These are aimed at showing that we value employees, enhancing their skills as well as their health, safety and wellbeing, eliminating any form of inequality, consolidating the smart working experience and improving our attractiveness as an employer and staff retention.
The main ones are:
- Diversity, Equity & Inclusion: it is a concept embedded in every our initiative, at all levels of the business. The key objectives we will focus on are: Women in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths), diversity in leadership and embedding inclusion into our culture. In 2022, we worked on the development of the DE&I Strategic Plan 2024-2027, which will be published in 2023, revising our KPIs to include the concept of “Equality” and setting increasingly challenging and demanding qualitative and quantitative objectives. In 2022, 32% of our employees are women and 26% of our top managers are women;
- No harassment in the workplace: initiatives to raise awareness and combat physical, verbal and psychological harassment in the workplace. we have taken a clear stand on the issue and is committed to ensuring zero tolerance towards harassment incidents in the workplace. The action plan includes our commitment, specific mandatory training to 100% of personnel, a protection committee, a survey and a whistleblowing hotline. In 2021 we launched the e-learning courses “Zero tolerance: How to prevent, recognise and manage workplace harassment”;
- Smart offices: launch of a three-year plan (2021-2023) for the renovation of offices with a smart approach;
- Supplier management: implementation of a supplier portal that allows ESG-relevant information to be managed for qualification and monitoring purposes. The new portal will be developed with the aim of improving interaction and engagement in order to strengthen partnerships and improve management of ESG risks in the supply chain.
