as bit her industry multiutility founded 2002 headquarters bologna italy key people tomaso tommasi di vignano chairman 1 stefano venier ceo 1 giovanni basile vice chairman 1 roberto barilli general operations manager 1 products natural gas water supply waste management and electricity revenue 4 189.1 million end 2014 2 operating income 441.2 million end 2014 2 number of employees 8 575 end 2014 website gruppohera.it hera holding energia risorse ambiente energy resource environment holdings is a multiutility company based in bologna italy . hera operates in the distribution of gas water energy and waste disposal in the provinces of bologna ferrara forl cesena modena ravenna rimini pesaro and urbino and in some municipalities of florence and ancona . in october 2012 hera approved the merger with acegasaps group which operates in the cities of padua and trieste . on the 1st of july 2014 amga which operates in udine merged with hera group . in 2014 hera was the number one italian domestic operator in terms of the amount of waste treated over 6.4 million tons in second place for the integrated water cycle 294 million m the third larger player in gas distribution 2.6 billion cm and fourth in the italian electricity business in terms of electricity sold 9.1 twh . contents 1 corporate history 2 company profile and organizational structure 3 current operations 4 competitors and market shares benchmark by business 10 5 references 6 external links corporate history edit hera was established in 2002 3 through the first merger of public utilities in the emilia romagna region which involved 11 companies . in 2003 hera started the process of listing on the milan stock exchange 4 which led the company to be partly privatized with 38.8 % of its present share capital in private sectors . after 2003 hera started to grow . in over five years the group merged with other italian companies operating in distribution of energy water and gas such as agea ecosea meta geat distribution gas and sat inc. hera also had many long term contracts with foreign suppliers over the years that followed . in 2006 hera signed a memorandum of understanding with enel edison and sonatrach . the memorandum provided for the purchase of one billion cubic meters a year of natural gas transported through the methane pipeline belonging to galsi a partner company of hera . in july 2008 hera acquired megas trade selling gas and electricity in the urbino area owned by marche multiservices . the transaction formalized the birth of hera comm marche the commercial branch of the hera group for the marche region managed by hera comm . on 25 july 2012 approval was given for the merger with acegas aps s.p.a. 5 trieste padua which became part of the hera group as of 1 january 2013 . on the 1st of july 2014 amga azienda multiservizi s.p.a. merged with hera group . company profile and organizational structure edit strategies and activities are mainly carried out by the holding which has a leading and coordinating role throughout its seven divisions environment services sales and marketing fluids distribution large plants engineering and electricity distribution and district heating . hera comm is the trading company of hera group operating in the electricity and gas market throughout italy . hera comm mediterranea operates exclusively in southern italy ; hera comm marche located in urbino is the commercial branch of the hera group in the marche region . hera has a wide shareholding structure . the structure includes over 198 public institutions 500 professional investors and over 24.000 private shareholders . the results in terms of ebitda and net profit achieved by the hera group since its establishment have registered continuous growth over the years . hera follows a dividend distribution policy that rewards group shareholders ; the municipalities are the main beneficiaries of hera s dividend policy . shareholder base in 2014 6 municipality of bologna 9 993 % municipality of modena 9 822 % municipality of imola 7 375 % municipality of ravenna 6 470 % municipality of trieste 4 823 % municipality of padova 4 803 % municipality of udine 3 055 % gruppo societ gas rimini 2 001 % carimonte holding s.p.a. 2 001 % a joint venture of fondazione carimodena and fondazione del monte di bologna e ravenna current operations edit the hera group operates in the public utility services sector pursuing a sustainable management policy . the group s main activities are management of waste services waste collection and disposal waste to energy and composting water services treatment purification sewerage and energy services distribution and sale of methane gas and electricity district heating . hera group ebitda composition as at 31 december 2014 7 waste management 27.9 % water 25 % electricity 12.8 % gas 31.8 % other services 2.5 % hera has the largest number of waste treatment plants in italy . the environmental hygiene services provided by hera group in 198 municipalities in emilia romagna friuli venezia giulia marche tuscany and veneto are part of an integrated waste management system . activities include separated urban waste collection washing and cleaning roads pavements and porticos cleaning up green areas and complementary services such as the reclamation of degraded areas and cleaning up beaches.the high percentage of separate waste collection and disposal in the reference areas makes the group a major national operator in the field of environmental services waste treated over 6.4 million tonnes 8 separated waste collection 54 % 9 number of plants 78 hera group is one of the largest italian operators in integrated water service management . with a total network of over 53 thousand km and approximately 1 400 production plants such as wells treatment plants and purification plants 3.6 million citizens receive catchment treatment distribution sewerage and purification services water customers over 1.4 million 8 cubic metres of water sold 294.6 million 8 hera is also a major national operator in gas and electricity sectors . managing networks spanning 20 thousand km hera group distributes natural gas in the provinces of bologna ravenna forl cesena ferrara modena rimini florence padua trieste gorizia and udine . through its subsidiary marche multiservizi it also has a presence in the province of pesaro urbino . in bologna imola forl cesena ferrara modena ravenna and padua the group also offers district heating services providing heat to buildings located far away from the point of production . with networks spanning 460 km hera serves around 82 thousand apartments . in 2013 its environmentally friendly technology enabled it to achieve a primary energy saving of more than 34 thousand tonnes of oil equivalent toe . hera also oversees the distribution of electricity through 12 thousand km of grids in 26 municipalities in the provinces of modena bologna ravenna gorizia and trieste serving a total of around 623 thousand inhabitants . the group s main commitment in this sector is to the implementation of smart grids and the distribution of digital meters . these are designed to ensure the rapid and remote management and exchange of an enormous volume of information about effective electricity consumption between producer distributor and consumer . gas customers over 1.3 million ; 8 electricity customers 795 200 ; 8 cubic metres of gas sold 2.6 billion ; 8 electricity sold 9136.4 gwh . 8 competitors and market shares benchmark by business 10 edit hera group can be compared to the other listed italian multi utilities . comparison on operating data by business waste water gas and electricity also highlights the market shares . waste waste treated 2013 thousands of tonnes hera group 4 856 a2a 2 517 iren 1 003 acea 726 acsm agam 83 water volumes sold 2013 millions of cubic meters acea 565 hera group 298 iren 171 a2a 63 acsm agam 25 ascopiave 0 gas volumes sold 2013 billions of cubic meters eni 12.4 edison 9.1 enel 8.6 hera group 3.2 iren 2.8 a2a 2.4 ascopiave 0.9 acsm agam 0.4 acea 0.1 electricity electricity sold 2013 twh enel 296 edison 56 a2a 44 eni 35 acea 13 iren 13 hera group 9 ascopiave 0 acsm agam 0 references edit a b c d http www.consob.it main documenti organi sociali semestre1 2015 251270 orgsoc.xml filedate 30 03 2015 & sem documenti organi sociali semestre1 2015 251270 orgsoc.xml & docid 0 & link & xsl organisociali.xsl & nav false a b c d e http eng.gruppohera.it group com media news page71.html hera . borsa italiana . 2010 08 25 . http uk.finance.yahoo.com q ; 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