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2023-02-07 This year, once again, Hera has received the Gold Class from the rating agency responsible for the Sustainability Awards. This important recognition highlights the Group’s ability to safeguard resources and create value for its stakeholders. With the publication of the 2023 Sustainability Yearbook – the report containing the analyses carried out to gain access the Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI) – the Hera Group has been awarded S&P Global’s Gold Class for the third consecutive year. This is the highest recognition for companies listed in the Dow Jones Sustainability Index, in which the Group confirmed its position as sector leader for the 3rd year in a row. In the most recent edition of the authoritative DJSI international stock market index, which evaluates listed companies on the basis of ESG factors, Hera ranked first internationally in its sector (Multi-utility & Water), with a score of 90/100 compared to a sector average of 34/100, calculated based on the three areas analysed: Environment, Social and Governance. A focus on sustainable development and creating value for the areas and communities served is a commitment and a responsibility that the Hera Group has taken on since it was established in 2002, with the aim of guaranteeing quality and continuity in essential services for citizens and return value to all stakeholders. The Group’s approach to sustainability, its mission and its purpose – which in 2021 became an integral part of its Articles of Association – indicate the direction in which Hera intends to continue, in line with the objectives of the United Nations 2030 agenda and with the creation of shared value in three main areas: energy, environment, local areas (and enterprises). From reducing climate-changing emissions to promoting renewable energy, without forgetting the sustainable use of water resources, the circular economy and plastics recycling, as well as protocols on human rights, diversity and inclusion: for the Hera Group, economic growth and sustainable development go hand in hand, to encourage a just transition and accompany the areas served along the path to responsible and valuable change. The S&P Global Sustainability Yearbook 2023 gold class comes alongside other recent awards that the Hera Group has received for its labour policies and diversity enhancement, including Top Employer certification and inclusion in the Bloomberg Gender Equality Index. 20230207 cs_Hera awarded 2023 Sustainability Gold Class by S&P Global.pdf 14:50:00 Nuova_Palazzina_110x150.1533218221.jpg See the press release Nuova_Palazzina_110x150.1533218221.jpg

2023-01-31 Hera has been included for the fourth year in a row in the international index that assesses outstanding companies for their policies relating to gender equality, diversity and inclusion. Always concerned with implementing policies concerning gender equality and enhancing diversity in the workplace, in 2023 as well the Hera Group has been counted among the most inclusive companies worldwide. Today, only a few weeks after being granted its 14th Top Employers certification for outstanding human resource management, the Group was confirmed – for the fourth consecutive year – as part of the Bloomberg Gender-Equality Index, which analyses the performance of companies engaged in supporting gender equality by developing dedicated active policies and transparency in communicating information. In the 2023 edition, which includes 484 listed companies, based in over 45 countries, selected out of more than 11,700 businesses, Hera confirmed its results in all areas under analysis with an overall score of 80.1%, above the Italian average (78.27%). The Group stood out in particular for equal pay, an inclusive culture and harassment prevention. This important result confirms the Hera Group’s desire to keep valorising the uniqueness of people in a working context highly exposed to change, constantly committing itself to promoting and creating fair and inclusive workplaces, thanks to the development of dedicated policies and projects. This path stretches quite far into the past and has been enriched over time, starting with the signing of the Charter for equal opportunities and equality in the workplace in 2009 and the introduction – as early as 2011 – of the figure of the Diversity Manager who undertakes to promote the enhancement of diversity inside and outside the company, with dedicated awareness-raising initiatives. As further proof of the attention the Group pays to diversity enhancement policies, it has been included for some time in the Refinitiv “Diversity & Inclusion Index” and, boasting a position of global leadership in its sector, in the Dow Jones Sustainability Index, World and Europe. 20230131_Hera Group in the 2023 Bloomberg Gender-Equality Index.pdf 13:21:00 Nuova_Palazzina_110x150.1533218221.jpg See the press release Nuova_Palazzina_110x150.1533218221.jpg

2023-01-24 In accordance with art. 2.6.2 (Required Reporting) of the “Rules of the markets organised and managed by Borsa Italiana S.p.A.", please find below our annual calendar of corporate events: 21 March 2023 – Meeting of the Board of Directors to approve the previous year’s preliminary financial statements. 27 April 2023 – Shareholders’ Meeting to approve the previous year’s financial statements. 10 May 2023 – Meeting of the Board of Directors to approve additional financial information for the period ending on 31 March 2023. 26 July 2023 – Meeting of the Board of Directors to approve the half-year financial report as at 30 June 2023. 8 November 2023 – Meeting of the Board of Directors to approve additional financial information for the period ending on 30 September 2023. The Board of Directors, as communicated for the previous financial year and in line with the past, in order to guarantee regularity in the information provided to the financial market and investors, has decided to continue preparing and publishing this information quarterly, on a voluntary basis and in line with current regulations. (*) barring changes 20230124 HERA CALENDAR OF CORPORATE EVENTS 2023.pdf 12:32:00 Nuova_Palazzina_110x150.1533218221.jpg See the press release Nuova_Palazzina_110x150.1533218221.jpg

2023-01-17 Early 2023 sees Hera confirmed among the best companies in human resource management, thanks in particular to substantial investments in welfare, training and skills development. “It is in challenging times that excellence comes to the fore”, comments David Plink, CEO of the Top Employers Institute, while granting the Top Employers 2023 certification, one of the main international awards for companies that meet high standards in human resource management. This reflection sums up the complex events seen over the last two years, which have caused considerable instability for many companies. This is not the case for the Hera Group, which has been certified as a Top Employer for the 14th consecutive time, standing out for its job policies and ranking among the top 3 in Italy out of 1,600 companies analysed. The well-being of people, training, professional growth and transformation of skills are the main strengths that have allowed Hera to receive this prestigious award. It was conferred by the Institute based in Holland, a global body certifying corporate excellence in the HR field, after a close analysis that becomes increasingly selective every year and concerns specific parameters such as adequate salaries, working conditions, career opportunities, corporate culture, training and people development. With its pioneering vision, concrete decisions and increasing investments in human resources and training, Hera continues to take on the challenges of change, aiming at developing new skills and competencies. In this sense, a central role is played by HerAcademy, the corporate University founded precisely with the desire to generate new knowledge in response to the trends seen in the context, including an ongoing debate on current issues and collaborations with major national and international institutions. All training activities for Hera’s over 9,000 employees fall within this scope, so that continuous learning and people development are at the heart of the strategy, in line with the growing demand for profiles capable of overcoming the challenges of the transitions currently underway (digital, energy and environmental). In 2022 alone, 97% of the corporate population, including the most operational ones, attended training courses, totalling approximately 270 thousand hours, or roughly 30 hours of training per capita, well above the sector average. In line with this same vision, and above all as a response to the challenge of the energy transition, the Hera Group has also launched a major talent acquisition campaign throughout Italy in recent months. The goal is to select and train, in collaboration with ManpowerGroup, 300 new resources with technical and operational profiles and include them, within 2023, in the Group’s various companies and in supplier companies. Training and valorising people is all the more effective when it is accompanied by the well-being and professional satisfaction of workers. The Hera Group is well aware of this and, even when faced by the complex events we are currently experiencing, it continues to insist on safety, productivity and quality of work, as is demonstrated by the recent renewal of the supplementary corporate contract for 2022-2024. In addition to significant investments in the welfare plan, to make the working and family spheres more compatible, the new contract provides, for example, for the introduction of measures in favour of pregnant workers, parents with children up to 6 years of age and those assisting elderly parents, without forgetting Hera’s initiatives in favour of gender policies. “This year as well, being recognized by the Top Employers Institute as one of the best companies for our personnel policies fills us with pride”, comments the Executive Chairman of the Hera Group, Tomaso Tommasi di Vignano. “Reaching this goal encourages us to do even better, ever more convinced that enhancing the people of the Group and continuing to invest in their professional growth, making them an integral part of the transformations of our time, also guarantees corporate solidity, quality in the services we provide and positive repercussions for the local areas served.” PR Hera Top Employer for the 14th time.pdf 10:51:00 Nuova_Palazzina_110x150.1533218221.jpg See the press release Nuova_Palazzina_110x150.1533218221.jpg