A sustainable combination of energies; launch of the SNAM Global Gas Report 2017
Today the Embassy of Italy in London hosted the 14th event in the Italian Imaginative Innovators (Triple I) series. The Triple I initiative was launched by the embassy in 2016 and consists of a series of conversations with successful Italian entrepreneurs, who present their stories to the London financial community. Today’s event was part of the embassy’s economic public-diplomacy programme, which has involved over 150 events over the last four years.
The participants who discussed the future of the European energy market were Lord Peter Mandelson, the former Labour minister and former European commissioner; Marco Alverà, the CEO of SNAM; Nick Butler, an energy commentator for the Financial Times; and moderator Alessandra Galloni, the global news editor for Thomson Reuters.
“The timing of this Triple I could not be more appropriate, in the light of current international initiatives dedicated to the future of global environmental sustainability, such as the COP23 conference and the presentation of the publication World Energy Outlook, held last month in Bonn and Vienna respectively,” said Ambassador Terracciano. He added, “initiatives such as these, complemented by reports from individual companies, such as the Global Gas Report 2017 by SNAM, illustrate the growing attention and vital importance of the energy sector and its crucial role in the creation of a sustainable future.”
Lord Peter Mandelson, the chairman of Global Counsel, noted that Italy plays a pivotal role in the European gas market and in ensuring a sustainable energy future in Europe.
Marco Alverà, the CEO of SNAM, thanked the embassy for the opportunity to present the SNAM Global Gas Report 2017 in London. He said that the company had discussed the importance of gas in the global energy mix of the future with its stakeholders and investors, not only in the context of emerging economies but also in Europe, noting that both the UK and Italy are playing an active role in the process of decarbonisation. He explained that London is an important hub for SNAM as over half of the company’s investors are international and many of these investors and strategic partners are based in the City.
