Sustainability report 2007 - Il Gruppo Hera
Sustainability report 2007 - Il Gruppo Hera
Sustainability report 2007 - Il Gruppo Hera
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What is the balanced scorecard?<br />
The balanced scorecard is a strategic control system. It can be aligned to the employee<br />
bonus system, and is based on the practice of forging links between strategy and day-today<br />
corporate management processes. It was devised in the early 1990’s by the<br />
American academics, R. Kaplan and D. Norton. It has generated an immense following<br />
among leading corporations in the USA and is now being taken up by major European<br />
players.<br />
The strategic map of the <strong>Hera</strong> Group is a summary of the objectives of the industrial<br />
plan and the commitments to stakeholders set forth in the <strong>Sustainability</strong> Report. The<br />
strategy map of the Group highlights 25 strategic objectives for increasing the value of<br />
the company over the long term. To achieve these strategic objectives, 47 priority<br />
projects were selected during the budgeting process. These were assigned to members<br />
of the Executive Committee, and are monitored on a quarterly basis. Of these project, 4<br />
fell within the strategic macro-area of “Involvement of personnel, professional<br />
development, dialogue with stakeholders”, 4 within the strategic macro-area of<br />
“Completion of organisational integration and software development”, 9 within<br />
“Development of plants, raw materials and complementary business activities”, 9 within<br />
“Commercial tariff policy development”, 11 projects within “Improvement of quality,<br />
environmental impact and company image”, and 10 projects within “Efficiency and<br />
rationalisation”.<br />
All of the projects planned within the balanced scorecard system are assigned to a<br />
manager and inserted into the bonus system for Group executives and managers.<br />
Approximately 50% of the variable remuneration of senior management of the <strong>Hera</strong><br />
Group is linked to the completion of the projects planned in the balanced scorecard<br />
system (the remaining 50% is linked to respect of budget objectives and compliance<br />
with specific organisational behaviours).<br />
In <strong>2007</strong>, the project-objective of sustainability (improvement in quality, environmental<br />
impact, image and involvement of stakeholders) accounted for a total of approximately<br />
15% of the variable remuneration of Group executives.<br />
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