- Eni’s public commitment
- Integrating Human Rights into our internal legal framework
- Our continuous improvement
Eni’s public commitment
Eni is committed to ensuring respect for internationally recognized Human Rights in its own operations and in those of its business partners, in line with the UN Guiding Principles for Businesses and Human Rights (UNGP) and with the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises. Eni’s commitment to respecting Human Rights Treaties and Standards is publicly declared in Eni’s Statement on Respect for Human Rights approved in December 13, 2018 as well as in other fundamental policies such as the Code of Ethics and the Sustainability Policy. Eni’s endorsement and support for internationally recognized Human Rights is also confirmed in the Global Framework Agreement (GFA) on industrial relations at the international level and in its corporate social responsibility renewed in 2016, where explicit reference to the UNGPs is made.
Integrating Human Rights into our internal legal framework
Human Rights have also been integrated into a number of policies and procedures specific to:
- Security operations;
- Relations with Business Partners, including suppliers;
- Human Resources,
- Relations with Host communities;
with the aim of ensuring that they are an integral part of our way of doing business.
Our continuous improvement
The timeline below shows how Eni’s internal norms on Human Rights have developed with the evolution of the international Business and Human Rights framework. The framework itself reflects the international community’s efforts to reach consensus over outstanding issues such as:
- What needs to be done to ensure that people have their Human Rights protected, respected and promoted
- Who are the duty bearers in this regard?
| Year | Main achievements in Eni in terms of integration of Human Rights into the internal legal framework | Major events in the international scenario and evolution of National policy frameworks |
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| 2007 | Eni approves the Guidelines on the Protection and Promotion of Human Rights | |
| 2007 | Eni issues a revised Code of ethics, including explicit commitments to Human Rights (the first code dates back to 1994) | |
| 2008 | The UN Human Rights Council approves the “Protect, respect and Remedy framework on Business and Human Rights”, submitted from the UN Special Representative on Business & Human Rights, Prof. John Ruggie | |
| 2011 | Eni issues the company’s Sustainability Policy whose contents were developed based on a Human Rights-based approach | 1. The UN Human Rights Council unanimously approves the "Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights", submitted from the UN Special Representative on Business & Human Rights, Prof. John Ruggie 2. The OECD reviews its OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises in order to align with the UN Guiding Principles |
| 2012 | Human Rights principles are integrated into Eni’s Security Management System Guidelines. From now on, relevant functions will integrate Human Rights into their MSGs and procedures. | 1. The IFC Performance Standards are reviewed following the integration of the UN Guiding Principles 2. The United States Security and Exchange Commission enacts the Section 1502 of the Dodd-Frank Act, requiring companies listed in the US markets to disclose their eventual use of conflict minerals |
| 2013 | 1. The European Commission approves the Oil&Gas Sector Guidance on implementing the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights 2. GRI releases the G4 version of its Sustainability Reporting Guidelines, which recognise the importance of due diligence and identify links to the UN Guiding Principles |
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| 2015 | Eni publishes its first Conflict Minerals Report | The UK Modern Slavery Act comes into force requiring companies to report on the measures adopted to address modern slavery |
| 2016 | Eni renews the Global Framework Agreement with FILCTEM CGIL, FEMCA CISL, UILTEC UIL trade unions and with IndustriALL Global Union on international industrial relations and corporate social Responsibility | |
| 2017 | Eni approves the Statement that represents the company's commitment to combat modern slavery and the trafficking of human beings | |
| 2018 | The Board approves Eni’s Statement on respect for human rights |
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