In particular, our company is committed to: planning activities which can impact species and natural habitats respecting the principle of the “mitigation hierarchy”, whereby priority is given, �rst, to avoid or prevent negative impacts; second, where impacts cannot be avoided, to minimize damage and rehabilitating their e�ects; and, lastly, to compensate (or o�setting) for residual adverse impacts; in case of unavoidable impacts, taking measures to compensate the residual impact to achieve “no net loss” of biodiversity and, where applicable, a positive net balance; performing, for every new installation, impact studies that include a systematic assessment of the e�ects on biotypes, animal and vegetal species with the aim of avoiding operating in areas with the highest biodiversity values and adopting the best solutions to decrease the pressures on biodiversity elsewhere; cooperating with local communities, academia or NGOs to identify the values of biodiversity and to develop projects for the ecosystem safeguard and restoration; monitoring the e�ectiveness of implemented measures; reporting regularly on its performance related to biodiversity.