Prysmian celebrates 10 years of "BUILD THE FUTURE", the graduate programme dedicated to the world's best talent

"Attracting the world's top talent is a challenge even for Italy's economic system," commented Valerio Battista, CEO Prysmian Group

Prysmian Group, a global leader in the power and telecommunications cabling systems industry, celebrates 10 years of "Build the Future", the Graduate Program launched in 2012 with the goal of hiring the best talent internationally with diverse backgrounds who are interested in new work challenges within Prysmian. Since 2012, 300,000 applications have been received and approximately 500 new graduates from the world's most prestigious universities have been hired.

Now in its 11th year, Build the Future is helping to make a mark in the energy transition and the digitization of communities, with an increasing focus on STEM professions and gender equality.

"We are proud to share the results of this program 10 years after its launch: it demonstrates that competing on a global scale to attract the best talent from the most prestigious universities is a challenge that can be won. At the same time, they are a recognition of international excellence and an important sign for Italy's economic system and the future of the country," commented Valerio Battista, CEO of Prysmian Group.

The Prysmian Graduate Program offers selected young people an exciting experience from day one. The program begins with a two-week comprehensive training with training and activities led by Prysmian Group Academy in collaboration with a leading business school. The induction is followed by a year-long job rotation in the country of employment in 3 different departments: Research and Development, Operations in a production site and Sales Support. After the first year of rotation, the three-year international assignment begins in a technical role closely related to the company's core business. At the end of the overseas assignment, participants return to their country of employment and take on new responsibilities in technical or business areas.

Making full use of the global expertise of its people is an integral part of the Prysmian Group's long-term sustainability strategy. Prysmian is pro-actively growing as an organisation that recognises the need for diversity, inclusion and gender equality at all levels and is committed to empowering more women to pursue careers within Prysmian in technical and scientific roles. The Group also promotes programs to expand digital inclusion for all its employees, while eliminating discrimination by role or function.

Note

To further strengthen Prysmian's alignment with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, the Group recently launched its Social Ambition and released the following 2030 targets in support of social goals:

• Diversity, equality and inclusion
  • A 50/50 split between women and men in new employees.
  • A commitment that at least 30% of senior management roles will be held by women.
  • Zero pay gap - with equal pay for all roles.
  • Hire over 500 women in a dedicated science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) recruitment program.
  • At least 30% of directors to be from under-represented nationalities/ethnicities.
  • Local mentoring programmes for 500 minority students.
• Digital inclusion
  • Connect all employees through digital platforms, ensuring significant progress in adoption levels.
• Empowering local communities
  • Developing education and training programmes dedicated to local schools and communities, with a particular focus on the most vulnerable and developing regions.
  • Encouraging children of all ages to discover and embrace a technical or scientific career through knowledge-sharing programmes that leverage Prysmian's extensive global know-how.
• Employee involvement and development
  • 40 hours per year of training for all employees.
  • More than 25% of employees involved in rotation/career development each year.
  • At least 50% of employees as established shareholders through our share plans.
  • Greater than 80% response rate to annual engagement survey.
  • Leadership index improvement from 70% to 80%.