Eni

InfluenceMap Score
C-
Performance Band
59%
Organisation Score
51%
Relationship Score
Modifications to InfluenceMap Scoring
Sector:
Energy
Head​quarters:
Rome, Italy
Brands and Associated Companies
AGI, Eni Gas & Power, Polimeri Europa, Saipem
Official Web Site:
https://www.eni.com/
Wikipedia:
Eni

Climate Lobbying Overview: Eni is actively lobbying EU climate policy in 2018-20 with mixed positions. Eni in 2020 has expressed top-line support for the Paris Agreement and a 2°C global warming target and supported the inclusion of methane emission standards and targets in the EU Green New Deal. However, Eni in 2020 has also continued to vocally support a long-term role for gas in the EU energy mix and an EU ETS that includes free emissions permits for industry as the EU’s central climate policy.

Top-line Messaging on Climate Policy: Eni’s top-line communications in 2020 have stated support for the science of the IPCC, the 2°C global warming target, and the Paris Agreement. A 2018 consultation response from Eni on the long-term EU GHG target however appears to be unsupportive of dramatic emission reductions in line with the IPCC’s 1.5°C goal. The company has supported a weaker GHG 2050 EU reduction target, rather than net-zero, emphasizing concerns around industry competitiveness.

Engagement with Climate-Related Regulations: Eni has been broadly supportive of the EU ETS in 2020, while appearing to support the free allocation of EU ETS permits for industry. In its 2020 CDP disclosure Eni advocates in support of the “EU-ETS as the central pillar of the European climate policy”, however it appears to support the free allocation of emissions permits for industry. In a 2020 consultation response on the EU ETS revision, Eni stated support for expanding the EU ETS into road and maritime transport and buildings. However, by supporting expanding the EU ETS to road transportation the company does not seem to support vehicle CO2 standards, which the EU ETS would most likely replace. Eni also supported including international carbon credits in the scheme post-2020, which may weaken the scheme’s emissions reduction potential. In 2019, Eni’s CEO Claudio Descalzi further signed the Vatican’s Carbon Pricing Statement, calling for governments to set “economically meaningful” carbon pricing policies, including carbon taxes and emissions trading, but with the caveat that they support economic growth.

Eni’s lobbying on other forms of climate regulation has been broadly positive in 2018-20. In 2020, Eni further appeared to advocate in favor of including methane emission standards and targets under the EU Green Deal. In a 2020 consultation submission, Eni also appeared to promote EU renewable energy rules that would expand the role of biofuels in Europe for heavy-duty, maritime, and aviation transport. Furthermore, in 2018, Eni supported a 550g emissions standards for EU capacity markets to limit the use of highly polluting, and predominantly coal-based, electricity generation.

Positioning on Energy Transition: Although in 2019-20 Eni has communicated support for the decarbonization of the energy mix, it appears focused on promoting the role of gas in the long-term energy mix as a “bridge fuel”, and advocating for a role for gas in the EU’s hydrogen strategy. A 2020 EU consultation response from Eni on the EU’s Hydrogen Strategy further appeared to promote the use of “blue hydrogen” derived from natural gas with CCS. Furthermore, a 2018 report suggested that Eni has lobbied the Italian government to push the country towards becoming a European gas hub, rather than transitioning straight to renewables.

Industry Association Governance: In 2020 Eni published a review of its industry association memberships and their climate-related positioning and engagement. Within this review, Eni stated it is “fully aligned” with 25 of its industry associations regarding their climate-related engagement and “not aligned” with one, the American Fuel & Petroleum Manufacturers, for whom Eni stated they would not renew their membership for in 2020. Eni retains membership to various trade associations in Europe lobbying negatively on climate change policy while promoting the long-term role for oil and gas in the energy mix including the International Association of Oil & Gas Producers, FuelsEurope and BusinessEurope. A senior executive of Eni is also on the board of SolarPower Europe, who are positively lobbying EU climate policy.
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DATA SOURCES
Main Web Site

The main organizational Web site of the company and its direct links to major affiliates and attached documents.

 Social Media

We search other media and sites funded or controlled by the organization, such as social media (Twitter, Facebook) and direct advertising campaigns of the organization.

 CDP Responses

We assess and score responses to two questions from CDP's climate change information request (12.3 a & 12.3c) related to political influence questions (currently these are not numerically scored by the CDP process).

 Legislative Consultations

Comments from the entity being scored on governmental regulatory consultation processes, including those obtained by InfluenceMap through Freedom of Information requests.

 Media Reports

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 CEO Messaging

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 Financial Disclosures

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 EU Register

Information provided by to the voluntary EU Transparency Register.
Communication of Climate Science

Is the organization transparent and clear about its position on climate change science?

 2 1 NA NS 2 NS 2 NA
Alignment with IPCC on Climate Action

Is the organization supporting the science-based response to climate change as set out by the IPCC? (the IPCC)

 0 0 NA 0 2 0 1 NA
Supporting the Need for Regulations

To what extent does the organization express the need for regulatory intervention to resolve the climate crisis?

 0 NS NS NS 1 0 NS NA
Support of UN Climate Process

Is the organization supporting the UN FCCC process on climate change?

 1 1 NS NS 1 1 NS NA
Transparency on Legislation

Is the organisation transparent about its positions on climate change legislation/policy and its activities to influence it?

 0 NA 1 NA NA NA NS NA
Carbon Tax

Is the organisation supporting policy and legislative measures to address climate change: carbon tax.

 0 1 NS -1 1 1 NS NA
Emissions Trading

Is the organisation supporting policy and legislative measures to address climate change: emissions trading.

 NS -1 0 0 0 1 NS NA
Energy and Resource Efficiency

Is the organization supporting policy and legislative measures to address climate change: energy efficiency policy, standards, and targets

 NS 0 0 0 -2 -2 NS NA
Renewable Energy

Is the organization supporting policy and legislative measures to address climate change: Renewable energy legislation, targets, subsidies, and other policy

 NS -1 NS 0 0 NS 0 NA
Energy Transition & Zero Carbon Technologies

Is the organization supporting an IPCC-aligned transition of the economy away from carbon-emitting technologies, including supporting relevant policy and legislative measures to enable this transition?

 0 0 NS -1 0 0 NS NA
GHG Emission Regulation

Is the organization supporting policy and legislative measures to address climate change: GHG emission standards and targets. Is the organization supporting policy and legislative measures to address climate change: Standards, targets, and other regulatory measures directly targeting Greenhouse Gas emissions

 NS 1 1 0 1 2 NS NA
Disclosure on Relationships

Is the organization transparent about its involvement with industry associations that are influencing climate policy, including the extent to which it is aligned with these groups on climate?

 1 NS -1 NA NA NA NS NA
Strength of Relationship
STRONG
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
WEAK
 
International Association of Oil and Gas Producers (IOGP)
43%
 
International Association of Oil and Gas Producers (IOGP)
43%
 
Eurogas
59%
 
Eurogas
59%
 
SolarPower Europe
93%
 
SolarPower Europe
93%
 
European Round Table for Industry (ERT)
52%
 
European Round Table for Industry (ERT)
52%
 
BusinessEurope
39%
 
BusinessEurope
39%
 
FuelsEurope
44%
 
FuelsEurope
44%
 
Australian Petroleum Production & Exploration Association (APPEA)
35%
 
Australian Petroleum Production & Exploration Association (APPEA)
35%
 
National Petroleum Council (NPC)
41%
 
National Petroleum Council (NPC)
41%
 
International Emissions Trading Association (IETA)
67%
 
International Emissions Trading Association (IETA)
67%
 
Oil and Gas UK
42%
 
Oil and Gas UK
42%
 
European Chemical Industry Council (CEFIC)
48%
 
European Chemical Industry Council (CEFIC)
48%
 
Federation of French Industry (MEDEF)
44%
 
Federation of French Industry (MEDEF)
44%
 
Eurelectric
73%
 
Eurelectric
73%
 
Australian Institute of Petroleum
37%
 
Australian Institute of Petroleum
37%
 
International Air Transport Association (IATA)
35%
 
International Air Transport Association (IATA)
35%

How to Read our Relationship Score Map

In this section, we depict graphically the relationships the corporation has with trade associations, federations, advocacy groups and other third parties who may be acting on their behalf to influence climate change policy. Each of the columns above represents one relationship the corporation appears to have with such a third party. In these columns, the top, dark section represents the strength of the relationship the corporation has with the influencer. For example if a corporation's senior executive also held a key role in the trade association, we would deem this to be a strong relationship and it would be on the far left of the chart above, with the weaker ones to the right. Click on these grey shaded upper sections for details of these relationships. The middle section contains a link to the organization score details of the influencer concerned, so you can see the details of its climate change policy influence. Click on the middle sections for for details of the trade associations. The lower section contains the organization score of that influencer, the lower the more negatively it is influencing climate policy.

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