Last update: Integrated Report 2024
The efficient use of water resources, the treatment of wastewater, the protection of water quality, controls and grid management are some of the main activities performed by the FS Italiane group companies for proper water management.
The Group holds frequent awareness campaigns to inform passengers about the responsible use of this resource and, with respect to industrial use, these campaigns mostly focus on reducing consumption to ensure the effective collection and treatment of the wastewater.
In 2024, the total volume of water withdrawn by the Group was just over 17 million cubic metres, comparable to the average annual consumption of a city the size of an Italian provincial capital with around 300,000 inhabitants.
| FS Group | 2024 |
| Water consumption* | 708 thousand m3 |
| - of which in areas at water risk** | 594 thousand m3 |
| Recycled/reused water | 20 thousand m3 |
| - of which in areas at water risk | 9 thousand m3 |
*The value for stored water was not reported because the metric is not material for the FS Group.
**Water stress is a figure collected by means of an estimate involving only two types of sites: operational and/or production units and civil buildings with water withdrawals greater than 10 cubic metres per day. In the case of multiple sites, the quantitative prevalence of water consumption in stress areas is considered. To determine whether an area is under water stress, the WRI's 'Acqueduct' website should be consulted. For the FS Group, an area is only placed under water stress if the indicator is "High (40%-80%)" or "Extremely High (>80%). Please refer to the table "Accounting policy for sustainability metrics" in the Appendix for details on how this is estimated.
| CONSTRUCTION SITES OF CONTRACTORS – RAIL INFRASTRUCTURES | 2024 |
| Water consumption* | 1,4 million m3 |
| - of which in areas at water risk** | 1,2 million m3 |
| Recycled/reused water | 530 thousand m3 |
| - of which in areas at water risk | 244 thousand m3 |
*The value for stored water was not reported because the metric is not material for the FS Group.
**Data on water consumption and recycled/reused water from suppliers are obtained through an estimate based on the percentage of water-stressed areas in the FS Italiane Group.