Building the future

We invest in sustainable growth aware that we generate direct and indirect impacts on people’s lives and the development of territories.

We shape our tomorrow, every day. For Iren, this means creating value over time through a sustainable development model – consistent with
its mission, its vision and its values – that can guide the Group’s strategy, policies and investments.

The multi-business nature of the Iren Group integrates different business areas that share the value of responsible resource use on a daily basis, looking to the future with a very broad view of their surroundings. People and territories are at the centre, the environment drives actions, and every resource is treated in a sustainable way aiming at the best, pursuing innovation. Iren faces tomorrow with the ambition of someone who wants to be a leader in ecological transition and circular economy to allow communities and territories to transform energy into value, without waste, together building a future that is a place where we can live well.

Our integrated strategy

Sustainability is the compass that guides the management of activities and the key lever for the creation of value over time and the development of the Strategic Plan, which aims to respond to major global challenges: from decarbonisation to the development of renewable energy, from circular economy and energy efficiency, moving on to the safeguarding of natural resources, to valuing people.

For this reason, Iren Group’s strategy is based on the analysis of the macroeconomic, financial, energy and climate context and scenarios in the short, medium and long term to identify the factors that may be important for its business from a competitive, sustainable, regulatory and normative point of view and that may affect the pursuit of its growth targets. In the Business Plan, 12.7 billion in investments are planned until 2030 of which 80% for sustainability.

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Sustainability governance

Iren Group’s governance is based on shared rules that inspire and direct strategies and activities. The instruments adopted guarantee respect for ethical values, principles and behaviours within an industrial model that plans for sustainable growth.

In order to ensure consistency between behaviours and strategies, the Group has adopted a corporate governance model based on the division of responsibilities and on a balanced relationship between management and control, which guarantees that risks and opportunities are duly taken into account in the decision-making processes and contributes to spreading the corporate culture at all levels and enhancing skills.

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Stakeholder engagement

Iren Group is committed to managing its activities considering the interests of its stakeholders, with the understanding that shared goals are essential to creating mutual value.

Dialogue and discussion with stakeholders are key to addressing and outlining growth strategies that produce increasingly sustainable impacts for the local area and the country as a whole, gathering the present and future needs of stakeholders.

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Sustainability Reports

Consolidated Non-Financial Statement (NFS)

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The latest Report

The Sustainability Report (Non-financial consolidated report pursuant to Legislative Decree no. 254/2016) is the instrument used by Iren to monitor and publicise the Group's environmental, social and economic strategies and performance, to transparently communicate compliance with the commitments undertaken, future commitments and ability to meet stakeholder expectations.

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Riconoscimenti

Top Employer

Top Employer certification awarded of corporate excellence in HR policies and strategies and their implementation to contribute to people's well-being, improve the work environment and the world of work.

Bloomberg Gender-Equality Index (GEI)

Iren Group was included in the Bloomberg Gender-Equality Index (GEI), the international index that measures gender equality in companies on the basis of five pillars: female leadership and internal talent pipeline, gender pay equity, inclusive culture, anti sexual harassment policies and corporate brand perception in terms of support for women.

HFC (Health Friendly Company)

Awarding, for the two-year period 2023-2024, of the HFC (Health Friendly Company) label by the ONDA Foundation, National Observatory on Women’s and Gender Health. The label recognises the company’s commitment to protecting the health and well-being of its people, by including it in a training programme of welfare policy strengthening.

Smau Innovation Award 2023

Smau Innovation Award 2023 to the Iren4Planet service that allows customers to calculate their environmental impact, based on consumption, habits and spending behaviour, and receive suggestions to reduce their carbon footprint.

Best in Media Communication

Best in Media Communication certification (for the third consecutive year): recognition for the work done to measure the impact of corporate communication, taking into account the positioning in the media and the quality of the relationships established with journalists. Special award to the Iren “Planets B” project to raise awareness for the green transition of our planet.

Aretè

Aretè Award in the Corporate Communication category, awarded at the CSR and Social Innovation Show, for the originality of the Iren campaign “I Capolavori del Climate Change” (The Masterpieces of Climate Change), the initiative to raise awareness of the risks of global warming.

Luci & Ombre/SOUL

Luci & Ombre/SOUL Award to the short f ilm “La tribù delle luci” (The Tribe of Lights), awarded by the Wood Film Fest 2023 - a festival dedicated to themes such as ecology, climate and the preservation of our planet -, for the union of the topic of light and shadows between respect for nature and return to sociality.

55° Key Award & 10° Radio Key Award

Award for the campaign “È possibile con Iren” (It is possible with Iren), as part of the 55th Key Award & 10th Radio Key Award. The award, given in the Automotive & Energy category, emphasises the company’s ability to distinguish itself in a competitive and constantly evolving area, and its willingness to position itself as a one-stop supplier capable of responding to every need for the individual, the home and the family.

RICREA

RICREA (National Consortium for the Recycling and Recovery of Steel Packaging) awarded ACAM Ambiente for its commitment and results achieved in the sorted waste collection of steel packaging in the municipality of La Spezia.

ARERA

ARERA awarded Ireti and Iren Acqua for their technical quality performance in the two-year period 2020-2021. Ireti was placed in a position of absolute excellence in the global ranking of the best national operators, in particular for the services provided in the Emilia-Romagna territories, while Iren Acqua was ranked 1st for the improvement of the indicator related to the adequacy of the sewerage system (M4).