Sustainability Channel

PIRELLI SHARED ITS APPROACH TO SUSTAINABILITY WITH THE TURKISH BUSINESS WORLD

On April 20 and 21 the Pirelli Group Sustainibility Manager, Eleonora Giada Pessina, shared Pirelli Group’s approach to “Sustainability” with the middle and high level managers of the Turkish business world.

Corporate Sustainability Certificate Porgramme has been organized by REC Turkey, in cooperation with Boğaziçi University, aiming to promote “Sustainable Development” in the Turkish private sector. The program took place between 6th of April and 3th of June and included 6 modules. Targeted at mid and high level mangers of Turkish business world, the Programme aimed to give them the necessary information and skills in oder to cope with the challenges of today’s competitive environment.

During these two day long conferences E. G. Pessina underlined the comepetitivity value of a sustainable management approach which fully integrates sustainability in company’s vision and business development strategies. The “Group green strategy” has been explained with a major focus on Cinturato P7, the Green Performance Tyre.

She aldo indicated that sustainability plays a foundamental role in today economic world, by also adding“If today a company wants to be innovative, to anticipate its consumers’ expectations and to catch the most challenging opportunites in the market, all of this with the most valuable relations with its internal and external stakeholders, than sustainibility shall become one of its priorities.”

On that day Pessina’s lecturers were also followed by two video conference dedicated to the “Sustainable Finance” concept, with two very prestigious Experts: Edoardo Gai, Head of SAM Group Sustainability Services, from Zurich  - SAM is the Dow Jones Sustainibility Index Analyst – and then Willam Oulton, Director of Financial Times Sustainability Indexes Director, from London.

PIRELLI REAL ESTATE AWARDED

Within the framework of the initiatives related to the Mipim, the most important international Real Estate trade fair in Cannes, with a ceremony at the Palais des Festivals Pirelli RE was rewarded on 11th March with the Daily Real Estate Awards 2009 in the category ‘Projects’.

The prize, awarded by the Scientific Committee of the alleged Italian magazine Quotidiano Immobiliare and formed by the most influential personalities of the industry, recognizes excellence in projecting capabilities in a broader sense.

The award was welcomed as an acknowledgement for the effort and the commitment spent by Pirelli RE over the recent years.
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PIRELLI WINS THE "TYRE TECHNOLOGY INTERNATIONAL AWARD 2009"

Hamburg, Germany, 18 February. A matter of pride for Pirelli Tyre at the Tire Technology Expo, the world’s most important exposition-conference devoted to the tyre industry, which organises each year the prestigious ‘Tire Technology Awards for Innovation and Excellence’.

In 2009, the authoritative jury, comprising international exponents of the tyre industry and research, has awarded the title ‘Manufacturer of the Year’ to Pirelli Tyre.

A choice motivated by research as a key factor in the activity of Pirelli in 2008, characterised by the creation of innovative materials, advantages for the environment and the constitution of partnerships with research organisation and institutes, such as those with the Silvio Tronchetti Provera Foundation and the Chinese University of Shandong.

Gianni Mancini, head of area processes, received the award on Pirelli’s behalf. With him on the podium were the representatives of Coda Development, VMI, Sumitomo Rubber Industries and Standards Testing Laboratories, winners of the other four award categories, which are ‘Tire Manufacturing Innovation’, ‘Environmental Achievement’, ‘Tire Technology’ and ‘Tire Industry Supplier’.