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We consider the entire life cycle of products and services
Circularity principles are part of Eni's strategy to make our energy products and services increasingly sustainable in order to protect the environment. Through the implementation of a circular model, business processes are overhauled, minimising the use of natural resources and favouring inputs with a smaller impact, reducing and exploiting waste through recovery or recycling, and extending the service life of products and assets through reuse or reconversion. We also invest in research and technological innovation and collaborate with local partners.
The six pillars of the circular economy model
Sustainable inputs
Reduce consumption of virgin and exhaustible inputs in favour of renewable and alternative sources, including secondary raw materials.
Eco-design
Design innovative and integrated solutions to improve process and product efficiency for resource optimisation along the life cycle and promoting the recyclability of manufactured products.
CO₂ circularity
CO₂ emissions are understood as a material flow that needs to be reduced, reused, recycled, removed and, ultimately offset in terms of the residual part present in the atmosphere.
Product as a service
Meet people’s needs by reducing the production of new goods, maximising their lifespan and promoting their more effective and efficient use.
Service life extension
Enhance assets, land and products by interpreting them in a new way and giving them a new life.
Reduction, Reuse, Recycling and Recovery
Maximise the efficient use of resources (such as water and land), minimise waste and exploit it as a new, sustainable input, promoting its regenerative capacity.
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Sustainable inputs
Reduce consumption of virgin and exhaustible inputs in favour of renewable and alternative sources, including secondary raw materials.
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Eco-design
Design innovative and integrated solutions to improve process and product efficiency for resource optimisation along the life cycle and promoting the recyclability of manufactured products.
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CO₂ circularity
CO₂ emissions are understood as a material flow that needs to be reduced, reused, recycled, removed and, ultimately offset in terms of the residual part present in the atmosphere.
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Product as a service
Meet people’s needs by reducing the production of new goods, maximising their lifespan and promoting their more effective and efficient use.
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Service life extension
Enhance assets, land and products by interpreting them in a new way and giving them a new life.
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Reduction, Reuse, Recycling and Recovery
Maximise the efficient use of resources (such as water and land), minimise waste and exploit it as a new, sustainable input, promoting its regenerative capacity.
The three levers of the model
Eni's circular economy model also includes levers that represent the tools to support the application of circularity principles.
Life Cycle Perspective
We analyse innovative processes and products in the circular economy throughout the entire life cycle, from design to disposal, using analysis tools such as Life Cycle Assessment (LCA).
Research and technological innovation
We rethink the classic business model from a circular perspective, leveraging research both internally, using Eni’s expertise and proprietary technologies, and externally, and by identifying new solutions through Open Innovation actions to support the business and production ecosystem.
Collaborations
Work in synergy and industrial symbiosis with stakeholders in order to optimise the use of resources and energy and share experiences and best practices, boosting the culture of the circular economy.
Our circular projects
IIn line with our circular economy model, we implement new solutions that can transform current business and consumption models.
Some of the most important partnerships and collaborations
A network of collaborations for circularity
We have several agreements and partnerships related to circularity with private entities, public administrations and various kinds of organisations. These include Memoranda of Understanding with regional governments and municipalities to jointly explore and develop a range of circular initiatives in different areas, among them development initiatives for local communities to improve key areas, waste awareness and valorisation activities and mobility solutions. Eni also believes in the role of industrial symbiosis, i.e. cooperation in the same area between originally separate industries operating in different production sectors, in order to optimise the use of resources (materials, energy, water, space, skills, etc.). Through industrial symbiosis, the outputs of one production line become the inputs of another, thus reducing the environmental impact of industrial activities, such as the use of raw materials, landfill waste disposal and energy consumption, while generating mutual economic benefits. In this context, Eni has established partnerships and collaborations aimed at experimenting with processes for the valorisation of waste, such as waste from the paper industry, for material and energy recovery.
Versalis
Versalis' commitment to its transition path cannot be separated from the support of all the other players in the supply chain. Key collaborations in the area of circularity include the development of polymer recycling technologies, technologies for product development, new applications and collaborations with consortia. In the areas where it operates, Versalis is committed to developing initiatives aimed at engaging and raising awareness among local stakeholders also with regard to the circular economy and sustainability.
Eni Rewind
Eni Rewind is Eni's environmental company engaged in reclamation and redevelopment activities to breathe new life into brownfield and former industrial areas so that they can host new development initiatives, acting as a driver of sustainable growth in local areas. This circular commitment is also achieved through management and exploitation of groundwater and waste.
The Circular Consumption Charter
This document, available only in Italian, identifies a set of guiding principles and is the result of a consumer journey initiated by Eni in cooperation with the Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna in Pisa and the 19 trade associations recognised by the Ministry of Economic Development.
Measuring circularity
For Eni, measuring circularity is an essential tool for the control, management, transparency and credibility of the commitments made to its stakeholders in the transition towards a circular economy model. Over the years, we have developed a measurement model that has been verified by an independent third party and has been applied to various business contexts, including operational sites, processes and business units. By monitoring specific indicators, the model enables the detection of circularity performance and the potential effects of opportunities for improvement. We have contributed our accumulated experience to the activities of the UNI Working Group for the drafting and subsequent revision in 2024 of the UNI TS 11820 Standard. We have therefore begun to adopt this measurement framework, which aligns with the international standards ISO 59004 and 59020, already consistent with the principles of our own model. The first acknowledgement of this commitment to measurement was being the first in Italy to achieve third-party verification of circularity claims according to UNI 11820 within the business support functions of Eni, and initiating the evaluation process for other industrial areas and operational entities as well.
With Joule, circularity becomes business
Joule is Eni’s business school, set up in 2020 with the aim of fostering the development of innovative and sustainable startups through training courses aimed at the new generation of entrepreneurs and an accelerator dedicated to decarbonization, the fight against climate change and the circular economy.
In 2021, Joule developed a model for assessing business ideas that meet circularity criteria in collaboration with the Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna in Pisa, and in particular with its spin-off Ergo, which is consistent with Eni’s circularity measurement model.
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Read the stories, case studies and testimonials behind our contribution to a socially equitable energy transition in the Sustainability Report.
Working for the transition for us means supporting fair and sustainable access to energy
IWe invest in initiatives that promote access to efficient and sustainable energy, including through the development of new technologies.
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