At the Global Water Summit in Madrid, Gruppo CAP officially joined the Leading Utilities of the World (LUOW), the exclusive international network uniting the most innovative and high-performing water companies globally.

This is a significant milestone for the green utility managing the Integrated Water Service for the Metropolitan City of Milan. It has now become one of the very few Italian organisations of excellence – to date, there are only two others – to be admitted into this select group.

The LUOW network is conceived not merely as a recognition of milestones achieved, but as a genuine platform for strategic collaboration. Within this network, leaders from the world’s major utilities – who collectively serve over 300 million people – come together to address common sector challenges, charting the future course for increasingly resilient and sustainable water management.

In an era where water is on the frontline of the global climate challenge, joining the Leading Utilities of the World confirms a clear strategic positioning. For Gruppo CAP and the most forward-thinking European organisations, the goal goes beyond the simple delivery of a service. It is about driving a profound transformation across the sector: evolving from traditional infrastructure operators into genuine strategic hubs for climate resilience and the circular economy within local communities.