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Six young students were awarded for their
degree thesis on 'Technology for Human
Beings' in a competition promoted by
Prysmian Group and Human Foundation, an
organisation dealing with social innovation.
The contest has been welcomed by many
Italian universities and a large number
of students submitted their work. The
degree thesis competition was dedicated
to Bachelor degrees and Masters degrees
in engineering and physics, with the goal
of identifying technologies likely to have
a positive social impact within their area
of
application.
This
year’s
competition
The new enrollment campaign for Your
Employee Shares, the Group long-term
stock ownership plan, was launched in
February and will open up the YES scheme
to employees in as many as 27 countries
around the world. Employees had a fresh
opportunity to enroll in the plan that last
year was subscribed to by 32% of those
eligible. YES offers 16,000 Group employees
around the world the opportunity to buy
Prysmian shares at a discount of up to
25% on market price and is structured
in three annual tranches, with a total of
500,000 treasury shares earmarked to
serve the discounted purchases, as well
as the initial bonus of six free shares. The
shares may not be sold in the 36 months
Students awarded for ‘Technology for Human Beings’
New enrollment for YES launched
achieved a very high level of participation,
with a total of 26 candidates.
The six young winners – three for the
‘Bachelor degree’ category and three for
the ‘Master degree’ category – received
awards at the Robert Bosch Foundation in
Milan during an event organised by Ashoka,
a global organisation that identifies and
invests in leading social entrepreneurs.
The event ‘Innovate to restart’ was aimed
at stimulating the creation of an Italian
ecosystem of social entrepreneurs, thanks
to the participation of leading European
experts on social innovation.
following the date of purchase. By the end
of the plan, the ultimate goal is that 1%
of the company's capital will be held by
employees.
“We created the YES plan to
strengthen the ties between Prysmian and
its people and we have succeeded. Now,
with a shared purpose and common vision,
we are stronger together,”
stated Prysmian
CEO, Valerio Battista.
Prysmian Group also
launched its first app to provide up-to-date
info about personal shares and company
performance that allows employees to
find content about the business, including
the most important contracts won, and
about the Group, including its current year
financial results.
The stock ownership plan successfully opened in 2014.
Prysmian
North
America
launched
a
healthy competition called ‘Walk to Milan’,
with employees forming teams to see
which of them could walk the 8,000,000
steps, or just over 6,437 km, it would take
to reach Milan, where Prysmian Group
Headquarters are located. The contest
will last until at least one team has made
it to Milan. Prysmian North America, with
its ‘healthy lifestyle’ focus for 2015, has
implemented
several
other
initiatives,
including a Tobacco Cessation Program.
Health matters at Prysmian
A team of cyclists from the Western Link
project who took part in The Big Ride
2014, a 500-kilometre charity bike ride,
recently presented Cancer Research UK
and Macmillan Cancer Support with funds
totalling £15,000. The Big Ride 2014 was
created to celebrate the Western Link
project, a joint venture between National
Grid and Scottish Power Transmission.
Prysmian Group China has recently
organised two important charity initiatives
involving dozens of Chinese and foreign
staff members from different plants and
offices around the country. They have been
working with the Social Welfare Centre of
Xiangcheng District in Suzhou to take care
of orphans, most of whom have disabilities,
and volunteering at Beijiang Kindergarten
on Chongming Island in Shanghai, the
largest private nursery school in the
Chongming area.
Charity bike ride at WL
Orphanage and nursery
school in China
