(ANSA) – MILAN, 22 JUN – “Creating an environment that is ever more open and inclusive towards all types of diversity”. This is Amazon’s goal – explains Mariangela Marseglia, manager for Italy and Spain -, which dedicated a week to the issues of inclusion, gender equality and diversity, involving the company’s employees. The initiative ends today with a special meeting in the Milan offices that hosted the Paralympic athlete Giulia Ghiretti, who told about her experience, her challenges and her victories. On the occasion of the event, Amazon also announced a donation to the Sport Senza Frontiere association which deals with prevention and social inclusion through sport.
The protagonists of this week at Amazon were the in-depth analyzes on the company’s ‘affinity groups’, that is, the interest groups created for employees, aimed at encouraging dialogue, knowledge and debate on topics of common interest: from orientation sexual to gender differences, up to disabilities. Aimed at all employees, affinity groups welcome over 90,000 members globally and are 13 overall. At the heart of our culture, based on innovation and continuous improvement, there are essential values for us: solidarity, fairness, diversity and inclusiveness are important pillars for us and we are committed every day so that our employees, and consequently our customers, can benefit from a workplace where these values are increasingly tangible “, underlines Giulia Poli, general manager, Eu Campaign and Creative Management Amazon Ads. Former junior national gymnastics team, Giulia, after an accident in 2010 that caused a spinal injury, approached swimming for rehabilitation purposes, but then, within a year she was already in the pool to compete. He currently holds 19 international medals between Paralympics, World and European Championships, in addition to the world title in the 100 breaststroke won a week in Portogall or. (HANDLE).
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