The IP Corporate Academy is the Group's main tool for building and disseminating skills . The Academy is located in two physical locations: the IP headquarters in Rome, on via Salaria, where it has a multimedia training room and an auditorium with over 110 seats; and the headquarters in Falconara Marittima, in a building entirely dedicated to training. The IP Corporate Academy was the first company Academy to be accredited by the Marche Region as a training institution.
The Academy also uses an online training platform, which over the years has allowed it to expand its capacity for reaching increasingly large audiences, including service area managers, with agile and easy-to-use training content.
The Corporate Academy's multi-year strategic training plan identifies four guiding principles:
- TOP DOWN to share priorities and strategies
- BOTTOM UP to meet the training needs of the operating line
- GRASSROOT to dedicate itself to the personal growth of employees
- COMMUNITY to serve the country
In addition to these main training areas, there is a fifth that meets COMPLIANCE requirements and contains the planning of mandatory training, for example, on Health, Safety, Environment (Seveso Law 105/2015), mandatory updates on privacy and Law 231 or updates to Legislative Decree 81.
The activities that fall under the first pillar (Top Down) include partnerships with leading training schools to work on specific needs: ad hoc programs to disseminate new management models, training on sustainability, energy transition and innovation, as well as a bootcamp for new hires. This area also includes master classes with authoritative figures and top experts on specific contextual issues relevant to the Group.
The BOTTOM UP area includes training activities oriented to the operational needs of the profession, for example commercial lines and training activities in support of Managers who are at the forefront of service areas.
The third pillar, GRASSROOT, pertains to all actions for tailored and personalised training, geared towards employees and their families for personal development, activating scholarships, coaching or courses tailored to specific needs.
In the fourth line of action, COMMUNITY, the Academy's training activity is oriented towards the outside world, creating specific training for partners as well as companies, schools and universities.
Some Academy data
In 2024, a total of 47.573 hours of training were provided. Of these, 42.505 hours were used by IP's people, with an average of 27 hours per person; 1.526 hours were dedicated to Manager training and 3.542 hours to external staff and the academic world.
Online training provided in 2024 to IP personnel and Managers generated a total of 4.733 hours and referred to the most varied topics such as: work tools, leadership, relations with the PA, whistleblowing, sustainability, procedures and more.
