Sustainability

The 2018 Consolidated Non-financial statement was drawn up in compliance with the "GRI sustainability reporting standards 2016" published by the GRI (Global Reporting Initiative) according to the «Core» option, and includes the information required by the GRI-G4 "Electric Utilities Sector Disclosures", specifically for companies in the utilities sector.

The connecting matrix between the material themes identified and the reporting elements, as well as the list of standard GRI indicators for full reporting is available in the "Content Index" section of this document. In drawing up the NFS, reference was also made to the European Commission's "Guidelines for the communication of non-financial information".

Genoa, 4 February 2019 – ERG ranked 16th place in the "Corporate Knights Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations in the World Index" published by the Canadian company Corporate Knights. With a score of 75.39%, ERG is the leading Italian company, as well as the only one included among the Top 50.

The selection considered publicly-listed companies from all over the world with gross revenues of at least 1 billion US$, evaluated preliminarily based on four screens (sustainability reporting, financial soundness, category of products sold and financial sanctions incurred) and, subsequently, on an additional 21 indicators, specific to each industry, pertaining to the management of natural resources, employee management, clean revenues and supplier performance.