FOUR IMPACT AREAS
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INNOVATION AND
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ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
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CREATING JOB AND
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RESILIENCE AND ADAPTATION 
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Dissemination of innovative technologies related to the development of smart cities, the creation of network infrastructures, the development of open data and the spread of digitalisation, including through increased investment and skills in R&D. |
Increased investment and incentives to foster entrepreneurship and business development, generating positive impacts for the territory. Development of initiatives to promote employment for the most disadvantaged groups and to foster integration and improve the quality of life of people in economic difficulty. | Creation of new job opportunities and professional growth for workers, through the training of new skills, the dissemination of youth-oriented training initiatives and the implementation of welfare systems. | Increasing the resilience and adaptation of systems and territory to ensure service continuity and resource availability by consolidating the infrastructure of the served areas with smart plants and technologies and sensitive networks. |
The Local area (and Business) driver groups together the actions undertaken by the Group to increase the adaptation of the territories served through an increasingly intelligent and resilient infrastructure, to guarantee the continuity and sustainability of essential supplies, but also to promote the continuous harmonisation of innovation processes, which are accompanied by adequate governance of their economic, environmental and social impacts especially on the digitalisation front.
The Hera Group generates approximately 8% of its EBITDA from "shared value" in relation to innovation and digitalisation.
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