Bord of Directors
The Board has specific responsibilities in Sustainability Governance. It defines the strategic directions, identifies the medium-to long-term objectives and approves the Sustainability Plan of the Company and the Group.
Commitment to governance
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A structured governance model, dialogic and open to internal and external contexts is essential to integrate sustainability in our business model
Our commitment to governance ranges from the identification of relevant sustainability issues, with the involvement of all stakeholders, to the definition of strategic guidelines and the supervision of ESG performance, to ensure that sustainability principles are integrated into all our operations.
Governance goals and metrics
Meetings of the CEO with the Stakeholder Advisory Board
Capex Alignment to the SDGs
Sustainability structure and governance
We have adopted a procedure for Sustainability Governance with the aim of indicating not only the role of all corporate and managerial bodies involved, but also to outline a model of responsibility in terms of both structural and macro-processes. The structure of Sustainability Governance is based on synergy between the board and management levels and is based on the steering role of the Board of Directors and the focal role of the Control, Risk and Sustainability Committee, as well as on the interaction of the different bodies dedicated to the supervision and management of sustainable development issues.
Control, Risk and Sustainability Committee (CCRS)
The Committee has an instructive and propositive role vis-à-vis the Board of Directors regarding the Internal Control System and Risk Management, and periodic financial and non-financial information.
Executive Committee
The Executive Committee expresses its views, shares the projects and verifies the results obtained by contributing to the identification of the material themes, whose matrix is then approved by the Board of Directors. Together with the Head of Health, Safety Environment & Quality Systems, the Head of Procurement, the EOS Foundation Director and the Head of Corporate Affairs & Governance, he is a member of the Sustainability Management Committee.
Sustainability Management Committee
It is composed of the members of the Executive Committee, the Heads of the Health, Safety Environment & Quality Systems Function, the Procurement Directorate, the Director of the EOS Foundation and the Head of the Corporate Affairs & Governance Directorate. Provides advice and suggestions on the Sustainability Plan and monitors the achievement of ESG objectives, initiates the materiality process, ensures interactions between the company and stakeholders.
Chief Executive Officer
The CEO exercises specific sustainability powers, including proposing to the board of directors the sustainability strategy and targets, overseeing the reporting of ESG performance, and promoting dialogue and engagement with relevant stakeholders.
Sustainability Division
The Sustainability Division aims to guide and develop sustainability at a corporate level in both ordinary business activities and development projects. Supports the Sustainability Management Committee in managing relations with corporate stakeholders.
Definition of the guidelines for the Sustainability Policy
The Stakeholder Advisory Board (SAB) alongside the Chief Executive Officer and the Sustainability Network, which supports the CEO’s Office & Sustainability, play a key role in defining the guidelines for the Sustainability Policy.
Stakeholder Advisory Board (SAB)
The SAB is a committee composed of external members representing the different categories of stakeholders, and which has the objectives to support the company, in addition to the CEO, in identifying the most important sustainability issues including material ones, to focus on challenges and opportunities for Edison and to make recommendations and suggestions on business strategies and developments.
Sustainability Network
The Sustainability Division uses the Sustainability Network, composed of Focal Points appointed by the different areas of the company, in pursuit of the goal of the pervasiveness of sustainability.
Ethical and uncorrupted business
Our culture of integrity is based on the direct commitment of the company’s top management; the latter can rely on an articulated system of tools and policies guided by the principle of "zero tolerance" towards fraud and corruption and the Ethics & Compliance Officer with responsibility for promoting guidelines and guidelines on business ethics and corporate compliance, including the fight against fraud and corruption.
Cybersecurity
While being fully aware that systems and sensible information are key assets, we constantly asset our strategy on cybersecurity and data protection to safeguard employees, clients, suppliers, and the whole value chain.
