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Human Foundation, a foundation active in the field of social
innovation, Prysmian promoted a degree thesis competition
entitled "Technology for human beings", for students on
three-year and master's engineering and physics degree
courses at Italian universities. The competition was directed
at students who had focused on the applicability of new
technologies for sustainable development and who had
analysed these topics from a technical standpoint and
in terms of their application in developing contexts and
countries. The awards, made in February 2015, involved cash
prizes for the six winning theses, plus a six-month intern-
ship in Prysmian for the winners in each category.
Prysmian’s steadfast commitment to sustainability is also
reflected in transparent, structured communication to all
its stakeholders through the annual publication of the
Sustainability Report, offering its readers the chance to
learn more about the policy promoted by Prysmian and its
economic, environmental and social performance. Updating
the work of previous years, in 2014 this Report was prepared
in accordance with the new "Sustainability Reporting Guide-
lines G4" published by the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI)
in 2013, and reflecting Prysmian's ongoing commitment
to make the reporting process ever more complete and
effective, by increasing the breadth and depth of the topics
covered. The GRI Reporting Framework is a universally
accepted model for sustainability reporting, which includes
common practices for different types of entities and
contains topics of a general nature as well as industry-spe-
cific ones with the aim of communicating an organisation's
sustainability performance. The Sustainability Report has
also been audited by a recognised external firm to provide
all stakeholders with assurance as to the reliability of the
information contained therein. Reference should be made
to the 2014 Sustainability Report for a complete account
of how the Group manages the economic, environmental,
and social impacts deemed of importance for itself and its
stakeholders and its performance in these areas.
Lastly, in continuity with past practice, Prysmian will partic-
ipate in the top international assessments of sustainability
for 2014, namely the RobecoSAM Assessment for the Dow
Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI) and the Carbon Disclosure
Project questionnaire.