Ep85 - Why did Eni mention the NCP Brazil?

In the previous episodes, I reconstructed an important moment in the history of the Flinto Case.

On December 18, 2020, my lawyer sent Eni’s external lawyer, Studio Legale D'Ercole, a “Proposal for Amicable Settlement”.

As previously documented in this series, the proposal followed my contact with the then Italian Ambassador to Brazil, Francesco Azzarello, who informed me that Eni was awaiting a proposal for a possible amicable solution.

After 120 days without Eni contacting me, I wrote again to the Board of Directors on April 19, 2021, asking when we could discuss bringing an almost 20-year story to an end.

A few weeks later, through Fondazione Finanza Etica, three questions were submitted on my behalf at Eni’s 2021 AGM:

1️⃣ Why had Eni asked me for a “Proposal for Amicable Settlement”?

2️⃣ Why had Eni not contacted me after receiving it?

3️⃣ When did Eni intend to respond?

The official AGM document expressly records that the proposal had been submitted “as requested by Eni”.

Eni did not answer the three questions individually. For the first two, it referred to its answer to the third. In that single response, Eni did not mention that the settlement proposal had been requested by the company itself.

Instead, Eni referred to ongoing litigation and to:

🔹 “an instance promoted by Flinto on July 16, 2020 before the NCP Brazil”.

Eni concluded that the AGM was not the appropriate forum to discuss matters already before different courts and the NCP Brazil.

But why was the Flinto Case before the NCP Brazil?

In April 2020, I contacted Eni’s Board of Directors for the fifth time.

I received no response.

I then pursued another institutional avenue and brought the Flinto Case before the NCP Brazil, alleging possible non-compliance by Eni with the OECD - OCDE Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises.

The sequence is important:

📌 I contacted the Board again. No response. I brought the case to the NCP Brazil.

📌 Months later, Eni requested an amicable settlement proposal.

📌 The proposal was submitted.

📌 120 days passed without a response.

📌 And when I asked Eni’s shareholders why the company had requested it and when it intended to respond, Eni itself pointed, among other proceedings, to the NCP Brazil.

So what exactly was this proceeding?

What happened after I brought the Flinto Case to the NCP Brazil - and how did Eni respond?

In the coming episodes, I will reconstruct through the documents what happened before the NCP Brazil.

PEOPLE. FACTS. DOCUMENTS. ANSWERS.

🔷 NEXT EPISODE: WHAT IS THE NCP BRAZIL?

After almost 20 years, one question remains unanswered:

🔴 Why not submit the facts, the documents and the different versions regarding my dismissal to a truly independent investigation?

I am not asking anyone to believe me.

Know the facts.

Examine the supporting evidence.

And reach your own conclusion.


❎ Learn more:

1️⃣ OECD Watch