Stakeholder engagement

Financial community

Engagement procedures

  • Continuous dialogue through the Investor Relations section of eni.com
  • Quarterly conference calls
  • Annual live group presentations
  • One-to-one meetings with analysts and portfolio managers during the year
  • Participation during the year in thematic conferences (Upstream Project Seminar, Natural Global Resources Conference, Global Energy Conference, Pan European Strategic Decision Conference)

Topics of interest

  • Quarterly and annual results
  • In-depth review of strategies and results
  • Corporate Governance
  • Risk management

Eni’s Actions

  • Thematic presentations
  • Meetings with SRI focused on Eni’s integrated risk management model with in-depth analysis of compliance, Country and operations risks
  • Roadshows in major financial centres (the first roadshow in 2013 was dedicated to Corporate Governance)
  • Cycle of meetings with institutional investors and the main proxy advisors in Europe and the United States on Eni’s Corporate Governance system

Eni’s people

Engagement procedures

  • MyEni and MyEni International Portal
  • Cascade Programme
  • Knowledge Management Systems
  • Participatory Industrial Relations System

Topics of interest

  • Health and safety in the workplace
  • Integrity
  • Transparency
  • Professional Development and sharing of know-how
  • Diversity management
  • Work-life balance

Eni’s Actions

  • Health promotion initiatives
  • Launch of Moka, the corporate social network
  • Training programmes and on-the-job training
  • Initiatives for work-life balance: extension of work at home project
  • Renewal of industry-specific Collective Bargaining Agreement
  • Dialogue with the European Works Council (CAE) on Eni’s policies within the European framework and with the representatives of the European Observatory for Safety and Health at Work

Local communities

Engagement procedures

  • Road Shows
  • Meetings and public forums with communities
  • Participation in community social gatherings
  • Regular use of information channels for local communities
  • Formal tools for managing claims (grievance mechanism)
  • Formal tools for participatory management of social projects

Topics of interest

  • Transparency and local information on business topics
  • Assessment, mitigation and management of environmental, social impacts and Human Rights impacts
  • Eni’s Contribution to economic and social development
  • Community investment strategy
  • Management of social projects

Eni’s Actions

  • Publication of Local Reports and site-specific websites
  • Projects to benefit the community
  • Organization of workshops (in 2013 in Maputo, Mozambique)
  • Public consultation forums held in Nigeria on impact assessment processes for business activities
  • Use of mechanisms for collecting and managing live reports in Countries of long-standing presence and in new Countries

Suppliers

Engagement procedures

  • Meetings
  • Involvement in specific projects
  • Local content development plans

Topics of interest

  • Supplier qualification and qualification audits
  • Feedback on contract performance
  • SA8000 Audit
  • Raising awareness on climate change/emissions
  • Participation of local firms in Eni’s supply chain

Eni’s Actions

  • Development of suppliers’ organizational, technical, quality, HSE and Human Rights skills
  • Support improvement following negative ratings resulting from audits
  • Check on observance of Human Rights in the supply chain
  • Call on significant suppliers to take part in the Carbon Disclosure Supply Chain
  • Issue of procedure on the management of Local Content within the procurement process

Customers and consumers

Engagement procedures

  • Telephone surveys and regular quality reviews and questionnaires
  • Telephone or face to face interviews at sales outlets
  • Focus groups on satisfaction with and ease of use of online services
  • Online forums

Topics of interest

  • Checks on customer satisfaction and tests of new services
  • Analysis of satisfaction and dissatisfaction with the services offered (gas, electricity, fuels)
  • Advice and technical assistance
  • Energy consumption habits

Eni’s Actions

  • Planning of corrective actions to address areas of improvement identified for R&M wholesale customers
  • Calibration of trade and pricing initiatives
  • Definition of new supply models
  • Launch of targeted initiatives
  • Application of a new model for relations with Consumer Associations in order to better combine culture, consumer rights and energy

National Parliament and Public Ministries

Engagement procedures

  • Hearings/fact-finding investigations in Committee on request
  • Participation in technical roundtables, responses to consultations, position papers, six-monthly /monthly/on request one-on-one meetings

Topics of interest

  • Exploration activities in Italy
  • Regulation of G&P business activities
  • Security of supply
  • Green economy
  • Environment (e.g. industrial site remediation, return of reclaimed areas)
  • International cooperation

Eni’s Actions

  • Inspections and institutional visits at the production sites
  • Information, awareness-raising initiatives and technical studies
  • Active participation with regard to energy efficiency issues (submission of projects to obtain white certificates) and in discussions related to future sustainability of Italian and European energy
  • Participation in the intergovernmental roundtable on cooperation for development

Institutions, Local and National Authorities

Engagement procedures

  • Institutional meetings, technical roundtables and monthly/weekly or on request hearings
  • Written communications
  • Working Roundtables
  • Responses to consultations
  • Meetings on specific topics on a monthly basis or upon request
  • Sending of data/information via email or the intranet on a monthly basis or on request

Topics of interest

  • Development projects and enhancement projects linked to relevant activities
  • Local development
  • Renewable energy subsidies
  • Codes and rates of access to G&P infrastructure services
  • Regulation of business relationships with retail customers
  • Regulation of sales rates in the protected market

Eni’s Actions

  • Information, awareness-raising technical, in-depth and procedural initiatives
  • Inspections and institutional site visits
  • Participation in the work of the ANCI National Assembly and monitoring of Cinsedo activities
  • Active participation in meetings

Business associations and Confindustria

Engagement procedures

  • Meetings, regional workshops and participation in Commissions/Six monthly/monthly or on request Technical Committees
  • Meetings with businesses associated with regional Confindustria branches and participation in association activities
  • Meetings with local companies


Topics of interest

  • Corporate Sustainability
  • Environment
  • Safety
  • Supplier qualification systems

Eni’s Actions

  • Participation in Technical Committees and Working Groups (e.g. Technical Energy Committee)
  • Workshops on the supplier qualification process
  • Holding of regional meetings to provide information on Eni’s activities in the field of environmental sustainability and safety

European institutions and international organizations

Engagement procedures

  • One to one meetings, technical roundtables, written communications, responses to consultations, on a daily basis or on request
  • Conference calls and Corporate Advisory Panel
  • Participation in industrial associations, institutional working groups and public events and/or hearings at the European Parliament
  • Cooperation with the OECD National Contact Points and participation in specific initiatives

Topics of interest

  • European energy strategy
  • Environmental and tax policy
  • Regulation of the financial markets for raw materials
  • Regulation of the internal gas market
  • Transparency of extractive industry payments
  • Access to energy projects
  • Issues relating to the refining industry
  • Dissemination and application of the OECD Guidelines for multinational businesses

Eni’s Actions

  • Presence at the coordination roundtable to support Italian participation in the work of the Arctic Council
  • Contribution to European Commission consultations (White Paper on energy and climate policies for 2030 and carbon leakage)
  • Participation in the Policy Dialogue on Natural
  • Resource-based Development organized by the OECD

The United Nations system

Engagement procedures

  • Inclusion in the LEAD programme of the Global Compact and presence on its Steering Committee
  • Active participation in the various activities promoted by the LEAD Program
  • Collaboration agreements (e.g. ISPAC)
  • Presence in the Leadership Council of the Sustainable Development Solutions Network of the United Nations

Topics of interest

  • Sustainable development goals
  • Human rights and businesses
  • Decent work
  • Anti-Corruption
  • Transparency
  • Environment
  • Access to energy

Eni’s Actions

  • Participation in the main meetings between the United Nations and businesses (UN Private Sector Focal Points Meeting; UN Global Compact Leaders Summit; UN Annual Forum on Business and Human Rights)
  • Participation in the Proteus 2012 initiative promoted by UNEP
  • Participation in the Global Compact Business for Peace program
  • Running of the initiative “Energy for All in Sub-Saharan Africa”
  • Contribution to the work of the Thematic Group Good Governance of Extractive and Land Resources

Other sustainability organizations

Engagement procedures

  • Membership and participation in the WBCSD, Business for Social Responsibility, World Economic Forum, GGFR (Global Gas Flaring Reduction Initiative), EITI (Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative), PACI (Partnering Against Corruption Initiative) and IPIECA
  • Membership of the GRI and the IIRC

Topics of interest

  • Assessment of social and environmental impacts
  • Transparency and reporting
  • Integrated reporting and value creation
  • Human Rights

Eni’s Actions

  • Participation in WBCSD working groups
  • Participation in IPIECA working groups (on Human Rights, reporting, climate change, etc.)
  • Participation in the consultations on the new EITI Standard and the “Open for Growth: Trade, Tax and Transparency Event”
  • Participation in the GRI G4 Pioneer Program
  • Participation in the Pilot Program of the IIRC

National and international NGOs

Engagement procedures

  • Collaboration and organization of joint events
  • Conferences on specific topics
  • Constant dialogue and meetings on request
  • Participation in networks (Sodalitas, Anima per il Sociale)

Topics of interest

  • Global energy issues
  • Human Rights
  • Impact assessments
  • Anti-Corruption
  • Sustainability of operations in Nigeria (spill prevention and management, flaring reduction, reclamation and compensation for local communities)
  • Transparency in corporate reporting

Eni’s Actions

  • Cooperation with Legambiente on the Energythink initiative
  • Agreement with Transparency International to develop an innovative “Country Assessment” methodology
  • Participation in the research conducted by Transparency International on “transparency in corporate reporting”
  • Dialogue with Amnesty International about the activities in Nigeria and the protection of Human Rights of populations living near the extraction sites

Universities and research centers

Engagement procedures

  • Collaboration agreements and strategic partnerships
  • Corporate advisory panel
  • Official bilateral meetings, every six months or on request
  • Exchange of communications, sharing of information and one-on-one meetings where appropriate
  • Thematic workshops and periodic meetings with partners to verify the progress of activities and disseminate the results

Topics of interest

  • Support activities for businesses (exploration and production, innovative technologies for refining and petrochemicals)
  • Renewable energies (photovoltaics and concentrated solar power, biomass)
  • Environmental protection technologies

Eni’s Actions

  • Creation of “virtual labs” in collaboration with universities, research centers and companies
  • Renewal of framework agreements with the Polytechnics of Milan and Turin, and with the National Research Council (CNR)
  • Renewal of the collaboration agreement with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Boston (USA)
  • Continuation of the strategic alliance with Stanford University on core technologies of the oil&gas business and environmental remediation
  • Signing of the agreement with the Earth Institute at Columbia University to strengthen the planning, monitoring and evaluation of Eni’s local development investments