In Hera Group from social cooperatives came to around Euro 57 million, disclosing an increase of 23% on the previous year mainly due to the increase in the awards to social cooperatives in Emilia Romagna (+25% compared with 2015) due to the launch, at the start of 2016, of new contracts for awarding waste management services, where the temporary joint ventures awarded the work represented a greater percentage of the social cooperation.