Dow Jones Global Total index. The companies in the oil & gas sector in the DJSI World 2009 number 12 out of an eligible 113.

Eni has also been confirmed on the Dow Jones Sustainability STOXX 2009 for the second consecutive year. The DJSI STOXX is made up of 154 companies, of which 5 from the oil & gas, sector, selected from 600 eligible companies listed in the euro zone.

The selection is of the best-in-class type: only 10% of the best evaluated companies are admitted to the DJSI World index (20% for DJSI STOXX). The evaluation is made by Sam, a specialised investment house focused exclusively in socially responsible investments, and subject to external verification.

Total assets under management in DJSI-based investment vehicles now stand at close to $8 billion.

Eni has also been confirmed on the FTSE4Good 2009 sustainability index for the third consecutive year.

Evaluation for inclusion of the FTSE4Good index is not made on the basis of best in class. In fact the specialised index includes only companies from the FTSE Global index that comply with pre-determined economic, environmental and social requisites. Special significance is given to criteria concerning climate change, the protection of human rights and transparency in the procurement chain.

Eni has been involved in the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) since it began in 2003, and makes public its replies to the questionnaire. The initiative launched by Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors of New York with the support of 300 institutional investors, aims to make public the strategies for greenhouse gas emissions management of the leading companies by market capitalisation on the FTSE Global Index. In 2007 and 2008, was included in the Carbon Disclosure Project Leadership Index, that selects the leading companies   based on their carbon emission management strategies among the 500 largest companies by market capitalisation on FTSE Global Equity. The 2009 Carbon Disclosure Project represents some 475 international investors with assets under management of more than  $55,000 billion and involved 2204 companies, compared with the 235 that responded to the first questionnaire.

ECPI monitors more than 4,000 listed companies through a disciplined and certified method.

The ECPI Ethical Index Euro is made up of 150 European companies with high levels of capitalisation that pass ECPI's screening di ECPI. The index is revised every quarter. In the fourth quarter of 2009, the index included 5 companies in the "Oil integrated" sector. Eni is also included in the ECPI Ethical Index EMU (EURO zone), the ECPI Ethical Index Global and the ECPI Global Carbon Equity Index.