INSIGHT ISSUE 02 | 2021

15 INSIGHT | Prysmian Group Around the World Cinzia still considers herself to be a fortunate woman since, even though encountering difficulties along her own path, she has worked hard to overcome a limited vision. “I have been lucky to work in regional and multinational companies, in the public and private sectors, in product and service companies, in listed and unlisted companies, in Italy and abroad, where actually I reside today. Everywhere, I have found that thanks to our skills, our experience and our dedication nothing is impossible. We have demonstrated this. We have the right and the duty to be ambitious and, together with the other part of the universe, starting with everyday life, to write one of the most extraordinary stories of transformation of PRYSMIAN GROUP EDITORIAL STAFF the way of doing business: the story that talks about diversity — not only gender-based — and inclusion, multiculturalism. And these are actually the fundamental pillars on which the corporate culture of the Group to which I am proud to belong rests, wheresoever in the world. Five years ago, Prysmian Group launched a special programme for promoting diversity and inclusion, named ‘Side by Side’. From the outset, this initiative was intended to express the Group’s total commitment and was therefore promoted globally also through the support of an ad-hoc steering committee, the Group Diversity Workstream, of which I am a member. With this focus and again at global level, country by country, Prysmian is working on gender, age and culture diversity recognising the value of people, different backgrounds and different leadership styles, in the conviction that everyone,with their ownuniqueness, is able to generate value for the business and for the company. Various policies have been adopted by the Group, such as the Group Diversity Recruitment Policy and the Global Maternity Policy, combined with numerous workshops and training sessions to foster cultural change and inclusion and diverse initiatives to support caregivers. Prysmian has set itself very precise gender balance objectives, aimed at attracting increasing numbers of female talent, especially in the core functions, such as Manufacturing, Research & Development and Sales. And also to increase the number of women in leadership positions, which rose from 6% in 2016 to 13.4% at the end of 2020. That’s how fortunate I am!” “Whether we like it or not, the three W’s are changing the world: ‘web’, ‘weather’, "women". WOMEN IN LEADERSHIP POSITIONS 13.4% in 2020 (from 6% in 2016)