Eni invests 33.4 million euros in human capacity development in 2019
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By Ikenna Omeje 
Eni, the owner of the subsidiary, Nigeria Agip Oil Company (NAOC), invested 33.4 million euros in human capacity development of its workforce in 2019.
The company disclosed this in a release sent to Majorwaves on Wednesday, on its 2019 sustainability report titled,” Eni for — A just transition 2019″.
The company said that during the year under review, it increased training hours for its workforce by 16.5 percent, which started since 2018, noting the important role developing the skills of its workforce can play in the company’s transformation agenda.
“Eni’s operational excellence model demonstrates its continued commitment to valorizing its people, protecting the health and safety of employees and environment. The skills of Eni’s people play a key role within the company’s transformation, and to this end Eni invested 33.4 million euros in training activities in 2019, increasing training hours by 16.5% since 2018. Operational excellence also means running our business with the utmost attention to integrity, respecting and promoting human rights and always operating with transparency,” the company stated.
According to the statement, decarbonization is key to the the company’s energy transition, and in this regard, its strategy is targeted at reaching net zero scpoe 1 and scope 2 greenhouse gas emissions by 2040, which will be followed by lifecycle greenhouse emissions reduction of energy products sold by 80 percent.
The statement said,”Eni’s commitment to progressive decarbonization is central to its energy transition roadmap, which entails a significant reduction in the carbon footprint related to the business portfolio. The new Eni’s Strategy aims at reaching net zero scope 1 and scope 2 greenhouse gas emissions by 2040, and reducing net lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions of energy products sold (inclusive of scope 1, scope 2 and scope 3) by 80% in 2050 vs 2018, a target which exceeds the 70% threshold reduction foreseen by the International Energy Agency in the Sustainable Development Scenario.”
Speaking on the report, the Chief Executive Officer of the company,  Claudio Descalzi, said“The historical moment we are going through poses complex challenges on our path, but we’re certain that these difficulties will lead to new opportunities for Eni. The commitments we have taken to pursue in our transformation process as a business are now even stronger, as well as our determination to fight climate change and our efforts towards a just energy transition that takes into account all the factors at stake: from the need to reduce our carbon footprint in the direction of the Paris Agreement to the need for a global development of mankind.”
Highlight of the report revealed that the intensity of greenhouse gas emissions in the upstream operations of the company,  fell by 27 percent since 2014, which is in line with the goal for 2025, that sets a reduction of 43 percent compared to 2014.
Also, the fugitive emissions of methane fell by 44 percent since 2018. This is a target of an 80 percent reduction compared to 2014 six years early than forecasted.
The report further highlighted that a total of 25,845 hours of training on human rights, to create a shared language and culture of upholding human rights and improve understanding of its potential impact on the company’s business, was invested.
Source: Eni press release
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