Eni's Way Magazine n. 1/2002

For almost half a century Eni has been a synonym for energy. It is a system of values, with a genetic code that is unique and unrepeatable, distinctive and multinational, although with a wholly Italian corporate identity of integration and respect for the cultures and the peoples with which it comes into contact. From its very earliest years of activity Eni has devoted particular attention to company communication. To its innate need to inform, to make its projects known, sharing challenges and experiences. A way of being and of operating that has come to be known as Eni's Way.

For this reason our magazine is called "Eni's Way", to signify the exceptional change, but also the link with its traditional values: respecting cultures and peoples, the dialogue and cooperation that stem from the comparison of ideas and respect for them. A tradition that started with "Il gatto selvatico", an extraordinary publication devised and edited in the mid-Fifties by the poet Attilio Bertolucci, and which for three decades has been naturally and adequately continued by "Ecos" with the intention of disseminating information other than through the traditional channels, of making facts known and making them be discussed. All this with an awareness of the past and a passion for the future, and with the conviction that only through dialogue and the circulation of ideas can men and companies move ahead.

In recent years the oil and gas industry has been at the center of profound transformations, with regard to which Eni has made itself the interpreter of an autonomous and original strategy and model of development. A strategy that has enabled results of worldwide excellence to be achieved, and which has matched the economic and industrial objectives with a global overview of the social, civil and cultural context. That is, with its gaze turned toward the entire sphere of values.

No challenge, for that matter, can be taken up without a frontier spirit. In the same way the consolidation of international relations and contacts can have worthwhile results only if cultivated in a climate of collaboration and cooperation with the nations concerned. The aim is pooling solutions, not problems.

Apart from representing the group and its world, "Eni's Way" thus intends to speak also about the world in which Eni operates. And it puts itself forward as an open source. Because perceiving internal and external values presupposes a dialogue with the whole range of counterparts, while the exchange of analyses, experiences and knowledge becomes a basic, continuous process.