Sustainability achievements
Our mission — to ensure essential services for people’s well-being and create value for present and future generations — reflects the Group’s clear environmental and social commitment. Integrated into its industrial strategy, this commitment aims to generate shared value for the communities and territories in which it operates.
Sustainability strategy
Acea’s sustainability strategy is based on four fundamental pillars, which reflect the principles guiding the company’s business model. These are supported by two cross-cutting levers: innovation, as an enabling driver of transition processes, and people-centricity — from Acea employees to the supply chain and the communities served — as a key factor in ensuring a responsible, fair and inclusive transition.
These principles are translated into a long-term ambition across three areas of impact — climate, resources and nature — and into short- and medium-term objectives, formalised in the 2024–2028 Sustainability Plan.
The 2024-2028 Sustainability Plan
The 2024–2028 Sustainability Plan, developed in line with material impacts, risks and opportunities and consistently with the main applicable regulations and national and international guidelines, formalises the Group’s short- and medium-term objectives.
The Plan details the investments envisaged in the Industrial Plan, amounting to approximately €5.4 billion by 2028.
Total Sustainability Investments Planned Through 2028
Investments Planned Through 2028 Across the Three Areas of Intervention
Strategic Objectives and Targets
The Plan formalises the 6 strategic sustainability objectives divided into 20 lines of action and 87 targets associated with specific actions, with progress monitoring KPIs defined for each one.
| Strategic objectives | Action lines | Target |
|---|---|---|
| Infrastructure resilience and security | Strategic aqueduct works Optimisation of the sewage treatment system Strengthening the power grid Digitalisation | 17 targets |
| Water protection | Reduction in losses Water resilience Water quality | 6 targets |
| Environmental protection | Circularity of resources Decarbonisation Biodiversity | 19 targets |
| Centrality of people | Employees’ well-being Skills development Diversity and inclusion People Engagement Health and safety | 20 targets |
| Evolution in the supply chain | Sustainable procurement Supplier health and safety | 8 targets |
| Value for the community | Innovation in the territory Stakeholder engagement Supporting local communities | 17 targets |
2025 results
Infrastructure resilience and security
Water protection
Environmental protection
Centrality of people
Evolution in the supply chain
Value for the community