Eni has numerous and serious problems

It is very important for the global market to note that, ENI's conduct is not an isolated case. Quite the opposite! The facts below - which are very similar to my case presented in this web site - demonstrate that ENI has "numerous" and "serious" problems involving the "Whistleblowing Process":

a) YEAR 2013

In 2013, a “blog” maintained by a university professor and environmental activist hosted in an Italian newspaper, told the story of Mr. Gianni Franzoni, an oil tanker captain for the company SAIPEM, a company controlled by ENI.

The report, entitled “In the open sea, the eyes do not see and the heart does not hurt” (Doc. 01), says that, in 2007, Mr. Franzoni became aware of numerous technical and certification irregularities. Their findings indicated that “SAIPEM was carrying out naval operations, oil drilling, and industrial work in deep waters without adequate personnel, in violation of issued certifications or even without the necessary certificates as required by Italian law and international regulations. All this, so as not to have to restructure and update its infrastructure, putting workers and the environment at risk”.

The blogger also says that: “Instead of the company thanking the captain for his work, for his ethical courage, and for his love of the sea, he was the first to be fired, in 2012. Mr. Franzoni did everything he had to do. First, he presented his complaint within SAIPEM, in accordance with the Code of Ethics. Then he wrote to the 'Ethics Commission' — those who should verify the allegations through a 'due diligence' (internal audit). And, after being fired, the commander wrote an 'open letter' to the CEO of ENI (Mr. Paolo Scaroni), in 2013 (Doc. 02). As ENI did nothing, he filed a 'criminal complaint' to the Italian Public Ministry (Doc. 03)”.

In 2014, Mr. Franzoni made contact with me. But what could I do to help him, other than publish his story with ENI on my social media?

b) YEAR 2016:

An Italian journalist, when breaking the news of the dismissal of this other employee of ENI, was quite blunt in naming his article, in 2016: “Eni, games and porn movies in the control room. Dismissed for having denounced the truth” (Doc. 04).

c) ANO 2017:

Contrary to what ENI is reporting to the global market, the “audit” carried out by RINA Services in 2017 had nothing to do with my specific case.

The truth is that, in 2017, as CEO of the Brazilian Business Ethics Institute, I received two “anonymous whistleblowing” involving fraud and acts of corruption in the Americas (Brazil, Venezuela, Mexico, and the United States) carried out by managers and executives of ENI and with the involvement of top people, located at ENI’s headquarters in Rome.

The aforementioned anonymous whistleblowing reached my hands at the same time. But one of them was posted in the US Post Office (Doc. 05) and the other one in the Italian Post Office (Doc. 06).

Now, what are the reasons for ENI's Stakeholders to send “complaints” to me? 

Now, why were these complaints not sent to the “Whistleblowing Channel” of ENI itself? 

Now, why were these serious complaints involving executives from ENI’s top management not sent directly to the “Board of Directors”?

Could the answer be related to the suspicion of ENI's Stakeholders in the "whistleblowing process" that does not have sufficient credibility and is not a credible procedure? Or would the answer lie in the fact that ENI’s employees are being fired after filing a whistleblowing?

As soon as I received these anonymous reports, I forwarded them both to ENI’s internal channels and to RINA Services, a multinational company that certifies ISO standards, with 160 years of experience in a wide range of sectors, operating in 70 countries, with 200 offices and more than 4,000 professionals, but headquartered in Italy (!?).

In 2022, due to documents attached to the second lawsuit filed by ENI against me, I learned that, in May and June 2017, RINA Services carried out a “complex audit” of ENI (is that right?) about the “anti-bribery management system” of the ISO 37001 standard. After the work, an “internal audit report” was prepared (Doc. 07).

Note that a “statement” (Doc. 08) was prepared by RINA Services - four years after such internal audit - on June 04, 2021, being stated that: “[...] It requested detailed information regarding the management of the aforementioned situations and planned an additional audit to assess the correct management of the report according to the requirements, the reference standards and in order to be able to give a correct answer to the complainant, Mr. Douglas Linares Flinto”.

However, I never received any kind of response, neither from ENI nor RINA Services. Why not?