Following approval of the new Code of Ethics, the phase involving the design and distribution of its contents to the entire corporate body began: from November January 2008 training was provided for Hera S.p.A. and the seven territorial companies through 4 brief seminars for managers and officers (72 persons over a total of 288 hours) while the course for co-ordinators (173 persons over a total of 1,384 hours) was taught 10 times.