Prevention and Mitigation

Prysmian Group believes in the value of individuals, backgrounds, leadership styles and attitudes because each person has the potential to generate value to the Company. We  therefore promote Diversity and Inclusion at all levels of the organization.

We make decisions about who to hire and promote based on qualifications, performance, skills and experience, and we adopted a standardized methodology to promote the highest standards for our hiring activity.

We foster an inclusive, collaborative community across boundaries – regionally, nationally and internationally, and have a strong focus on international mobility.

Prysmian also aims at creating tools and conditions that allow all the employees to better manage their unique life and work, and among other initiatives we adopted a Global Maternity Policy

We do not allow employees to be treated differently or unfairly by managers or co-workers based on characteristics such as skin color, religion, age, disability, politics, sexual orientation, race, gender, cultural affiliation, their place or origin, or any other basis. We do not tolerate disrespectful or inappropriate behavior, unfair treatment or retaliation of any kind.

We therefore adopted a Global Anti-Harassment Policy, organize workshops and training initiatives for managers that strengthen the awareness around diversity, and support the development of a more inclusive leadership style.

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Diversity and Inclusion Policy

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Diversity and Inclusion

Global Mobility

Prysmian believes child labor is a severe human rights violation and adheres to the principle for which hazardous work is prohibited to children under the age of 18.

The minimum working age should respect the age of compulsory schooling, and should be no less than 15 years of age.

The group commits to providing decent work for young workers, and ensuring protection and safety of children in all business activities and facilities.

We can ensure child labor doesn’t exist in our operations, but we are aware that there are risks of child labor within our supply chain: In order to manufacture certain safety cables, Prysmian purchases limited quantities of a few types of glass-based tape that contain small quantities of mica, whose extraction is considered to be at risk of under-age working, but we do not use this mineral directly in our products and production processes.

We are committed to the effective elimination of child labor in our supply chain and we therefore request all suppliers of products with a sub-supply of mica to complete a questionnaire certifying the absence of child labor anywhere in the supply chain and continuously monitor it.

Prysmian is committed to ensuring that all of our workers are safeguarded, treated fairly and with dignity.

Employment at Prysmian Group is voluntary and we will not tolerate any form of exploitation, forced labor and human trafficking, whether this relates to our directly employed workforce or any of our supply chain.

Forced labor includes threatening workers with severe deprivations, such as withholding passports or other ID documents, food or land or wages, physical violence or sexual abuse, or bonding workers through debts.

On our supply chain side, we implemented a program of supplier engagement, including several from areas identified as high risk, and we continue to monitor and assess our supply chain in terms of identifying areas where there is a risk of slavery and human trafficking.

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Modern Slavery Statements

Prysmian Group strongly believes in protecting the health and safety of all employees and subcontractors. We believe that a safe and healthy workplace is fundamental, and for us safety always takes priority.

Our Human Rights Policy requires that we take responsibility for maintaining a productive workplace in every part of our Group by minimizing the risk of accidents, injury and exposure to health hazards for all of our associates and contractors.

We therefore identify hazards in our plants and assess risks to safety and health. We train staff to avoid risks on equipment and risks potentially associated to the storage and management of hazardous materials and waste, with an overall goal of avoiding occupational diseases and reducing the frequency and severity of injuries.

We also invest in environmental activities, including energy efficiency, water and waste.

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Life in our Plants

HSE Policy

Prysmian ensures a fair and equal remuneration to its employees in compliance with national regulations.

We offer compensation aligned with the market, and set wages according to industry standards and local legislations with regarding minimum wage and benefits. We keep proper records of the hours worked, wages and bonuses paid, authorized deductions and benefits provided. Employees should be provided regular pay slips outlining this information in a clear and understandable manner.

We strive to reward our employees through performance-base compensation programs that foster pay fairness and encourage our employees to keep achieving great results and share our success via participation in our share ownership program.

We believe that employees have the right to equal pay for equal work. Our remuneration systems are not influenced by gender, age, ethnicity, cultural background or race. We value the diversity of our people and support inclusion by avoiding pay differentials related to any form of discrimination.

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Rewarding talents

YES: Your Employee Shares

Remuneration Policy

We work towards enriching the communities around us, because we depend on them. We design, build and sell cables all across the globe. Wherever we go, we pursue socially responsible business by supporting the economic, social and cultural development of the communities where we work, ensuring a fair, equal and respectful treatment of local and indigenous people and exerting a positive influence on the local area.

We believe that access to energy and telecommunications is fundamental in the economic and social development of local communities. That’s why our corporate citizenship and philanthropy activities aim to support this access - especially in developing countries, where we acquire some of the raw materials that make up our cables.

Among other initiatives, Prysmian has joined the Solidaritas Foundation, a group of businesses with the aim of working towards achieving the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals, through which several Corporate Volunteering events where organized.

Prysmian also helps to support social projects via the hours paid to employees involved in charitable activities at local level.

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Working for the community

Insight story: “Mission Accomplished” at Chiulo Hospital

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