2017 Sustainability Overview | Prysmian Group

1 Prysmian is continuously strengthening its commitment to sustainability and in 2017 implemented a specific Plan consisting of priorities, objectives and concrete actions aimed at meeting the 16 quantitative Key Performance Indicators that make up the Group's Scorecard by 2020. The Group also confirmed its position in the main international sustainability indices and assessments, including FTSE4Good, Dow Jones Sustainability Index and CDP. The identification and analysis of risks linked to environmental and social impacts has an increasing importance within the Group. During 2017 strategies and key activities were undertaken to mitigate these risks, which are constantly monitored to guarantee an adequate control and management system. Over the years, the Group has set a clear sustainability strategy inspired by the universally recognised United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, while aligning all stakeholders through the sharing of activities and objectives with customers, suppliers, institutions and communities, within the same major projects in which integrity and responsibility play the main role. Since 2014 we started the Multi-Stakeholder Engagement project as part of dialogue with stakeholders on sustainability issues, aimed at strengthening trust relationships based on the principles of transparency, openness and dialogue. The fourth Multi-Stakeholder Engagement event took place in 2017 in Delft, Holland, where we focused together on the evolution of the global industry context, as well as the ability to think about the future with a view to responsibility towards the environment and society. The Group continue to pursue the economic and financial responsibility with the success of the Your Employee Shares shareholding program, while the Human Capital Strategy", launched in 2015, has guided the development of specific actions based on pillars such as international global recruiting campaigns, enhancement of internal resources, training programmes and initiatives, while embracing and protecting diversity. We perceive the sustainability issues in the widest possible meaning, always trying to adhere to what we believe is the foundation upon which any sustainable behaviour, from doing business to economic and social matters, is rooted into, which is, in one word, Ethics. Valerio Battista CEO of Prysmian Group