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Working on the front line with the United Nations
In 2004 we joined the United Nations Global Compact. For each year that has passed, our commitment and our investment have become greater. Today we are involved in 4 of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals – and our work is contributing to social, economic, and environmental sustainability.
01.
Sustainability
Using our business to leverage social, environmental, and economic progress
Producing clean energy with renewable sources is just the first step on our path towards a new sustainable model of development, construction, and operation of our plants.
Each day, we work to create shared value in the contexts we are part of. We aim to combine the pursuit of our industrial goals with a concrete contribution to the socio-economic development of the area. And by building strong and positive relationships we achieve long-term and sustainable results.
Letter to Stakeholders
Our sustainable business model enables us to meet the new challenges of the energy transition
Circular Economy
From repurposing power plants to changing the way we design our products and services for cities, the circular economy model has become an integrated part of our business strategy.
2020 Sustainability Report
With a long-term and sustainable approach to our role as an enabler, we have been able to create shared value for our customers, the communities where we operate, and our shareholders.
2020-2022 Sustainability Plan
This plan guides our way towards sustainable long-term development by embracing and accelerating the energy transition. It uses new technologies, energies, and ideas to meet the needs of a fast changing society.
02.
Innovation
Cultivating technologies to evolve the way energy is sourced, distributed, and consumed
Beyond technology itself, innovation centers on a widespread cultural change that facilitates a new way of relating to the world.
For this reason, we speak about Open Innovation. This opens up to the outside world, to industrial partners, universities, research centers, startups and, last but not least, to colleagues and customers.
The outcome is a desirable ecosystem where cross-contamination is encouraged and allows us to work closer together – to devise innovative solutions that meet society’s changing needs.
Innovation Hubs
These hubs are not merely observation points, but active collectors and incubators of problem-solving ideas. They allow us to pinpoint and accelerate innovation in the places and communities where they are taking place.
Open Innovability
We use this approach to give all of our stakeholders a voice, both within and outside the company. This is why the Open Innovability crowdsourcing platform allows anyone to propose sustainable innovation projects – or solutions – to the challenges we need to tackle.
03.
Energy Transition and Electrification
Driving the change towards a sustainable energy system
As the global leader in the energy sector, we are driving the transition towards a more sustainable system, which is essential to the future of the planet. We are doing so by accelerating the production of renewable energies all over the world, setting increasingly ambitious targets and implementing our strategy of decarbonization and electrification.
Electrification
Electricity produced from renewable sources represents the most efficient and cost-effective solution for driving the energy transition.
Find out more about the benefits of electrification
Green hydrogen
With green hydrogen, obtained by electrolysis powered by 100% renewable sources, for the decarbonization of heavy industry, aviation and shipping.
Find out more about Enel’s commitment to developing green hydrogen
04.
Open Power
The strategy we use to accelerate transformation
To make real impact on the world’s growing energy issues, we must multiply the effects of the progress that has already been made.
For this reason, we are providing more services to more people in more countries – powering local economies and expanding energy access wherever we can.
Openness plays a key role in our strategic and operational approach, and it helps us tackle the challenges involved in energy transition. We believe these challenges can be overcome through innovation, sustainability, and collaboration.
Ideas for the future
Ideas for the future is a series of digital events in which experts from Enel, the world of business and academia talk about innovative ideas that will help empower sustainable progress.
#AsktheProfessor
Answers to the most important challenges for the future of the planet from professors at some of the world’s top universities.
Racing for e-Mobility
By powering both ABB FIA Formula E and FIM Enel MotoE motorsport events, Enel is able to develop the technologies that are now revolutionizing e-mobility across the world.
PlayEnergy
The competition for young adults between the ages of 14 and 20 promoted by Enel in order to stimulate creativity and scientific thinking. The winners will get to go to the Campus Party.