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Stakeholder relationships

Snam encourages an ongoing dialogue with its stakeholders through constant and proactive communication via specific instruments and channels and inclusion actions with the aim of developing mutual growth and awareness.

The main issues for the stakeholders’ engagement 2018 were the changes that took place during the year, especially with regard to the expansion towards new businesses, new uses of natural gas and the Company’s international expansion.

Stakeholders (Graphic)

Involvement and sharing

Partners’ Day:
Snam met more than

500

stakeholders

 

Under the scope of the activities carried out with its stakeholders, at the Partners Day held in November in Milan, Snam met more than 500 people, including suppliers, customers, employees, institutions, the financial community and the media. The Chairman of the Board, representatives of the institutions and businesses took part in the initiative, which was an opportunity to debate on innovation and growth.

Four new initiatives were presented: Snamtec, the project aimed at creating the energy company of the future, the Company’s policy with regard to the Social Supply Chain to facilitate the involvement of social companies in the supply chain, the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) supply chain programme to raise awareness among suppliers on their GHG emissions and the new “Snam Up” open innovation platform to share the culture of corporate innovation. Some of the issues dealt with during the discussions were social development policies in the local areas, the role of companies as drivers of growth, digital transformation and network security. A strategic agreement for gas sustainable mobility in Europe was signed with SEAT during the event.

Energy to inspire the world

In 2018 Snam relaunched its brand identity by revamping its logo and the values that will drive its future challenges. The logo, revamped and in line with the purpose “Energy to inspire the world”, remains bound up in Snam’s tradition stressing the characteristic of gas sustainability through the introduction of the green colour. The restyling of the Snam’s brand identity places emphasis on the role of the company in energy transition and its expertise in building infrastructures that supply natural gas. Snam is abreast of a society that is changing and which aspires to improve the lifestyle conditions.

Snam was also a protagonist at the 27th edition of the World Gas Conference held in Washington. The conference, organised by the International Gas Union (IGU), is the most important event of the gas industry at global level, attended by over 10,000 people with more than 600 speakers including representatives of institutions and the top management of major companies in the industry. Snam’s strategic guidelines and future energy scenarios were announced at the event, and the CEO took part in two panel discussions on the European energy market and the skills required for future leaders in the energy industry. The Natural Gas World Atlas was also presented; it is the first gas world atlas, created in collaboration with Libreria Geografica and National Geographic.

For many years Snam has promoted positive experiences with Italian National parks through its “Sustainable Paths” series. This publishing initiative highlights the company’s commitment to the environmental protection and the adoption of best infrastructures construction practices well-established by now and which have always distinguished the way in which the Company operates.

A fifth publication was added to the existing four volumes of the series, which is about the Foreste Casentinesi Park, a national park stretching from Tuscany to the Emilia Romagna region and crossed by a short section made up by two parallel gas pipelines belonging to the core transportation network, importing the gas from North Africa to Italy. Like in the other volumes, the story of the park and its specific geographical, nature, historical and cultural heritage is interwoven with the methods practised by Snam in an area of particular value, which enable vital infrastructures for the country’s energy requirements to co-exist with the environment and the ecosystems.

Web presence and multimedia relations

The new layout of the company website was launched with the restyling of the brand. Following the development of “One Company”, the website incorporates the contents of the websites of the operating companies and proposes itself as a space for information, interaction with customers and dialogue with many company stakeholders, giving practical answers through ad hoc instruments and specific contents, which are simple to browse and user-friendly. During the year the Global Solutions business unit website and the areas dedicated to Snam4Mobility, Snam for Abruzzo and Snam for Minerbio were developed. Snam was awarded with the third place in the Italian and European Webranking contest and the Company was deemed for the fifth year in a row as one of the best European companies in terms of accuracy and the transparency of the information on its website and on the major social platforms.

During the year Snam adopted a communication style integrated between traditional and digital channels allowing a considerable increase in its exposure on the main Italian and international media outlets. Alongside this, Snam created a storytelling on the digital channels aimed at promoting the company, its people and the new businesses, strongly engaging with direct language. As a testament to this, Snam was recognised as the best Italian company for the use of Facebook and was quoted by LinkedIn for best practice in the use of this professional platform.

Snam in the international climate strategy

Activities in a European context promoted the development of new forms of renewable gas (e.g. biomethane and hydrogen), as key energy sources in the transition process towards an economy based on the decarbonisation of the future energy system.

Snam actively participated to the definition of the European Union strategies which pave the way towards a new long-term vision for energy and climate policies in continental Europe, “A cleaner planet for all”. Snam’s participation particularly involved the public consultation of the European Commission and the Katowice United Nations Climate Change Conference (UNFCCC COP 24).

Snam confirmed its leadership position in Europe by representing the interests of the entire gas chain through GasNaturally, the representative body of gas value chain associations.

With the increase in
renewable gas production,
Ecofys estimates annual
savings of around

€ 140 Bn

 

Work continued under the auspices of the “Gas for Climate” consortium, created in 2017 to join seven European TSOs (Snam, Enagás, Fluxys, Gasunie, GRTgaz, Open Grid Europe and Teréga) and two associations operating in the field of renewable gas (Consorzio Italiano Biogas and European Biogas Association). The consortium promoted the results of a study, commissioned to Ecofys, in which it was shown that there are opportunities of around €140 billion of annual savings by increasing the production of renewable gas. The study is among the reference sources of the EU climate strategy for 2050 published by the European Commission in November 2018.

At the informal meeting of European Energy Ministers, which was held in Linz in September 2018, under the Austrian presidency of the EU, Snam, together with other European energy companies, signed a declaration aimed at supporting hydrogen and its extensive potential as a sustainable technology for decarbonisation and energy security in the EU.

Snam also continued its activities within the European association the “Natural & bio Gas Vehicle Association” (NGVA Europe) with the objective of promoting the use of natural gas and biogas as alternative energy sources for both land and maritime sustainable mobility.

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