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Costa Cruises, First Smart Cruise Company In Italy
The Italian company has launched the "Sm@rtWorking Costa – Moving Forward!" programme, targeted at all 1300 employees inits offices across the world. By the end of the year almost 1000 people at theCosta head office in Genoa, Italy will be able to work remotely from home oncea week.
The project was acknowledged by the SmartWorking Observatory of the Politecnico diMilano School of Management for its ability to introduceinnovate working methods.
Genoa, 16October 2017 – CostaCruises has become the first smart cruise company in Italy. The "Sm@rtWorking Costa – Moving Forward!" programme is targeted at all of thecompany's employees in Italy and abroad, a total of around 1300 persons.
Thanks to thisnew opportunity, employees in the Costa offices will be able to work from homeor another suitable location of their choice one day a week usinglaptops, an internet connection and a softphone programme, which also enablesthem to use remote instant messaging, telephone, HD video, conference andvoicemail services with visual interface and desktop sharing.
The programmehas already been launched at the company's Genoa head office where thereare almost 1000 employees. This follows on from a pilot phase that involved twodepartments (Human Resources and IT) with participation levels of around 90%.By the end of the year smart working will gradually be extended to all of thecompany's international offices in Europe and America.
The CostaCrociere "Sm@rt Working Costa – Moving Forward!" project was acknowledged atthe Smart Working Award 2017 event held by the Observatory of the Politecnicodi Milano School of Management for its ability to introduce innovate smart workingmethods.
"We are proudto be the first cruise company to believe in smart working and one of the fivecompanies acknowledged by the Observatory of Politecnico di Milano in Italy.For us this project means putting our trust in people, giving them the chanceto freely organise their work according to their goals and responsibilities,allowing them to explore their potential more fully and improving their qualityof life" - commented Paolo Tolle, VP Human Resources at CostaCruises.
The immediatebenefits include a reduction in commuting times - over an hour a day on averagefor Costa employees - and greater sustainability from an environmentalperspective.
According to the most recent Politecnico di Milano Smart WorkingObservatory data, at the moment there are around 305,000 flexibleworkers in Italy, equal to 8% of the total¹, an increase of 14% compared with2016 and 60% with 2013. For businesses the adoption of a "mature" Smart Workingmodel can generate increases of around 15% in the productivity of workers,which at national level equates to €13.7 billion of overall benefits. Forworkers, even one day a week of remote working can save them an average of 40hours a year of commutes; for the environment, meanwhile, it can generate a 135kg reduction in CO2 emissions a year.
1. Considering a sample of employees, middle managers andexecutives that work in public or private companies with more than 10employees.
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Costa Cruises
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Davide Barbano –Media Relations manager – mob. +39 3346525216 - barbano@costa.it
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