Occupational health and safety Protecting our employees’ health and safety in the workplace is of utmost importance for Poste Italiane.

The Poste Italiane Group considers the protection of health and safety at work a fundamental value, which all people must be inspired by in carrying out their daily activities. The Company, in addition to identifying organisational responsibilities and adopting specific policies to ensure adequate coverage of all aspects relating to health and safety at work, constantly undertakes to adopt all necessary measures to reduce accidents, injuries at work and professional diseases. Moreover, through prevention policies and programmes and information and awareness campaigns, it promotes people's psychophysical well-being. As Employer, the Group CEO assumes the highest role of responsibility and supervision for health and safety issues in the Company. The Board of Directors approves the Policy and, through its Board committees, oversees the appropriate management of the associated risks and compliance with the principles.

The integrated policy and the Group health and safety policy outline the the key elements of the occupational health and safety management systems adopted, including:

• continuous assessment of risks and definition/update of related rules and procedures;
• ensuring that innovations and changes in work processes are always accompanied by occupational health and safety objectives;
• timely adaptation to all regulatory changes and updates;
• identification of roles and responsibilities within the organisation and allocation of the necessary resources for planning and implementing the programmes aimed at achieving the objectives;
• effective and transparent communication that ensures dissemination of any information that might be useful for prevention purposes, including cooperation and coordination measures with contractors;
• periodic review of the management system by top management to assess its correctness and effectiveness with a view to achieving constant improvement;
• the prioritisation of the actions to be implemented in order to manage the risks related to health and safety at work, identified during the assessment phase, and the consequent integration of the action plans with quantitative objectives to address the above risks.
• prioritisation of actions to be implemented in order to manage the occupational health and safety risks identified during the assessment phase, and the subsequent integration of action plans with quantitative targets to address these risks.

The Group gives significant priority to occupational health and safety issues. In this regard, Poste Italiane has defined quantifiable targets for Business Unit managers, which are evaluated on an accident reduction target. The Company has also set up dedicated teams with the specific task of monitoring the data relevant to the defined quantitative targets on a daily basis for the purposes of the defined quantitative targets.

Among the main objectives pursued by Poste Italiane, the constant awareness and involvement, in relation to the issue of Health and Safety at Work, of all those who operate within the Group takes on crucial and priority importance. Particular emphasis is placed on the dissemination and strengthening of the culture of safety within the territorial operational centres (distribution centres and post offices) and the related coordination structures. In addition, the Company is committed to the continuous improvement of its Management Systems, through the planning and execution of initiatives aimed at implementing the principles set out in the Occupational Safety Policy, and in the periodic review for the definition of new ambitious objectives.
 

Over the years, Poste Italiane has developed a multi-year plan for the adoption of health and safety certifications throughout the Company. In 2021, this plan led to the completion of the certification process for all production units of the Parent Company. In line with the strategic plans and objectives established, during 2023, Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems compliant with UNI ISO 45001 were kept active, with the relevant certifications, in all the main production units of the Poste Italiane Group, with 100% coverage. Group companies also adopt OHS Management Systems certified by accredited certification bodies. As of 2023, the main Group companies certified according to the UNI ISO 45001 standard are: EGI S.p.A., PosteVita S.p.A., PosteAssicura S.p.A., SDA S.p.A., Postel S.p.A., Poste Air Cargo S.r.l., Bancoposta Fondi S.p.A., Postepay S.p.A. Poste Italiane's goal is to maintain this certification in all of the production units of Poste Italiane S.p.A. and of Group Companies.

Type of accidents, severity of accidents at work, and deaths at work of the Poste Italiane Group - which include Covid-19 cases. Please refer to the dedicated document for data on the absenteeism rate (including Covid-19 cases).