Sustainability

Environmental protection, pursued through an improvement in the environmental efficiency of processes and adequate pollution prevention, is interpreted and developed within our Group in a consistent, systemic manner with respect to the safe performance of our operations.

The management of water is centred on the minimization of withdrawals and the reuse of process water. Under given conditions, even the water recovered from the safety and decontamination activities are reused at the production sites.
 
Atmospheric emissions are primarily minimised by increasing the use of lowcarbon and low-sulphur fuels and carrying out specific activities aimed at lowering and controlling emissions. Investments in the thermoelectric sector have also enabled old generation plants to be replaced with new, more efficient facilities both from a technological and environmental perspective.

Prevention and protection operations performed on the topsoil and subsoil are performed on the basis of plans focusing on: analysis and assessment of new projects, restoration operations, environmental characterization and safety activities.