Consolidated external costs
In 2022, the Group’s consolidated external costs totalled about € 3.56 billion (+44.5% compared to 2021). The higher increase, for around € 900 million, is due to the procurement of electricity on the free market and on the gradual protection market.
Procurement of goods, services and works related to the Group Companies subject to reporting are managed centrally by the Purchases and Logistics Function of the Parent Company105, with the exception of Gori, AdF, Gesesa and Deco, which independently manage their business. The total value of the order recorded in 2022, including the amounts of the aforesaid non-centrally managed companies106, amounts to around € 1.9 billion, a slight decrease compared to 2021 (over € 2 billion). Regarding the centrally managed companies, the value of 2022 procurement was approximately € 1.5 billion, compared to over € 1.7 billion in 2021.
105 For the NFS scope, see Disclosing sustainability: methodological note. With reference to this scope, the water companies Gori, AdF and Gesesa, the environment companies Berg, Demap and Deco (the latter in the NFS scope from 2022) and the companies operating in PV (with the exception of Acea Solar) are not centrally managed.
106 The data of the three companies operating in the water sector that manage procurement activities independently and of Deco are aggregated here with those managed centrally in order to represent overall relations with suppliers in the year under review. The figures for Berg and Demap and the photovoltaic companies (except Acea Solar) have not been included, as these companies recorded very low costs for materials and services totalling 1% of those incurred by the companies in the NFS scope.