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Web Content Article · written-by LUCIA ALGISI on-date Feb 16, 2024 3:19 PM
Hera in the Top 1% of S&P Global CSA Score banner_227x350_global_corporate_sustainability_assessment_csa_score_2023_EN.png...
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Web Content Article · written-by LUCIA ALGISI on-date Feb 16, 2024 2:53 PM
Hera Top Employer for the 15th Consecutive Year banner_227x350_top_employer_EN.png banner_227x350_top_employer_EN.png The company reaffirms, once again in 2024, its position among the best...
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Web Content Article · written-by ELENA FARRE on-date Feb 13, 2024 3:37 PM
Sì 2024 Hera Top Employer for the 15th Consecutive Year The company reaffirms, once again in 2024, its position among the best performers in human resources management, thanks to substantial...
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Web Content Article · written-by LUCIA ALGISI on-date Feb 14, 2024 11:49 AM
We have been confirmed among Europe’s leading companies for our commitment and transparency in the fight against climate change. It achieved an “A-” score in the assessment drawn up by CDP...
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Web Content Article · written-by ELENA FARRE on-date Feb 12, 2024 6:29 PM
2024-02-13 The Group achieved the leadership band in the CDP questionnaire and was included among “TOP 1%” Multi and Water Utilities of the S&P Global’s Sustainability Yearbook 2024. These...
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Web Content Article · written-by ELENA FARRE on-date Feb 6, 2024 2:42 PM
Today, the Hera Group, through its subsidiary Hera Comm, was definitively awarded 7 lots (the maximum number allowed, out of the 26 into which the country is divided) in the national tender called...
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Web Content Article · written-by ELENA FARRE on-date Feb 6, 2024 11:39 AM
2024-02-06 With the 7 lots awarded in the tender for the Gradual Protection Service for non-vulnerable household customers, the Hera Group consolidates its position as the sector’s third largest...
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Web Content Article · written-by ELENA FARRE on-date Jan 25, 2024 3:55 PM
We are top multi-utility worldwide in the Dow Jones Sustainability Index img_down_jones-rev.jpg For the third year in a row, we have been confirmed as world leader in the Multi-Utility & Water...
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Web Content Article · written-by ELENA FARRE on-date Jan 25, 2024 3:51 PM
We are in the Top 10 of the Diversity & Inclusion Index img_refinitiv_rev.jpg In the international ranking of Refinitiv’s 2022 “Diversity & Inclusion Index”, we are included in the TOP10 globally,...
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Web Content Article · written-by THOMAS CECCONI on-date Jan 25, 2024 3:16 PM
The Hera Group has further strengthened its Italian leadership in the waste management sector, particularly in industrial waste treatment, thanks to the binding agreement signed today by its...
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Web Content Article · written-by LUCIA ALGISI on-date Jan 25, 2024 2:07 PM
2024-01-25 With the acquisition of 70% of the Piacenza-based company, the Group reinforces its leadership in the waste management sector. This transaction, at full capacity, is expected to...
Comunicati stampa: M&A Hera Spa Other press releases -
Web Content Article · written-by LUCIA ALGISI on-date Jan 24, 2024 12:34 PM
Business Plan to 2027, operating and financial highlights 2027 Ebitda: 1.650 billion euro (+27% compared to 2022) Five-year investments at 4.4 billion euro Increased return on net invested capital,...
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Web Content Article · written-by THOMAS CECCONI on-date Jan 24, 2024 12:09 PM
2024-01-24 Development, resilience and creating shared value for stakeholders are at the heart of the Group’s new strategic document, which foresees investments totalling 4.4 billion to speed up...
Comunicati stampa: Price sensitive Financial Results Hera Spa Other press releases -
Web Content Article · written-by ELENA FARRE on-date Jan 22, 2024 6:03 PM
SI Business plan to 2027 Go to site NO No Sinistra
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Web Content Article · written-by LUCIA ALGISI on-date Jan 19, 2024 2:43 PM
2024-01-22 Corporate events (*) 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...
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Web Content Article · written-by LUCIA ALGISI on-date Jan 19, 2024 4:56 PM
The meeting of the BoD to approve ad interim results as at 31 March 2024 will be held on 14 May 2024. 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 LUCIA ALGISI on-date Jan 19, 2024 5:10 PM
The meeting of the BoD to approve ad interim results as at 30 September 2024 will be held on 13 November 2024. The Board of Directors, as communicated for the previous financial year and in line...
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Web Content Article · written-by LUCIA ALGISI on-date Jan 19, 2024 5:03 PM
The meeting of the BoD to approve ad interim results as at 30 June 2024 will be held on 31 July 2024. 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 LUCIA ALGISI on-date Jan 19, 2024 4:50 PM
The meeting of the BoD to approve the Financial Results as at 31.12.2023 will be held on 26 March 2024. 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 ELENA FARRE on-date Jan 18, 2024 3:39 PM
We are certified Top Employer for the 15th year in a row, ranking among the top three Italian companies, standing out for employment policies. Awarded by the Dutch Top Employers Institute, a global...
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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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