Diversity

Snam believes that diversity and plurality are values that contribute to create an open and stimulating work environment, promote perspectives and points of view that encourage new ideas and effective and virtuous behaviour. Valuing diversity represents a vehicle for cultural transformation that strives to make the company more competitive, innovative and focused on the growth of people.

At the end of the year, the female workforce was composed of 441 employees (+5.3% compared to 2018) equal to the 14.6% of the workforce (+0.7 percentage points compared to 2018). The 89% of part time contracts involve women (34 out of a total of 38). 120 people with disabilities work at Snam and their career path promotes inclusion and integration in the company processes.

The presence of female employees is mainly concentrated in northern Italy (around 91% of the total) working predominantly at the San Donato Milanese premises.

Women hired from the market (no.)

Female presence (%)

Women/men compensation differential

New entries from the market and departures for female gender (no.)

The improvement in the women-men pay gap in 2019 is due to the consolidation of the actions aimed at improving the gender balance in the company. In addition, as evidence of the Snam’s commitment to guarantee gender balance, in 2019 the Shareholders’ Meeting approved, with the 99% of votes in favour, a change to the by-laws, which makes the criterion of gender distribution in the Board of Directors and the Board of Statutory Auditors permanent for at least one third of the total members.

Gender diversity initiatives

Valore D

Snam has been a Contributing Member of Valore D since 2017. A strategic decision to support company’s international growth now and in the future through the increasingly strong presence of women and colleagues of other nationalities. This collaboration provided employees with the opportunity to take classes to enhance the gender, generational and cultural diversity, to develop an inclusive culture, a factor of innovation, competitiveness and growth for people and businesses. In 2019 Snam took part in the inter-company training and mentoring programmes offered by the association and 3 in-house workshops have been organised on the following subjects: Unconscious Bias, Happiness in the Company and Organisational Leadership.

InspirinGirls

This is an international campaign (promoted by Valore D) aiming to create awareness among young women of their talent freeing them of the gender stereotypes that hold back their ambitions.

The project involves female volunteers from different industries and professions sharing their professional and life experience with young girls in high school, building a practical bridge between school and the world of work. In 2019 Snam took part in the project with 70 female role models.

GROW – Generating Real Opportunities for Women

The collaboration with the LUISS Business School continued through the Job Shadowing programme which gives female students the opportunity to shadow a top Snam manager for an entire working day. The objective is to promote, support and improve the personal and professional development of women with a particular focus on joining the job market and promoting their own professional career. In 2019 7 Snam managers and 8 students were involved.

Young women @ Snam

A leadership development route was created for 20 young women working at Snam to improve their self-effectiveness and self-management, emotional intelligence for a more effective communication with their teams and enhance their leadership style.

“Women in Security”

Snam, together with the Associazione Italiana Professionisti Security Aziendale (AIPSA) (the Italian Association of Corporate Security Professionals) and Deloitte, organised the “Women in Security” initiative in Milan in June to promote gender diversity in the field of security. The event focused on comparing the human and professional experiences of women working in corporate and institutional security. During the initiative, two scholarships were awarded to young workers to attend a specialist course, organized by the University of Salento, about the security and the protection of critical infrastructures.

A confirmation for an inclusive and rewarding work environment, one year after returning from maternity or parental leave, the 100% of women stay in the company.

Support for parenting and work-life balance

Through incentives and benefits that go beyond the legally set limits, Snam supports its employees when they become parents and promotes a work/life balance in the day by day activities. For this reason, employees retain their company benefits for the entire time they are on a maternity leave and, during the compulsory leave period, they receive the full amount of their pay rather than the legally-required 80% of it.