In recent decades, the European Union (EU) has taken significant steps to promote gender equality with paths and activities aimed at understanding the causes of the still existing inequalities and the implementation of rules on equal treatment.
The implementation of a project aimed at achieving a gender balance in the workplace is the main European strategy for the promotion of equal opportunities. It is a system approach that provides for the integration of the gender perspective in the design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of company policies, implementation measures and spending programs, with a view to promoting equality and combating any form of discrimination.

Pursuing gender balance means making policies capable of taking into account gender differences that, in our society, cut across all others (disability, age, religion, ethnicity, sexual orientation). A proper awareness of social reality, which is more complex than is commonly considered, must lead to an attempt to offer a more faithful representation of it that accounts for the differences that exist in it.
Such representation then becomes the fundamental starting point for all policies, with the aim of transforming institutional and social structures and organizations in the direction of greater equity for all genders.

In the specific field of research, the heterogeneity and inclusiveness of the working groups favors innovation, through the comparison of different experiences, approaches and perspectives. The changes already underway and the rapid evolution in the global labor and research market can only reward an organization that is open, inclusive and geared towards rewarding the professionalism and competence of those who work there. Finally, inclusiveness and especially gender equality at all levels of leadership are elements of increasing importance in assessing the credibility and reputation of an organization.

VITA INTERNATIONAL Srl has always strongly supported the principles of Gender equality, aware of the benefits arising from an open and inclusive organization, in terms of mobility, involvement and sense of identity of the workforce.
In pursuing these principles of equality, within the framework of own research activities and innovation of sustainable products, VITA INTERNATIONAL srl initially decided to adopt its own Gender Equality Plan, issued for the first time in June 2021 for the period 2021 2024 and confirmed in the current review also for the three-year period 2024-2027 and at a later stage has implemented a management system for gender equality, in accordance with UNI/PdR 125:2022 and certified by CERTITALIA s.r.l. in May 2024.