Our approach to local development in Mexico

The importance of promoting education: the PROEDU project

We cooperate with AVSI Mexico for the benefit of students, parents and teachers in School Zone 46, which brings together several primary schools. Our strategy is to make scholar spaces safer and more comfortable to reduce absenteeism rates and, at the same time, develop programs to increase teachers' skills, promote parents’ involvement, and increase scholar performance.

The following activities have been delivered so far:

• rehabilitation of elementary schools
• the establishment of an infrastructure maintenance committee
• extracurricular and school support activities were carried out for vulnerable children
• the implementation of a “School for Parents”, offering information, guidance, training and advice to support children’s education
• literacy courses for adults
• implementation of a School Library Program to increase literacy skills and promote children’s participation
• the establishment of student committees
• implementation of a School Nutrition and Hygiene Program, which includes the building of school orchards, nutrition training, and nutrition and hygiene manuals.

The importance of fishing for the economy

Fishing is one of the most significant activities for local communities. In 2025, Eni delivered fishing supplies, including fishing nets, outboard engines and freezers, to more than 70 fisher organizations operating approximately 300 vessels. We support sea fishers with the delivery of fishing nets and outboard motors. We contribute to modernising their equipment and to reducing environmental impact, partly through knowledge shared during training courses on sustainable fishing organized to meet their needs. For the sustainable management of fish resources in the Carmen-Pajonal-Machona lagoon, we are repopulating four native species to offset the loss of fish productivity and biodiversity. Oyster farming is also one of the primary activities in the Carmen-Pajonal-Machona lagoon system. This initiative began with a pilot phase evaluating Australian baskets compared with traditional Japanese strings. The results showed improvements not only in growth but also in appearance, size and weight. Between 2024–2025, 178,780 oysters have been farmed using this technology, benefiting almost 800 producers from 12 cooperatives. Alongside the supply of materials, the initiative provides training and technical assistance from the Juárez Autonomous University of Tabasco. Finally, to achieve oyster health certification in the lagoon system, support is provided through continuous environmental monitoring and management with local authorities.

Development and integration opportunities for young people in coastal communities of the Municipality of Cárdenas (PROVENES)

Young people represent one of the most important drivers of sustainable development in coastal communities. Through the PROVENES project, Eni Mexico works alongside AVSI Mexico to strengthen social participation, employability, and personal development opportunities for youth between 15 and 24 years of age. The initiative combines artistic, cultural, educational, sports, and professional development activities with the creation of community participation mechanisms led by young people themselves. A labour market assessment carried out in 2025 helped identify employment opportunities and skills demanded in the region, laying the groundwork for future technical and vocational training programmes. Hundreds of young people currently participate in cultural, sports, and soft-skills activities designed to strengthen their leadership, confidence, and integration within their communities. As of December 2025, more than 600 young people participated in artistic, cultural and sports activities, while more than 850 young people had taken part in soft-skills training programmes.

Integrated, responsible, and sustainable approach to the coconut palm production and commercial chain (COCUNI)

One of Eni Mexico’s social investment objectives is economic diversification. Since mid-2023 a project has been under way focusing on three lines of action:

• technical: improve productivity through regenerative and sustainable agricultural practices
• economic: strengthen sales strategies and market access
• social: improve sector cohesion and working conditions.

During 2025, 121 hectares were under continuous technical assistance for pest and disease control. A major milestone was the creation of the Sociedad de Producción Rural (SPR) "COCUNI" (Comunidad Cocotera Unida), providing producers with a formal structure to access markets and strengthen collective commercialization efforts. By the end of 2025, 24 producers were participating in the cooperative structure and five commercial training sessions had been delivered.

Collaboration Program with UNESCO

At the beginning of 2022 Eni Mexico signed a Memorandum of Understanding with UNESCO which objective is to promote joint actions for the reduction and prevention of disasters, management and conservation of biodiversity, sustainable tourism, education for development and cultural promotion. Since then, 4 specific project agreements have been signed.

Museography and recovery of the main hall of La Venta Park Museum

This initiative aims to strengthen the museum’s educational, conservation, research and outreach functions for the benefit of local visitors and tourists, schools, the Municipality of Centro and the inhabitants of its municipal seat, Villahermosa.

Water Security Plan for the Mezcalapa-Samaria sub-basin

With the participation of the Regional Centre for Water Security (CERSHI), a Category 2 Centre under the auspices of UNESCO, a Water Security strategy for Tabasco has been implemented:

• feasibility study for a Water Security Plan finalized in 2023
• in 2024, UNESCO and Eni signed a Project Agreement to strengthen the resilience of communities located in flood risk areas of the Mezcalapa-Samaria sub-basin, Tabasco, through the implementation of strategic actions contained in the Water Security Plan.

Some of the project results are:

• a sociodemographic assessment and flood-risk perception analysis
• a legal analysis of land tenure constraints affecting disaster risk management
• the establishment of a Technical Advisory Committee (10 institutions actively engaged-including federal, state, and municipal authorities, academia, and international organizations)
• 2 media training diagnosis workshops
• hydrometric stations monitoring
• high-resolution orthophotographs
• digital terrain models, digital surface models
• three-dimensional support models for hydraulic modeling.

Sustainable tourism opportunities and coastal dune recovery

This initiative initiated with a feasibility study concluded in 2023 on sustainable tourism opportunities in Villa y Puerto Coronel Andres Sanchez Magallanes, which identified the possibilities of promoting this activity as an alternative for economic diversification in the communities of the region, along with suggestions to preserve a social and environmental equilibrium from an intercultural, human rights and ethical perspective. In 2024, UNESCO and Eni signed a Project Agreement to strengthen the capacity of coastal communities to protect their cultural and natural heritage and to promote sustainable tourism. Project results include participatory workshops for identifying natural and cultural heritage, the creation of a biocultural inventory, the development of a climate resilience pedagogical guide for local schools, training and follow-up for 68 primary school teachers, and completion of a coastal vulnerability assessment to support future dune restoration and revegetation activities, awareness sessions and site recognition with 10 public institutions, and the construction of a community warehouse and nursery for the revegetation of 14 hectares of coastal dunes.

Restoring mangrove ecosystems and enhancing biodiversity

As part of its environmental commitment, Eni Mexico supports habitat restoration and biodiversity conservation initiatives focused on mangrove ecosystems in Tabasco. In 2024, Eni launched habitat restoration and biodiversity conservation initiatives in Mexico, with a primary focus on the ecological restoration of mangrove ecosystems. The project, developed in collaboration with the Universidad Juárez Autónoma de Tabasco (University of Tabasco) and authorised by local environmental authorities, aims to reforest a total of 70 hectares of mangrove habitat between Villahermosa and the coastal region. Initial restoration activities began in 2024, with the planting and monitoring of mangrove seedlings across an initial area of 12 hectares. The planting programme for the remaining 58 hectares was completed by the end of 2025, reinforcing Eni’s long-term commitment to environmental stewardship. Maintenance and monitoring activities are planned from 2025 through 2030 to contribute to the successful establishment and survival of the mangrove ecosystem. The initiative includes regular coordination meetings with the University of Tabasco, ensuring technical alignment and fostering community engagement throughout the process. Beyond habitat recovery, this long-term effort also holds potential as Carbon Dioxide Removal activity and a carbon offset mechanism. Mangroves play a vital role in protecting coastal ecosystems, supporting biodiversity, reducing erosion, and strengthening resilience to climate change. Monitoring and maintenance activities will continue over the coming years to ensure the successful establishment of the restored habitat.