We raise awareness to create value

In line with its commitment to promoting ethical and sustainable practices along the supply chain, in 2024 the Group continued to monitor supplier performance — through the Ecovadis platform — in the areas of environment, labor and human rights, ethics, and sustainable procurement. As of 31 December 2024, 783 suppliers had been assessed.

We want to grow alongside the territory, with mutual respect and in a constructive manner. We actively take part in dialogue initiatives with the local community with a view to jointly tackling the problems that emerge, and planning together the development of solutions for the community through targeted and weighted investments.
We describe below some of our most important initiatives and collaborations.

Acea is involved in the PlatOne project (PLATform for Operation of distribution Networks), a European consortium of companies and organisations, whose objective is to develop a technological solution capable of optimising the working and management of the electrical grid, making it more stable and resilient. PlatOne, financed by the European Horizon 2020 programme and already in operation for the past few years, has become the basis for development also of other projects, such as RomeFlex, aimed at creating a flexibility market for Rome’s electricity grid.

In the water sector, Acea continues and consolidates its community involvement commitment via the Acquea app.

It is important for residents to become increasingly conscious of how they use natural resources. Thus, each year we organise campaigns to raise awareness and engage on topics concerning water and energy saving and protection of the environment. In particular, the new generations represent our future.

The involvement of young people is therefore essential to the sustainable development of the planet. With the signing of a memorandum of understanding with the Ministry of Education and Merit, the 2024/2025 edition of the Water Education - Acea Scuola project aims at promoting the culture of water recovery, reuse, and recycling among Italian primary and secondary school students. 

We are also planning work experience paths to stimulate the interest of young people approaching working age for the sustainable management of our businesses, encouraging them to reflect on our common future. With this in mind in 2025 we created the project GenerAzioni per il Futuro involving approximately 350 students from 11 senior schools in the Lazio, Umbria, Tuscany and Campania regions, aimed at offering the students the opportunity to get to know the Group’s companies operating in their areas in order to learn more about the firms and their businesses.

“Acea per la comunità” (Acea for the community) is one of the Group's projects aimed at supporting people and the territories where it operates. In fact, the initiative has the purpose of making the elderly more aware of their consumption, with an eye on saving and protecting resources. During meetings at the senior centres of the Municipality of Rome, which sponsors the event, and the municipalities located within the metropolitan City of Rome, staff from Acea endeavour  to raise the awareness of the community about various issues concerning sustainability, energy saving and the supplementary water bonus.

During the holiday period, on 7 January 2024 Acea supported a solidarity lunch in collaboration with the Community of Sant’Egidio, with the attendance of 300 people, including refugees from Syria and Afghanistan and numerous Eritrean families. The initiative, carried out together with the Group’s Company Recreational Club (CRA), also involved the collaboration of some employees as volunteers.