To ensure that in addition to economic considerations, social and environmental
matters linked with the company’s business are also taken into account, specific
bodies and departments have been specifically established within the Group Corporate
Centre.
The responsibility on a Group level with regards to sustainability lies with
the General Manager and Chief Financial Officer (CFO), who implements the strategies defined by the Board of Directors of the
Parent Company, establishing the basic guidelines. He also chairs the Sustainability
Committee and the CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) Committee for Italy, as
described below.
The Sustainability Committee is the decision-making body competent on a Group level on all matters concerning
sustainability. This Committee shall define social-environmental policies, establish
objectives and results to be achieved and assess opportunities, risks and areas
for improvement in relation to Group sustainability. It consists of the managers
on a Group level of the company departments most involved in implementing social
and environmental policies and representatives of all countries in which the Group
operates directly, involved in the implementation of social and environmental
policies and preparing the Sustainability Report.
The Committee meets twice a year to analyse the results published in the Sustainability
Report and to compare notes on the level of achievement of the established objectives,
the difficulties encountered and any unresolved problems.
In order to improve the organisation and coordination of work in the social-environmental
field, on a national level, operational governance bodies are established referred
to as CSR Committees. These Committees interface on the one hand with the Sustainability Committee,
in order to ensure coordination of initiatives and to encourage the transfer of
local best practices to an international level and, on the other, with the local
Group companies, with a view to implementing the decisions taken by the Corporate
Centre and duly implement them.
The CSR Committees are chaired by a member of the local Top Management and involve
the Corporate Social Responsibility Manager and the managers of the company departments
most involved in the implementation of social and environmental policies.
They meet at least twice a year to assess the social and environmental performance
indicators chosen on a national level, to verify the results achieved and to seek
solutions to any problems or critical issues that may have arisen.
The Environmental Management System Committee (EMS) is the operational body assigned the responsibility for achieving the
Group’s environmental objectives. It consists of the representative of the Group
EMS and representatives of the EMSs of the individual countries involved in the
project. It aims to implement a management system in the Group for the most important
environmental aspects linked to the company’s business. More information is provided
on this Committee in the chapter Social-environmental Stakeholders - Environment.
The coordination of all activities concerning sustainability, both within the
Group and with regards to the market, lies with the Group Corporate Social Responsibility department, consisting of seven people reporting directly to the General Manager and CFO.
The unit also helps promote the adoption of ethical conduct by the various Group
stakeholders and, more generally, to spread awareness of sustainability. Finally,
it is also responsible for reporting on social and environmental aspects: to this
end, it collects data and drafts and publishes the Sustainability Report, which
is included under the scope of Financial Reporting.
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