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Methodology
This Report reflects the desire of the Prysmian Group
(“Prysmian” or “the Group”) to communicate clearly and
transparently with our stakeholders about our activities and
performance in the economic, social, environmental and
product fields during 2013. Such communication, carried out in
the context of our sustainability objectives, calls for constant
dialogue with our stakeholders.
The document has been prepared in accordance with the
“Sustainability Reporting Guidelines G3.1” issued in 2011 by
the GRI – Global Reporting Initiative. The level of application
reached, B+, represents an improvement with respect to that
attained by our previous Report. This reflects the additional
efforts made to render the reporting process more complete
and effective.
This document, which is released every year, was prepared
with the involvement of our various business functions. The
purpose of this approach was to identify clearly and precisely
the information deemed most meaningful for stakeholders, in
terms of its materiality, significance, precision, comparability,
timeliness and reliability.
Unless specified differently in the chapters concerned, the
Report presented below comprises data and information
about the companies belonging to the Prysmian Group as of 31
December 2013, and about their activities during the year.
With respect to the scope of the prior Report, there have
not been any significant changes in the scale or ownership
of the Company. The scope of reporting includes data and
information about the expansion of the Group’s two factories
in Russia and Romania.
Prior year information is presented solely for comparative
purposes, in order to facilitate assessment of the Group’s
performance over time.
The information presented makes reference to both
measurables and estimates; any recourse to the latter is
appropriately disclosed in the document.
In order to guarantee the reliability of the information
presented, this Report was examined by Deloitte which, on
completion of the necessary checks, released its “Report
on the limited examination of the Sustainability Report”
in accordance with the criteria indicated in ISAE3000. The
information for 2011 reports, for the first time, the structure of
the Group following the union of Prysmian and Draka.
When the combined data derives from estimates, this is
appropriately highlighted in the Report.
Content of the SuStainability RepoRt
The content is organised in order to provide all readers with a
clear, complete and immediate understanding of the topics
addressed.
Each area of sustainability is presented in a chapter that
describes the relevant policies, approaches and initiatives
deemed most important by Prysmian, while also providing
precise information that satisfies the needs of the GRI
indicators.
The introduction is dedicated to the history of the Group, to
the areas in which we work, to the principal events and awards
received during the year, and to the values that guide the way
we work.
The section dedicated to economic and financial matters
discusses Prysmian’s corporate governance, while also
presenting information about the Group’s economic
performance and the work performed to involve and
communicate with our shareholders and investors.
The next section covers the Group’s core business, being of
course our products. This section shows how sustainability
is an all-encompassing concept that influences the entire
life cycle of every product: from research into and the
development of innovative and sustainable solutions, to the
networks that transport the product to market.
The following chapter is dedicated to our human resources,
health and safety policies, the involvement of employees and
their personal growth via initiatives that develop their skills.
This focus on our human resources is also reflected in the
activities carried out for the benefit of the local communities
in which the Group works, and with which we maintain
relations.
The section on the environment presents our HSE policies
and our environmental performance by analysing the most
significant aspects, such as our use of natural resources and
raw materials, our consumption of energy and the related
emission of greenhouse gases, and our elimination of
processing waste.
ContaCtS
Please direct comments, requests, opinions and ideas for
improving the activities of Prysmian and the information
contained in the Sustainability Report to:
CoRpoRate and buSineSS CommuniCationS
• +39 0264491
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In order to make this Report readily accessible, an interactive
version can be downloaded from the Group’s official website:
