Pirelli China awarded for outstanding sustainability

Pirelli China won “2011-2012 sustainability development in China” Outstanding Case award

Pirelli China has been selected and won “2011-2012 sustainability development in China” Outstanding Case award. This selection was organized by the Chinese Economic Observer.

Organizers evaluated the enterprises in the implementation in China from three core dimensions: economic performance, eco-environmental protection and social responsibility. In particular, our contribution to continuously research and development of green high-performance tyres has been unanimously affirmed.

The Economic Observer is considered to be one of the top three economic-focused newspapers in China and is well regarded for its in-depth special features and commentary，which is much inspired by the British Financial Times. The theme of this selection was “Vision decides the Future”, to look at how, as a public citizen, enterprises can optimize their ethical and social responsibility practices to better help society and vehicles achieve a harmonious coexistence.

The jury agreed that the Pirelli China has made an outstanding contribution from 2011-2012 on the research and development of the green tyre, improving the ecological environment, promoting enterprise and local social harmony, promoting local education and cultural development.

Pirelli P1 wins the tyre sector’s most coveted recognition in China

On 2 August in  Shanghai, the magazine Motor Trend bestowed on our Cinturato P1 the  ‘2012 Environmentally Friendly Tyre of China’ title,  attributing to the tyre totally unique characteristics of efficiency and sustainability.

During voting, issues were examined such as how the tyre can carry out an important role in reducing harmful emissions and how the tyre manufacturers can optimise their ethical and social responsibility practices to best help a ‘sustainable circulation’ of traffic.

PORSCHE HONOURS PIRELLI WITH 2011 SUPPLIER AWARD

We have won the 2011 Porsche Supplier Award for the great results we have achieved as the company’s supplier. In Munich, Pirelli was presented with its award in the Material for Production category for its commitment and reliability in the management of new projects.

Jewel in the crown of development of the latest versions of the Porsche Carrera and Boxster, the extraordinary flexibility of Pirelli in the fulfilment of requests was underlined in the citation.

“We are very pleased with this award and proud to be among the best suppliers to Porsche”, said Pirelli’s chief technical officer Maurizio Boiocchi. “It is recognition that gives us great motivation, especially in the pursuit of our objective of becoming world leader in the premium segment by 2015”.