The Port System Authority of the Tyrrhenian Sea Settentrionale is the first Italian port authority to achieve practice-based gender quality assurance UNI/PDR 125:2022, which defines the guidelines for the implementation of a management system oriented towards gender equality. The recognition was issued by the certification body Certiquality and testifies to the progress made by the port authority, which administers the ports of Livorno, Piombino and the Island of Elba, in the path of analysis and implementation of policies aimed at equal treatment within the working environment, and during the performance of their institutional duties.

"We are - said the president of the Port Authority, Luciano Warriors - very proud to have reached this milestone. The certification obtained today is the result of a coordinated by the valuable work of the Single Committee of Guarantee, and aimed at making diversity and inclusion a of the essential pillars of well-being at work". This certification - added the Secretary General of the body Toscano, Matteo Paroli - "marks a significant moment in the our history and reinforces our role as a leader in the industry maritime and port in terms of gender policies. The achievement of certification is an important point starting point: now we must continue with determination on the path of innovation undertaken".

In the coming weeks, the Single Guarantee Committee, led by by the director Antonella Querci, will organize meetings with the companies in the cluster to initiate coordinated actions that promote the gender equality within the sector. Among the objectives to be achieved is to launch a training program of both internal and external mentoring, dedicated to supporting women in their professional growth towards managerial roles and Management.