Community Relations

Eni is an integrated Company which operates in 79 countries of the world. Its strategy of relations with producing countries is aimed at promoting sustainable development based on dialogue, cooperation and on the will of integration into the local context.

Eni's activities on the global market often involve areas with a very low Human Development Index. Eni is committed to providing concrete responses to the problems and requirements of the Countries where it operates in synergy with the development strategies of the Country itself and operating within the reference framework of the Millennium Goals .
Eni invests great effort in establishing effective and positive relations with host communities, through constructive contributions to the territory and the capacity to provide new energies and opportunities for development.

Community engagement and the participation of the other stakeholders in all phases of the project planning and development are essential to achieve Eni's social initiatives effectiveness.
In addition to community investment (which is included in the agreements signed between Eni and the governments) , Eni supports  short term investments, donations and sponsorships selected on the basis of definite criterias, among which their value for the local context, compliance with business objectives, and as a common factor, consistency with Sustainability principles.

Over the last five years Eni has invested more than € 318 million in local development. In 2010 expenditure for the territories (including investment on communities, donations, association fees, sponsorships, and contributions to the Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei and the Eni Foundation) came to around €108 million.