Enel
What do our scores mean?
The organizational score represents the degree to which the organization influencing climate policy and legislation. Corporations also have relationship scores reflecting their links with influencers like trade associations. Both are combined to place the corporation in a performance band. Full details can be found here.
Update August 2021: If limited evidence had been collected either on a company's direct policy engagement (Organization Score) or industry association links (Relationship Score) this is signified with an ‘n/a’ (not available). If limited evidence has been collected in both areas, the Total Score is also given as n/a. Full details and links back to any primary evidence that has been collected can still be located on the company’s profile.
Engagement Intensity
The engagement intensity (EI) is a metric of the extent to which the company is engaging on climate change policy matters, whether positively or negatively. It is a number from 0 (no engagement at all) to 100 (full engagement on all queries/data points). Clearly energy companies are more affected by climate regulations and will have a higher EI than, for example retailers. So an organization’s score should be looked at in conjunction with this metric to gauge the amount of evidence we are using in each case as a basis for scoring. On our scale, an EI of more than 35 indicates a relatively large amount of climate policy engagement.
Relationship Score, December 2020
A new batch of industry associations has been uploaded onto the InfluenceMap system and the relationship scores recalculated accordingly.
Updated terminology, February 2021
We adjusted the terminology used to describe the queries running down the left-hand side of our scoring matrix and added additional explanatory text to the info-boxes. This has no impact on the scores and methodology. It has been done following user feedback to improve clarity.
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What do the 0,1,2 and NSs, NAs mean?
Each cell in the organization's matrix presents a chance for us to assess each data source against our column of climate change policy queries. We score from -2 to 2, with negative scores representing evidence of obstructive influence. "NA" means "not applicable" and "NS" means "not scored" - that is we did not find any evidence either way. In both cases, the cell's weighting is re-distributed over others. Red and blue cells represent highly interesting negative or positive influence respectively. Full details can be found here.
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What is the Relationship Score
A corporation, as well as its organizational score will have a relationship score. It is computed by aggregating the organizational scores of the Influencers (trade bodies etc.) it has relationships with, weighted by both the strength of these relationships and the relative importance of the Influencers towards climate change policy. Full details can be found here.
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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
Here we search in a consistent manner (the organization name and relevant query search terms) a set of web sites of representing reputable news or data aggregations. Supported by targeted searches of proprietary databases. |
CEO Messaging
Here we search in a consistent manner (the CEO/Chairman, organization name and relevant query search terms) a set of web sites of representing reputable news or data aggregations. Supported by targeted searches of proprietary databases. |
Financial Disclosures
We search 10-K and 20-F SEC filings where available, and non US equivalents where not. . |
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Communication of Climate Science
Is the organization transparent and clear about its position on climate change science? |
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2
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NA |
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NS |
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NS |
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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) |
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2
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NA |
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-1
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2
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NS |
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Supporting the Need for Regulations
To what extent does the organization express the need for regulatory intervention to resolve the climate crisis? |
1
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1
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NS | NS | NS |
2
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NS |
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Support of UN Climate Process
Is the organization supporting the UN FCCC process on climate change? |
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2
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NS |
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1
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1
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NS |
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Transparency on Legislation
Is the organisation transparent about its positions on climate change legislation/policy and its activities to influence it? |
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NA |
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NA | NA | NA | NS |
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Carbon Tax
Is the organisation supporting policy and legislative measures to address climate change: carbon tax. |
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NS |
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NS | NS |
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Emissions Trading
Is the organisation supporting policy and legislative measures to address climate change: emissions trading. |
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2
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1
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1
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Energy and Resource Efficiency
Is the organization supporting policy and legislative measures to address climate change: energy efficiency policy, standards, and targets |
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1
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2
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1
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1
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NS |
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Renewable Energy
Is the organization supporting policy and legislative measures to address climate change: Renewable energy legislation, targets, subsidies, and other policy |
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2
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2
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2
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1
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1
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NS |
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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? |
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NS |
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NS |
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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 |
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2
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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? |
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NA |
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NA | NA | NA | NS |
InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
InfluenceMap Comment:
A Senior Executive of Enel is the President of SolarPower Europe
Aristotelis Chantavas
Open PDF file of Data Source
InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
InfluenceMap Comment:
A Senior Executive of Enel was a Vice-President of SolarPower Europe
Riccardo Amoroso
InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
InfluenceMap Comment:
A Senior Executive of Enel is the President of SolarPower Europe
Aristotelis Chantavas
InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
InfluenceMap Comment:
A Senior Executive of Enel was a Vice-President of SolarPower Europe
Riccardo Amoroso
InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
InfluenceMap Comment:
Head of Associations and Stakeholders for Enel Italy is President of the Confindustria Emilia Energy chain for the four-year period 2018-2022
Claudio Fiorentini
InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
InfluenceMap Comment:
Chief Executive Officer and General Manager of Enel is a member of the Advisory Board Confindustria (2016, May) and member of the General Council (2015, May)
Francesco Starace
InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
InfluenceMap Comment:
Head of Associations and Stakeholders for Enel Italy is President of the Confindustria Emilia Energy chain for the four-year period 2018-2022
Claudio Fiorentini
InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
InfluenceMap Comment:
Chief Executive Officer and General Manager of Enel is a member of the Advisory Board Confindustria (2016, May) and member of the General Council (2015, May)
Francesco Starace
InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
InfluenceMap Comment:
The Head of Sustainability Italy in Enel is vice Chair of the sustainability working group at Eurelectric
Filippo Rodriguez
InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
InfluenceMap Comment:
Enel is an indirect member of Eurelectric through Elettricita Futura
InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
InfluenceMap Comment:
Enel is a member of Eurelectric
InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
InfluenceMap Comment:
Chief Executive of Enel was previously President of Eurelectric (2017)
Francesco Starace
InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
InfluenceMap Comment:
The Head of Sustainability Italy in Enel is vice Chair of the sustainability working group at Eurelectric
Filippo Rodriguez
InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
InfluenceMap Comment:
Enel is an indirect member of Eurelectric through Elettricita Futura
InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
InfluenceMap Comment:
Enel is a member of Eurelectric
InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
InfluenceMap Comment:
Chief Executive of Enel was previously President of Eurelectric (2017)
Francesco Starace
InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
InfluenceMap Comment:
Enel X, a subsidiary of the Enel Group, is one of 52 members of EUAA. (Up to date, August 2021)
not specified
InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
InfluenceMap Comment:
Enel X, a subsidiary of the Enel Group, is one of 52 members of EUAA. (Up to date, August 2021)
not specified
InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
InfluenceMap Comment:
An executive of a subsidiary of Enel (EnelX) is on the board of the Energy Efficiency Council (Up-to-date August 2021)
Claire Richards
InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
InfluenceMap Comment:
An executive of a subsidiary of Enel (EnelX) is on the board of the Energy Efficiency Council (Up-to-date August 2021)
Claire Richards
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.
Climate Lobbying Overview: Enel is strategically engaged on various climate change policy streams with predominantly positive lobbying positions, for example strongly engaging with the EU’s 2030 GHG emission reduction target and focusing on electrification of the transport sector.
Top-line Messaging on Climate Policy: Enel’s top-line messaging on climate policy is positive. The company stated support for the EU’s Climate Law, which sets a carbon neutrality target for 2050, in its 2020 Sustainability Report, published in April 2021. The organization has positively engaged on the Paris Agreement, stating “the EU should continue cooperating towards an effective implementation of the Paris Agreement” in its response to EU public consultation on the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism in 2020. Enel appears to support the need for climate change regulation, in 2019 calling for governments to provide businesses with more advanced targets and ambition on their corporate website. Enel also advocated for policy mechanisms to ensure carbon is price into the economy in its 2020 Sustainability Report.
Engagement with Climate-Related Regulations: Enel strongly supports the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS), and has on several occasions advocated for reforms to increase its effectiveness. This includes calling for the linear reduction factor to be increased, the market stability reserve to be strengthened, and the scheme to be extended into the transport and buildings sector in its 2020 Sustainability Report, and a 2021 CEO joint letter. In a 2021 joint letter to EU policymakers, Enel stated support for the EU’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism, advocating for the inclusion of the hydrogen sector, but did not specify a position on removal of existing carbon leakage protection for exposed sectors under the EU ETS.
In a 2021 consultation response, Enel supported an increase in ambition for the EU’s Energy Efficiency Directive to align with the EU’s other climate objectives. In July 2021, Enel CEO, Francesco Starace, signed a cross-industry CEO Alliance joint letter in which the company supported the EU’s Renovation Wave energy efficiency initiative, and advocated for an annual 3% renovation target. Enel also strongly supported the EU’s Renewable Energy Directive revision, advocating for 2030 renewable targets to be set more ambitiously in its 2021 consultation response. Enel additionally signed a 2021 open letter to EU policymakers on the Renewable Energy Directive to ensure low-carbon fuels were excluded. Francesco Starace has actively engaged on the EU’s 2030 GHG emission reduction target, and in 2021 he advocated for a target of “at least 55% by 2030” in an CEO Alliance open letter. The company also stated support for the EU’s Methane Strategy in its 2020 Sustainability Report.
Positioning on Energy Transition: Enel seems to support the transition of the energy mix, and the decarbonization of several sectors in the economy. A 2021 Financial Times article appeared to show Enel supporting the decarbonization of the transport and hard-to-abate sectors, while advocating for a phase out of fossil fuel subsidies. Enel has also appeared to advocate against the use of fossil gas and expansion of fossil gas infrastructure, stating it as counterproductive to meet EU climate objectives in a 2021 consultation response. In 2020, Enel also appeared to show support for the electrification of transport in its News and Media section on its corporate website. The company appears to support the alignment of the Energy Taxation Directive (ETD) with the EU's climate goals, through the removal of fossil fuel tax exemptions as expressed in the ETD consultation response in 2020.
Enel has also advocated for an expanded role for green hydrogen in the energy mix in its response to the EU Hydrogen Strategy consultation in 2020. On its corporate website in 2021, Enel has supported the use of green hydrogen in heavy industry and transport sectors, while it expressed caution against use of blue and grey hydrogen, and hydrogen blending with fossil gas.
Industry Association Governance: Enel publicly discloses a limited list of industry association memberships, however it does not comment on how the company is attempting to influence these groups, nor has it published a full audit disclosure of its industry links. The company is a member of numerous trade associations, some of which actively and positively lobby on climate change. These include influential roles in the board of directors at International Emissions Trading Association (IETA), SolarPower Europe, Wind Europe and SmartEn.