The Global Compact
The United Nations Global Compact is the world’s largest strategic initiative for sustainable development.
It operates in Italy through the UN Global Compact Network Italia (UNGCN Italia), promoting the Ten Principles of the UN Global Compact at national level, and is also committed to advancing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to eradicate extreme poverty, promote peace, and advance prosperity and human development by 2030.
By joining the Global Compact in 2022, Autostrade per l’Italia reaffirms its commitment to integrating sustainability into its business model and recognising it as a defining feature of its mission, in line with the Sustainable Development Goals of the 2030 Agenda.
Global Compact initiatives
We support the “Imprese per le persone e la società” (Businesses for People and Society) Manifesto
By signing the Manifesto, Autostrade per l’Italia is reinforcing its commitment to prioritising the Social dimension within its corporate strategies, with the aim of contributing to a fair and inclusive future in line with the objectives of the UN 2030 Agenda.
Download the “Imprese per le persone e la società” ManifestoTarget Gender Equality
Autostrade per l'Italia is actively taking part in the 4th Italian edition of the Target Gender Equality Accelerator, the global programme promoted by the UN Global Compact that supports companies in transforming their commitment to gender equality into concrete and measurable targets, according to international standards, such as the Women's Empowerment Principles (WEPs)
The 6-month international training, analysis and debate path will help us achieve the following:
- Measuring our internal performance on gender equity.
- Taking part in workshops and learning sessions with experts and other companies.
- Developing targeted action plans to improve women’s representation in leadership roles and reduce the gender pay gap.
- Actively contribute to the achievement of Sustainable Development Goals, in particular SDG 5 - Gender Equality.
Learn about the 2030 Agenda
On 25 September 2015, the UN General Assembly approved the 2030 Agenda, consisting of 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), divided into 169 targets to be achieved by 2030. Signed by the governments of the 193 member countries of the United Nations, it represents an action programme from which to build a world in which the various aspects of sustainable development - environmental, social and economic - are integrated. The goals set, aim to fight poverty, inequality, climate change and to build peaceful societies that respect human rights. The Agenda concerns and involves all countries of the world and all components of society, from private enterprises to the public sector and civil society.
