Automobili Lamborghini is the first automotive company to be awarded IDEM certification
Sant’Agata Bolognese, November 29, 2022 – Automobili Lamborghini is the first IDEM certified company in the automotive industry, formally recognizing its commitment to gender equality.
The IDEM project was created in 2020 by JobPricing and the Marco Biaggi Foundation of the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia. After the development of a specific index that accurately reflects the degree of gender equality, a new certification system was introduced to actively contribute to the achievement of Goal 5 of the UN Agenda 2030.
As Umberto Tossini, the Chief Human Capital Officer at Lamborghini, explained: “In order to bring about real change in organizations, it’s necessary to set measurable objectives and come up with concrete ways of improving. This certification is an important way for us to highlight how things stand within our company and ‘double-check’ the progress that we’ve made as we seek to foster a culture that increasingly revolves around equity and inclusion. Obtaining this recognition is an important step in a long-term strategy to champion people, diversity and unique individual qualities. The certification shines the spotlight on the measures that we’ve taken to close the gender gap in terms of growth opportunities, equal pay for equal work, a focus on well-being in a holistic sense, and protecting parental rights. We’ve always cared a great deal about these issues.”
Lamborghini did very well in the IDEM index. The result was based on an analysis of various factors, including an excellent performance in relation to “payment”. In addition to the very small pay gap between men and women, there was a positive pay gap between women and the industry as a whole. Performance has also been excellent in terms of ‘organization’, with numerous policies covering issues such as flexibility and parental protection. The same is true of “culture” due to the investment in learning, communicating, listening and focusing on well-being in a holistic sense. One area Lamborghini is working hard on and will continue to monitor closely is ‘development’, which revolves around the position of women in management at the company.
The goal of the IDEM method is to translate actions in favor of gender equality into measurable actions, very similar to the approach used for corporate goals. It does this with a workplace gender equality measurement and certification tool based on a rigorous scientific and data-backed methodology that considers four key areas in the field: career, pay, organization and culture.
Tommaso Fabbri, Professor at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia and Partner at IDEM, explained: “Equality certification is an important tool as it includes a quantitative examination of all the different aspects and areas where gender discrimination can be detected in an organisation. such as wage policies and career opportunities The bottom line is an objective measure of gender equality that Lamborghini can view as a real variable in company performance