Autostrade per l’Italia Group is an integrated mobility operator
managing over 3,000 kilometers of roadways throughout Italy.
With a network of toll roads used by more than 2 million vehicles daily,
Autostrade per l’Italia has a mandate to make climate mitigation, adaptation, and resilience
an essential part of its infrastructure planning.
Road transportation is one of the single largest
emitters of greenhouse gas, and for that reason we need to start
changing our business model and promoting sustainability.
Since 2020, we have put sustainability at the heart of our operation.
We are all seeing the impact of climate change
and we needed to identify the biggest risks.
Autostrade per l’Italia is investing nearly €1.7 billion
into projects that will support the company's action plan to achieve net-zero by 2050.
We see an increasing awareness from financial investors in sustainability
and ESG metrics and parameters, and there is a need to approach
financial markets with a clear and well-defined strategy.
We have designed, with the help of BCG, our long-term ESG strategy,
working on how to make more sustainable our infrastructure,
both from a construction and from a maintenance point of view.
We worked on a net-zero strategy and we have also engaged our supply chain
in making our ESG strategy more consistent.
Besides setting targets, our investors want to see
those targets verified by independent assessors like SBTi.
We have more than 3,000 suppliers,
60% of them have been onboarded
with the Open-es platform that measures suppliers’ sustainabilities.
The company’s infrastructure model integrates sustainability
throughout its entire lifecycle, using innovative solutions
like decongestion strategies and electric vehicle charging stations.
The goal is energy efficiency in both construction and usage,
while also improving safety and resilience.
Ultimately, Autostrade per l’Italia Group
hopes to eliminate its carbon footprint by 2050.
It's a duty we have as a leadership in one of the largest corporates
in Italy to promote and foster sustainability.
It's a duty that we have towards our citizens,
our children, and our country.