2017 Sustainability Overview | Prysmian Group

PRYSMIAN GROUP 2017 SUSTAINABILITY OVERVIEW TAKING ACTION GROWING RESPONSIBLY “In 2017, Prysmian Group made further progress on its path of growth, both organically and along external lines: the more you grow, the more you have to act responsibly, in order to make your progress sustainable for all those involved”. Lorenzo Caruso believes the commitment to a sustainable growth has to be implemented with a set of specific actions aimed at reaching well defined targets within a certain time frame. That is why the Group adopted in 2017 a Sustainability Plan consisting of priorities, objectives and concrete actions aimed at meeting the 16 quantitative KPIs that make up the Group's Scorecard by 2020. “Furthermore”, Caruso explains, “you have to measure objectively the progress you made in terms of sustainability: always in 2017 the Group confirmed its position in the main international sustainability indices and assessments , including FTSE4Good, Dow Jones Sustainability Index and CDP”. In 2017, Prysmian implemented a specific Sustainability Plan consisting of priorities, objectives and concrete actions aimed at meeting the 16 Key Performance Indicators that the Group set up in its Scorecard by 2020. Lorenzo Caruso, Corporate and Business Communications Director, tells the further important progress made to achieve the goal of a truly responsible growth. Also the identification and analysis of risks linked to environmental and social impacts are part of the responsibility for a sustainable growth. In 2017, tells Caruso, after the Group has identified some sustainability risks to which appears to be exposed, “strategies and key activities were undertaken to mitigate these risks, which are constantly monitored by the company with an adequate management system”. The clear sustainability strategy adopted by the Group over the years is inspired by the universally recognised United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. But, Caruso adds, “the direction taken has not only to be shared, but also aligned with the expectations of Prysmian's stakeholders, through the sharing of activities and objectives with customers, suppliers, institutions and communities, within the same major project in which integrity and responsibility play the main role”.