Sustainability Channel

PIRELLI ROMANIA: RECYCLING, ENVIRONMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY

The municipality of Slatina, where Pirelli’s facility in Romania is located,  will take part in the third edition of “Fii Orasul Reciclarii 2015”, the competition that awards the title of “city of recycling” in Romania, to be decided in June.

The municipality that collects the largest amount of waste will be rewarded with the construction of a playground made from recycled materials.

Our facility in Slatina, which has always placed great importance on environmental awareness, apart from supporting Slatina’s municipality in this competition, promotes, in partnership with local institutions, several educational projects for citizens on recycling.

Pirelli Slatina has also been participating in “Let’s do it Romania” for several years now, an initiative that involves many Pirelli employees volunteering to clean up the parks around Slatina.

PIRELLI THE WORLD LEADER AND GOLD CLASS COMPANY IN THE 2015 SUSTAINABILITY YEARBOOK FOR THE EIGHTH YEAR IN A ROW

For the eighth consecutive year, Pirelli has been declared the ‘Auto Components’ sector leader in sustainability at a world level and a Gold Class Company in the prestigious 2015 Sustainability Yearbook published by RobecoSAM.

Their Sustainability Yearbook is one of the most complete and authoritative reference instruments for sustainability finance operators. It only includes the world’s top sustainability-scoring companies, amounting to 15% of those companies belonging to 59 industries assessed by RobecoSAM within the Dow Jones Sustainability Assessment.

The “Sustainability Yearbook 2015” can be accessed here, on a dedicated microsite.

Operation “Volunteers Join Together” for Pirelli Romania

For the fifth year running Pirelli Romania sponsored an environmental initiative in the Slatina area, where our factory is located.

“Volunteers Join Together” – the name of the operation – involved over a hundred employees. The volunteers met up early in the morning of Saturday 11^th October in Streharet Forest, in the outskirts of the town, to clean up one of the favourite locations for barbecue enthusiasts.

Divided into teams, they raked over the whole area, collecting over 200 bags of rubbish including plastic, paper, organic waste and even construction scrap.

A social responsible initiative for the company and a deep commitment by the participants who tackled the day with a certain dose of competitive sporting spirit. In fact, the three teams that collected the greatest amount of rubbish were awarded a trophy and a bonsai, as reward for their commitment on such an important topic as environment.