Targets assigned to sustainability issues GRI - G4: 51, 53, 71, LA11

The tool that transformed our way of thinking about the intranet space: from repository of information to a veritable digital workplace. Today, the Group’s intranet is a space for information and raising awareness for all Snam’s employees, but also a forum for knowledge-sharing and development. Indeed, the portal includes thematic sections of interest across the entire company and reaches all employees in real time (including via remote connections) with news, the launch of projects and initiatives, innovations and analyses. It also provides the “let’s work together” space, which employees working in teams can use to exchange work documents, share opinions and view notices regarding the working group, all in real time.

This is an initiative that aims to widely disseminate the Group’s corporate values and strategies and to promote discussion of themes, problems and solutions related to the individual organisational units. In 2015, more than 5,000 employees, representing 82% of the Group’s total workforce, participated in this initiative. Approximately 250 meetings took place at company sites located throughout the country: this made it possible to reach, once again, every centre, every operating hub, every district and every station, every one of the Group’s organisational structures.

To engage all of its people, Snam also creates and uses paper publications: from the “Energie” house organ to the “Objective Safety News” newsletter, brochures on useful topics and posters. The “Energie” magazine, which is sent to all employees, covered the evolution and changes impacting the entire company in 2015 and, through the “Speciali di Energie” supplement, provided readers with detailed information of particular relevance for Snam’s people (e.g., the Workplace Health Promotion Programme). Posters, flyers and roller banners are also distributed to the local company offices to convey images, reminders and slogans and call attention to initiatives and news (e.g., new intranet), opportunities (e.g., summer trips for employees’ children) and important topics (e.g., workplace safety).

In 2015, the number of videos posted on the intranet and projected during meetings and conventions continued to rise exponentially. Animation, videos and infographics have been particularly effective tools for communicating innovations and raising awareness on specific topics, to transmit company experiences in a more intimate manner and to share company strategies.

During the year, several meetings dedicated to the management (executives and managers) were organised, which also included a residential model aiming to boost meeting participation and strengthen team spirit. These meetings created specific opportunities to reflect on key events in business operations, and to ensure adequate information and constant involvement and assumption of responsibility with regard to corporate strategies and objectives.