The purpose and efforts of our organization
It is well known that for several years now, the national legislature, including on the basis of European legislation and agendas that exceed the European remit, has focused attention on the issue related to the gender gap within several key dimensions, including economic participation, educational attainment, and political empowerment to name but a few.
The most recent studies show that the gender gap in economic participation remains among the main obstacles to women's empowerment.
The slow progress observed in recent years on narrowing this gap can be traced to two opposing trends:
- on the one hand, the continued increase in the share of women among skilled professionals, as well as progress toward wage equality,
- on the other hand, overall income disparities only partially closed and the persistent absence of women in leadership positions.
Despite their enormous contribution to the economy, through their productive and reproductive, wage-earning and unpaid roles, many women continue to be subject to economic dependence, discrimination and exploitation proving particularly at risk during periods of economic crisis and recession.
In this context, the promotion of gender equality and women's empowerment become a crucial factor for Increso s.r.l., which intends thus;
- Promote internally, as well as externally, its commitments to the attestation of a culture oriented toward valuing diversity as well as open to gender equality, parenting and work-life balance as support for women's empowerment;
- Promote gender equality related to the presence and professional growth of women in their Organization;
- value the diversity present in the roles operating in the organization and develop and maintain processes that can develop women's empowerment in business activities.
The organization's attention, in the path that ensures the achievement and maintenance of this purpose, focuses its efforts in the following areas prepared by UNI 125:2022 practice:
- Culture and strategy;
- Governance;
- HR processes ;
- Opportunities;
- Remunerative equity;
- Parenting.
The organization believes that developing a cultural model that promotes gender equality, in addition to generating "social value" appreciated in the European institutional economic environment, is a development factor for its business.
Results based on stakeholder satisfaction
Increso s.r.l. intends to ensure gender equality through concrete actions that, in addition to complying with the requirements/indicators established for the individual areas identified, are of real and concrete appreciation by the women present in the Organization as privileged stakeholders with respect to the results that the management system produces and will intend to produce over time.
The organization, with a desire to pay attention to any circumstance in the working lives of the women working within it, has chosen to look at this "life cycle" through the following aspects:
- Selection and recruitment (recruitment);
- Career management;
- Wage equity;
- Parenting, care;
- Work-life balance (work-life balance);
- Abuse and harassment prevention.
For each of the following aspects, Increso s.r.l. has established the most specific policies, which are given below. To each policy that expresses the principles by which the company is guided, the Organization has associated specific and measurable equality objectives set out in the Strategic Plan.
Corporate Management is committed to disseminating this Policy as widely as possible through:
- widespread communication to all human resources that constitute the Organization;
- Training and awareness-raising activities on gender equality;
- Publication on its corporate website.
In addition, Increso Srl, in accordance with the provisions of Legislative Decree No. 24 of March 10, 2023, implementing Directive (EU) 2019/1937 (hereinafter also "Decree") and concerning the protection of persons who report violations of Union law and national regulatory provisions, provides an appropriate tool for reporting, including anonymously, such violations.
Increso Srl has identified One Seal Srl (based at Via Vitruvio 38, 20124 Milan, Italy) as the Reporting Manager, who is assigned by special appointment the specific tasks required by the regulations in the management of the reports.
Reports can be made anonymously at the following link with the understanding that anonymous reports may compress the possibilities of carrying out some of the necessary investigations or the prosecution of the reported conduct.
The Report must contain the following elements:
- The circumstances of time and place in which the reported event occurred;
- description of the fact;
- generalities or other elements that would make it possible to identify the person to whom the reported facts can be attributed.
It is also useful to attach documents that may provide evidence of the facts being reported, as well as an indication of other individuals potentially aware of the facts.
Increso guarantees, through the use of the reporting tool provided, the confidentiality of the identity of the Whistleblower and the persons mentioned in the Report, as well as the confidentiality of the content of the Report and the documentation attached to it.
The Corporate Management will, at least annually unless more stringent requirements, review this Policy so that it can be reconfirmed or updated also taking into account its own context of reference, regulatory developments on the issue of gender equality, on the outcomes of monitoring and internal audits.
