Workforce and diversity

A growing Group with talented People

The human capital of the company

Human capital represents the most important strategic heritage for Brembo, which firmly believes that the knowledge and skills of each and every one constitute the real competitive advantage behind the Group’s ability to innovate and pursue excellence when manufacturing all its objectives. For this reason, in line with its strategy’s pillars, Brembo promotes the growth, development and continual enhancement of its employees’ skills. Today, more than 12,00025 people work for Brembo every day with dedication and passion.

Diversity

Diversity is a strength for a global Company like Brembo, which operates and is constantly confronted with very diverse situations from the economic and cultural point of view. Every day Brembo is committed to promoting an inclusive environment that ensures people’s sense of belonging and encourages them to feel they are leading characters in the Group’s success, fostering a culture of inclusion and respect for diversity from the moment they are hired and respecting the points of view, voices, individualities and special qualities of each person.

With reference to the protection of diversity and respect for people and workers’ human rights, Brembo has formalised, in addition to the provisions set out in the Group’s Code of Ethics, the Code of Basic Working Conditions and the Policy on Non Discrimination and Diversity.

Training

The Group's people and their skills are the main pillar for the deployment of the company strategy. In fact, the strengthening of skills and the promotion of talent are the primary levers of people development and an enabling factor for the strategy that can anticipate and satisfy the demands of the business and create an identity culture for the Group.

2021 confirmed Brembo's commitment to continuing with training investment and preparing various training initiatives with an increasingly inclusive and global approach in favour of transversal enrichment and greater collaboration between Group Companies.

For Brembo it is essential to promote the ability to experiment and innovate, as well as the development of a strong tension to the future, so as that its people are able to anticipate market trends, promote continual product and service innovation and offer customers high-quality solutions. The Group has, therefore, ensured a structured, flexible and inclusive training offer differentiated by target population, complemented by additional tools such as individual and group coaching, mentoring and tutoring.

Brembo Academy

The Brembo Academy of Brembo S.p.A. was set up to promote the invaluable know-how developed by the various GBUs and GCFs and teams in Brembo companies around the world. This authentic corporate training school, with UNI EN ISO:9001 quality certification, avails also of teachers from within the Company to ensure a structured sharing of Brembo expertise across the Group.

Awards for innovative idea

The contribution to innovation and the spirit of collaboration within the Group are important qualities for Brembo which enhances the participation of all its collaborators, by rewarding ideas that enable major improvements and progress to be made in terms of quality, process or product innovation, cost reduction, increased productivity and simplified processes.

Brembo Sustainability Awards

The Sustainability Awards contest was established to promote among employees ideas and projects connected to the aspects of sustainability in all areas of the company organization. There are 6 themes foreseen by the contest: these are connected to ISO 26000 and the Sustainable Development Goals: people, fair operating practices, governance, environment, business partner and community involvement and development.

Brembo Excellence Awards

Thanks to its Excellence Awards Brembo rewards the most innovative ideas and solutions put forward by employees in the category: Best Ideas, which promotes, in all areas of the company's organisation, ongoing improvement projects stemmed from the application of the Brembo Production System's principles.

Brembo Innovation Awards

The Innovation Awards recognise the best ideas relating to the following business areas:

• Product;

• Systems production process;

• Disc production process.