The Areas for Improvement represent the Company's Sustainability objectives and are a preliminary operating tool for identifying the Sustainability projects to be included in Sustainability Section of Eni's Strategic Plan.
Areas Identification
The planning Process
the main Areas
the other areasThe Areas for Improvement are defined following a process which includes:
An evaluation model, prepared by the Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei, is used to determine the significance of Sustainability issues with particular reference to stakeholders' expectations.
Once the main Areas for Improvement are approved by eni's Executives, they became an integral part of the so – called "CEO Guidelines" that list intervention priorities and objectives for each Direction and Division of the company.
The projects that can contribute to reach the objectives are then collected and selected. The strategic projects that contribute to sustainable development are the core of the Sustainability Section of eni's Strategic Plan.
The Board of Directors approves both the Guidelines and the Strategic Plan.
The table represents the two flows of Sustainability planning activities within Eni
The table below shows the areas for improvement identified by the planning process currently underway ( 2010 – 2013).
Also on these issues, however, the company applies a process of continuous improvement and consequently defines projects and initiatives to generate better results.
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1 - Climate Change nad Energy Efficiency | Complete Flaring down initiatives (-70% emissions by 2012). Energy saving and reduction of emission indexes. |
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2 - Renewables, biofuels, R&D | Continue renewables development initiatives. |
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3 - Human Rights and security | Implement risk analysis on Human Rights protection (HRCA) in other countries and promote local stakeholders engagement. |
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4 - Ecosystem and biodiversity protection | Define policy and strategies. Set up partnerships with NGOs. |
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5 - Human Capital Development | Extend management and development tools to all operational areas. |
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6 - Cooperation and development model | Increase the % of projects on the territory with social and economic impacts and evaluate their effectiveness. Strengthen local content development in the respect of international standards and principles. |
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7 - Health and Safety | Continue to give maximum attention to the issue of safety in order to achieve excellent results in the sectors of reference and for suppliers and contractors. |
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8 - EcoEfficiency | Maintain the reduction trends of NOX and SO2 indexes and of fresh water consumption in the four year period. Define a VOC emission reduction plan. Reduce waste from production activities. |
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9 - Customers and Suppliers | Improve services offered to customers. |
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10 - Diversity, plurality e integration | Ensure the increase of local and female staff in managerial positions through the development of concrete actions in support of equal opportunities. |
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11 - Business Ethics | |
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12 - Talent Attraction & Retention | |
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13 - Transparency and Fight against Corruption | |
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14 - Suppliers and Sustainable Supplies | |
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15 - Governance | |
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16 - Brand Management, Reputation | |
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17 - Relations with Institutional Stakeholders and NGOs | |
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18 - Promotion of Sustainability Culture | |
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19 - Environmental Management Systems | |
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20 - Risk and Crisis management | |
Last updated on 30/11/09