We work towards enriching the communities around us because we depend on them

Prysmian has joined the Solidaritas Foundation, a group of businesses to work toward achieving the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals. Through Solidaritas, Prysmian organized several Corporate Volunteering events in 2019, whereby its employees donated their time during work hours to help the community.
With “Rise Against Hunger,” Prysmian management and employees packed 39,600 meals in May 2019 to be distributed in villages in Mozambique and Zimbabwe by nonprofit organizations. In June, a group of employees spent time handing out meals in the Fondazione Fratelli di San Francesco soup kitchen in Milan. In July, Prysmian staff took to the streets to pick up garbage surrounding its Milan headquarters. They collected 176 kilos of trash from a road and a bicycle path. These efforts are ongoing and will continue in 2020.
In July 2019, Prysmian employees, working in collaboration with Legambiente, donated a working day to the local community by cleaning a green space in the vicinity of the Milan HQ (Quartiere Bicocca): 84 kg of cuttings, 30 kg of glass, 25 kg of miscellaneous waste, 15 kg of building rubble, over 10 kg of the bulky waste and a battery weighing 12 kg. In total, 176 kg of waste was removed from the road and the cycle path.
SPAIN - project entitled “L’economat de VNG”
This project, developed in 2014, continued during 2019 in Vilanova, Spain, where a building owned by the Company in the town center was made available to Caritas to develop the “L’economat de VNG” project. This service distributes food to individuals and families to guarantee their primary needs and a minimum standard of life. However, the most interesting aspect of this social project is how it is administered: as in a supermarket, people can select the food they need most at any given time.
ITALY – Chiulo Hospital
Following the donation of cables by Prysmian, in 2019, the volunteers of Electricians without borders, a nonprofit group that improves access to electricity and water in developing areas throughout the world, completed the installation of a mini solar energy grid (delivering 50KW of power) at the Chiulo Hospital in rural Angola. This has improved living conditions in the area and contributed to the achievement of the UN goal of guaranteeing access to renewable energy (SDG 7).
FRANCE - “Electriciens sans frontières” project
Also in 2019, Prysmian France donated industrial cables to the NGO “Electriciens sans frontières” (ESF). These cables are used for numerous initiatives promoted by the NGO, which, founded in 1986, is involved in many projects, including the transmission and delivery of power to developing countries and communities afflicted by catastrophes. The organization employs over 1,200 volunteers distributed in 136 projects across 35 countries.
NORWAY - “Rett Fram Opplevelser”
Following on from 2018, Prysmian Norway continued to donate to the humanitarian organization “Rett Fram Opplevelser” the contributions intended for the Christmas presents of its customers, which now go to initiatives for children living in poor conditions.
ROMANIA – School for orphaned girls
Prysmian donated 350 meters of low voltage cables with copper conductors for the wiring of a new school for orphaned girls in the local community. The school will be administered by the Metropolitan “Buna Vestire” Church in Grãdinari, Olt.