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Sede Hera It has recently come to the Hera Group’s attention that individuals misrepresenting themselves as Hera Group’s recruiters and managers have contacted people in order to conduct interviews and offer them fraudulent job opportunities within the Hera Group. According to what the victims reported, applicants are invited to conduct an interview using an instant messaging application (e.g. Telegram). After being interviewed, victims are offered jobs, usually in a work-at-home mode, may be required to provide personal or financial data and, in certain cases, to pay upfront for related costs such as job training. Also, false recruiters are using fake email addresses that are not associated with the Hera Group but can look similar (such as “@gruppoherausa.com”). Please be advised that the said interviews/job offers are completely false and are not connected with the Hera Group in any way. The Hera Group DO NOT select personnel through text messaging or e-mail communication alone and NEVER, under any circumstances, request payments of any kind in order for applicants to secure a job. The existing legitimate job opportunities within the Hera Group are available at eng.gruppohera.it under section “Working at Hera Group” - “Available Positions”. If you receive a similar request for an interview/a job offer: DO NOT reply; DO NOT send money; DO NOT disclose personal or financial information; Timely report what happened to the competent authorities; Please keep us informed by writing toinfo@gruppohera.it. We take this matter very seriously and we hope that publishing this information could prevent these scams. We have already reported the facts to the competent authorityseeking the identification and punishment of the impostors. Sede Hera 2019-07-18 Read more Sede Hera It has come to the Hera Group’s attention that individuals misrepresenting themselves as Hera Group’ recruiters and managers have contacted people in order to conduct interviews and offer them fraudulent job opportunities within the Hera Group Sede Hera

top international sports events One such venture has been completed in just twenty days by Regione Emilia-Romagna, APT Servizi Emilia-Romagna, FCI (Italian Cycling Federation), Comitato Organizzatore di Imola2020 (Imola2020 Organising Committee), Enzo e Dino Ferrari Race Circuit of Imola, supported with coordination by CON.AMI and the main sponsor Hera Group. With 2,303 accredited visitors arriving from 70 countries for these World Championships - including teams, staff, professionals and volunteers, authorised personnel and media (200 official journalists from 20 countries) - Italy and the Emilia Romagna region have skilfully demonstrated how it is possible to stage major international sports events in complete safety, despite Covid-19 and the relevant measures imposed to protect public health. As well as the memorable sporting achievements by top athletes and wonderful landscapes featuring the Emilia-Romagna gullies, the 2020 UCI World Cycling Championships of Imola-Emilia Romagna revealed new scenes to hundreds of thousands of TV viewers. “We are very proud of being part of the team that managed to pull off this amazing feat”, commented Hera Group's Executive Chairman, Tomaso Tommasi di Vignano, “and thanks to which the region has received a huge benefit in terms of image and reputation. And we pay our compliments to the champions whose efforts won them the rainbow shirts. The roads on which the race takes place are the very same roads we travel every day to provide our services to citizens and businesses, being fully aware of how important they are for the community, and providing our services with great commitment and dedication. Also on this occasion, we believe we have done a good job, increasing our services to welcome and promote this important event to the best of our abilities.” top international sports events 2019-07-18 Read more top international sports events Hundreds of millions of viewers, 2,303 accredited from 70 countries: the numbers of the 2020 UCI World Championship in Imola, the fastest in history /-/hera-group-s-sustainable-energy-at-the-world-cycling-championships Read news stories dedicated to Hera Group’s sponsorship and the races in the World Cycling Championships top international sports events

World Road Cycling Championships Bike mobility is the most sustainable type of mobility and the Hera Group fully supports it as main sponsor of the World Road Cycling Championships that are to be held in Imola from 24 to 27 September 2020. But the multiutility has developed numerous sustainable mobility projects ranging from charging points for private and company vehicles, to vehicles that travel with biomethane produced from the separate collection of organic waste by citizens, and even garbage collection trucks powered by the vegetable oils collected in the area in which they operate. These are examples that bear witness to a vision of mobilitythat often goes hand in hand with the concept of circular economy, creating virtuous circuits. Try the E-Bike in the Hera area and find out more about e-charging During the World Cycling Championships, the multiutility will be present at the Enzo e Dino Ferrari Race Circuit, where the races start and finish, with an exhibition space to help the public better understand e-mobility through Hera’s products. In the exhibition area, visitors can try the E-Bikes Hera offers, through its business partnerships, and find out more about the electricity and gas deals and its range of e-mobility products. An initiative that has attracted great interest from customers in recent months. It will be possible to cycle electrically, thanks to the bikes distributed, among others, by a company of Castel San Pietro Terme. Hera’s charging points will also be on display in the exhibition area. The environmental services have been improved to ensure the sustainability of the event For the World Cycling Championships, together with the Administration of Imola, Hera has also improved the waste collection and cleaning services along the race routes to keep the city clean and ensure the sustainability of the event. In particular, specific cleaning operations have been planned along the routes of the time trial races and mass start events: sweeping with a driven sweeper and by an operator before the races and manual cleaning, before and after each race (even in the area around the circuit), collecting waste that has been abandoned or thrown on the ground and cleaning out dumpsters. At Imola, in the Circuit area, dumpsters will be unlocked for use by the public that attends the race. From 24 to 27 September, the times of certain waste collection services will differ, due to traffic restrictions. On 24 and 25 September these changes will also be applied in the municipalities of Borgo Tossignano and Casalfiumanese through which the time trial race route passes. Even in Riolo Terme, where the mass start events will be held on 26 and 27 September, as agreed with the municipal administration, Hera has improved the cleaning services before and after the races along the race route roads and in the neighbouring areas, also collecting waste that may be abandoned or thrown on the ground. The times of the dumpster emptying service will change, and door-to-door collection of paper and cardboard on Saturday will also be brought forward. After the World Championships, the roadside along the race route will be cleaned. “This is the first time that our Group has sponsored a high-level sporting event of this kind - said Tomaso Tommasi di Vignano, Executive Chairman of the Hera Group - and we are proud that it will be held in one of the territories that made it possible to found this company and, in a setting, that of the race circuit, that will undoubtedly highlight its importance. The roads on which the race take place are the very same roads we travel every day to provide our services to citizens and businesses, being fully aware of how important they are for the community, and providing our services with great commitment and dedication, with the same effort that these great champions will put into tackling gruelling climbs, giving us an incredible show of perseverance. Much of what we do is invisible, but we try to do our work in the best possible way and on this occasion too we will be at work, as always, every day, improving the services to host the many cycling fans, and helping to make this important event sustainable.” World Road Cycling Championships Press release Hera Group's sustainable energy at the World Cycling Championships 2019-07-18 Read more World Road Cycling Championships The multiutility will be present at the Imola Race Circuit with a space dedicated to e-mobility. The environmental services have been improved to ensure the sustainability of the event https://imola-er2020.it/en/homepage-english/ https://youtu.be/NxOjs3EhhXY Visit the official website Watch the new video World Road Cycling Championships

Firma accordo Fruttagel Circular economy and sustainability are at the heart of the Hera Business Solution protocol, signed today by the Hera Group and Fruttagel, a national leader in the food sector, specialised in the industrial transformation of fresh fruit and vegetables, cereals and beans. Thanks to the Hera Business Solution, a multiservice offer conceived for large companies, the Hera Group will lend its companies’ experience to Fruttagel. The support provided will allow the latter to meet rising and increasingly challenging goals in circularity along its entire production chain, broadening the range of services already provided by the Group and thus allowing it to count on the benefits ensuing from dealing with a single partner. Circular economy, indeed, is a concept often associated only with the waste treatment sector, while actually covering all areas and therefore also concerning the responsible and efficient use of water and energy. Circular economy across the board with Hera Business Solution The Hera Business Solution protocol signed by Hera and Fruttagel is a valid example of an agreement between different sectors of production that aims at providing solutions for both environmental and production issues, fully deserving a place within the circular economy circuit. This collaboration is part of a process already underway with Fruttagel, that uses a few services offered by the Hera Group, for example managing waste, with plans to reduce it and global service solutions to maximise recovery, and the purification plant; supplying drinking water; selling energy and web tools to analyse and manage energy consumption and evaluate its effects; offering data connectivity, internet and data centre services. Now that the Hera Business Solution protocol has been signed, the multi-utility will launch a phase of consulting to draft a monitoring model that covers all Fruttagel’s activities and provides support in reaching environmental sustainability goals in terms of raising consumption efficiency, improving environmental performances and reducing energy and environmental impact. The bar set for these goals will become even higher, owing to the broader range of coordinated services provided by the Hera Group. With the Hera Business Solution, the Hera Group is indeed available as a partner for large industrial groups, with an overall proposal consisting of integrated energy and environmental solutions, sustainable and well-defined for single businesses, taking their own complexity into account. The goal is to set out new opportunities for growth, working alongside companies, to reduce as much as possible costs for the community, the environment and future generations. All of this will involve regenerating natural resources, lengthening the useful life of goods and resources and developing skills for an efficient use of raw materials. The Circular Economy Report, to describe and measure sustainability Measuring and reporting are ever more crucial to remain competitive on the market, in reputational terms as well. In order to present results or previously launched sustainability projects, the Hera Group will lend Fruttagel its consolidated experience in this field, designing and drafting along with this company a report on the sustainability performance reached. The report will be constructed by including indicators concerning the main services acquired/provided, for example recovery in waste managed, greenhouse gasses avoided, renewable energy used and the primary energy saved thanks to efficiency interventions and cogeneration plants. Through these numbers, it will be possible to better analyse these processes and their impact, introduce plans for improvement and transparently report to stakeholders. Firma accordo Fruttagel Press release Hera Fruttagel 2019-07-18 Read more Firma_accordo_Fruttagel_870.1600351273.jpg The two companies have signed the Hera Business Solution protocol for managing integrated waste, drinking water, purification and energy efficiency enhancement services. This multiservice proposal is offered to large companies who wish to reach goals in sustainability, which are measurable and increasingly demanding in various areas, making the most of the skills provided by a single partner Firma accordo Fruttagel