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Web Content Article · written-by Davide Donnarumma on-date Jan 17, 2023 10:53 AM
We have 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...
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Web Content Article · written-by Davide Donnarumma on-date Jan 17, 2023 10:35 AM
We have 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...
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Web Content Article · written-by Palvi Andrea Tonziello on-date Jan 16, 2023 5:19 PM
SI HERA OVERVIEW Investment case Achievement of previous plans TRACK RECORD EBITDA M&A Investments Dividend Shared value Latest presentations Analyst presentation Q3 2022 Analyst presentation Q1...
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Web Content Article · written-by Palvi Andrea Tonziello on-date Jan 16, 2023 12:31 PM
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Web Content Article · written-by Davide Donnarumma on-date Jan 19, 2023 3:57 PM
During 2023 AGM, financial results as at 31/12/2022 will be approved and major fiscal year events will be presented to shareholders, with a special focus on CSR and creation of shared value key...
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Web Content Article · written-by Palvi Andrea Tonziello on-date Jan 19, 2023 4:01 PM
The meeting of the BoD to approve ad interim results as at 30 June 2023 will be held on 26 July 2023. The BoD will meet in Bologna - Viale Berti Pichat 2/4 40127 Bologna. A press release on the...
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Web Content Article · written-by Palvi Andrea Tonziello on-date Jan 19, 2023 3:59 PM
The meeting of the BoD to approve ad interim results as at 31 March 2023 will be held on 10 May 2023. The Board of Directors, as communicated for the previous financial year and in line with the...
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Web Content Article · written-by Palvi Andrea Tonziello on-date May 10, 2023 5:46 PM
The Conference will bring together key industry leaders and policymakers for insightful and provocative debates on the prospects for a European response to the US IRA. Hera's senior management will...
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Web Content Article · written-by Palvi Andrea Tonziello on-date May 10, 2023 5:48 PM
Hera's senior management attends the Mediobanca's financial event, where the major Italian companies will have the opportunity to present their business to national and international funds, both...
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Web Content Article · written-by Palvi Andrea Tonziello on-date Jan 16, 2023 10:48 AM
The meeting of the BoD to approve the Business Plan 2022-2026 will be held on February 08, 2023. The BoD will meet in Hera’s headquarters located in Viale Berti Pichat 2/4 in Bologna. A press...
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Web Content Article · written-by Palvi Andrea Tonziello on-date Jan 19, 2023 4:03 PM
The meeting of the BoD to approve ad interim results as at 30 September 2023 will be held on 8 November 2023. The Board of Directors, as communicated for the previous financial year and in line...
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Web Content Article · written-by Palvi Andrea Tonziello on-date May 10, 2023 5:43 PM
Hera's senior management attends the Italian Investment conference organized by Unicredit, in partnership with Kepler Cheuvreux. The conference, organized at the Milan headquarter of Unicredit, is...
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Web Content Article · written-by Palvi Andrea Tonziello on-date Jan 19, 2023 3:55 PM
The meeting of the BoD to approve the Financial Results as at 31/12/2022 will be held on 21 March 2023. The BoD will meet in Bologna, Viale Berti Pichat 2/4 40127 Bologna. A press release on the...
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Web Content Article · written-by Palvi Andrea Tonziello on-date Jan 9, 2023 12:01 PM
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Web Content Article · written-by Palvi Andrea Tonziello on-date Jan 9, 2023 10:28 AM
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Web Content Article · written-by Palvi Andrea Tonziello on-date Dec 29, 2022 4:53 PM
Following the press release issued on 29th November 2022, the Hera Group and the Ascopiave Group here in announce that they have signed the contract deliverables governing the acquisition of 92% of...
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Web Content Article · written-by Palvi Andrea Tonziello on-date Dec 29, 2022 2:26 PM
2022-12-29 Following the press release issued on 29th November 2022, the Hera Group and the Ascopiave Group herein announce that today they have signed the contract deliverables governing the...
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Web Content Article · written-by Palvi Andrea Tonziello on-date Aug 31, 2023 10:21 AM
Following its recent reconfirmation for the third consecutive year in the Dow Jones Sustainability Index, World and Europe, the Hera Group once again ranks among the most internationally focused on...
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Web Content Article · written-by Palvi Andrea Tonziello on-date Dec 19, 2022 12:05 PM
We once again rank among the companies that pay the most attention to sustainability and ESG aspects internationally. Our latest ESG Evaluation, carried out by the Sustainable Finance analysts of...
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Web Content Article · written-by Palvi Andrea Tonziello on-date Dec 19, 2022 11:58 AM
We once again rank among the companies that pay the most attention to sustainability and ESG aspects internationally. Our latest ESG Evaluation, carried out by the Sustainable Finance analysts of...
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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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