Our impact on the community

We are committed to transforming these impacts into development opportunities for our Group and our stakeholders.

68%
Energy produced from renewable sources*
ABOUT 200,300 t
OF CO2 SAVED THANKS TO THE GENERATION OF ELECTRICITY FROM RENEWABLE SOURCES *
4,300 t
OF CO2 AVOIDED THANKS TO ENERGY EFFICIENCY INTERVENTIONS**
20,207 kNm3
OF BIOGAS RECOVERED FOR THE PRODUCTION OF ENERGY
36
GWh
OF ENERGY PRODUCED FROM BIOGAS
36,976 t
OF QUALITY COMPOST PRODUCED

Water houses

165
water houses in the Acea Ato 2, Gori and AdF territories
38,7 mln litres
distributed by the water houses
774 t
plastic saved per year
over 2,000 t
CO2 not released into the atmosphere

Data as at 31 December 2022
(*) including PV facilities belonging to the investee company not fully consolidated (AE Sun Capital).
(**) in the Water Services and Environment sectors and in Areti

Our commitment is focused mainly on three areas:

  • actions to combat climate change, enhancing the resilience of infrastructures and undertaking energy efficiency initiatives, with a view to increasing the production of electricity from renewable sources (solar energy in particular) and facilitating the adaptation and mitigation processes;
  • protection of the local community and containment of our impact on the natural environment, by reconciling our company's operations with the conservation of biodiversity and natural habitats;
  • encouraging the efficient use of resources, by promoting models of circular economy.

To ensure the best possible management and monitoring of all processes that are able to generate potentially negative environmental impacts, we decided to encourage the Group's Companies to adopt certified environmental and energy Management Systems (UNI EN ISO 14001 and 50001) and, for other facilities, including waste-to-energy plants, to also under the EMAS scheme. With each cycle the systems set new efficiency goals in environmental and energy management, which are monitored via performance indicators capable of identifying any signs of anomalies at an early stage, allowing us to implement timely corrective actions, thus reducing costs and risks.

Top Utility

In 2023 Acea won the RSE Top Utility Research and Innovation award as part of the Top Utility awards coordinated by Althesys and dedicated to Italian excellence in the public utilities sector. The Acea Group won for its “ability to develop research projects that apply innovative digital and cyber-security technologies to remote control systems of physical infrastructures; develop secure ICT platforms that enable widespread and small-scale utilities to participate in energy flexibility markets; and involve researchers, operators, manufacturers and start-ups in the process of technological innovation”.

Read more in the press release

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