About our Group

 

The distinguishing features that people identify us by 

 

Citizens and customers have always been aware of the vital need for the services we provide to the local area, and they recognise our reliability, competence, and responsibility in managing the business. This confirms and strengthens the "purpose" that directs us and encourages us to strengthen our strong ties with the communities we serve. 

We achieve the best economic results by involving our stakeholders in what we do, keeping sustainability as our guiding principle. This is because our commitment is not only focused on the fair and inclusive growth of the local economy but aims to build a sustainable future together with the communities in which we operate. 

“The Hera Group’s financial solidity enabled us to confirm the important programme of planned investments, which were up by over 16% in the first half of the year compared to 2021 and were aimed at innovating and improving the performance of networks and plants, with a view to ensuring the highest service quality and efficiency at all times. Alongside this, we continue to pursue sustainable and inclusive growth, benefitting communities and local areas.”

Orazio Iacono – CEO of Hera Group

Our values and long-term strategic vision firmly combine a multi-business approach with sustainability, in a constant motion to respond to the needs of a changing world.

The Hera Group confirms its position as one of the top operators among listed companies nationwide, in all the fields in which it operates:

Our strategic guidelines envisage a path of sustainable industrial growth as an essential condition to be able to continue to distribute value to the areas we serve, anticipate and mitigate the risks we will have to face and set the circular economy model as a reference for designing the businesses of the future.

As a recognition of our commitment, we have received many awards in several fields, ranging from the social field such as the Bloomberg Gender-Equality Index and the Diversity & Inclusion Index by Refinitiv, to the environmental field such as the FIRE - Energy Manager Award, which ranks Hera among the Italian companies most capable of promoting the rational use of energy, and CESEF's "Energy Efficiency Award" for the best idea of energy efficiency project in the industrial sector.

Visionaries and pragmatists

We are both visionaries and pragmatists because we adopt resilient and flexible organizational models that take into account both operational and social needs. In our business, the concrete involvement of people is the basis of excellence because we are aware that to achieve long-term positive results, we need everybody's cooperation. 

The creation of shared value is now included in our Articles of Association

We are one of the first companies in Italy to introduce the concept of "Purpose" within our Articles of Association, with a focus on creating shared value. In particular, we have included a further paragraph in Article 3 to clarify our corporate purpose (i.e., the objectives that we aim to achieve in the conduct of our business), thus reaffirming our commitment to sustainability which has characterized the company since its inception.

Our Mission and Values

The Hera Group wants to be the best Italian multi-utility for its customers, workers, and shareholders, by further enhancing an original business model capable of innovation with strong local roots, while respecting the environment. 
 
There are values with which we have always identified, such as integrity, transparency, personal accountability, and consistency, which we put into practice every day with our stakeholders, from collaborators and employees to customers, from institutions and communities to shareholders. These values encourage us to build strong and transparent ties.

Strategy and priorities 

We want to be "activators of the future" also thanks to an integrated strategy that focuses on "shared value": a new perspective that combines business success with benefits for our service area

The three change drivers that shape our business priorities act along the lines of intelligent energy use, resource efficiency, and innovation that contribute to the development of the area.