Diversity & Inclusion

OVERVIEW

Our Diversity & Inclusion Journey

"In 2016 we started our Diversity & Inclusion journey with the launch of Side by Side, a program that would engage the entire organization and lead to local committees dedicated to creating a more inclusive and equitable working environment. Now, DE&I is part of our Social Ambition 2030 and a strategic pillar of our Company culture."

Fabrizio Rutschmann
Chief HR Officer Prysmian Group.

“We strongly believe that leveraging on gender, age and cultural diversities means creating more value and we are constantly building a work environment where all our employees can feel understood, respected and included just as they are.”
 
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Fabrizio Rutschmann
Chief HR Officer
Prysmian Group
 

Our Gender Balance Targets by 2023

Status Women in the Total workforce White collar women hired Women in junior management positions Women in middle management positions Women in all executive positions Women in top management positions Women in all management positions Women in management positions in revenue-generating functions Women in STEM positions
CURRENT STATUS
 
19.2%
 
44.9%
 
26.9%
 
24.4%
 
15.7%
 
7.1%
 
24.3%
 
17.4%
 
19.9%
TARGET 2023
 
20-22%
 
46-49%
 
28-30%
 
25-27%
 
19-21%
 
12-14%
 
25-28%
 
19-21%
 
21-23%

Global Parental Policy

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Prysmian Group is strongly committed to Diversity, Equity & Inclusion and aims at creating tools and conditions that allow all the employees to better manage their unique life and work.

In accordance with this approach, Prysmian Group also recognizes the high value of parenthood for the personal and professional development of its people. This Group Parental Policy represents a concrete action at a global level to help parents have a healthy start with their new child, promote their wellbeing, and ensure to mother / primary caregivers a smooth and successful transition back to work.  

This Policy relies on four main principles:  

  1. Compliance with local legislation and alignment with the local agreements with employees and work councils; 
  2. Protection against discriminatory and inappropriate behaviors towards new mothers / primary caregivers;
  3. An equitable and inclusive working environment;
  4. Treatment of parents across the Group with fairness and caring.

Global Diversity Recruitment Policy

 
The principal objective of Prysmian Group’s Diversity Recruitment Policy is to strengthen the recruitment process through the adoption of a standardized methodology that will promote the highest standards for our hiring activity. Our Diversity Recruitment Policy will also enable us to select the best talent on the market, by promoting the diversity and inclusion at all level of our organization.
 
PURPOSES
  1. To reinforce the recruiting process by providing a standardized methodology, that will ensure equal opportunities in every step of selection.
  2. To establish specific guidelines for recruitment. Each recruiting action can create a more diverse organization.
  3. To ensure that our marketing and advertising materials, job postings, website and annual report adhere to our Diversity & Inclusion Policy principles and relevant employment legislation.
  4. To improve internal and external branding to attract and retain talent, diversify our employee population and expand our talent pool.
 

Global Anti-Harassment Policy

Prysmian Group is committed to the development of an organization that prioritizes talent, abilities, diverse experiences, different cultural backgrounds, and, in general all forms of diversity: ethnic, race gender, language, age, sexual orientation, marital status, nationality, religion, political orientation, socio-economic status, physical and mental ability, experience, education and professional background.

In promoting such a diversified environment, Prysmian wants people to feel respected, appreciated and free to fully express their human potential, which means qualifying diversity and inclusion as one of the main pillars of the company culture. Accordingly, Prysmian has also adopted a Human Rights policy which supports internationally recognized human rights standards and regulates violations of those standards.

The Company is committed to support the adoption of the anti-harassment principles along its value chain and within the communities in which it is present.

"At Prysmian, we are against any form of discrimination and harassment and we believe that this is the way to create a more and more inclusive work environment. For this reason, we are launching our Global Anti-Harassment Policy, a tool that provides our people with a guideline on how to behave and ask support in case of vilification, bullying, intimidation and any other kind of harassment, either sexual or based on personal, cultural and political diversity."
 
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Fabrizio Rutschmann
Chief HR Officer
Prysmian Group
 

Our Global Diversity Workstream

Side by Side can leverage on the contribution and the support of a global diversity workstream, that has the following main accountabilities

  1. Promote Diversity within the Group through benchmarking, best practice sharing, and specific communication campaigns;

  2. Propose diversity objectives and definition of HR policies to achieve them;

  3. Support HR and Organization in the design of specific training and development initiatives to support diversity within the Group;

  4. Monitor and discuss the progress to improve gender diversity within the Group;

  5. Promote a cultural change to facilitate diversity enhancement across the Group.