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We consider the entire life cycle of products and services
Circularity principles are part of Eni's strategy to make our energy products and services increasingly sustainable in order to protect the environment. Through the implementation of a circular model, business processes are overhauled, minimising the use of natural resources and favouring inputs with a smaller impact, reducing and exploiting waste through recovery or recycling, and extending the service life of products and assets through reuse or reconversion. We also invest in research and technological innovation and benefit from local partnerships.
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Our circular economy model is based on 6 pillars
Eni’s circular economy model also includes 3 levers that constitute tools to support the application of circularity principles.
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The model’s 6 pillars
Sustainable inputs
Reduce consumption of virgin and exhaustible inputs in favour of renewable and alternative sources, including secondary raw materials.
Eco-design
Design innovative and integrated solutions to improve process and product efficiency for resource optimisation along the life cycle and recyclability of manufactured products.
CO₂ circularity
CO₂ emissions are understood as a material flow that needs to be reduced, reused, recycled, removed and offset in terms of the residual part present in the atmosphere.
Product as a service
Meet people’s needs by reducing the production of new goods, maximising their lifespan and promoting their more effective and efficient use.
Service life extension
Enhance assets, land and products by interpreting them in a new way and giving them a new life.
Reduction, Reuse, Recycling and Recovery
Maximise the efficient use of resources (such as water and land), minimise waste and exploit it as a new, sustainable input, promoting its regenerative capacity.
The model’s 3 levers
Life Cycle Perspective
We analyse innovative processes and products in the circular economy throughout the entire life cycle, from design to disposal, using analysis tools such as Life Cycle Assessment (LCA).
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Research and technological innovation
We rethink the classic business model from a circular perspective, leveraging research both internally, using Eni’s expertise and proprietary technologies, and externally, and by identifying new solutions through Open Innovation actions to support the business and production ecosystem.
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Collaborations
Work in synergy and industrial symbiosis with stakeholders in order to optimise the use of resources and energy and share experiences and best practices, boosting the culture of the circular economy.
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Our circular projects
IIn line with our circular economy model, we implement new solutions that can transform current business and consumption models.
Versalis Revive®
The products of the Versalis Revive® range, which are based on various polymers, contain secondary raw materials from mechanical recycling and can be used in a wide range of applications.
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Circular and bio integration
Development of chemical platforms from biomass to offer solutions for high value-added applications in multiple sectors, also through the development of integrated agricultural supply chains.
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Biomethane
Following the acquisition of 22 FRI-EL Biogas plants in 2022, the conversion process has begun to convert them into biomethane plants by 2026.
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The biorefineries
They are central to the evolution of our company and make an important contribution to the process of decarbonization of all products and processes by 2050.
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Hoop®
Hoop® is Versalis' chemical recycling technology designed to enhance the value of plastic waste through mechanical recycling.
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Ponticelle project
Ponticelle is a brownfield site outside the Ravenna plant. The project for its rehabilitation combines inclusiveness and sustainability.
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Balance®
The Balance® product range is obtained from alternative raw materials from biomass and chemical recycling. ISCC PLUS certified products include polymers, chemicals, compounds, manufactured products.
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RiusiamOLI
In schools we promote sustainable resource management through recovery of used cooking oil, the circular economy, bio-sustainable agriculture and marine pollution.
Some of the most important partnerships and collaborations
A network of collaborations for circularity
We have several agreements and partnerships related to circularity with private entities, public administrations and various kinds of organisations. These include Memoranda of Understanding with regional governments and municipalities to jointly explore and develop a range of circular initiatives in different areas, among them development initiatives for local communities to improve key areas, waste awareness and valorisation activities and mobility solutions. Eni also believes in the role of industrial symbiosis, i.e. cooperation in the same area between originally separate industries operating in different production sectors, in order to optimise the use of resources (materials, energy, water, space, skills, etc.). Through industrial symbiosis, the outputs of one production line become the inputs of another, thus reducing the environmental impact of industrial activities, such as the use of raw materials, landfill waste disposal and energy consumption, while generating mutual economic benefits. In this context, Eni has established partnerships and collaborations aimed at experimenting with processes for the valorisation of waste, such as waste from the paper industry, for material and energy recovery.
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Versalis
Versalis' commitment to its transition path cannot be separated from the support of all the other players in the supply chain. Key collaborations in the area of circularity include the development of polymer recycling technologies, technologies for product development, new applications and collaborations with consortia. In the areas where it operates, Versalis is committed to developing initiatives aimed at engaging and raising awareness among local stakeholders also with regard to the circular economy and sustainability.
Eni Rewind
Eni Rewind is Eni's environmental company engaged in reclamation and redevelopment activities to breathe new life into brownfield and former industrial areas so that they can host new development initiatives, acting as a driver of sustainable growth in local areas. This circular commitment is also achieved through management and exploitation of groundwater and waste.
The Circular Consumption Charter
This document, available only in Italian, identifies a set of guiding principles and is the result of a consumer journey initiated by Eni in cooperation with the Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna in Pisa and the 19 trade associations recognised by the Ministry of Economic Development.
Measuring circularity
For Eni, measuring circularity is an essential tool for the control, management, transparency and credibility of the commitments made to its stakeholders in the transition towards a circular economy model. In this regard, Eni, with support from the Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna in Pisa, has developed a Circularity measurement model based on internationally recognised principles and validated by Certiquality, an independent certification body.
The model has been applied to different company areas including operational sites, processes and business units, allowing, through the monitoring of specific indicators, the detection of both the current circularity level and the effect of improvement opportunities.
The model also provides for following the guidance of national and international standardisation bodies engaged in drafting standards to measure circularity. Eni is a member of the UNI/CT 057 “Circular Economy” Commission, a mirror of ISO/TC 323 “Circular Economy”.
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With Joule, circularity becomes business
Joule is Eni’s business school, set up in 2020 with the aim of fostering the development of innovative and sustainable startups through training courses aimed at the new generation of entrepreneurs and an accelerator dedicated to decarbonization, the fight against climate change and the circular economy.
In 2021, Joule developed a model for assessing business ideas that meet circularity criteria in collaboration with the Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna in Pisa, and in particular with its spin-off Ergo, which is consistent with Eni’s circularity measurement model.
Eni for 2023. Browse the interactive feature
Discover the sustainability report that brings together our goals, commitments and achievements for a socially just energy transition.
Working for the transition for us means supporting fair and sustainable access to energy
IWe invest in initiatives that promote access to efficient and sustainable energy, including through the development of new technologies.
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