2020 Integrated Annual Report
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Management report

CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

The internal control system in Italgas

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In order to ensure the correctness 1, accuracy 2, reliability 3, and timeliness of the information communicated to shareholders and the market, Italgas is committed to promoting and maintaining an adequate internal control and risk management system; these two elements are part of the Corporate Reporting Internal Control System (hereinafter also referred to as the “SCIS”) and should be seen as the set of all instruments necessary or useful to guiding, managing and verifying the corporate business.

In line with the decision to drawn up an Integrated Annual Report that includes both financial and non-financial information, in 2020, Italgas launched the alignment of its internal control system also in respect of non-financial information.

The Corporate Internal Control System adopted by Italgas and its subsidiaries was defined in accordance with the provisions of the above-mentioned Article 154-bis of the Consolidate Finance Act that Italgas is required to ensure compliance with, and is based in methodological terms on the “COSO Framework” (“Internal Control – Integrated Framework”, issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organisations of the Treadway Commission), the international reference model for the establishment, updating, analysis and assessment of the control system in respect of both financial and non-financial information.

The reference “COSO Framework” for Italgas is updated to May 2013 and this is the last version available.

The planning, institution and maintenance of the Corporate Reporting Control System are achieved through the activities of scoping, identifying and assessing the risks and controls (at the business level and process level through the activities of risk assessment and monitoring) and the related information flows (reporting).

The control system structure provides for entity-level controls (CELCs – Company Entity Level Controls) which apply across the entire entity in question (group/individual company), and process-level controls (PLCs).

The controls, both at the entity level and process level, are subject to regular evaluation (monitoring) to verify the adequacy of the design and actual operability over time. For that purpose, there is provision for ongoing monitoring activities, assigned to the management responsible for the relevant procedures/ activities, as well as independent monitoring assigned to Internal Audit, which operates according to an annual plan agreed with the Executive responsible for preparing the corporate accounting documents (DP), which aims to define the scope and objectives of its actions through concerted audit procedures.

In order to allow for the assessment of the efficacy of the Internal Control and Risk Management System with respect to Italgas’ specific characteristics and the risk profile adopted, the findings relating to the main risks and relative management plans are presented to the Control, Risk and Related Party Transactions Committee.

The results are also used by the Internal Audit Department, which is responsible for ensuring the functionality and adequacy of the internal control and risk management system through the preparation and execution of the audit plans.

Control of presumed breaches of the principles and rules of conduct for company activities is also exercised through the analysis of the reports received, which may also be anonymous, made through the channels prescribed in the Whistleblowing Procedure, applicable to all Group companies.

Italgas regulatory system

In accordance with the evolving process aimed at continually improving the effectiveness and efficiency of its internal control and risk management system, Italgas has adopted its own regulatory system comprising the following regulatory levels:

(i) Italgas Enterprise System (level one regulations);
(ii) Process standards and Compliance standards (level two regulations);
(iii) Operating instructions (level three regulations).

The regulatory system also includes as an integral part thereof, the documents belonging to the certified management systems for health, safety, environment, quality, energy and, lastly, anticorruption in accordance with international ISO standard (Policies, Manuals, Procedures and Operating Instructions). Lastly, there are regulatory circulars to govern specific issues (sometimes with temporary validity). The Bylaws, the Code of Ethics, the Corporate Governance Code, Model 231 and the Internal Control System on Corporate Information are placed in the general framework of the Regulatory System, as, although specific tools, the principles that inspire them are recognised as the founding principles of the conduct of the Italgas Group and, therefore, part of the general framework of the entire regulatory system.

These regulatory tools are part of the efficient handling of the Management and Coordination activities performed by Italgas concerning Subsidiaries, and they are subject to regular delivery to, and/or formal adoption by, the Boards of Directors of the Subsidiaries.

1 Reporting reliability: reporting that is correct, complies with generally accepted accounting standards and fulfils the requirements of the applicable laws and regulations.
2 Disclosure accuracy: error-free information.
3 Reporting reliability: reporting that is clear and complete that would enable investors to make conscious investment decisions.