GENDER EQUALITY POLICY
THE PATH TO THE
GENDER EQUALITY
To better carry out its mission and in line with its strategic vision, VIGILPOL SCa RL has decided to adopt a Gender Equality Management System (SGPG) compliant with UNI/PdR125:2022, as a valid tool for ensuring gender equality in the presence and professional growth of women, enhancing an inclusive culture and activating processes capable of developing female empowerment.
Achieving VIGILPOL certification will represent just the first step in implementing gender equality policies, with a view to improving and promoting gender equality. The certification aims to guide and incentivize organizations to adopt policies that reduce the gender gap, with the resulting benefits for employee well-being, in addition to reputational and ethical impacts.
The principles inspiring
The fundamental principles underlying VIGILPOL's Gender Equality Policy are:
IMPARTIALITY AND INCLUSIVITY
FAIRNESS AND TRANSPARENCY
STAFF DEVELOPMENT
PROTECTION OF THE PERSON
ANTI-ALL FORMS OF VIOLENCE AND DISCRIMINATION
VIGILPOL's commitment to ensuring that its SGPG meets the requirements specified in UNI/PdR 125:2022 is inspired – in line with the 2020-2025 Gender Equality Strategy defined by the European Union – by the pursuit of the following objectives:
increasing women's participation in the labor market;
reducing the pay and pension gap between men and women, also to combat female poverty;
promoting equality between men and women in decision-making;
combating stereotypes, gender-based violence, and protecting and supporting victims.
THE COMMITMENT OF THE
DIRECTION
To promote the achievement of the principles and objectives set forth, VIGILPOL Management believes the continued adoption of the SGPG is essential to develop an organizational model that promotes gender equality and enhances equity and inclusiveness.
VIGILPOL is committed to:
- to adopt tools to prevent all forms of gender discrimination and to combat any act that undermines the dignity of staff, regardless of their role or level of responsibility;
- to enhance diversity in every corporate process: from the search and selection of human resources to access to training, from the definition of compensation policies to performance evaluation and the attribution of reward systems, from supplier selection to the provision of services/supply of products;
- to support the family welfare of its employees through working arrangements (smart working, part-time, flexible working hours) that promote the reconciliation of professional and private life;
- to promote information, awareness-raising, and employee engagement initiatives on equal opportunities and female empowerment, avoiding stereotypes and promoting the visibility of women's contributions;
- to promote communication, including through marketing and advertising activities, that transparently declares the desire to achieve gender equality, enhance diversity, and support female empowerment.
SPECIFIC POLICIES
ON GENDER EQUALITY
These are more specific policies on gender equality that provide the necessary input to formulate the Strategic Plan for Gender Equality and to identify, develop, and implement procedures specifically dedicated to gender equality, based on the organization's reference context.
The gender equality policies, developed in relation to the policy, are related to the themes of the Strategic Plan:
- Selection and hiring (recruitment)
- Career Management
- Pay equity
- Parenting, care
- Work-life balance
- Prevention of all forms of physical, verbal, and digital abuse (harassment) in the workplace
Specifically, the commitments undertaken by VIGILPOL are:
- Selection and hiring (recruitment)
Commitment to complete gender equality in the Operational Staff
- Career Management
Implementation of personalized Career Plans without distinction of gender but based on competence
- Pay equity
Maintaining pay equity
- Parenting, care
Promote motherhood and fatherhood as a moment of individual growth
- Work-life balance
Pay attention to work-life balance through careful planning of services in order to avoid imbalances between day and night work
- Prevention of all forms of physical, verbal, and digital abuse (harassment) in the workplace
Promote the culture of respect
MONITORING AND IMPLEMENTATION
OF POLITICS
The General Policy on Gender Equality and the related one, within the broader framework of the organization's programmatic guidelines, provides for the definition and periodic review of gender equality objectives, in order to assess their suitability and the need for amendments or additions, together with the Steering Committee for Gender Equality.
DIFFUSION
OF POLITICS
The gender equality policy is communicated and disseminated to all staff and stakeholders through internal communications and publication on the institutional website.
