I have already been waiting for 22 long years, and if necessary, I will continue to wait until 2027 to demand from the Italian courts that Eni finally carry out due diligence on my case!
Read more:
1) "Fully proven facts known to the Board of Directors of Eni":
2) "Chronology of Facts" (2001 to 2022):
Dear Mrs. Giorgia Meloni,
Two facts are undeniable! The first is that Italy is a "signatory government" to the “United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights”, also known as “UNGP 31”.
The second fact is that the Italian government is the "controlling shareholder" of the Italian oil giant and, therefore, as the Prime Minister, you have decision-making power in Eni's Board of Directors.
Note that, during almost 23 long years, I fought against Eni to restore and rescue my name, honor, and reputation that was "attacked" and "destroyed" by the company.
Also note that, in all these years, five different Boards of Directors, under the management of three different CEOs, were contacted by me (2002, 2009, 2014, 2020, and 2023). But Eni didn't respond to my persistent messages! Furthermore, Mr. Mauro Meggiolaro, a journalist and “critical shareholder” of the company, took my case to be discussed at four Shareholders' Meetings (2017, 2018, 2020, and 2021), but, even though it positioned itself as our “mediator”, Eni never agreed to participate in a “mediation meeting”.
As if that wasn't more than enough, two other Italian journalists published my story in the first investigative book that told the “problems” in Eni's management for 25 years. The book, entitled “Eni: The Parallel State”, became a bestseller in Italy in just a few months.
Despite the facts being fully proven, Eni never carried out “due diligence”. Even during the "Good Offices", offered by the NCP Brazil in 2022 and 2023, by "neglecting" and "belittling" the “OECD Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Business Conduct”, the company refused to carry out a "due diligence" of my case.
It's indisputable how Eni has been handling my case! In addition to using the Courts to punish me, as I am a “defendant” in three SLAPP lawsuits, the "corporate strategy" is a: “systemic imposition of retaliations with attacks on my honor and reputation, and victimization instrumentally architected to exempt the Eni from its own responsibilities”.
If you still have doubts about my case, I suggest you talk to the former director of Eni’s Board, Mr. Luigi Zingales, a professor at the University of Chicago. He knows me personally and knows that I speak the truth!
However, in the UNGP 31, "Principle 4" - which establishes “The State-Business Nexus” - guides the adherent nations to:
“States should take additional steps to protect against human rights abuses by business enterprises that are owned or controlled by the State […] including, where appropriate, by requiring human rights due diligence”.
Therefore, I request your help so that the Italian government "requires" from Eni's Board of Directors that they, at last, carry out a "due diligence" of my case in light of the “UNGP 31”.
Read more:
1) "Fully proven facts known to the Board of Directors of Eni"
2) "Chronology of Facts" (2001 to 2022)
