Direct Lobbying Transparency
| Overall Assessment | Comment | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Strong | Hera SpA provides a strong and detailed picture of its climate-related advocacy. It names two concrete Italian policy instruments it has worked on—“White certificates” and “Energy attribute certificate systems”—and explicitly states its position as “Support with no exceptions,” making it clear which pieces of legislation are the focus of its engagement. The company explains multiple, clearly identifiable routes it uses to influence those policies, noting that it “directly consults with the Italian Government on every aspect of the sector’s development towards greater overall energy efficiency,” “engages with other regulators in determining greater incentives for energy efficiency,” and submits formal proposals, including “proposing solutions to the Government commission on sector consolidation” and “contributing to the modification of the evaluation criteria for setting the White certificates tariff.” Finally, Hera spells out the specific changes it is seeking: “greater overall energy efficiency,” the “introduction of incentives for public entities owning small inefficient companies to be aggregated in order to improve economies of scale,” and the above-mentioned “modification of the evaluation criteria for setting the White certificates tariff.” Together, these disclosures demonstrate a high level of transparency across the policies lobbied, the mechanisms employed, and the precise outcomes the company seeks. | 3 |