the definition of strategic and management guidelines and formulation of the company’s growth channels;
the economic-financial coordination of the Group’s activities via approval of the long-term strategic plans, including the financial plan, investments and annual budgets;
the definition of Internal Control System and Risk Management guidelines, with a view to ensuring that the main risks pertaining to Acea and its subsidiaries – including the various risks that are potentially important from a medium/long-term sustainability perspective – are correctly identified, measured, managed and monitored;
definition of the nature and level of risk in keeping with the strategic objectives identified by the company, including in its evaluations all factors that are potentially important with a view to the company’s sustainable success;