Support parenting promoting increasingly inclusive and sustainable work environments. With this objective, Enel inaugurated, today in Rome in the new headquarters in via Luigi Boccherini, the company nursery “Growing with Energy”.
Cutting the ribbon on the new structure were the Minister for Family, Birth and Equal Opportunities Eugenia Roccella, the Councilor for Culture, Equal Opportunities, Youth and Family Policies, Civil Service of the Lazio Region Simona Renata Baldassarre, the Councilor for School, Training and Work of the Municipality of Rome Claudia Pratelli, the President of the II Municipality of Rome Francesca Del Bello and the CEO of Enel Flavio Cattaneo, in the presence of Enel directors Elisabetta Colacchia, People & Organization, Stefano Ciurli, Global Services, Nicolò Mardegan, External Relations, and Nicola Lanzetta, Italy Director.
«Creating corporate welfare that responds to social needs is a commitment for Enel which translates into concrete actions such as the opening of the company nursery» he stated Flavio Cattaneor, CEO of the Enel Group. «We will continue to develop initiatives aimed at improving the well-being of our people by creating the conditions for true equal access to the world of work”.
«Businesses, with corporate welfare and welcoming work environments for parents, play a fundamental role in work-life conciliation and in the fight against the birth rate» he said Eugenia RoccellaMinister for Family, Birth and Equal Opportunities. «The government has put this issue at the center of its action, with investments and concrete measures and also by promoting an alliance with the world of business and work through tools such as the self-discipline code which goes exactly in this direction. Enel was one of the first large companies to sign up to the code, and today’s inauguration demonstrates that awareness can be translated into tangible actions that can help parents reconcile family and workwomen not to experience motherhood and professional fulfillment as alternative options, and society not to have the future that today’s birth rate puts at risk.”
The nursery, dedicated to the children of people working at Enel’s Roman offices, has obtained authorization from the Municipality of Rome and it can accommodate 42 children aged between 3 months and 3 yearswith a monthly fee paid at 50% by the company. The new structure is part of a highly innovative educational project that aims to support the autonomous and creative development of children, integrating daily English language learning activities with music, psychomotor skills, art, cognitive development, symbolic play and introduction to reading lessons. The nursery also offers an internal kitchen service with varied and seasonal menus.
This initiative constitutes a further welfare measure that adds to the Group’s already substantial package of actions to support parenthood throughout Italy, including: the temporal extension of paternity leave and advantageous pay for parental leave; adhering to the “Self-discipline Code of Responsible Companies in favor of maternity”, promoted by the Ministry for the Family; flexibility with the possibility of working smart and part-time and the provision of financial contributions for nurseries, schools, summer centers and study trips abroad. A further step forward that consolidates Enel’s role as a cutting-edge company in designing corporate welfare policiescapable of interpreting the needs and requirements of a constantly evolving society and translating them into concrete actions.
