Iren and the Sustainable Development Goals
The Iren Group’s Strategic Plan includes a concrete commitment to the Sustainable Development Goals of the UN 2030 Agenda (SDGs).
A commitment that the Iren Group ensures with 80% of the investments in the 2030 Business Plan dedicated to projects and initiatives that directly impact the SDGs.
Plan guidelines for sustainability
The industrial strategy is strongly integrated with the sustainability strategy, which defines precise medium- and long-term targets. The sustainability strategy is developed according to the guidelines of the ecological transition and the centrality of communities and people and structured in five focus areas: decarbonisation, circular economy, water resources, resilient cities and people.
Ecological transition
Turn toward reducing climate-changing emissions through:
Plant development for waste circularity:
Acceleration of investments on water network and facilities for:
Centrality of communities and people
Solutions to improve the quality of life for cities and communities:
People
Iren Global Goals
Iren Group contributes to sustainable development in line with the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), integrating this commitment into its business model. For the preparation of the Group’s Strategic Plan, an assessment was made of the SDGs to which Iren contributes and can contribute more in the future. All 17 SGDs were analysed, with their relative targets, and the areas of Group activity that contribute to their achievement were identified, enabling the selection of 9 Priority Objectives that were taken on in the Strategic Plan, and are highlighted below, to which Objective 17, considered a tool for achieving the other objectives, is added in a transversal manner.
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Decarbonisation
Circular economy
Water resources
Resilient cities
People
Decarbonisation
Main initiatives:
Indicators
Power generation carbon intensity (Scope 1) (gCO2/kWh)**
Certified renewable electricity purchased (Scope 2) (%)**
Reduction of Scope 3 emissions - Use of sold products (gas) (%)**
Reduction of Scope 3 emissions - Fuel and energy related activities (%)**
Energy saving of production processes (kTep)
Emissions avoided from waste recovery (ktCO2)
2021
323
83%
+8%
+31%
740
1,268
2022
339
52%
-9%
-16%
700
1,390
2023
337
0,6%
-16%
-11%
769
1,423
Target
2024*
317
90%
-8%
-4%
920
1,610
Target
2026*
298
95%
-16%
-8%
1,100
1,740
Target
2030*
176
100%
-25%
-13%
1,740
2,290
* Targets shown as a percentage increase/decrease have 2020 as their base year.
** Progressive growth VS. 2020.
*** On eligible population: executives, middle managers and white collar workers in service for more than 6 months in the year.
**** Progressive percentage on cumulative hires from 2020 on permanent contracts and independent of contracting and internalisation.
Circular economy
Main initiatives:
Indicators
Sorted waste collection (%) - Legacy regions
Sorted waste collection (%) - New regions
Waste recovered in Iren Group plants (kton)
Biomethane produced from biodegradable waste (Mmc)
Wastewater reused (Mmc)
2021
70.3%
68.4%
596
1.8
6
2022
70%
61.1%
836
6
7
2023
71.1%
60.6%
937
9
6
Target
2024*
73.4%
64.5%
1,490
38
13
Target
2026*
74.6%
72.9%
1,670
34
10
Target
2030*
76.2%
75,3%
2,310
44
20
* Targets shown as a percentage increase/decrease have 2020 as their base year.
** Progressive growth VS. 2020.
*** On eligible population: executives, middle managers and white collar workers in service for more than 6 months in the year.
**** Progressive percentage on cumulative hires from 2020 on permanent contracts and independent of contracting and internalisation.
Water resources
Main initiatives:
Indicators
Wastewater plants capacity (k P.E.)
Water withdrawals from the environment (liters/inhabitant/day)
Water network leaks (%)
Network division into small and equal areas (districts) (% on total)
2021
3,525
280
32.6%
60.4%
2022
3,536
268
31.2%
64.3%
2023
3,675
260
30.4%
66.8%
Target
2024*
3,690
278
30.1%
75%
Target
2026*
3,850
265
27%
77%
Target
2030*
3,970
261
20%
90%
* Targets shown as a percentage increase/decrease have 2020 as their base year.
** Progressive growth VS. 2020.
*** On eligible population: executives, middle managers and white collar workers in service for more than 6 months in the year.
**** Progressive percentage on cumulative hires from 2020 on permanent contracts and independent of contracting and internalisation.
Resilient cities
Main initiatives:
Indicators
District heated volumes (Mmc)
Eco-vehicles on total fleet (%)
Green electricity sold to retail clients (GWh)
Energy saving from Iren Group products/services (kTep)
2021
98.8
18%
1,035
206
2022
101
18%
1,652
324
2023
101.4
20%
1,887
367
Target
2024*
108
36%
2,000
420
Target
2026*
105
32%
2,500
500
Target
2030*
116
67%
3,500
700
* Targets shown as a percentage increase/decrease have 2020 as their base year.
** Progressive growth VS. 2020.
*** On eligible population: executives, middle managers and white collar workers in service for more than 6 months in the year.
**** Progressive percentage on cumulative hires from 2020 on permanent contracts and independent of contracting and internalisation.
People
Main initiatives:
Indicators
New hires (N)**
Training hours per capita (N)
Employees evaluated on performance (%)***
Women in managerial roles (%)
Hired under 30 out of total hires (%)****
Accident incidence index (N)
Employees with supplementary healthcare (%)
2021
886
23
53%
22.3%
44%
43.5
74%
2022
+1,291
27
92%
23.4%
60%
47.4
78%
2023
+3,322
23
86%
25.1%
57%
45
72%
Target
2024*
+2,300
26
80%
23.5%
80%
44
90%
Target
2026*
+2,900
27
100%
26.5%
70%
43
93%
Target
2030*
+4,000
30
100%
30%
75%
42
95%
* Targets shown as a percentage increase/decrease have 2020 as their base year.
** Progressive growth VS. 2020.
*** On eligible population: executives, middle managers and white collar workers in service for more than 6 months in the year.
**** Progressive percentage on cumulative hires from 2020 on permanent contracts and independent of contracting and internalisation.
