Pirelli is once again confirmed as the only Italian company in the Automobile&Parts sector to be included in the FTSE4Good Index.
The six monthly revision conducted by the independent agency EIRIS has reconfirmed Pirelli in the share indices for responsible investment of the London Stock Exchange FTSE4Good (FTSE Global and FTSE4Good Europe) with a score of 100 points out of 100, a further increase on the 99 points of March 2012 and the 98 of September 2011. Pirelli, which has been part of the FTSE4Good indices since 2002, has also been reconfirmed as the only Italian company in the Automobile&Parts sector to be included in the indices.
The FTSE4Good indices only include those companies which, on the basis of an independent evaluation conducted by the British agency EIRIS, respond to the stringent criteria of sustainable economic, social and environmental performance.
As well as other company characteristics, the evaluation includes the sustainable management of the supply chain, the regulations and instruments adopted for corporate governance, environmental management and performance as well as the policies put into effect and results achieved in the area of relations with each of its stakeholders.
THE BRAZILIAN PLANT ALREADY AWARDED BY FIESP (SAN PAOLO INDUSTRIALISTS’ FEDERATION) FOR THE TOTAL RE-USAGE OF INDUSTRIAL PROCESS WATER
During the RIO+20 United Nations International Conference for Sustainable Development, Pirelli presented a number of projects which will be implemented in Brazil in cooperation with the Italian Ministry for the Environment and Tutelage of Land and Sea together with the Brazilian state of San Paolo, to analyze and reduce the climate impact resulting from car tyre production at its Campinas plant. The projects were presented by Pirelli’s Director of Sustainability and Risk Governance Filippo Bettini as one of the initiatives at the Italian pavilion during the Rio+20 Conference and in the presence of the Italian Minister Corrado Clini and the Chairman of Pirelli Brasile Paolo Dal Pino.
The projects are part of a number of commitments taken by the company during its “Sustainability Day”, which took place at the company’s Milan headquarters on 23 January 2012, and underline, in line with the sustainability targets of the 2012-2014 Industrial Plan presented in London last November, the company’s commitment to the realization of a sustainable and efficient growth model.
As a part of the projects presented today, Pirelli has committed to calculating, using internationally recognized calculation methods, the carbon footprint relative to the entire life cycle of one its tyres representing the production at its Campinas car tyre plant, in the Brazilian state of San Paolo. This study will also include the identification of the most economically sustainable and efficient interventions for the reduction of global warming gases linked to the tyre’s life cycle.
In March 2012, Pirelli’s Campinas plant, which covers an area of 120,000 square metres and employs over 2,000 people, received an award from FIESP (San Paolo’s Industrialists’ Association) for its project for the total re-utilization of water used in tyre production.
The carbon footprint will also be calculated for the bio-silica of the rice husk which is processed at Pirelli’s plant in the city of Meleiro, in the Brazilian state of Santa Catarina. This process developed by Pirelli, both innovative and eco-compatible, uses the left-overs of rice processing to produce the first essential material for tyre compounds, as a substitute for the silica produced by conventional methods, which today has a greater environmental impact. A further project presented today entails the technical and economic analysis for the integration of solar thermal technology into some phases of the tyre production process, in place of fossil fuels.
In 2011, the various actions taken by Pirelli to reduce its environmental impact enabled the group to reduce both its specific consumption of energy and its specific CO2 emissions by 8% from 2009, with 28% lower specific drawing of water. Pirelli is also actively committed to the management of the collection chain and the devising of new collection methods for the recovery of tyres no longer in use (PFU). In Brazil, through the sector association ANIP, the company is a participant in the Riciclanip Consortium which in 2011 collected around 320,000 tons of used tyres.
With over 80 years’ presence in Brazil, Pirelli today has five factories for the production of tyres there: Gravataí (RS), Campinas (SP), Santo André (SP), Sumaré (SP) and Feira de Santana (BA). In total, the company employs about 9,000 people in these plants.
By 2015, the sustainability targets call for a reduction of both specific energy consumption and specific CO2 emissions of 15% and a reduction of 70% in the specific drawing of water compared with 2009.
JV’S ESTIMATED 2012-2014 TOTAL INVESTMENT 120 MILLION DOLLARS
EXPECTED 2014 CONVENTIONAL MOTO TYRE PRODUCTION 2 MILLION PIECES, GROWING TO 7 MILLION IN 2016
AT FULL OPERATION THE FACTORY WILL ACCOUNT FOR AROUND 25% OF PIRELLI’S TOTAL WORLDWIDE MOTO PRODUCTION
Pirelli has signed an agreement with Astra Otoparts, the leading Indonesian automotive components maker, for the construction of a new factory in Indonesia, Pirelli’s first in the country, for the production of conventional motorcycle tyres.
The agreement was signed – on the occasion of a mission to Asia by the Italian Foreign Affairs Minister Giulio Terzi di Sant’Agata – by the Senior Vice President of Pirelli’s Moto Business Unit Uberto Thun and the CEO of Astra Otoparts, Siswanto Prawiroatmodjo. The signing was presided over by Terzi di Sant’Agata, the Indonesian Industry Minister M. S. Hidayat, the Minister for Trade and Investment Gita Wirjawan and the Italian ambassador in Jakarta Federico Failla.
The accord entails the creation of a joint venture in which Pirelli will hold the majority position with 60% of the capital and Astra will hold the remaining 40%. The joint venture will invest a total of 120 million dollars between 2012 and 2014 for the construction of a new factory.
Construction of the new factory, located a short distance from Jakarta, is expected to begin in the fourth quarter of 2012. The site will cover 25 hectares and when fully operated, in 2016, will employ 750 people.
The new factory is expected to become operational from the second half of 2013, with an estimated production of around 2 million conventional moto tyres in 2014 which when fully operational, in 2016, could reach 7 million pieces total. Of these, 3 million will be sold as Astra brands, while the remaining 4 million – equal to about 25% of all Pirelli’s moto production in the world – will carry Pirelli brands (Pirelli or Metzeler). In the context of the group’s ‘local for local’ strategy, 20-25% of the Pirelli brand production made in the Indonesian plant will serve the original equipment and replacement markets of the Asia Pacific area, where the moto market is forecast to grow at an average annual rate of 3.5% from 2011 to 2014. The remaining output will serve all the markets in which Pirelli operates with the exception of South America.
The new facility will allow Pirelli to not only strengthen its moto production capacity – which according to the forecasts of the industrial plan will grow to 16 million pieces in 2015 from 13 million pieces in 2011 – but also to have a direct presence in the Asean area’s biggest economy, which with a circulating pool of 250 million motorcycles is the biggest motorcycle market in the world. Of this total, 68 million are in Indonesia whose moto market is growing by more than 10% a year. The in-country production capacity will also be free of export duties to Asean markets and reduce the cost of raw material supply thanks to the strong local presence of natural rubber producers.
Pirelli
Founded in 1872, Pirelli is the fifth tyre maker in the world by sales. Present in over 160 countries, at the end of 2011 it counted 21 production facilities on four continents and employed around 34,000 people. Pirelli is a leading producer in the high and ultra-high segments, thanks to its commitment to research and development, an area in which it invests about 3% of total revenues (5.6 billion euro in 2011) or 7% of Premium segment revenues, one of the highest levels in the tyre segment, with the goal of a constant improvement of products in terms of performance, safety and containment of environmental impact. Active in automotive sports since 1907, Pirelli is the exclusive supplier of the Superbike world championship and prestigious mono-brand championships, but above all it is the sole supplier for the Formula 1 championship for the 3-year period 2011-2013.
PT Astra Otoparts Tbk
PT Astra Otoparts Tbk (Astra Otoparts) is Indonesia’s foremost automotive component Company producing components both for Original Equipment (OEM) and Replacement Market (REM). The company counts most major car and motorcycle makers of the world among its clients and has become synonymous with high-quality automotive spare parts. These both satisfy growing local demand and are exported to 49 countries in the Middle East, Asia Oceania, Africa, Europe, and the Americas. The company has established three representative offices in Singapore, Dubai, and Australia. It employs circa 33,000 people and has been listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange since 1998. Its consolidated revenues in 2011 were 7.36 trillion rupiah (626 million euro).
