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#SHAPETHEWORLD

Women in Engineering,
the Milan experience

This year, due to COVID-19, we could not organise an in-person meeting,
however Wood’s INWED 2020 video enabled us to celebrate and have
our voices heard. This was an excellent opportunity to give us a platform
to reflect on the role of women in our sector and to share how our ideas
“Shape the World”.

During the celebrations for INWED 2019 which took place in our Milan
headquarters, over 60 women joined together in a meeting aiming at
sharing views and
celebrating diversity in the workplace. The purpose was to exchange ideas and
experiences in an informal and friendly atmosphere where everybody could feel
encouraged to share thoughts and opinions in a frank and open way. More than
60 women with different levels of seniority gathered to listen to their colleagues
and share their own professional and personal experiences.
Valuing the contribution that women bring, the Milan office has been employing
women in technical roles for four decades. Our team is now 31% women in the
workforce and is increasing. We aim to increase this percentage to have women
in every discipline of the company.
We are proud to say that today, we have four women covering strategic positions
in the company, reporting to the managing director.

Celebrating International Women in SDG 10 – Reduced Inequalities.
Engineering Days can be placed in INWED celebrations have been held for a few ye-
“the frame of our sustainability ars at Wood; a variety of activities were organised
efforts, which Wood is strongly throughout our office locations, our employees
committed to conducted speed mentoring sessions with senior
school pupils, panel discussions with employees,
science, technology, engineering and mathematics
works to help structure and focus our sustainability (STEM) activities with schools and collaborating
strategy. In particular, we are aligned to the Sus- with our customers on joint events.
tainable Development Goals (SDGs): agreed by all
the United Nations member states, SDGs focus on
17 key areas – with 169 underlying global targets Wood’s video and blog
– touching a broad range of social and economic The video was published the day before INWED2020,
development fields, promoting a socially fair, eco- so that everybody could view it at the same time with
nomically secure, prosperous and inclusive planet. time zones considered – both on Wood’s website and
With the initiative to celebrate INWED, we wish to in the global intranet. It was also posted on social me-
support particularly SDG 5 – Gender Equality and dia: LinkedIn, Twitter, YouTube.

“International Women in Engineering Day”

Un’opportunità per la crescita

L’ “International Women in Engineering” è una campagna di sensibilizzazione globale che si prefigge di enfatizzare il ruolo delle
donne nel settore dell’ingegneria e accrescere la consapevolezza delle straordinarie opportunità professionali e di crescita che
questo comparto offre. Ogni anno, il 23 giugno si festeggia l’INWED (International Women in Engineering Day).
Quest’anno il tema era “#ShapeTheWorld”. Per celebrare adeguatamente questo giorno, in Wood abbiamo incontrato alcuni
dei nostri ingegneri, non solo per scoprire come stiano “plasmando il mondo”, ma anche in che modo contribuiscano a rendere
il nostro pianeta un luogo migliore, più sicuro, più innovativo ed emozionante in cui vivere, e come costituire un esempio e
ispirare le nuove generazioni.
Ne sono nati un video e un blog pubblicati sul nostro sito web www.woodplc.com e nella nostra Global Intranet. La discussione
è aperta.

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