Responsible support in emerging markets

Prysmian takes its responsibility as a global player seriously and plays it part in providing innovative support to areas of development. Across the globe, where Prysmian is commercially active, the company demonstrates its commitment to social issues by supporting initiatives and projects that benefit the community.

Prysmian is helping the people of Madunda, in southern Tanzania, to improve their well-being and economic prosperity through projects that bring electricity to rural areas and encourage greater biodiversity. Prysmian is donating technical support and materials to the ACRA project (Association for Rural Cooperation in Africa and Latin America) for the construction of a hydroelectric plant on the Kisongo river, for the benefit of the 12,000 local inhabitants. Schools, medical facilities, public offices, small and medium enterprises will finally be supplied with electricity, improving the standard of living in the region and allowing it to escape from a subsistence economy.

Projects in Indonesia included providing aid after the Vogyakarta earthquake and the restoration of a school in Cikampek, whilst in turkey Prysmian helped rebuild a primary school in Mudanya and provides University study grants.

Thanks to Prysmian Group, several projects could be realized in the area of juvenile unrest and disadvantage in Italy, in the framework of the collaboration with Comunità Nuova , an Italian non-profit organization that allows a number of effective activities to be implemented for young people in need.

Prysmian has been involved in initiatives in the United States, with donations to many schools and institutes, support for healthcare programmes, and cultural activities such as South Carolina Museum and Abbeville Opera House.

In Brazil the group supports projects that help young people into work, cultural activities from museums to theatrical projects and infrastructure restoration projects such as bridges and historical monuments.

In Australia the company supports several work-related projects, including helping immigrants to gain work experience.

In Europe, Prysmian has supported research into bone marrow transplants in Italy, training projects for young people and healthcare initiatives in Great Britain, and careers advice in Finland. In Spain Prysmian sponsored the participation of Madrid University in the solar decathlon, which involves world-wide Universities in the construction of eco-sustainable villages.