For the seventeenth consecutive year, we are confirmed among the leading organisations for human resources management
We have once again been ranked among the best Italian companies for people management and development policies, obtaining the Top Employer certification for the seventeenth year running.
The award recognises the Hera Group’s strategic commitment to continuous learning and organisational wellbeing, in a landscape where career longevity, talent attraction and generational inclusion are increasingly critical.
With over 10,500 employees, 96% of whom are employed on permanent contracts, we distinguish ourselves through an HR model founded on flexible welfare, 360-degree wellbeing, professional growth, the enhancement of uniqueness and a strong cultural identity. Furthermore, our multi-business nature represents a significant benchmark on the national stage, offering diverse career paths and the opportunity to develop new skills within the same organisation.
For us, continuous training is a cornerstone of its ‘people strategy’: thanks to an annual investment of approximately €15 million, over 97% of employees participate in at least one training initiative, averaging 30 hours per capita. A central role is played by HerAcademy, our corporate university, which aims to support the energy, environmental, digital and technological transitions through innovative programmes and ongoing dialogue with academia.
On the welfare front, we allocate €23 million annually to its Hextra system, which involves 99% of the workforce. The scheme offers, among other opportunities, initiatives for parenting support, health and pension services, and programmes dedicated to psychological and financial wellbeing.
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The Hera Group's engagement in the Global Commitment 2024
The annual report highlights the progress achieved by signatories in combating plastic pollution. Hera is the only Italian company in the sector to sign up to the initiative. It plans to increase the amount of plastic collected and sent for recycling by 2025
The Global Commitment Annual Progress Report 2024, which provides a detailed overview of the progress made by the more than 500 signatories of the Global Commitment in the fight against plastic waste pollution, was presented today.
Launched in 2018 by the Ellen MacArthur Foundation in partnership with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the Global Commitment brings together companies, governments, and NGOs in a concrete effort to promote the transition to a circular economy and innovation in materials and business models, while addressing plastic waste pollution. The signatories to the initiative, including the Hera Group, the only Italian utility company to sign up to it, commit to setting ambitious targets to report on and to publicly report progress annually.
The 2024 Annual Report highlights, among others, the following progress:
- The signatories' efforts have prevented the use of 9.6 million tonnes of virgin plastic since 2018, equivalent to 1 trillion single-use plastic bags.
- For the sixth consecutive year, signatories continued to increase the use of post-consumer recycled plastic (PCR) containers.
- By increasing the use of recycled plastic, the signatories are avoiding the extraction of one barrel of oil every two seconds, eliminating the equivalent of the carbon emissions of a city of almost 750,000 people.
In particular, the Hera Group has committed to increase the following by 2025 (compared to 2017):
- plastic collected in the municipalities served by 30%;
- plastic sorted and sent for recycling in its plants by 50%;
- plastic recycled by Aliplast by 70%.
The Hera Group’s figures at the end of 2023 indicate that the path taken is the right one. With regard to the plastics collected in the municipalities served, the multi-utility reached its 2025 target three years ahead of schedule, also thanks to the contribution of citizens who, in recent years, have improved sorting with a view to recycling.
The Ellen MacArthur Foundation
The Ellen MacArthur Foundation is an international charity whose mission is to accelerate the transition to a circular economy to address some of the greatest challenges of our time, such as climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution from plastic sources. Founded in 2010, the Foundation works with a network of public and private sector actors, as well as academia, to design and build circular economy initiatives and solutions. Since 2017, the Hera Group has taken part in the Foundation's programme.
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Consult the Global Commitment Annual Report 2024
