It is not my boldness to confront the company for more than 22 long years. Much less my posts on social media about the media reports involving environmental neglect and ethically questionable conduct.
But what bothers Eni the most is the “truth” about the “Flinto Case”.
Read on this LINK the "document" sent to the new Eni Board containing the "facts" and "indisputable proofs" about the “false content” regarding my dismissal presented at the Eni Shareholders' Meeting that took place in Rome.
Could you tell me why Eni would go to the trouble of creating 17 “fake profiles” on LinkedIn to follow a whistleblower who for over 22 long years has been trying to rescue and restore his name, his honor, and his reputation that are being unfairly denigrated by the company itself?
I have nothing to celebrate! Out of 70 years of Eni’s history, I have been part of 22 long years. During this period, I have been demonstrating and "proving" (Doc. 01 and Doc. 02) the mistakes and errors made by the company to my disadvantage.
But, despite this, the Italian oil giant refuses to carry out “due diligence” on my case in light of the commitments made by the company, whether corporate commitments or international commitments.
Therefore, for me, up to this point, Eni's “speech” about “Responsible Business Conduct” (RBC) is nothing more than blah blah blah!
To change this regrettable reality, Eni will need to take actions consistent with its commitments, that is, the company needs to finally analyze my case and make “reparation” consistent with the damages that I am being forced to bear given the systemic "retaliation" with "attacks" on my honor and reputation, and victimization instrumentally architected to exempt the company from its own responsibilities in relation to a whistleblower!
One question remains unanswered: if the Brazilian Labor Court recognized in the court ruling that I was the whistleblower, why doesn't Eni recognize it?
On September 8, 2023, I made a “report” on Eni’s website about the “attacks” on my honor and reputation carried out by the company in 2010 (lawsuit) and in 2017 (Eni AGM). These attacks were fully proven by abundant, rich, and robust documentation (see Doc. 01 and Doc. 02).
However, to this date, I have not received any type of communication from Eni. For this reason, I have been monitoring whether there is any update on the “status” of my complaint, making daily consultations on Eni’s website using my “KEY-CODE” number.
It is clear that I have a great expectation that Eni will carry out an “in-depth investigation” into the facts (and proofs) presented by me on its exclusive website to receive whistleblowing from its Stakeholders.
Please note that, despite my insistent contacts with Eni’s Board of Directors, throughout these more than 22 long years of my “unfair dismissal” — in proven “retaliation”, carried out by those I had denounced, including members of the board of directors of Eni's Brazilian subsidiary — the company never carried out "due diligence" on my case in light of its "corporate commitments" (Code of Ethics and Whistleblowing Process) and "international commitments" that are "accepted" and "followed" by the company (OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises, UN Global Compact, and UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights).
Also note that the Brazilian Labor Court itself “recognized” that I was the “whistleblower”, despite Eni never admitting this fact!?
Therefore, I hope now that Eni finally has the dignity to do a “due diligence” on my case and report the “official result” of its investigations on its exclusive website for receiving “whistleblowing”, including “adverse impacts” on human rights.
I will keep you posted!
Therefore, in my case, ENI should pay attention to what these principles guide, especially the principles concerning:
The corporate responsibility to respect human rights
Principle 11: “Business enterprises should respect human rights. This means that they should avoid infringing on the human rights of others and should address adverse human rights impacts with which they are involved”.
Principle 13: “The responsibility to respect human rights requires that business enterprises: (a) Avoid causing or contributing to adverse human rights impacts through their own activities, and address such impacts when they occur; (b) Seek to prevent or mitigate adverse human rights impacts that are directly linked to their operations, products or services by their business relationships, even if they have not contributed to those impacts”.
Principle 15: “In order to meet their responsibility to respect human rights, business enterprises should have in place policies and processes appropriate to their size and circumstances, including: (a) A policy commitment to meet their responsibility to respect human rights; (b) A human rights due diligence process to identify, prevent, mitigate and account for how they address their impacts on human rights; (c) Processes to enable the remediation of any adverse human rights impacts they cause or to which they contribute”.
Principle 17: “In order to identify, prevent, mitigate and account for how they address their adverse human rights impacts, business enterprises should carry out human rights due diligence. The process should include assessing actual and potential human rights impacts, integrating and acting upon the findings, tracking responses, and communicating how impacts are addressed”.
Principle 22: “Where business enterprises identify that they have caused or contributed to adverse impacts, they should provide for or cooperate in their remediation through legitimate processes”.
Principle 23: “In all contexts, business enterprises should: (a) Comply with all applicable laws and respect internationally recognized human rights, wherever they operate; (b) Seek ways to honour the principles of internationally recognized human rights when faced with conflicting requirements; (c) Treat the risk of causing or contributing to gross human rights abuses as a legal compliance issue wherever they operate”.
So, why does ENI, in my case, doesn't fulfill this "International Commitment"?
Now, if ENI has no fear regarding the damage that I have repeatedly suffered over the years, it should at least fear all the unnecessary risks that the company is imposing on the Italian government, the “controlling” shareholder of the Italian oil giant and an "adherent nation" to the UNGP 31.
