Opening Event

The opening event was dedicated to highlighting the decisive contribution of businesses in building a society free of prejudice and capable of inclusion.

At the meeting, which was held in the afternoon of Monday, November 13, at the Assolombarda Auditorium, speakers included Alberto Pirelli, President of Fondazione Sodalitas, Diana Bracco, President of Bracco Group, Helena Dalli, Commissioner for Equality of the European Commission (with a video contribution), Laura Menicucci, Head of the Equal Opportunities Department of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers, Giulia Castoldi, Assolombarda Delegate for Family Business, Paola Profeta, Pro-Rector for Diversity, Inclusion and Sustainability at Bocconi University and Elena Lattuada, Delegate of the Mayor for Gender Equality of the City of Milan.

Alberto Pirelli, President of Sodalitas Foundation: Diversity&Inclusion as a strategic lever of competitive growth for companies

"Fondazione Sodalitas is convinced that Diversity&Inclusion represent a strategic lever of competitive growth for business and a fundamental factor in the development of society," said President Alberto Pirelli. "It is the full sharing of these values that prompted us in 2009 to conceive and launch the Charter for Equal Opportunity and Equality at Work (Italian Diversity Charter), which our Foundation has been committed to promoting ever since thanks to the valuable alliance with relevant national institutions. Over the years, the Italian Diversity Charter has promoted a corporate culture positively oriented toward reducing inequality and mobilized numerous private and public companies toward the adoption of inclusive corporate policies

Case histories of Italian companies

On the occasion of the event, Fondazione Sodalitas presented the report "D&I in the workplace: Italian companies good practices," which gives an account of the Diversity&Inclusion good practices of 53 Italian companies associated with the Foundation. These are initiatives that stem from the effective integration of Diversity&Inclusion goals into corporate strategy and offer effective examples of how any company can grow over time through its ability to value all types of diversity, including those of gender, age, disability, ethnicity, religious faith and sexual orientation.

You can download the tool at the following link:

https://www.sodalitas.it/public/allegati/D&I_Sodalitas_Rev_DIGITAL_DICEMBRE_202312591478.pdf