For years, Rhea has been supporting the Caronno Pertusella Softball team, a women’s sports club that embodies the values of inclusion, fair play, and promotes the sporting and personal growth of all its players. AB Softball Caronno offers the opportunity to practice softball at both amateur and professional levels to girls, teenagers, young women and adults who find in sports an outlet for individual and collective expression. Rhea fully shares the values ​​of this sport and this Sports Club, which is a reference point in the local area, known both nationally and internationally.

Rhea contributes to the PULMINO AMICO project for the Auser Senior Group in Caronno Pertusella, by providing a specially equipped vehicle for the transportation of people with disabilities on a free loan basis. Thanks to our support, the Auser group provides an essential and inclusive service to the local community, ensuring that those facing mobility challenges have easier and more dignified access to services and activities. This project has represented a significant step towards breaking down physical and social barriers, promoting the inclusion and well-being of people with disabilities in our community.

The Rhea Women Spark project is an internal training initiative developed by Rhea to promote female empowerment and contribute to the creation of a fairer and more sustainable work environment.

The training project, which began in 2022 and was led by Professor Lorenza Angelini – partner at Akron – involved, in the initial phase, 15 female figures from each department. The aim was to bring out their full potential, develop soft skills, and gain greater self-awareness and team-working abilities.

In the second part of the program, participants put their acquired knowledge into practice by becoming team leaders for the following projects, aimed at implementing initiatives to improve the well-being and experience of the entire company, and raising awareness about the importance of environmental and social sustainability:

RheallySustainable (RhealmenteSostenibile) to reduce waste and promote resource reuse.

RheaConnect (ComunicaRhea) to increase visibility of innovative projects and social and environmental initiatives implemented by the company.

WeRhea has created a periodic newspaper, entirely produced by employees, which not only informs about company activities but also includes sections on passions such as food, photography, and much more.

WellnessRhea (BenessereRhea) to organize activities aimed at improving employee well-being and mutual knowledge, including yoga classes, meetings with nutritionists, and eco-walks.

LiveRhea (ViviRhea), a practical guide on internal procedures aimed at new hires, to facilitate easy and positive integration.

Social Sparks to promote the Rhea Women Spark project using various internal and external communication channels.

A day in production to discover the beating heart of the company through a direct experience.

Rhea has joined Gi Group’s Women4 project, an initiative aimed at promoting female employment in sectors traditionally dominated by men. According to a study conducted by FIM Cisl in 2023, only one out of five employees in metalworking companies in Italy is a woman, highlighting the need for initiatives like Women4 to promote gender equality in the workplace.

In collaboration with Gi Group, Rhea has launched the 100% Employability Academy for Mechanical Assembly Operators. Six women have had the opportunity to participate in a free training program aimed at acquiring specialized skills and developing soft skills in the company’s production department. After successfully completing the course, these candidates were hired as Mechanical Assembly Operators at Rhea with an open-ended contract through Gi Group’s staffing services.

This project represents another step forward in Rhea’s initiatives for the professional advancement of women.

Since 2020, Rhea has been supporting Doctors Without Borders with various projects to aid those who are on the front lines every day, helping people in need around the world. To further raise awareness and promote the activities of the non-profit organization, Rhea has designed, at the beginning of 2024, a special version of the Monolite project dedicated entirely to Doctors Without Borders. Monolite for Doctors Without Borders interprets the theme of social sustainability and – through the power of imagery – tells the heroic work of DWB workers, who every day provide healthcare and assistance where the right to care is not guaranteed. In this context, Monolite is not just an object, but a tangible message of solidarity.

Each of us can do our part to contribute to creating a better world. If you also want to support Doctors Without Borders:

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Rhea, always committed to social sustainability and aiming to promote the integration of people with disabilities into the workforce, participated in this important social entrepreneurship project, Seed of Inspiration, by developing a coffee machine. Rhea studied and created an interface that allows blind or visually impaired people to prepare coffee by managing the selection through touch.

The project, which saw the opening of their first shop at Shanghai Times Square in 2022, is promoted by David Wang, founder of the Bear Paw Café. The seed is a symbol of birth and hope; indeed, Seed of Inspiration was created to give the opportunity to blind people (a community that exceeds 12 million people in China) to enhance their professionalism, eventually becoming co-owners of the coffee shop.

In designing the interface for the visually impaired, Rhea integrated a simple technology into an existing machine. A tactile panel with six raised shapes, each corresponding to a different recipe, replaces the touch screen: a square for espresso, a circle for double espresso, a triangle for Americano, a diamond for room temperature Americano, a star for hot water, and a heart for room temperature water.

The automatic coffee machine has then become easily usable by Tian Bao, the visually impaired barista at the Bear Paw Café.

This partnership shows the potential of automatic machines and technological innovation in promoting the inclusion and equality of people with disabilities in the workforce, opening up new career prospects and inspiring other communities to follow this example of empowerment and solidarity.