We are committed to promoting an organisational approach based on understanding, respect and enhancement of differences (in terms of gender, age, orientation, disability, ethnicity, skills, socio-economic status, political stance, religion or other beliefs, and so on) for each person within our company, with a view to sharing and expanding viewpoints, as well as developing skills, talent and physical and intellectual energies of each individual.
“Each of us has a unique mix of diversity. The aim of Diversity and Inclusion Management is to fully enhance and utilise the contribution that each person can make to achieving the corporate objectives and better equip the organisation in facing the challenges and uncertainty arising from the global market.”
Ferrovie dello Stato Group’s Code of Ethics, February 2018
The FS Italiane Group’s Diversity, Equality & Inclusion (DEI) Policy promotes the implementation and dissemination of a culture dedicated to valuing diversity within the context of the Group’s processes and daily activities, through the creation of a shared approach to human relations.
All this is manifested through the creation of a safe and positive environment in which individuals are free to express their unique qualities, and can learn more and engage in dialogue about other specific aspects of the organisation.
Exploration and dialogue with others give rise to new ideas and concepts aimed at promoting the continuous improvement of the Group itself and all of its staff. Valuing diversity means seeking out, recognising, and supporting everyone’s unique talents, which are capable of providing new perspectives, and generating opportunities for the Organisation’s growth and development.
Our differences are a source of innovation and inspiration that allow us to generate new ideas and put them at the service of the company to achieve the objectives of the business plan. This is why we have taken the action and implemented initiatives for inclusion to improve our corporate reality.
A code for integration and non-discrimination in the workplace that pursues recognition, the enhancement of and respect for differences, as well as decisive obstruction of all forms of marginalisation by any FS Group employees.
InclusivaMENTE is the project that includes change management pathways aimed towards all employees in learning to recognise and mitigate stereotypes that affect — even subconsciously — each person’s choices, behaviours and leadership style. The FS Group is engaged in an in-house awareness campaign, with digital pathways and HR training on inclusion matters.
In line with strategies for enhancing diversity and, in particular, supporting women’s leadership, the FS Group has enacted a range of initiatives to foster the inclusion of categories more typically exposed to unconscious bias and to support them on paths of empowerment and integration into more challenging organisational positions. One example is Obiettivo % Donne Manager, a project with which FS Italiane engages in the promotion of a greater female presence in management positions within the company.
Women’s Italian Cup 2023: FS Group is Title Sponsor
The FS Italiane Group as Title Sponsor of the 25th edition of the Women's Football Supercoppa Italiana. Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane confirms its partnership with the Women’s Football Division of the Italian Football Federation, becoming the new Title Sponsor of the Women’s Supercoppa Italiana for the year 2023.
With this collaboration, the FS Group strengthens its commitment to the enhancement of female excellence and leadership. Inclusion, gender balance, training and passion are the winning components in recognising and supporting talent and uniqueness
FS Italiane in the top 20 of the Diversity Brand Index
The FS Italiane Group is listed the top 20 of the most inclusive Italian companies according to the 2022 Diversity Brand Index. Curated by Diversity and the strategic consulting firm Focus MGMT, the study measures and rewards the ability of companies to effectively develop a culture oriented towards diversity and inclusion through initiatives and projects conducted in Italy.
The Women in Motion project aims to promote women’s careers in technical areas and professional sectors that have been predominantly filled by men to date.
With the support of women employed in the technical areas, our Group visits high schools, colleges and universities to present the technical trades offered by FS, to inform students about relative job prospects and provide them with the necessary tools to make conscious decisions and to best express their potential and talent.
With only 22% of women at a European level, the transport sector is not gender balanced. The European Union and the European Transport Commission (Community of European Railway and Infrastructure Companies) have founded Women in Transport - EU Platform for Change to promote better balance thanks to the sharing of best practices amongst adherents. FS Italiane, amongst the leading members of the Platform, is recognised as the company most committed to promoting an improvement in women’s employment, thanks to the May 2019 publication on the Platform of the Women in Motion project, evaluated by the European Commission as an example of a corporate path of excellence aimed at overcoming stereotypes regarding technical careers.
In March 2020, the Group formally joined WePS (Women’s Empowerment Principles) established by the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of WOMEN (UN Women), through which the Company aims to enhance and promote the presence of and equal opportunities for women with respect to the workplace, the market and the community through which the Organisation operates. There are seven empowerment principles covering both the achievement of quantitative (increasing female presence in the leadership pipeline; measuring and monitoring the development of female presence in the Company) and qualitative objectives (promoting the training and development of women’s skills, improving workplace health and safety, supporting human rights and the condemnation of any form of discrimination, adopting approaches such as in marketing that transmit empowerment to women, supporting advocacy and communicating initiatives on the theme of female empowerment).
Team coaching pathways to support new mothers: a maternity training and development programme involving both mums and their managers in the company.
Colleagues who are mothers themselves and their respective managers work together to raise awareness regarding everyone’s maternity-related needs, reflecting together on how best to employ within a professional context the skills acquired or simply strengthened thanks to this personal experience.
An online course aimed at all mums and dads in the FS Group with children aged 0 to 3 years, combining digital life experiences, in an effective and engaging format to transform parenthood into a specialisation course focused on skills that are key to professional growth.