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Web Content Article · written-by LUCIA ALGISI on-date Feb 9, 2023 4:39 PM
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Web Content Article · written-by LUCIA ALGISI on-date Feb 17, 2023 11:51 AM
SI Shareholders are asked to attend the Extraordinary and Ordinary Shareholders’ Meeting at the head office of Hera S.p.A. - Viale C. Berti Pichat no. 2/4, Bologna – at “Spazio Hera” - on 30...
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Web Content Article on-date Feb 8, 2023 3:45 PM
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Web Content Article · written-by Davide Donnarumma on-date Feb 8, 2023 2:17 PM
Operating and financial highlights 2026 Ebitda: approximately 1.5 billion (+246 million compared to 2021) Total investments amount to over 4.1 billion (+53% compared to the last 5 years) Net...
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Web Content Article · written-by Davide Donnarumma on-date Feb 8, 2023 1:43 PM
2023-02-08 Based on positive preliminary results for 2022, the new five-year Plan builds on the solid foundations of the previous one and is enriched with important projects aimed at promoting the...
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Web Content Article · written-by LUCIA ALGISI on-date Nov 9, 2021 9:30 AM
Interactive 2023 annual report The results of a multi-business strategy and long-term value creation, rising to tomorrow’s challenges today Group 153.png Find out more NO SI GruppoHera Bianco
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Web Content Article · written-by LUCIA ALGISI on-date Jan 25, 2024 11:37 AM
Business Plan 2023 - 2027 Good performances push forward our strategic plan, keeping up with the pace on sustainability mezzaluna_business_plan.png Find out more NO SI GruppoHera Bianco
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Web Content Article · written-by LUCIA ALGISI on-date Jan 24, 2024 5:29 PM
Business Plan 2023 - 2027 Good performances push forward our strategic plan, keeping up with the pace on sustainability mezzaluna_business_plan.png Find out more NO SI GruppoHera Bianco
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Web Content Article · written-by Palvi Andrea Tonziello on-date Feb 9, 2023 12:46 PM
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Web Content Article · written-by Palvi Andrea Tonziello on-date Feb 9, 2023 12:43 PM
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Web Content Article · written-by Davide Donnarumma on-date Dec 29, 2020 4:51 PM
Hera awarded 2023 Sustainability Gold Class by S&P Global img_card_home_yearbook_23.png This year, once again, we have received the Gold Class from the rating agency responsible for the...
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Web Content Article · written-by Davide Donnarumma on-date Feb 1, 2022 2:18 PM
We are in the 2023 Bloomberg Gender-Equality Index img_bloomber_2023_Card_Home.png We have been included for the fourth year in a row in the international index that assesses outstanding companies...
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Web Content Article · written-by Palvi Andrea Tonziello on-date Feb 7, 2023 9:24 AM
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...
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Web Content Article · written-by Palvi Andrea Tonziello on-date Feb 7, 2023 11:46 AM
With the publication of the 2023 Sustainability Yearbook – the report containing the analyses carried out to gain access the Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI) – we have been awarded S&P...
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Web Content Article · written-by Palvi Andrea Tonziello on-date Feb 7, 2023 11:35 AM
With the publication of the 2023 Sustainability Yearbook – the report containing the analyses carried out to gain access the Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI) – we have been awarded S&P...
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Web Content Article · written-by Davide Donnarumma on-date Jan 30, 2023 4:17 PM
Always concerned with implementing policies concerning gender equality and enhancing diversity in the workplace, in 2023 as well we have been counted among the most inclusive companies worldwide....
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Web Content Article · written-by Palvi Andrea Tonziello on-date Jan 30, 2023 11:57 AM
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...
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Web Content Article · written-by Davide Donnarumma on-date Jan 31, 2023 10:09 AM
Always concerned with implementing policies concerning gender equality and enhancing diversity in the workplace, in 2023 as well we have been counted among the most inclusive companies worldwide....
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Web Content Article · written-by Palvi Andrea Tonziello on-date Jan 19, 2023 2:33 PM
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...
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Web Content Article · written-by Palvi Andrea Tonziello on-date Jan 17, 2023 11:29 AM
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...
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Modena's smart purification plant is COSTANCE, the prototype of the purification plant of Granarolo dell'Emilia. Two outstanding examples of sustainable water resource management.
The watchword is innovation. To protect the environment and those who live in it, and to provide quality services.
That's always been our belief. But there's more. We need to add another watchword: resilience, the ability to cope with change. And when we speak of climate change, we have learned that innovation and resilience are inseparable. The most modern technologies allow us, in fact, to face sudden changes, turning to prevention, the ability to predict causes and consequences, acting in advance.
Following this principle, and as the second-ranking Italian operator in terms of volumes of water sold, we have earmarked Euro 830 million for smart technologies in our Business Plan for 2023. In fact, the networks and plants of the water cycle are subjected to increasing stress due to the ongoing climate change, and only our ability to adapt and innovate, has made us an Italian excellence in the industry.
The investments we have made are 20% higher than the Italian average - almost Euro 176 million in 2019 alone – and reaffirm our commitment to a circular and regenerative economy, starting with water.
In particular, by complying with the requests of the United Nations Global Compact on the sustainable management of water resources, we remain committed to continuously innovate the service to achieve its gradual decarbonisation. This happens not only by using only renewable energy but also through energy efficiency projects and optimisation of the processes involved in the treatment.
There are two virtuous examples we are particularly proud of, the Modena treatment plant and that of Granarolo dell'Emilia (Bologna).
THE SMART TREATMENT PLANT IN MODENA
Blue water, clear water. This is the refrain that welcomes to Modena's smart treatment plant. Its new predictive system, unique in Italy, enables us to improve the quality of the water we return to the environment and to further reduce the energy consumption of our wastewater treatment plant.
Here, technological innovation, integrated systems, and efficient use of resources are at the forefront.
The project, developed together with Energy Way (the company that develops mathematical models for the efficient and sustainable development of businesses), created a system capable of controlling the oxidation process, a fundamental phase of the wastewater treatment cycle, anticipating the needs of the plant's activities. In fact, the requirements vary according to the water flow rate and the concentration of organic pollutants. The smart controller anticipates, 30 minutes in advance, the condition of the plant and acts beforehand to avoid the concentration of pollutants or energy peaks.
The pilot project has yielded positive results, which we are proud of. The Modena treatment plant, which can cope with the needs of 500,000 inhabitants, recorded a 16% decrease in energy used in the oxidation process, compared to a traditional control system, and a further 8.1% decrease in the presence of nitrogen in the outgoing water (a parameter already below the regulatory limits).
WELCOME TO CONSTANCE, PROTOTYPE OF THE GRANAROLO DELL’EMILIA TREATMENT PLANT
It's just been born, but it's looking very promising. We are talking about CONSTANCE (COntrollo iNtelligente e geSTione Automatizzata per il trattameNto di aCque rEflue). The system is the fruit of a partnership between Hera Group and ENEA (Ente per le Nuove tecnologie, l'Energia e l'Ambiente), is based on machine learning technologies, and can reduce energy and water treatment plant management costs by more than 30%. The prototype has reached a level 7 technological maturity and is ready for industrialisation; the first tests were successfully carried out in our treatment plant in Granarolo dell'Emilia (Bologna).
CONSTANCE's main innovative feature enables us to remotely manage multiple treatment plants and to estimate in real-time the percentage of pollutants entering the plant, such as nitrogen, reducing them and thus returning cleaner water.
"At Hera, we place technological innovation among the fundamental pillars of our management and development strategy. With this in mind, in 2017 we formed a partnership with ENEA to build projects of common interest," says Franco Fogacci, Water Director of Hera. "The experimental test project of ENEA's CONSTANCE controller at our treatment plant will allow us both to further develop skills, know-how, and transfer new technologies into real applications on an industrial scale, for the benefit of citizens and the environment", he concludes.
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