CAPEX

SDG 12: Responsible production & consumption

CAPEX

biorefinery - example Gela

https://www.eni.com/assets/documents/eng/just-transition/2021/eni-for-2021-just-transition-eng.pdf#page=91 The project for the conversion of the Gela refinery into a biorefinery was born in 2014 with the closure of the industrial structure and the start of the transformation process, created with the aim of supporting the Group’s decarbonization process and diversification of its productions, but at the same time to continue to support an area in which it has been present for over 70 years and in which the Refinery represents a solid economic and social reference for the community. The Biorefinery has been designed to handle unconventional charges up to 100% of the processing capacity and is one of the few biorefineries in the world with high operational flexibility. The activities were launched in 2019 and in 2020 the site was fully operational. This industrial change has brought with it a series of measures that have had important repercussions on the Gelese area. Eni’s activities in Gela have always had a profound link with the territory, from an employment point of view and, more generally, from an economic and social point of view. The transition from traditional refinery to bio refinery was accompanied, in fact, by discussions with the Italian Government, the Region, the Municipality of Gela, the trade unions, Confindustria and all the social partners, which led to the signing of the related 2014 protocol, following which other investments were activated in addition to the conversion of the refinery, including the exploitation of the Cassiopea field by Enimed, the demolition and reclamation of the areas inside the industrial perimeter by EniRewind. The transition to green refinery, managed using the “leave no one behind” paradigm, was based on the mitigation of the downsizing of employment through incentives for early retirement, the retraining of people and an incentive to change jobs for professional diversification, such as occurred for example with the establishment of the HSE Safety Competence Center or with the increase in EniRewind’s activities. Local development projects are based on 2 main premises: making communities protagonists and identifying innovative opportunities together with local stakeholders on the basis of identified needs. In this sense, some training initiatives have already been launched in collaboration with academic entities aimed at training new skills for young people. The relationship with the territory together with the completion of the green transition in the industrial sector, represent the pillars for the development of a completed process of just transition in the area in the near future. https://www.eni.com/en-IT/media/press-release/2019/09/eni-opens-its-bio-refinery-in-gela.html